The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-08-08

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his brain. Yet haye seen that same ne
gro aftcrward ia camp, transformed into q
cloar.headed ally OF our troops, leading
| them 10 his masters buried stores, or guild
inc tlcn TO the flanks of the cnomy's lines
with an intelligence and steadiness Of pur.
pose which left no doubt as TO his under.
standing Of the conflict between himself
aud his master.
The daily aud hourly repetition of proofs
OF this fact, many Of them too subtle Tor dc.
scription, but none the less convincing tu
the observer, has fully convinced me that
never between Norman and Saxon. nor be.
tween Gaul aud Frank was there a more
conscious hatred, or an antagonism more
likely to prove invcterate, than between
black aud white on our Southern soil. The
negroes will have no sense of security nor
faith in their former masters, even if they
offer them political rights; they will fear
them as Ddndos dOnd fereRtes.
THE TEACHINGS OF HISTORY.
What does history teach us iu regard to
the permanence and durability of such pro.
Jhdices and enmities of racer Speaking on
this subject, Augustin Therry, in his Ills.
tory OF the Roman Conquest, says;
"whatevcr degree Of territorial unity the prcat
tainodj whatever may be the community of man
ncrs, language, 6nd public feeling which the habit
OF living under the same government, and in the
same stage Of civilization, has intro iuccd among
the inhabitants of each of those States, there is
scarcely one of them which does not even now
present living traces Of the diversity of the races
of men, which in course Of time have come togetl-
or in II. This variety shows itself under different
aspects, with features more or less marked.
Sometimes II Ii n complete separation of idions of
local traditions, OF political sentiments and A sort
ofinsinctive enmity distinguishing from the great
national mass the population Of n few small dis
lrictsj ana sometimes a mere difference Of dia-
lect, or even Of ecceut, marks, though more feo-
bly, the limit Of the settlement of the races of men
once thoroughly distinct, and hostile TO zach
other"
II fifteen centuries of common govern.
ment and political Union have not been able
to Obllterate the distinctions and even the
" instructive cnIDity" of races which were
phyBiologically similar, what ENCOURAGE
ment have we that success will attend n
forced politicil fusion of bitterly hostile
races from the antipUdes Of the human fam
ily2
The process, 10y which even the compar.
ative unity of the English people was
achieved, is described by the same pbilo-
sophie historian, whom | have quoted near
the close of his great work, as "a complete
amalgamation of the Norman aud Saxon
idiOms, and mixture of the two raccsr
which il took four centuries of sanguinary
war to accomplish.
Just stepping as we are from the battle
field OIL which descendants of a common an
ocstry SO little removed from us that we
can literally reach back our hands to grasp
those OF our common sires, have wagcd the
most tremendous aud terrible of modern
wars, il does not become us 10 argue that
peaceful discussions will quietly settle diR
lcrences which IN former times were settled
by the sword; but tho memory of the nj.
most present aS well Of the remote past calls
upon us TO build our polily soliily upon
principles which experience as well as rea.
son prove to be durable, and more than ever
avoid delnding ourselves with the cry of
" peace, peace, when there is no peace !"
HoMoGENTrY THE TRUE BASIS OF NATIONALITY.
AS, during these weary years of war, !
have pondered this problem in the intervals
OF strife or by the camp fire at night, have
been more and moro impellod to the belief
that only the basis of permanent nationality
is to be found in complete homogeuity Of |
people, OF manners and of laws. The rapid
Iusi0n OF the races Of Western Europe a.
they have met upon our shores has secured
The former OF these requisites, aud the Yam
nooI ,,,o \. up ,"o opi.ho' as a' honoraoie
49, ;n,;o1 ";"' Nou 10 ~ 70 Wl'h soueht character,
fan,ilioS tro,o ,h 80" "n ~ SNna..ou oi al
,nan,, 30 ,ho anv v"S'o,n oo9"u"iy VI uer-
thoro aro Ga,, oS ,,a eV"1a I VI ityI"uu, thH.
miyed tho LlooJ oTsoor.I 49, "0'I vo,'e aie no'
nv race or which we ars sreal,;n AZ, r',I "a,'"p
'i'Uo ~ "y" ,i;.I orc 'p1"H'uS uoes no'
material To discuss whv II 10 so. tI,s fact n
,no oa, don,,, - -. - -, 'IV niDS' ~ ~
~ No"' Nv, o"u oo ue,'eu 'ha' ite
9oi' @'vh vi us obstruction WIZ surely be
worked out III It's family isolation,
Because there could be no real unity be !
tween tho Southern whites aud Southern
blacks II sncuns ,n,,,;ro,t - ,,,, 49,, 49,.
t'NN",, 'n"''.VNt 10 n'c 'haI 'hele |
Couiu oe no pol'ca' un'lN, out rather strife |
lor the mastery, III which one or the other |
would 20 to the wall.
The struypI, far sunram,c, ,vo,II Lo 4; |
root anI ;,nne9a,lia,o ana NfS"c9 ~ "pu'u We w
o,,a, ~ , "," seo no noPe wnal
duoed 10 homeless snb;sct;on NV uitariv n Io do
stroyed There ;s nn reasnn 40 snr,
TINT Missouri bo,der.ruIlian;s,, I'LL 1,p.,o 80
he renea,sd an nav ell - A. - ~
nnca inau,,,,ratad ,i'is , o.l l;,s' Sn"' .no sune
ront;nnc 90 lo,,y "a ,ho nhn"";'', oo "on "Tu'
A., o,;sto "' wv oo"uN'o"S ~ aoo n"u
,;'.;n.t,,,,, oc ~" "a.e "a aPlesSeu your AL,
iha cass Ill - . ,Ss, ,n Juo sta'e oi
J,raos str,an,o r", " , '""v yoa uo no. sec
ro,,Ii n,a,oo ,ho ~ to.r q. 'io uano'-ooA
Lo,d ,ta, ~ ~, ou"'o'' '"o,o "eIpy
truth IN H." n5s 70 Gu r"nosoPn'f
INV ,,a orL, E ~ mo'ue W HuiHo', ~ summing
,yh;nh ,h% p.onoh a',s ,.o W 9'oousneu ;' oui OF
rron, ,ha .,';c" 81 ,'',., s0n Inv na,'onS'l'y