The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-10-14

kee race Ct adopt the epithet as an hon,
orable one). marked rs it il with salient
characteristics, is so complete an amalga-
nation of all the families rom the east.
ern boundary Of Germany to the western
coast of ireland, that there are few of MS
i'll whose veins are not mixed the blood
of several. But this unhappy race OF
which we are speaking does not amalga-
mate with the rest. 1t sentirely imma-
terial to discuss why it isso; the fact no
one can deny; nor can itbe denied that
its salvation or its destruction will surely
be worked out in its family isolation.
Because there could be no real unity
of people between the Southern whites
and Southern blacks, it seems manifest to
me that their coald be no political unity
but rather Strife for The mastory, !,
which the one or the otlleF would go to
the wall
The struggle for supremacy would be
direct and immediate. aud | see no hope
whatever that the weaker race would not
be reduced to hopeless subsection, or ut
terly destroyed There is no reason to
suppose that Missouri border-ruffianism
could never be repeated on new fields.
and The strife once inaugurated. the mer-
ciless war would continue as long as the
obnoxious race had an existence. You
have expressed your anticipation Of such
Il result in one state of the case, how is it
that you do not SEQ that direct struggle at
the ballot-box would make the contest
more deadly?
| held that there is great philosophic
truth in the words Of Guizot, in summing
up the eight centuries Of bloodshed ont
d. which the French emerged into ma
tionality from the strife of petty races ard
tribes lie says, In the life of nations.
that union which is esterior and visible,
the unity Of name ard of government, al
though important, = by no means the
FIRST in importance the most real, or that
which makes indeed cne nation There
is unity which is deeper and more pow
erful; il is that which results not merely
from identity Of government aud destiny,
but from the honogeneity of social ele-
ments. from the likeness If institutions.
/ of manners, Of ideas. of tastes, of tongues
the unity which resides in the men them
selves whom society assemblies, and not in
the forms of their associations; in short
that moral uuity which Is far more inn
pertant than political unitT. and which
IS the only solid foundation for the latter
have watched with deep interest the
educational effect of the var upon our
own army, and | assure ydu that while
our white. soldiers have uniforlnly and
Iquickly learned to appreciate the fact
that the existence Of our free govern
ment could only be preserved By the de.
struction Of the system Of slaYery. and 81
became radically and thoroughly anti-slav
cry. the tendency of battling for the ole
flag was almost equally uniform ip In
fcfetsiHg aEzd -irennpin-z<their PRIDE o
race. The fact is one which cannot safe
| " be overlooked in anY calculation in
yolving their action upon the politiea
problems before the country, and it is on,
| in regard to which | think l can hardl,
| be mistaken.
The details of any system of separation
could only be determined By careful stud,
and a wide comparison Of views Sup
pose, however, that without breaking VI
the organization of any State, you take
contiguous territory in South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, and there
under the sovereignty of the Unite,
States, and with all the facilities whicl
the power and wealth of the Goyernmen
can give, we organize the freedmen in
dependency of the Union analogous t
the western territories. Give then
schools, laws, facilitating the acquiremen
of homesteads TO be paid for by their owl
labor, full and exclusive political privile
gcs, aided at the start, should it seen
necessary, by wise selection from th
largest brains and most philanthropi
hearts among anti-slavely men, to Civ
! them a judiciary or executive whicl
would command their confidence in tn
first essays of political existence. Their
need be no coercive collection of the col
ored race in the designated regions, tn,
majority are there nov, ,.and the rewar,
of political power would draw thither TIL
remainder quite as rapidly as their plac
could be supplied by white immigration in
to other States. The forts and seapor
cities could remain under the direct con
troll of the Federal Government as tn
basis for that common trade and inter
course with other parts of the eountr,
and the world, which would be necessary
The fullest opportunity to develop tn
highest civilization they are capable Of
would there be given. Colored men Q
talent and intelligence would not the
make a vain struggle for the empty nam
of being lawyers without briefs, or mer
chants without trade, but would hav
what leading journal at the East ha
/ frequently demanded for them, the OF
portunity, as well as the right, to tax
rank according to their real character an
ability,
/ That there are difficulties in the real
zation of such plan shall be the frs
to admit, but there are difficulties in a
plans. 1t is natural to men to struggl
to avoid responsibility, and to drift upo
the current, trusting to fate; but driftin
j also leads to difficulties, as we who drift
i ed into a war which has cost half mi
| lion of lives and untold millions of none,
should not need to be told; and I agre
with you that drifting will probably d,
eide this matter against the black rae
and involve its destruction, while
leaving the labor of the South in tn
| hands of degraded caste, it entails upo
the country the worst material effects
slavery, and prevents that homogeneit
of Institutions and manners, North an
South, which have said / believe to
t the only sure foundation Of permanel
: peace.
Fl The Anglo-American and Afric,
/ American races now stand face to fac
I fupon the Southern soil in irreconcilab
hostility. The few colored men who
: we have amongst us, may be regarded
s the waits and strays of the great bod