Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-07

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IFor the Wheeling Intelgencsr.l
A curious view OF the destiny of the
Negro element In this Country.
What is to be the ultimate destiny OF
the negro race in this country? We stIg-
gest the question boldly, though we know
it touches the most irritable, sorcst point
in American politics; a subject whose name
is the war cry that usually puts reason to
flight and summons the most rtbid pas
sions and prejudices of our people into ac-
tion. Yet, we believe, that it is possible
to lift the mnmentOus question into view,
coolly. diSpassiOnately, looking ut it in the
clear light of common sense, blinded by
neither Abolition dclusiOns nor Southern
tannticism.
The negro element is no theory in our
political system; it is q most palpublc YER
ity. u fact that exists, that must have II fu-
ture. What is that future to be- Ii is
folly to ignore the question, TO thrust it
aside. What shall become of the three
and u half millions of blacks. whose cIis-
tence among US, South and North alike in
their cooler moments, deplOre curse?
"Colontze, is the remedy suggested. hy
one class of theorists, The. Libcrian
scheme, experience has proved futile as n
solution of this great enigma. Good we
acknowledge 1t TO be, as far as it goes
But the relief is partial. the escape valve
too small TO ensure safety. ''Enlancipate
y; Unce.p demands the Abolitionist. .:If
you, unjUstly, have reduced men to the
level and fcrocity of beasts, be just ut all
hazards; let them free and trust the cOnSe-
quences to God.p Considering these con-
EeqIcnces, We, are not surprised that the
South declines the suggestion and puts
faith. first in cages and then in Providence.
But the question of emancipation does not
affect the point at iIsue. Slave or free,
three hundred years from now, the black
:acc will still form a.parto Of oEr organizn-
ton. Tor We ignore, as utterly -ttopian, the
hypothesis OF its entire removal. Let us
meet this view fairly then, If here, how
will they be here? As "A Seperate element,
as now. or incorporated thoroughly with
us in blood aud politics! "Are We 4
late writer demands, with not unnatural
horror, Ito become q colored rlce?' Tn
palatable, as is the conclusion. common
sense forces it on us as Inevitable, that,
in the slow progress of years the abSOrp-
ton of the colored race into the white
wiHult;.nately be accomplished. We rea-
son from facts. We need but point TO the
statistics of the South where cach year
tho increase of mulatoes over-rcaches that
OF the free blacks, in IN advancing ratio,
to esta' 'lish our opinion. Even now, the
amalgRma;ion has begun and is surely
advancing. The only objection to this
theory will rise at once to the mind
Of every reader and We acknowledge
its force, viz: the unconquerabIe innate
spirit of autHgonisul between the RACES
Ii this great seething cauldron, which
VIC call our country. where n thou
sand casteS and races are boiling down
into one Heterogeneous mass, this ne
gro element seems like the .'rnurderous
blood which Macbeth's witches threw
into their compound. 1t will not hs
charmed down" TO mingle With the rest.
Eut we believe the magic of time will Ict
.t last. We reason from history. The
natural antipathy besw cen the races here
is not so strong as that which existed be
tween the mobiles Of old Spain anu the
invading MoorS, Yet where now, in all
Andalusia, is there one drop of the pure
sang ryu- of the Castiliaus untaintcd with
Moorish blood? Look at the amalgama-
ton of Norman and Saxon. Grecl; and
Gotta at The half breeds ofMexicO, and we
see that there is no HntaCouSm so strong
that the sure, imperceptible heat of time
viii not fuse it. Accepting, then. this
Union rs an almost certain proba bility. let
US shake off all prejudices and judge
calmly Of its effect. Would the detcriora-
ton OF the Anglo Saxon race be a perma-
ncnr one?l In spite of all popular beliefs,
we answer no. founding our opinion on the
simple basis of the negro character. Not
what it is now, debased. uncouth, uphewn,
but on what it may.beCo,ne, arguing from
its sure. slow rising during years of slave
gry (which were also years ofSctEilization ),
from ifs primitive barbarity to its present
condition The amnI.samation has begun
in the Ilowest Strata of Que social system.
Necessarily it must begin there, among the
iregs of the people. Centuries. perhaps;
may pass before it will ascend to ithe
highest grades. We do not deny the in
fusion of negro hioodsint the Caucasian
at first enerTateS it. The negro nature is
tropical, passionate. lnuguii. capable of
deepest feeling. rising into sudden fiery
heats of action or emotion. Mornlly, n
singularly devout people. worshiPpingIns
pagan. their Fetish, aS Catholic. their viz
gin. as Methodist. the glory which their
vivid fancy makes real. with an intensity
of zeal and ardour incOnceirnhte to colder
whites. -Divesting ourselves of prcjHdice
to color, there is nothing in the elements
OF this peoples nature which should make
us shudder at its eVentasl blending with
our oTn! Cooled. purified refined by its
course through Fighter veins IL may givea
not uuneeded heat to our too selfish tenn
perament. As this blending may not take
place for Centuries to itss,fulI extent, We
can afford TO- look at it4with a purely
phil6sophic eye Politically, there is
nothing to feaT III this union. Tue negro
is easily governed Even when free, aud
IL granted the full right of suffrage, his
native Incidence would make him recover
sooner from the first into1ication of I1ber-
Ity. and fall into his proper place in the So
eiaI scale. than do some of the degrnded races