The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-05
INCARCERATION.


ty generally was a separate organization
A Jew years later the two parties coalescsd,
and then Republicanism passed Tor mild
name of aboiitionisn, The old abolition
leaders, however, were satisfied, and joined
the party, believing, with Lovejoy, that
their principles. like the small pox, would
soon break out over the whole body IL
took a very few years, indeed, to prove
Lovejoy a true prophet
By the time Lncoln's inaguration came
about, the Republican party haa come up
ia the full standard Of the cid abolition
partv, and from that day forth it would be
senseIess to make distinction between
the two The civil war commencing soon
after the accession Of Lincoln to power,
the two parties, merged into one, started
on a new career Of progress.
First, they were for SURPRISING the re-
belIion simply, and restoring the Union
as It was
To this the President in his inaugural,
the republican congress by numer-
merous vote. and Secretary Seward in his
correspondence with foreign courts, pledged
the nation in the m st solemn terms But
this pledge was hardly given, when a cun-
ming scheme was devised to catch negroes
ba curious military orders about OBTAINING
-'contrabands' coming within our lines
Then followed riild coati5cation scheme,
also looking towards, but far way Oft
from a general emancipation scheme. a
few months later this was enlarged and
Strengthened SO as to embrace the negroes
of all the disloyal, as fast as We could
catch them Then followed the 'Procla-
nation OF Freedom, to embrace the ne-
sroes of loyal or dislayal, in the rebellious
states, whether we had caught them or
not. OF course the next and final step,
in this direction, will be, to include ali
the slaves, whether the property OF loyal
men or traitors, and whether in loyal or
rebelieus states
But the rage for emancipation brought
with it other difficulties. Clearly on the
assumption that we were fighting rebels
only, the abrogation Of the constitutions
and Laws ofthe reb:llious states, By enlan-
ciPating their negroes was gross viola
ton OF the constitution.
Abolition progress could not be staggered
By such a difficulty. 4 new theory Of the
constitution was devised called w hitting"
or stale suicide theory. This made al
plain sailing. The states we're deai-ra-
duced to conquered provinces, and the
government could mould them as she
pleased. 1t took long while before Re-
publicanism could swallow all tlIs theory,
but it has ali been gulped Then another
difficulty arose: the negro being free, what
to do with him? Hi freedom is Of no &C.
count unless he is made the equal Ct the
white man So negro equality was adopted
Tie pay OF tbs negro soldier is made
equal 10 that OF the white; the attorney
, General declares him 2 citizen, the Secre-
tary Of State gives him passports, and the
President laptizes hin as ga american
citizen Of African descent But what is
his citizensh ip-l.is equality before the
law worth, if he is socially deyraiei-kep,
un.lcr foo, for his caste? Sill The negro
must remain degraded, downtrsddsr
/ being, unless this social ban can be re,
moved ? The y. o. 3 philosophers were
/ puzzled. Clearly the cause of this ban i:
their color. How to remove that Can he
negro be wllitswashsd not much
But nothing can stasser your crazy IA
matte. = Massachusetts, philosopher solv'
ed the difficulty b. single word Ms
I OBSERVATION - that is the philosopher
| stone. IL is 4 combination OF Greek word
and means mingle and .gsacra!c-in plain
English, anal gamation. As you can neve,
educate the negro up to the STANDARD O
the white man, nor the white man down
to the level of the negro. tho only way i.
to bring them together at half way house
Let them ''rniscesenato -mingle and gen
crate, and the two races will become enc
The Massachusetts, Philosopher has go
out pamphlet on the subject, from which
we shall make = single quotation, to brin!
out his exact meaning We quote The
table of contents of the pamphlet:
| ~ Since the whole human race is o
one family. there should be, in republic
no distinction in political or social right,
| on account of color, race, or nativity.
- The doctrine of human brotherhood
| implies the right Of white and black to in
termarry.
''3 The solution Of the negro problem
will not be reached II this country Until
public opinion sanctions union OF the
! two races.
Il As the negro is here and cannot be
driven cut there should be no impede
ment TO the absorption of one race in The
other.
-. Legitimate unions between white:
| and blacks could not possible have any
worse effect than the iliesitimate unions
which lave been going on more than :
century at the South
"Ihe mingling ofdiverse races is PROVED
by all history to have been positive ben
eft to the progeny.
! ~. The southern rebellion Is causes
| less by slavery than by the base prejudic
resulting from distinction Of color; an
perfect peace can come ouiy by cessatio,
of that distinction through an absorption
of the black race Nv the white
IS. Its the duly Of antislavery mel
everywhere to advocate the minglirg o
! the two races
g The next Presidential electlo,
should secure to the blacks all their socia
and political rights; and the progressiv
party should not finch from conclusion
fairly deducibie from their own principle:
10 In the millennial future the she>
type of manhood will not be white o.
black, bu: brown; and the union Of blac
with white in marriage will help the hu
man family the sooner TO realize its grea
destiny.
This we say is the next step, in the rapi
progress of republican or abolitionisn
the full recent;an of this doctrine VIII