Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-03

utinOnsttdttu, anu has lOuludIOn IN piNSicul
I science, that labor either by tie white man or
/ black is not voluntary to any reliable degree so
as to produce firm and Substantial ground work
Of prosperity within or as you Immediately ap-
proach the tropics. IL is only in the temperate
zones that man works willingly and is able to ac-
eomplish his task-possessilg energy and thrift
with the perseverance peculiar to the climate, ac
cumulates comfortable living for himself and
family, and contributes to feed the million. Not
so with the tropics. There dhe white man would
perish, whether he works voluntarily or by com.
pulsion; whilst the negro by nature being endow-
ed peculiarly to resist the great heat of the eli
mate, as well as the malaria, makes him phys
ically capable of enduring DE tolls Of the field.
But this work the NEGRO will not do, nor viii any
other race of men except il be by compulsion;
and they above all nations are better qualified
for involuntary servitude and become domesticr-
ted and happy in their situation. The negro race
has never manifested much intellect Ii has not
produced in all the past, going back TO the ut
most antiquity, any exhibition Of profit TO the
world, only as they have been used as slaves.
Science in any of its departments has never yet
dawned upon benighted Africa The nataral gift
of soil-its rich luxurious vegetation have avail
ed nothing to the natives. TheJ have slept for
ages without appreciating the value of their
tive country Africa has been OF less benefit 10
the advancement of the commercial and civilized
world than the wild beasts that hhabit its forests
and plains.
The negro. however, is not destitute Of some
excellent attributes of character. Affection is
predominant trait, and the negro frequently sur
passes other races that possess more intellect 1t
is in bold contrast to the American Indian, whose
intellect is not much, it any, superior to the ne
gro but is almost destitute of the noble quality
of affection 1t is comparatively stranger to
him. Hence the Indian is unfit for servant and
can not with safety be used as a slave. He can
not be trusted, and the attempt to do so has been
attended with disastrous consequences.
The great struggle for the integrity Of the
Union is now about to commence in good ear
nest Seven hundred thousand of the hardy aud
brave sons of the North are to meet i'm the field
of battle the Southern chivairy Terrible must
be the confct-for ''few shall part where many
meet" The end has not yet come-the proba
bility is that the rebels will be defeated, and the
South completely vanquished. If such should
be the result, would il not destroy their peculiar
institution Admit it to be so for the purpose of
examining results which may follow so important
a proceeding. In this case, there will be four
millions Of the black population 70 care for. They
are. whole, incapable of supporting them
selves What, then is to be done? To colonize
is out of the question, and entirely impracticable
We have not the ability, for their great numbers,
and likewise their distaste to leave the country,
would be insuperable objections, if there were no
Others
If the negro is, by the fate of war, emancipa-
ted, while a majority of them will remain in the
South, vast numbers will spread over the Eastern
and Western States. Now | ask the question for
candid thought, what will be she sequel in making
this great and immediate change in our social re
lations?-a change made in a day, which ought
for the benefit of the whites the slave taken at
least fifty years to consummate itI 1t will con-
vulse the manufacturing. mechanical and labor
ing classes throughout the civilized world. The
organized labor Of the useful products OF
the South will be broken up from the founda-
ton. Who will fill the place? The white man can
not, for, with all his endurance, he is physically
incapable. He is not endowed by nature to work
in the sugar. rice and cotton fields in the midst of
malaria and under a scorching And no com
pensation, no inducement whatever will be suffi
cient to stimulfte the negro to be of any practi-
cal utility, for his voluntary services will not be
reliable. The blacks will grow more and more
indolent till the whole South will become desc
late waste. Instead of hundred and fifty mil
lions of dollars worth of cotton exported yearly
saying nothing about sugar, rice and tobacco, il
will dwindle down to probably the one-fourth of
that amount. If there are persons who dsbelieve
this opinion, let them inform themselves in regard
to Jamaica and see the result of immediate eman-
Il
allel of so great change in the body polite; and
nothing but mad, blind fanatcism would enter
tain such an idea. The subject is fraught with
such important events that il reaches its influence
to the hearth stone in every hamlet throughout
the width and breadth of our commercial relations
1t would starve the millions hatdepend npon the
products of the South; it would deprive other,
from the use of the essentials of living comforta
bly,, and ruin the negro. making him more de-
pendent on the whites than when in servitude.
The old and in6rm would be a public charges
onerous in the extreme, added TO the war tax
and other taxes would swell the expenses almost
beyond the public endurance. We must look at
this matter with GOODNESS, and not with passion.
By so doing we may come TO sensible cenclu-
sons
Conquer the rebels, say, under the Constitu-
ton and the laws, but leave the domestic insttu-
ton to take care of itself, and then may all be
come once more happy and powerful nation.
But should wild pernicous policy prevail, the
South will be drenched in innocent blood-the
plantations will become jungles for wild beasts
and their dwellings hsbtations for bats and owls,
guerrilla bands will patrole and infest the coun-
try and life and property will be held exceedingly
cheap. OMEGA.