The colored Tennessean., 1865-08-12
A war Of Races.

IS tests itself. A fear Of collision betwe'
! the whites and negroes in the late sla7
$ States, is one form Of that nemesis whi(
ever pursues the wrong-doer. The reb
slave masters and their abettors, kno
: in their secret souls, that they deserve
be scourged by the worst dangers the
! imaginations can conceive. Like ii
5 murderer, fleeing red handed, they tren
bic at their own shadows. But tn
J clear headed and sagacious ones anon
them, know that such danger is the veri
est myth, so far as its initiation by tn
negroes is concerned, that ever haunte
the brains Of conscience -smitten men
You will not hear from the lips or pen o
| those who have been recognized as th'
Southern statesmen, any such claptrap
On the contrary, we find among then
men who fully accept the new condition
with its multifarious responsibilities
PThese are among the first to fully recog
nize industrial Freedom with it's neCeSSa-
sary condition Of equitable contract.
Many openly acknowledge the necessity
Of education. Others, like Mr.. Nichol-
son in his recent letter to the New York
Tribune, see, that the negro being free,
having imposed upon him the response
bilities Of the Constitution, must neces.
sarily be entrusted with its privileges
and rights. Duties and rights 60 hand
in hand. The classes who fear that the
long suffering patience, the accumulated
wrongs Of this people, will at last find
vent in open hostility, are by no means
those who have hitherto been leaders
South Of Mason and Dixon's line.
We deny emphatically that there is
any possibility Of a race-war, unless 1t
oe commenced by the whites, ard shall |
oe famed into fame by demagogues who
are not what suffering may come, 50 |
ong as they ride on the tempest and |
hink they control the whirlwind.
But the discussion Of this question as
umes graver aspect to US, when we see
'ersons 50 prominent as Major General
Iox, the Union candidate for Governor
+ Ohio, discussing at length, elaborately
nd most earnestly, the danger Of such
olhions between tho whites and ne
Foes-og; as he calls them, ''the Anglo
and AfricoAmeric and |,
9riously proposing, as just and impair
al remedy, the separation of our race I
region to be selected in the Gulf !
tates. A remarkable paper from the ,
IN of this distinguished gentleman has
tely appeared in the leading daily pa
'rs Of the West. AS he will, with.
it doubt be the next Governor of the f
ate Of Ohio, his views have even ! !
ore important bearing than they would G
those Of General Cox. :,
The General claims credit, ard with 7
shall obtain it, for all earnestness of
rpose. Yet we cannot help, Oh fead- t. t.
8 and re'reading this paper of his, from G
mixing that there is an attempt at spe- n \
j pleading; a view Of sophistry there II
which leaves an impression on the "
partial mind, that it was written, secon. y
rily, if not primarily, to catch votes, u =,
d not wholly to expound difficulties fe
state.craft. al
Cox garnishes his argument !
weighty quotations. These seem to 2
inapplicable to the case in hand. But !;
shall not attempt any similar display :,
an effect. Our conclusion forces itself
our mind, after such candid consider dc
on Of the Generals positions as we tn
re been able to give. We don't see tb ts'
y any one can avoid believing that be
writer Of the argument we publish. ne
Is, the whites (if he believes what he So
81 to be an unmitigated race Of tv. ST.
It's and scoundrels. If four years Of OF
: against slavery, if the patient patri. re,
sns Of the negro, if all the many acts 9v e.,
personal devotion to the sick, suffer ST. ST.
5 imprisoned and escaping Unionists,
the constant and invaluahlo ;ne of