Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-08-24


tongues; the unity which resides in
the men themselves vk6n soeiey dssem
6les, and not in The fa{5ks of fksir asso-
eiations: in short that moral unity
runite morsie) which is far more i'm
portant than political unity, and
spkieh Is The only sold .foundationH for
The latter" sEe5.1
have watchedsMifh deep interest
the educational effe& of the war upon
hour own army, and ! assure you that
while our white soldiers hare uni
formly and quickly, learned to ap,
preciate the fact that the existence Of
I our free government could only be
preserved by the Instruction of the
system of slavery, aud so became
radically and thoroughly anti slave
~; the tendency ofsbattling for the
old flag was almost equslly suniform
in increasing and deepening their
pride of race. This fhctis one which
cannotsafely be overlooked in any
calculation involving their action
upon the political problems before
the country, ane Il Is one in regard
to which / think | csa hardly be mis-
taken. -
The details Of ahyssystem Of sepa-
ration could only be determined by
careful study and awide compassion
of views Suppose however, that
ithout breakingsup organiza-
ton of any State, you taAe contigu-
Gus territory in South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama, and Florida, and there,
under the soRereigu1y efthe United
States, and with III the facilities
which the power a1d wealth of the
government. can Rje, we organize
the freedmen in "a tendency Of the
Union analogous Il he western ter.
ritories. Give th1 schools, laws
facilitating the acqf ement Of home
steads to be paid q bys<helr own
labor, full and e. 11fYe political
privileges, aided at etArt, should
it seem necessary, 1Y Hise eplection
from the largest< krsins and most
Elals.T psilsnthTSpIs 1gs ssgss '''s,s;ssr sasl
or executive whicn{ would command
their confidence in che frst-essays of
political existence. There need be
no coercive collection of the colored
race in the designated region, the
majority are there now, and the re-
ward of political power would draw
thither the remainder quite as rapid
ly as their place could be supplied
by white immigration into other
States. The forts and seaport cities
could remain under the direct control
of the Federal Government as the
basis for that common trade and in
tercoLrse With other parts of the
country and the world, which would
be necessary. The fullest opportu-
nifty to develop the highest civiliza-
ton they are capable of, would there
be given. Colored men of talent and
intelligence would not then make a
vain struggle fo- the empty name of
beng lawyers without briefs, or mer-
chants without trade, but would have
what a leading journal at the East
has frequently demanded for them,
the opportunity, as well as the right,
to take rank according to their real
character and ability.
That there are difficulties in the
realization of such plan / shall be
the first to admit, but there are diff
culties in ali plans. 1t is natural to
men to struggle to avoid RESPONSE
bility and to drift upon the current,
trusting to fate; but drifting also
leads to difficulties, as We who drift
ed into war which has cost half
million of lives and untold millions
of money; should not need to be told;
and agree with you that drifting
will probably decide this matter
against the black race; and involve
its destruction; while by leaving the
labor of the South in the hands of a
degraded caste, il entails upon the
country the worst material effects of
slavery, and prevents that homoge-
neity of Institutions end manners,
North and South, which have said
believe 70 be the only sure founda-
ton Of permanent peace.
The Anglo American and Afrieo-
American races now stand face to
face upon the Southern soil in irrec-
oneilable hostility. The few colored
men whom we have amongst us, may
be regarded as The waits and strays
of the great body which Is nation
in numbers, and III Its insulation by
mental and physical characteristics.
1t is as q unit that we mus. deal with
them, and no paltering with the
edges of the difficulty will avert the
doom which all history teaches us
will follow a wrong solution.
The magnitude of the problem is
immense, but the principles which
must decide it one way or the other
are simple. When we deal with q
whole community, however closely
related to ourselves, it is not by the
application of the maxifns Of munich
pal law as applied to individuals
that we must decide the case, but by
a modified form OF international law,
which so far from ignoring otr re-
sponsibility TO God our eomme8Tu-