The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-03
NUMBER llS.

matter Of State policy. over winch The
Federal Governne should exercise no
control. | say according 10 the pisds's
&c the President as represented 10y our
commissioners. il should have been s,
and am unwilling to move another iLet
until it is so.
One concession only begets another
| few more and a consolidated governm 1T
is ireyocably fastened upon Us. say ~
! is hazardous to experiment Win pcg.o
testimony with the privileges agains ~
while MisSissippis yet d-uiSd admiss on.
Suppose it is allowed, and the eNpeHm
/ does lot operate to the satisfaction OF tho
| Government. Will it not AT once deeltro
that the negro cannot get jusuca from
white Jury, and that such pr'Juaice sinai
be neutralized by allowing tne negro r.
presentation in the jury box, when h -
a party to the record? II Is said taat h'
shall be protected IN his rights OF persia
and property" suppose ~ The "pluioh <
the Government tnal testimony before "
white Jury does not secure that protection
will il hesitate to demand his admission
, into the Jury box7 Let this be doT~,
then comes equality, conflict extermlL =
ton
Mr.. Speaker, this subject is indeed =
} delicate and profound oue. discuss y
{ with dffidence and hesitation rs pursuels
complicated and momentous. it rises be-
over my distracted country. Here upon
the same territory we have two races RET"
s dered by nature separate and dlsulc
3 They can never harmonizA, because they
s can never mingle, physically or Gutner-
a cally equal. An irrepressIole conict o.
a race, heretofore Imperative, because ',S
J. condition of the negro was too suooro'-
# nate to provoke it. Now has condition
r is chan ged-but the necessity Tor the OBJ
t servation of this distinction Is as Impera-
o tive as ever. BY the voice OF mutual
t preservation we are called upon to observe
e and enforce it, and how lar TINS law OF
il distinction, which nature has seen lit 10
e impose, will suffer violation without pIo-
a duciug results fatal to the races, Is que5
II ton for the statesman ana the phi'oso-
,r pher with cautious dehberation to deter
3 mine.
r When Providence made the distinction
lie that marks the white man nom the
is black, il at the same time impressed them
&c both with the importance OF its obserVa0
m ton, by geographical separation to warn
II them against the danger OF proxlmatlon.
I'd This law of nature has been violated al
IS. ready this admonition has been disre-
n garded, the land set apart and dedicated
to the sons of Ham has been invaded
q Need remind you Of our devastated
rs country of the graves OF our people, Oh
til our subjugatiop, need ! remind you 10
Vii warn YOU against the danger OF further
st violation, o warn you against the danger
o, of social and political proIlmalon.
on ! wish to do thenegro justice, nope No
H NAV find protection, but hope for the
lie good Of the races, he may not expect nor
as find any outside of a condition subordl-
I'D Datc 10 the white man. Let hlm be pro
he tsatod a laborer Let wise legislation
lev control that labor, ana make Al useful,
IN. make it profita bic to the white man, adj
n vantageous to the freedman. But can
tus never encourage nor consent to his eleva-
i've ton in the direction of equ@ilty, whli"
he he occupies the same country with the
yro white race Nature has made him an m
all feror being no human legislation can al
sd ter this immutable law OF omnipotence,
nv, but by it this law can be perverted, ar O.
I'M in its pervertion is exterminating tha
the complete overthrow of our social and po'
are llical system.
IN Let the negro, by legislation, be elevate
ave to social and political equality. The white
eS- man whether from predjudice or from
Ter prin ciple it does not matLer-the white
On. man will shrink from the contamiuatlou
ony he will withdraw from the competition
, IT. and will either turn upon the Intrudei
ha' and destroy him, or he Will abandon l.
co him position and country. Then thee'
Aue Southern States--the seat OF America
yo" hospitality-the land of enterprise az,
au- genius and once an empire OF wealth enc
nre' agricultural grandeur-wil be a vast ii
hey her;a and the states of the North via
as compose the habitation of the white man
the Better than this should be the deplorai l.
no destiny Of our country. Had the nego,
ex- he feels that his condition Is subordinat
p to what he conceiyes his rights TO be u
my, der the Constitution, had he not bette
le - return to the land of his ances' ors go I
ood. his native Africa, where he will fad lat
r. "a
ieel all his purposes of philanthropy, wher'
race in his improved condition, after enslayin
Aoee his canuibal kindred, he can perhaps lnl
d IS press upon them, too, the blessings OF IN
tloh Christian religion, which he himself I'm
ness bibed in the land Of his bondage
- Let him do this, or let him be satishe
r of to remain in that condition to VINE
II ia nature has SO fitly adapted HIM II u
,coto be hard, it is q misfortune thaI RIO
sncb idence has seen proper TO impose an
for which we are not Responsible ana u
negro cannot escape it when III proxlI
ncize ity to the white man, in saiey to himst
from nor to us. unless IL be IN separation J
clpie; is now a freedman, and has the vi
heno world before him: Hence, forever,
o not continuation here will not be II comp
ce Oh sion, but choice, and The re'pons biz
Vi AZ is at his discretion.
eston A few remarks, and | am done.
econ hope, Mr. Speaker, have discussed =
ie an subject without prejudice, and in .spi
uos4 of fairness. 1t is an honest conVict
ms eX- - - thot tha supremacy of
to our - 80 a,d The nrrservation OF DO
on of 49, 90 80 o.N .bo endorsement OF
in the -, a;I,;,,c,;n, This distinction
ncipa- - 80, soroavh.ra--vhv not let it
Shar- 49,. rhara !, i alraadv a tablshed ?
~ had 80 -, LaIiara tba negro will feel
power 500 If this d;stinctiSn. from its pres
nat an location, more than he would were
was 70 lodged in higher position, perhaps
n" l % ;ra,;or ;aaIonsv-iealousy conf
today iP.;ii ,,ot Continue the discussion,
uished ,La,L yo,, r,ost kindly for your '
sissippi naI;snt attention. Again allow me
he mo, shonL vou
be adj
nd this
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