Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-07-27

census shows that New England and all the
free Western States, from Ohio TO the Pa
cifc, contained five thousand, four hundred
and twenty-five fewer free blacks than the
slave state of Maryland alone And Vir-
giDia, with her white population oflcss than
nine hundred thousand, had fifty four thous-
and three. hundred and thirty-thre free
blacks; while Massachusetts with white
population Of five hundred and cighty-onc
thousand eight hundred and thirteen. had
only thirteen hundred and ifty.six free nc.
groes. Why is this? How are we 10 recon.
cilc the conduct Of the black man in shun.
ming his white brother of New England who
is so full ofwords in expressing his fratcrbal
love for him Is it the instinct of the
colored man, which teaches him that the
men Of New England are not his friends
that they do not wish to serve the colored
man, but to be served by him? That if
the negro wishes for Kindness and happy
homes, that he must seek them elsewhere
than on the icy shores of New England p
Or, will it be said that the black man can.
not endure a cold climate? If such be the
fact, then. it is proven that he is not the
equal Of the white man, To whom all climates
are alike. The sturdy New Englander, the
hardy sons of frozen Norway and Denmark
form prosperous colonies in Texas, Mexico
and Brazil, while the mercural children OF
sunny France. for centuries have been es-
tablishcd in the Canadas and they are ac-
knowledged to be the,b best guides employed
amid amid the snow driftsRf the Rocky Noun
TRUE INTENT OF THE DECLARATION.
f But does the Declaration of Indcpen-
dence, fairly construed, means that all men.
without regard to race, are equal? To in
tcrpret doubtful part of any instrument,
the intention of the writer must be ascer.
tanned; it must be considered in connection
with It's context-that is, with reference to
, what precedcs or follows the doubtful clause
, or sentence, the true meaning of which is
sought to be ascertancd, and the clause it.
/. self must be considered with reference to
the subject matter treated of.
The Declaration commences by saying,
that when 1t becomes necessary for one )eO-
pie to dissolve the political bands which
, have connected them with another people.
a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the cause:
which impcl them to the separation. Now
, to what one people does the Declaration
refer, when it says that decent respect fol
the opinions of mankind requires that they
| should declare the causes which impel then
! to separation The States were occupiet
: by white, a red and black people-doc
a the expression 'one people refer to tn
5 white, black and red people, or to only on
t ofMem? Had the negroes of the Colonic
e any political relations with Great Britain
f No; for under the authority of Grea
t Britain they were bought and sold as prop
erty. Hence the negroes were not a par
r of that people who dissolved the politica
bands which united them to England Wa
. the position of the Indians, in politica
e sense, different from that of the negroes
No, because the British government regard
e ed the Indians as mere savagcs, who wer
C to be cls,ared away with the wolf and tn
r bear. Then as it was neither the Indian
: nor the negroes who dissolved the politica
t bands which united the colonies with tn
I mother country it must have been th,
whites who did so. But this is rendered
certain from the facts that the colonist,
were the direct offspring from Great Britain
while the other races had different origins
and neither the Indians, nor the ncgroe,
, were represented, directly or indirectly. il
, the Congress which published the ''Decla
ration" Hence, then, it is conclusive tha
the word people" was used in that instru
ment in special sense to mean white peo
pie, or the European race from which the
cOOnlStS sprung.
Again, the clause of the declaration al
, ready referred to, says, "a decent respect
, for the opinions of mankind, requires tha,
the causes which lead to the separation
, should be made known" Now, the wort
! ''mankind' taken in its general sense mean.
, the whole human family, but it is evident
that such was not the meaning of the fram
crs of the "Declaration," for copies of thai
, instrument were sent to the nations OF
Europe, but not to any other people. Their
the word mankind" as used in the "Decla
ration refers exclusively to the European
5 race, for had it been intended to mean the
people of China, or Egypt, or Morocco
f commissioners would have been appointed
to have communicated the "Declaration
to them, as well as to the nations of Europe
t which was not done. 1t is clear then thai
f the words 'peopie" and "mankiud' ar,
$ used in that instrument in Hnutcd and
, not in general sense.
, The Declaration" then goes on to say
f we hold these truths, to be self-evidcnt
, that all men are created equal and in q
9enerM sense, the words ''al men," like the
word mankind" embraces the whole hu,
man family. But was such the intention
of the trainers of that paper? A moments
reflection must satisfy every one that the
| words ''all men, like the word mankind,
was only intended to apply to the European
race, and have no reference eitherto negroe.
. or to Indians. When the "Dccaration
was published, every one of the thirtcer
states held slaves, and the author of tha,
! paper was himself slave holder. Is it,
then, reasonable to suppose that our fathers
intended to proclaim that the negroes whom
they bought and sold as property, were
created equals with themselves? On the
contrary, by the Constitution which was
afterwards formed, negro slavery was not
only recognized, but the importation of ne
gro slaves from Africa was authorized in ex.
press terms until the year 1908.
From causes unnecessary here to discuss,
slavery has ceased to exist, and the states.
men of the south declare that they do not
desire its rcsusitation. The black man is
free, and his life and property should re-
ceivc the protection of the laws But let
no false philanthropy reduce our country to
the condition of Mexico, by the degradation
of the white race to the level of the black
After the conquest of Mexico by Cortes, the
Spaniard committed the fatal mistake OF
blending his own blood with that of the ne
} gro and Indian, and the result is de-
bauched and mongrel horde of seven million
t people, who live in state of chronic an
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