The national Republican., 1862-08-29
Is kQUAL.ITY AN EssENTIAL CORDi.
TION OE LlvlS9 TO0ETIlER ~ 4 Il n
SAME COM MMUNIrys

Is EQUALITY AN ESSENTIAL CORDi.
TION OF LlvlN9 TOGETHER - 1nE |
Same COMMUNITY
IL seems 10 be assumed that If emancipat d /
negroes cannot remain in this country, upon |
footing Of political and social equality with TIE
wbitcs, the separation Of the two races becomes
an Imperative necessity for both.
This Necessity Of separating races, which |
may be found to be affected bya permanent |
inequality, is assumed as a selfevident prop p |
sition. II has never been. ss we are aware Of. |
attempted to be- maintained by any line Of ar |
Gument, or by reference 70 the history Of other
times and countries. Aud whether 1t could
successfully b., is matter OF very considera- |
bic doubt.
The question manifestly has Two aspects, one
aff, citing the supposed inferior race, and the
other affecting the supposed superior race.
As regards freed negroes In this country, il |
Is not worth while to deny that they have been |
and are likely to he sufferers from the prrjnd. |
ces the exclusiveuess and the haughtiness Of
the whites. But the question IL, nevertheless,
whether after making the proper allowance |
for thos. disadvantageouI circumstances, their
condition here will not be as favorable, rs ut
any place Ia which their migration ia practi
cable. Sn6eciiou TO prejuiices is not found
in other cases 10 be Incompatible with comfort
and prosperity. Why should II be 30 iu the
case Of the negro? There IL general preja-
dice in this country sgainst Jews, and In mauy
parts Of the country, there is q strong prejd.
dice against Roman Catholics. Both these
prcjudices are, in many instances, a bar TO in
termarriage. Yet nobody has suggested, that
there is any absolute necessity for the s>para-
ton of Jews from Christians, or Of Roman Cath
olics from Protestants.
II We take view Of the world. we shall fnl
that this idea of the impossibility o. combining
in the same community races separated by
prejudices, actual differences Of superiority a,d
inferioiiy, or by a fixed political In quality
hss never been thought Of in any other coun-
try or time except our own. 1t Is an idea sS-
clusively American. and very modern even
here.
In Mohammedan countries we find Christians
content TO livs,. and able to live prosperousiy.
although deprived Of all political right and
subj cite to a considerable degree Of ,ocsl
us,raci-m. This Ia true, on a great scale, In
the dominions cf the Turkish Sultan.
The tact OF the living together in the same
political community Of different races, distinct
III blood religion, and even language, Ia the
most common fact in the history Of mankind.
There may, or may not be- disadvantages re-
sultinG IRON it. but that there is any impossi-
bility abont 1t is msniiestly absurd.
The contact among US, of whites ana
blacks, II attended with disadvantages to the
latter, is also attended with advantages to them
which are both apparent and great. They
participate, by means Of IL, in IL civilization
superior, perhaps, To what they could possibly
establish among tn.m'elvas They enjoy, by
means OF it, u stable government, the secure
protection oi the rights of life, liberty and
property, and that improved condition Of la
Dor which results from accumulated capital
There ar" two sides 10 this question Of profit
aud less TO 'b- R,grO in emigratiug from the
United Stat'~. ii. escapes something by
upHS rt, DNt h~rr fohrtUluH.
Turning now TO the other aspect Of this mat
ter, We should like u know how il can le
made DOT. that II superior race necessarily SUI
fers by The presrncr and in,ermixture Vi AL
inferior one
The question is not whether We shonld gain
by substituting half q million or million OF
our own race for tha tree negroes wa nov
have, but whether we now suffer from theiI
presence, and should be benefited by remov-
log them II they are content TO abide among
%, excluded from political power. and con
demDed to laborious and poorly paid pursuits
Why need we complain Of it?
The statesmen OF other countries reason and
act In Il very different manner. Great Britain
and France ransack the world for coolies aud
blacks To labor in their colonies. British and
French rulers sec positive advantages in pos
sessing, as lsborers races Of men not often
aspiring TO higher condition, and not pOliti
cslly dangerous.
1t is, al any rate, difficult to conceive thai
the association Of two different races can bs
injurious to both Of them. II would seem. thai
II anything Is unjustiy lost ty one, 1t must b,
unjustly gained by the other. And il IL much
more easy 10 conceive that the association may
be beneficial to both.
1t IL much more probable that iBs quality II
an essential confiiou of ssoch.iion. than tha
equality is 70. What sort Of q people wouli
that be, in which everybody wns equally
wisc, equally learned, equally strong in body
equally rich and exactly similar in tastes and
i1sas? How would the different Offices In 40
ciety be distributed and npporioued upon
such scheme hs that" How c0uld he family
relations exit, upon similar scheme Of things
The political wisracrCs, who assume that
equality is an essential condition Of associa
tlon. will find upon reflection that they are az
suming something which it will bs very dIfi
cult to prove.
Our ancestors 10 the (now) free Stlles, wher
they liberated their former slaves had no sucl
ideas, and never thought of imposing emgra-
ton ~ an Indispensable condition Of emanci
patton. That Ia u crotchrt of these later times