Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1865-08-18
NEGRO EQUALITY.

more difficult Of solution, than the management
aud disposition Of the race, from whose limbs the
shackles Of bondage have been stricken by the Cat
Of power. Whether IL was wise craftsmanship in
the Government, or real humanity to the slave, to
turn him ZOOS, upon the world, ignorant IMPROVE
dent aud inexperienced, as he is is n problem.
which time must solve, and which we do not propose
now 10 discuss. His freedom has been pronounced
md he exuts in the exhnLerancc of his newly ac-
CURED liberty. We have now to deal with the fact,
and to 80 shape policy and legislation that pos
tive injury to the Whi,e race may not result so
tat the superior shall not be subordinated to the in
feriori so that the dignity and rights Of the white
raccsIa not be iarkcned by the shadow of the black
in word, We must see to it, that unreasonng lana-
tieism be no; permitted to break down the barriers
which the'decrc OF Col, the nnconquenble pre-
JUDGES Of men and the laws and suages OF civilized
society, have erected between the two races
All the natural instincts Of the white man re-
volt at the idea Of equality with the black. None
but those of depraved tastes and blunted faculties
can endure association with him. He is feebler in
intellect, different in color coarser in his tastes,
md less comedy ant. attractive in his appearance
than the white man, TO whom he has been subser-
Went in all ages of the world He is indolcnt and
unambitous, and incapable of those physical and
intellectual efforts which have always demonstrated
the superiority Of the white race over all others
And as If to make the stinetion between
the two races so plain that it could not be
mistaken even by the blind, his Creator has incor-
porated into the negros physical constitution, an
u u, bc
be himself unscen. as
These plain well known facts, no honest sane
man will deny and it is therefore the more
strange that there should be found those who seek
10 elevate Cufy into fictitious position of social
and political equality with themselves. Men who
are not only willing to receive him as acompanon,
hui who would place him among the voters of this
free and enlightened land; who, not satisfied with
having given him independence, would now thrust
upon him duties, and divide with him rights which
he has not the Intelligence to discharge or the in
tellect to comprehend
We have called such position in society for the
negro fictitious one, because it could not in the
nature of things, be permanent. knowledge is
power, and The superior intelligence of the white
race would inevitably assert its supremacy--iguo-
rance would be compelled to give place to cultva.
lion and genius, and the negro would soon disap-
pear from the surface of the political see, and find
his appropriate place among the debris on the
shore.
Tho natural order Of things can not be safely in
vcrted Prciudices, and particularly those founded
in natural instincts cannot he surrendered at the
fiat of power, or the thrust OF the bayonet. race
endowed with superior intelligence and exalted by
cnture and education, will not bow at the feet or
accept laws at the hands Of Ignorance and inferiori-
IT, If it could, the whole franc work OF society
would soou be broken up and "chaos would come
again
oil and water cannot mix, neither can the
black aud the white race assimate. God has pro-
claimed Of the SOM of Ham, servant of servants
shalt thou be, md for ages the cdict Of the AL
mighty has stood as an immutebc law. II may be
that the time appointed by God when the curse
announced should exhaust itself has arrived, and
that emancipation in the United States is but
fulhllmcnt of the divine PLAN but it cannot be that
God, in hisinfntc wisdom, intends 10 elevate the
negro, whom he has for so many ages kept bowed
down beneath his curse, and give to him the
mastery of his favored race The idea is too non
strous too absurd
Yet the cmissarcs of a fanalical party nrc seek
ing TO accomplish what God has not designed.
They are attempting TO place the slave in the posi-
tionof the master, and the master in the place Of
tho sl,vc. Already we see nm adverse set of laws
in operation, one for the llack and another for the
white. The law for the benefit of the black will
not tolerate remedies in favor OF the white man,
hut will give the black every remedy he seeks The
civil courts are prohibited from proceeding against
the black, though they have ample power to con-
dem the white man. Thenegro may violate the law,
hut the law may not take cognizanco If his offence.
lie il the warl of military power, AMI glistcning
hayonets protect him in any offence he may conn
nit against his bcttcrs
How long will public sentiment remain passive
uacr such an administration Of law, such farce
upon Justice rs this? How long will public patti
cnco submit to such ontrages upon justice and
equity? It may be that public sentiment, bowed
arl pressed down by the weight Of military power
which it has not the means to resist or resent may
quietly tolerate the attempt, now in progress, TO
elevate tho black at the expense Of the superior
race, Bu, the reaction will bc more terrib'e-the
conclusion more disastrous. The attempt to de-
grade the white AMI elevate the black, will react
with momentum in geometricNI proportion with
the constrained delay, and the catastrophe will be
proporliouohIy violent and fatal.
The man who believes that the negro is his
equal aud seeks TO place him in position to act
ss sprh may hc right, and doubles is, Every
Bau !, the btStiulgc ochis own merits and capaci-
Ties, aul We would Ice FAR from questioning the
opinion Of any man who believes that the negro
is qualified TO by either his socm OF political
equal
The danger is this that the United States au-
thori,ics 6udng millions OF freedmen thrown upon