Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-17


the contrary. section *. article ! clearly repudi
ates Il. For II slavery il The adopted corner
stone of their Government common sense sug
gets that in their fundamental law they would
snd should use every effort ~ strengthen ana
support il; ad ret tiEey forbid that seetsen and
article that very policy which would give strength
and -germa Dencf 10 such a-cofner stone. Mr
Stevens. hoNev has made no such declaration
vet he IS quoted everywhere a. the source whence
this vide spread erroneous apo,hegtn has proceed
Ell IL may te well 70 ventiiate this matter more
thoroughly.
THE oonsEa STONE Is rHE IxEQr Ally OF THE
TWO RACES
Let u learn what Mr. Ste~ens actually did
Say. His language Is this The foundations OF
our new government are hid, its eorner-si =
rests upon '-whatl sla,eryl no. upon the greN
trnh that the negro is no; equ,I to The wh'tel
nan. that slavery which lie then defines TO be
standardization 20 the superior race" lis his
natural md moral condition This. our new gov
etnmen,. IS the first in The history Of the world.
based upon this great, physical, philosophical and
moral truth" 9- =.
TINS language could not be applied to slavery.
IL would be u strange mis,pplication of terms to
call slavery a physical. philosophical and moral
truth. lie had just been stating to his hearers
THAI the ideas prevalent at the lime our Constiu
ton was formed, rested upon The assumption OF
the equality Of rices" 1hi< proposition he de
clsres 10 be un-Ound, and that the new govern
ment Was founded npoh exactly the opposite ldea.
The error on one side. which he cOmbats. Is the
assumed equality of the races. The opposite
truth which he prOpounds Is the physical, phlio
sOphcal and moral truth that the two races are
not equal. aud the inference he draws from this
truth l.. that this physical difference determines
the status of the interior race. confess | can
not see how TO escape that conclusion. except by
DENYING that there is this physical difference be
tW cen them tor il there Is this difference. then
one race necessity j. superior and the other ia
ieriOr and If the two physically unequal races
are compelled te live together in the same COM
munty. the Superior must govern the inferior
Can YOU avoid this cOnclu,ionI
rRrsDEST LINCOLN AND MR. STEVENS PROCLAIM
THE SAME coRSfR STONE
Perhaps YOU may think nave adopted South
ern views on this point, and TINT the inequality
and physical differences OF the two races are al
a.. ether Southern dog mas. need not cross the
Potomac To 6nd the same great truth pr0claimed
in 4 quarter entitled to resnect. and by one who
politically outranks the Vice President of the
CVEiederacy, TO wit: the President OF the United
States -A.- I -
You will recollect the interview, on August
H. 1869. between committee of colOred men
and President Lincoln. invited BY him to he ar
what he had To say tn them His object in
moning them before him was TO persuade them
To emierate, and he bases lis argument TO them
on the very corner stone declared by Mr.. Stew
ems To- wit: the physical difference or inequality
OF the two races President Lincoln's plan was
10 separate the two rices
You and We" said he to them, care different
races We have between broader difference
than exists between any other tworaces. Wheth-
| or il j. right or wrong | need not discuss. but
this phy steal difference IL great disadvantage to
u both, as think. Your race are suffering. in
INV Judgment the greatest wron. inflicted ON any
people But even when YOU cease 10 he slaves
Won are far from beng placed on any equality
With the white race. On this broad continent
not a single man OF your race is made tho equal
| of single nisn VI ours Go where YOU are
| treated The best, and the ban Is still upon YOU.
do not propose to discuss this, but to prevent it
as fact with which we have to deal ! cannot
| alter IL if ! would 1t is feet about which We
all feel and think alike, | and You"
THEIR DIFFERENT MODES OF DEALING With THE
| Thus YOU perceive that both President Lin
coin and Mr.. Stevens in perfect accord in
/ accepting and acting upon the same great truth
| President Lincoln accepts the physical inequality
of the two races completely Mr. Stevens.
| for where there is broader differ ence than
exists between almost any other races it would
| be absurd to say they equal. especially when
the President Justly adds that this difference is
physical; that is, grounded in the original consi
| tuition of each The only difference between
the President of the United States and Mr.. Ste
yens is in the use to which they pnt this physic |
philosophical. and moral truih-this corner stone.
| Mr.. Stevens proposes il in his Savannah speech
as the basis Of the government Mr. Lin
coin adopts il as the basis OF his plan OF separa
ting the races because of his physical difference
| MIR Stevens takes the stone. as whole, upon
which he would construct a government. Mr..
Lincoln would split the stone and drag the parts
assunder Mr.. Stevens accepts the fact and
adjusts his fabric to is Mr. Lincoln also accepts
the fact. ,.rd Is so perpexed with inextricate diff
culties in his attempts to dispose of the two por
tons OF the common corner stone.
rHE PRESIDENTS PFnPLtxiTffs IN DEALING Win
rue CogSIR STONE.
1t i well to notice the perplexties of the Pres
isleut'S mind ~ thew are manifested in his singu
lar interview with this colored delegate The
grea, truth of the physical difference of the two
races i 50 palpable that ne cannot controveri IT,
and he frankly declines to make the attempt; vet
while accepting tie fact itself. by raising the sin
sular question Of right and wrong upon its exist
| ence and thus (no doubt unconciouslv) impuens
the wisdom of the Creiior for who but God
could ordain a physical difference IN lie two
race? The r,isng OF the que>Jnn therefore.
wheiher a phy steal fact is = ri-h or wrong" as
| If there were two sides 10 such question direct
! " mylciies the wisdom of the Gre tor. The
! President. too while declining 10 .li-cuss this
question of right ami wrong. actually decides it
" be wrong by declaring it 10 be ''di~aA, anita ge
to both" races. in his or:ncn The plain good
sense OF most of the remal Ks Of the President in
this interview. ana the collision ct thought IN his
own breast which he discloses. where truths and
doubts come into cen 'tnt coufl ct, point TO some
great radical disturbing error-not in the Pre>i
dent's mind alone. but prevading the popular
mind on the subject of African slavery every
where
THE GREAT ERROR OF rHr WORLD on SLAVERY.
The great fillacy so ri e everywhere through
out the world that slavery is the cause Of our
national troubles rests OF the almost universal
persistent closing Of the ewes 10 this fact Of the
physical difference betn cen the two races. Siay
ery is not the cause Of the sectional war, but a
which God has ordained. and which man is in
vain attempting To >nbvert
Take YOUR stand on this great acknowledged
! fact that the African and white races are physi
cay ditfereut-follow out this truth TO Us logical
tre>ults-and the great question of slavery. or
sub0rinaton OF The inferior ~ the superior race.
j. clearly solved in all its phases
I D. You ask how
F,rsi-We must accept as fixed fact that or
,isn nee 81 S.,.l bach has declared that the
races are physically different. and not complicaie
. the fact v TIA apt qualifications dawn from n 0