Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-02

bis position upon the negro question. His views
are similar 70 those expressed by Gen. snKRsAs
At the 50 called banquet given to him in this city
he il opposei 70 comforting the elective franchise
u;on the negro; Is against the commingling of
the black and white races politically or socially
IL in favor OF q separation of the races. so that
there may be entire homogeneity Of both, and
faly endorses the administration Of President
JOHNSON. These views be expresses as life
long anti slavery mar, and they have been mt
fured By the study be has given the subject dur
ing the var. and the practical knowledge IL has
given him Of the character Of the negro race.
The Cincinnati Commercial endorses the posi-
ton OF General Cox. but il is not pail
atable to the veteran Gazette The latter paper
thus notices the letter:
" He fully defines his position as 9 candidate
Of party, and gives his PIRATE views on the
question Of negro suffrage. The latter. briefly
stated, are, that the white and colored people Of
the South cannot live together as equals, politi-
cslly, and be therefore favors psaceable sepsra-
ton Of the two races, Southern soil. the
blacks, in their separate condition, TO enjoy full
political rights lie does not propose, however.
10 permit bis private opinions TO prevent him
from giving cordial support TO such measures
- Congress and the President may deem best
Tor the fnal adjustment aud settlement of the
difficult questions that have grown out Of the
war"
While General Cox gives bis views frankly
and deliberately. he takes the ground represented
By the Gazette that anything said by him outside
of the resolutions of the Convention which nomi-
mated him. which he approves, are simply bis
e.. de-
not responsible, but il will be exceedingly diff
cult to so separate the candidate from the man as
TO satisfy the advocates of negro suffrage that in
voting for him they not repudiatiDg their
sentiments upon that question. which they regard
a. the vital issue before the country.
We give few extracts from General Cox 8
letter to show the position he occupies upon the
negro question. 10 regard TO the support of the
President, he remarks:
my supoor; Of him. therefore. will be no half
hearted support, but a Jealous and thoroughly
hearty cooperation, with no Interior purpose or
thought of separation issues likely to arise. IL
is by the cordial harmony OF Mr. johnson and
the Union members OF Congress that the coun-
try is be carried safely through its present
perils, and division between them would place US
in imminent danger Of shipwreck'
la regard TO the fusion Of the and the
remedy, replying to the inteuogatory Put to him.
and looking at the question from the same e nti
slavery stand point as his questioners, he says:
Il, starting from the same principles. and
after four years OF close and active observation
Of the races where they are. say sm unwillingly
forced to the conviction that the effect of the
war has not been simply to 'embitter' their rela-
tons but to develop rooted antagonism. which
makes their permanent fusion in one political
community an absolute impossioilisy.
"The antsgonism of which have spoken is
mer masters it takes the form OF an indomitable
pride, which utterly refuses to entertain the idea
of political or social equality. mingled with a
hatred intensified by the circumstances aud re-
suits OF the war This feeling Is not confined 10
the slave owners alone, but the poor whites share
it fully. aud often show it more passionately.
'0n the part Of the freedmen il is manifested
in an utter distrust of the dominant race, and an
enmity which, although made by circumstances
more passive and less openly manifested, is as
real and mpacable the other They have
the mutual attraction of race among themselves,
and repulsion of the whites as another people.
developed TO a degree which surprises me. 1t
is not as individuals Of nation common TO US
all, that they speak OF themselves, but. to use
self, they feel that they have long been an OPP
pressed and down trodden people
Discussing the remedy for this antagonists.
Gen. Cox says that ",hs only real solution
which l can see is the peaceable scpara ton of
the races"
And he further reasons
Because there could be no real unity OF PEG
pie between the Southern whites aud Southern
blacks. il seems manifest TO me that there could
be no political unity. but rather a strife for the
mastery. in which the one or the other would 60
to the wall.
THE struggle for supremacy would be direct
aud immediate. and see no hope whatever that
the weaker race would not be reduced to hopeless
subsection or utterly destroyed
His plan of separation is thus expressed
Suppose, however, that without breaking up
the organization of any State. you take contigi-
Gus territory in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabs.
ma and Florida, and there, under the sovereignty
of the United States, and with all the facilities
which the power and wealth of the Govern nent
can give we organize the freedmen in Deepen
dency of the Union analogous, TO the western ter.
ritories.
We worli ask. although il is proposed to re-
tain this territory under the control Of the Fed
eral authority, whether the surrender Of these
States as suggested is not virtual separation OF
the uaion which We have been fighting four years
to maintain nviolate And that. too. upon his
own theory Of the antsgonism of the races which
will forever make them both distinct people.
General Cox frankly admits that the soldiers,
especially those who have come in contact with
the negroes in slavery, most decidedly OPP
posed to the fusion or intermingling OF the rsces
He says upon this point:
81 have watched with deep interest the edu-
cational effect of the upon own army,
ard | assure you that while our white soldiers
have uniformly aud quickly learned to appreciate
the fact that the existence of our free Govern
meut could only DC preserved by the destruction
of the system OF slavery. and so become rsdi
cAliy and thoroughly snti-slsvery. the tendency
OF battling for the old flag almost equally
uniform in increasing and deepening their pride
Of race. The fact IS one which cannot safely be
overlooked in any calculation involving their
action upon the political problems before the
country. and it i one in regard 10 which think
| can hardly be mistaken"
And it is altogether probable that these views
OF the soldiers have had considerable influence in
shaping the sentiments of the Republican csndi
date for Governor of OHIO. We accept them,