The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21
Proa ~ 8. '. hoaisos.
NueRo an& CGWoasiGns

The question of negro slavery this day
Is the most mOmehtOus that ever occupied
the attention Of the world. We enter
upon the year 1858 with declared poi
lev for it's Gorcible abolition in the RePub-
lie. The well known proclamation Of
Mr.. Lincoln, the effectiveness Of which Is
to mark the flrsl day Of the new year, is
now in operation. We are yet to see
results; but, in the meantime, we will
present . few considerations, showing
the gulf that stands between the Caucas'
!. ian aud NsegO; sOd how the negro must,
Ia The order Of creation, always stand De.
low the Caucasian--be his scrvant-and
would remain contented as such If not
interfered with by fanatics or fools.
In the progressive march Of humanity,
the white man, gigantic in mind and am
bition, grasps at dominion. His Hags
wave from every mountain ;shis arms gilt
tor on every plain and his canvass,
broad and sweeping, witness every sea.
Not 40 with the negro. He e passive
and dependent; Of dwarfed mind, and
has opposite feeling& A writer Of abili-
ty, Mr.. David Quinn, Of Cincinnati, re-
marks: "AMhiSyOHlhSa ne-es ysFSHS tAHe
negro from the haunts Of his progenitors,
and although the world has rolled through
thousands Of years, giving day and night
alike to all its people, and earnestly in
viting all to its banquets Of progress, he
is the same to-day as when The Phoene-
clans, thousands Of years ago, FIRST found
him in his native jungleS. No efforts,
induced by kindness, or imposed by Gu
pidity, could make him more or less than
an inferior order of humanity" For cen
turies the people Of Europe have labOred
to improve the negro's condition; but
after long and ardueus efforts, we 6nd
him to-day no better or happier than the
sacrificing missionaries Of Catholic Spain
and Portugal did when they, in the face
of every difficulty and danger, but inspir.
ed by true and living faith, established
their colony of instruction at the mouth
Of the Niger. In one effort, save that Of
acquiring wealth, have the people Of the
Northern States, been more persistent
than its efforts to elevate the negro and
vet, in none other have they more signal
" failed. Still, they persist as if mad
dened by disaster. President Lincoln's
proclamation is the climax Of Northern
abolition feeling. We cannot see in it
any hope for the Republic.
The negro on this continent is not i'm
proved by freedom. He enjoys less hap.
pincss in New York than he does in Mo-
bile. The negro, bond or free, will serve
q superior he will black the white mans
boots, drive his coach and wait on his
table. He knows his own secondary ma
ture, and, influenced by perSuasions, will
drop into his African mode of associa-
ton; he will have . master to take from
him life's imposing cares. lie can then
sing, and dance. and chatter, regardless
Of what is, or is to be, and, as a conse-
quence, live out his own life in accordance
with his own nature. If he parts with
his own freedom, he also parts with his
native burdens-that labor Of mind essen.
tial to prosperity-which enSlave him.
Human beings are not equals, nor are
they alike in their natures; but on the
contrary, proclivities are directly oppo.
site in both races and in both sexes. The
ones desire for protection harmonizeS
and unites with the others love Of do
minion, Thus, though native liberties
be surrendered, in the constitution Of So
ciety, all are freest when in the places for
which nature designed them. It is only
when our position bears upon our na-
lures, that we feel our Social burdens (;
consequently the man IS frecst as we'll as
happiest when in that position which is
best suited to his own nature.
Some, not familiar with the negro,
have judged him by the standard Of their
own minds; and, in consequence have
given him character which he does not
possess in reality. Those who know
least and are farthest removed. imagine
most; consequently, the most Jealous AZ.
rican reformers have always been farthest
from Africa. So, too, with abolitiOnists,
the most jealous have always been
farthest from the things Of which they
have complained. The people who live
in the midst OF slavery approve it, while
those at distance levy war for its exter-
mination. Only about three hundred
thousand of the Southern people own
slave property, yet all, with . unanimity
which the world has seldom, il ever be-
fore seen, unite in battle for its protec-
tion