The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-08-22
THE CLEVELAND MURDER.

Had a couple of negroes, run away slaves,
coollY. deliberately and without any apparent
provocation murdered an innocent and molten
siye white man, merely because he aoas schite-
had this diabolical deed been committed In
any other country than in this Black Repub-
hcan Connecticut Western Reserve; there
would have been demonstrations Of popular
indignation, and measures adopted to rid the
community of so dangerous a people. As it
1tAe-rnrnlar verdict seems to be, "serVed
him right, no business to be a whtue Mau.
TIL event has passed away, a three days bub-
BILE oaly, and it is measurably forgottea.
Now those "poor run away slaves" those
down trodden sons of earth" have been taught
that white men are their natural enemies, that
they have nothing to expect from tAem bat
chains and slavery" that white men are cruel
unfeeling monsters, unfit to live, and that they,
the negroes, have a right Hto life, liberty and
Sentiment partially instilled in them they take
their Bowie knives in their hands and travel
-Seui-savages at best, their brutal instincts
govern their thoughts, passions, and actions.
They look upon white men very much as the
Druses in Syria look upon Christians, and
were they let loose as a people, would slaught-
er them with as little conjunction or mercy.
The fault is not wholly with the poor blacks.
They are taken from their native wilds, sava-
ges, brutes, cannibals. They are brought here
and civilized no more is necessary to make
them obedient and useful Take them away
from Their masters and what are they but an
ignorant, dependent, but dangerous class of be-
ings, unused to liberty and totally unfit to en-
ioy it. They have sense enough to feel their
inequality with the white race and they are
told that Saxon tyranny has thus degraded
them, while the real truth is, what little of
civilization or ideas or liberty they have they
are indebted to their American slave owners for.
It is a literal fact which cannot be gainsayed,
that the Institution of American slavery has
been q God-senA to the African race. This
does not justify slavery, for it may be a case
where "the wrath of man Is made to praise
God" But so far as the negro himself is con-
cerned, his condition physically and mentally,
is vastly improved by the change from African
barbarism to American emi-civilization. But
the effort undertaken by the Black Republican
PARTY to make him the equal of the white race,
is preposterous and fraught with danger to
both races. The amalgamation openly prac-
ficed in strong Republican States, as IN Mas
sachusstts where, during the last year., the
census shows that eighty-four negroes have
been married. to white girls, lie an outrage
which calls for public ebuke Philanthropy
demands no such sacrifice as the commingling
of blood to elevate an inferior race, deterior-
ating the Saxon for the sake of improving the
African, and bringing into existence a race Of
hvbrids neither the one thing or the other
Neither are we called upon to confer political
equality. This Government was made by
white men, and for the benefit of the European
race. When our Independence was achieved
the various inferior races as the Monaghan
African. and Indian, formed no part OF the
consideration for the blood and treasure spent
in the Revolution and whatever may be now
done for the black, the red or the yellow man,
must be looked upon in the light of beneyo-
1ence. of CHARITY, and in humans sympathy fol
al natieps less favored than ourselves
with this understanding of our political
no,aI and religious obligations to the African
- 20 other inferior races; we ought ever to
hold AZ n-aramcuntour obligations to ourselves
We should indulge in no false system OF PIN
1antb-onv. no mixed Governments, nor ANAL
1aaasHan of blood. That is not the way 70
S~azslone our own race or elevate those Deepen,
$3.50 ~. Our example should be that OF
d;st;nctness and progressive energy In the race
nn;versal liberty and civilization. We can
move for the world by keeping ourselves
90 o..otsed from it, and working out orr des,
80 ne have begun il, SOLITARY and alone
africa Is in darkness-so Is ASA, Ss can
Al even South America. The Dess We Esa
: "a make this a model, not q mi.eu' ~
90 o. = nd then let our light 50 SHINE tnaI
i.hars seeing our good works can pront oy
snr eTam2le.-PRaindeafer.