The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-06-11

sickly schemes for equaling the races. God
made the white man superior to the black,
and no legislation viii undo or change the
decrees OF Heaven. They are unalterable as
the laws OF nature, eternal as Divinity ITSELF
and to legislate against them leads US to inf
delisy and ruin. Since creation dawned the
white race has improved and advanced in the
scale OF being, but as the negro was then SO
be is now. "But," say the Abolitionists, "the
African has been blessed with no opportunity
for improvement" Who gave the white
man an opportunity? God, in his infinite
justice, placed the two races upon the earth
at the beginning Of time to work out their
respective des,ines, History has faithfully
recorded their achievements. TO that i'm
partial tribunal l confidently appeal for the
verificatiOn OF the white mans superiority.
As God made them so have they remained.
and, unlike the Abolition equalizationists.
find no fault and utter no complaint against
the wisdom and justice Of our Creator.
The evils OF the attempted equalization of
the races issillustrated by the history OF Mex
leo. That country was settled by the in
telligent Spaniard, race not inferior to our
own ancestors. They developed the resour-
ces of the country by building roads, high
ways and canals. All along their line Of
march the church and the school house were
erected as landmarks of their progress. But
finally the idea OF the equalizing of the races
became popular; the attempt was made, the
reces were commingled, and thenceforvard
the deterioration of the people was rapid
and fearful This bolds true, not only in
Mexico and throughout Central and South
ern America. but in all sections of the globe,
wherever the white race has commingled
with the black or the Indian. This system
OF equalization has failed to elevate the in
ferlor, but has always degraded the superior
race. On the other hand, wherever the
purity of the white race has been preserved,
its superiority has continued, and its devel-
opment, both mental and physical, progress
ed. Neither soil nor climate, upon this
continent or elsewhere, has ever lowered the
standard of the governing race.
For three quarters of a century the Uni.
ted States have led the van IN all that is
great or useful in inventions. We have
made an errand boy of the lightning; we
have applied steam as propelling power
In single year we have demonstrated the
frailty OF "England's wooden walls" by the
construction OF our iron clad ships OF war,
and at the same time, by the same thought,
dlsspated all previously entertained opinions
OF sea coast and harbor Qualifications. Sir,
am satisfied with the history Of the races
as they are, as they were created, and as our
fathers leglslated for them. | claim no
originality for these thoughts; they have been
entertained by some Of the ablest statesmen.
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among them Mr.. Canning, who, when the
British Parliament was considering schemes
kindred to those now occupying the attention
ot the Republican party in this country,
said:
In dealing with the negro, sir, we must
remember that we are dealing with a being
possessing the form and strength of man,
but the intellect only Of child To turn
hin loose in the manhood Of his physical
strength, in the maturity Of bis physical
passions, but in the infancy Of his uninstruct.
ed reason would be to raise up a creature
resembling the splended fiction of recent
romance, the hero of which constructs g
human form, with all the corporeal capabil-
tiles of man, and with the thews and sinews
ofa giant; but being unable to impart to the
work OF his hands perception of right and
wrong, he finds too late that he has only
created more than mortal power of doing
mischief, and himself recoils from the mon
ster he has made"
One of our great statesmen of to day
Lord John Russell, whenever he aludes to
the black race in America, and to change
OF its status, talks only of very gradual
emancipation, because he knows that sudden
and unconditional emancipation would be
destruction to both the negro and the white
man. British statesman opposed immediate
emancipation upon the ground of expediency
alone. American statesmen should also
oppose it, not only upon that ground, but
also upon the ground that the Constitution
gives no power to interfere with the domes.
tic institutions of the several States-no
such power either in peace or in war;
But to reach the goal Of their hopes, the
AbolltloniSts OF country are willing to over
ride expediency, the law, and the Constitu.
tion--to destroy the Government itself, in
order to emancipate at once all the slaves Of
the South.
BULLETS FoR DEMONSTRATIONS FOR ABo.
s me- - LITIoNIsTs. ..
Sir, will not digress, but return to the
consideration of the solemn responsibilities
| that are resting upon US. Our country is
menaced by Secessionsts in arms, rebels,
upon one hand, and by Abolitionists, nulli-
fiers OF the laws and the Constitution, upon
the other. Sir, I propose bullets for the
former, ballots for the latter. These two
classes disposed of, and their will be return
to the prosperity, the peace and happiness OF
the earlier days of the Republic. Sir, these
armies were raised to execute the laws and
maintain the authority OF the Constitution
in all the States. They are, sir, to suppress
armed yiolators of that instrument And,
sir, 1T remains for the people at the ballot
box to suppress these Northern yiolators oi
the Constitution, if they would preserve
the rights and liberties of American free
men.