The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-06-18

KIAdAtien thaes beEinnieg 70 lester: il he
could visit Ae ealies IN wboae nisersba.
novels the blacks coagregzte. be wed6 hard
ly be reminded Of the pkr~d1Ae ghich Qiltcz
sang. with 1ts snar11thIne 1ouess. laughter
its blooming tnees Of LIE. its golden huitage
its amber rivers rolling ofeT elyziaa flowers
is hills and fountains and fresh shades. u.
dreams Of love and rs aaodAtion Of God
Alasi be would End nothiAx here 10 rsmind
him Of that high estate in Eden. ssxe The
the Inhsb11sDtG Laughter
IL the rush Of free negroes 10 this TarAaiss
/ leontiDnes.it would b 4 blessing If Prpvidenn.
should send Satan here IN the 1Orrn Of q ser
pent. and an angel 70 drive the descendants
Of Adam and Eve into the outer word. Ii
il eOntinnes yon viii havs no ons here bnt
! Congressmen and negroes. and that viii BE-
4 punishment eaoagh. Laaghter. You
wili have TO enact fngitive hx, to bring The
whites to their capital Laaghter-l ia,
The condition OF tire negroes here Il moi
unlike their condition In Ohio Perhaps il
is worse here than m Ohio, Tor their nnmbers
are So much mOrs hare in proportion to the
population.
The popalation already on our hands ia
Ohio we can take care oil; bat il We cannot
stop more from coming into Ohio. there is no
sense in beginnlng 10 eolOniEs the free blacks
which We have on hand. 1 make DO PROMO
si1iOn rs to them now. They do NOT. ex-
cept in certain localities. interiors greatly ei
ther with our Laws or our labor. Bat the
question of allowing more 10 come in s the
question discuss, not as to what NE shall do
gigantic as the schemes of emancipation
1t is practical question. as the war 10 al
ready throwing them within our bordels in
great numbers
Slavery may be an evil, it may be wrong
ior southern men to use unpaid labor, but
what will be the condition OF tho people OF
Ohio when the free jubilee shall have come
in It's ripe and rotten maturity. If slavery
is bad, the condition of tina State of Ohin.
with an unresirsined black population, only
double what we now have, paraly Suiservr
ent. partly slothful. partly criminal. and all
disadVaniageoas and rAinoass, will be far
wOrRe.
do mot speak thess things out of sny
nnkindness tOr the negro. Ii is mot for the
interest Of the free negroes Of my State that
that class oil the population should be increa-
sed- speak as their fliend when oppose
such immigration.
Neither do blame the negro altogether
Tor his crime. improvidence ard sloth. He
rs under sore calamity In this country. He
rs interior, distinct. and separate, and be has.
perhaps, sense enough to perceive it. The
advantages and equality OF the white man
can never be his As DIR. Fuller expresses
it:
: He sees and knows that il his color only,
that eolqT given him by God, which excludes
him and his rosteriiy from This noble and emo
bling competition And now, what must be the
effect on is charncterf 1t IL impossible but that
the worst feelings. envy, hatred. yindietiveness
will secret ly work in his bosom rendering him
unhappy in himself, and dangerous TO the coran-
try. Already have we had fearful prOmcnitlons
Ga asi,ing MP here and there; and rest assured
nothing but fear represses the utteranee. deep
and loud, of Passions which are only the more
fierce because as YET they can have no vent Ii
the free African is TO remain 10 th country. ne
must either enjoy social equality AMI amaiga-
mate with the white race, which 10 impossibles
or he viii be discontented, unhappy, and will be
ultimately exterminated. lie wonld not be III
Tor freed ON, he ~ ould not be = man, il he could
be satisfied with his position.'
If history teaches anything, it rs that it is
as hard to make a servile people free, as q
free people slaves, and that . conflict OF ra-
ces which must result from this policy of
emancipation, will only end in tho des,ruc
ton OF the weaker. Rome, Greece, West
India, all point TO the great mistake OF break
ing rudely the social system OF people. II
was only the other day that the news from
Jamaica told us oil the insurrection of slaves
and of their attack on principal city. A
year or two ago, il we are to credit Andrew
johnson, the instruction of negroes il East
Tennessee was caused By fear that the
whites would exterminate the negro popula-
tion en- n,asse. from jealousy of negro labor.
In this city, at any moment, we may look
for an emeute occasioned by the crowding
out Of white lnbor by black contrabsnds.--
The Government is now paying. to support
negroes, thousands of dollars weekly, oat OF
the hard earned money Of the people. raised
to put down the rebellion, SO at Fortress
Monroe; so at Port Royal. When offered
a resolution of inquiry as to tho amount thus ,
on motion of the member from IL
linois Mr.. LovEJoY,l ! it was voted down.
Let us heed the lesson which history has
given in other times as to what is convent
ent and advantageous under similar crcum-
France broke the letters from the
Haytian blacks, under the lead Of Jacobins
like the member from Illinois. In less than
half century, the industry and commerce
Of Haytl were annihilated; the Sabbath, the
family and the school became obsolete; the
m issionaries were more in danger-as the
historian of the West Indies, Mr.. Edwards,
says, ,ot being eaten than OF being heard. Bap-
k.ck ntk .ck 49,.
expelled with q persecution equal to that ex
hibited lately on the mountains OF SYRIA
Hayti was free! But her freedom was the
freedom OF fisnds. Unschooled and undisc-
plined, she ran riot in her liberty. Her CO
reer has but one advantage. 1t admonishes
us OF what our fate shall be, live are launch
ed on the same stormful sea.
Mr.. LOvEJOY. Will the gentleman al
low me moment?
Mr.. COX. No, sir, will not
Mr.. LOVEJOY. Then raise the ques-
ton Of order. that am entitled to ask the
gentleman question, inasmuch as he allu
ded to some gentleman from Illinois. want
TO know to whom be referred. He called
some member from Illinois Jacobin.
Mr.. COX. That is no point OF order; but
[ will tell the gentleman in confidence whom
| meant. l meant him. [Laughter.l
Mr.. LOVEJOY. That is what wanted
10 know. Now, l want to ask the gentle
man another question.
Mr.. COX. / did not mention anybody's |
name; but the gentleman at once saw the ap.
propriateness Of the appellation.
Mr.. LOVEJOY. We will try that when
come to answer the gentleman.
The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman
from Ohio yield the floor TO the gentleman
from Illinois?
Mr.. COX. I do not.
The London Times gives . truthful picture
il the freed negro Of Hayti, which has its
counterpart here already:
s"The negro is lazy on NAL, without any
oresght, and therefore required to be led and
compelled. He is decidedly inferior, very little
aised above nero animal. He 10 vol Of self
eliance, and 10 the creature OF circumstance;
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