Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-11-04

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eS- Because there could be no
real unity al people lesw~en the
Soutiera whites aud southern
blacks, it 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
go to the wall. The struggle for
supre macy world be direct and inn
me,lia+c, and 1 see no horerwhat-
ever that tho weaker I;,ca would not
be reduced to hopsless su ubjection, or
utterly destroyed. -@a There is no
reason to suppose that Missouri, bor-
rutiianism could never be repeat
ed on new fields, and tie strife oncc
inaugirated, the merciless war
would continue as long as the Oh.
noxious race had an existence. You
have expressed your anticipation of
such resnl.in one stute Of tho case,
how is it that you do not, see that
Il direct struggle for power ut the
ballot.box would make the contest
more deadly I hold that there IS
great philosophic truth in the words
Of Gnizot, in summing up the eight
centuries of bloodshed out of which
the French emerged into nationality
from the strife of petty races mud
tribes. He says: .,a,. ian 81. itesar
"In the life Of nations that union
which IS exterior and visible, the
unity ofname and Of government,
although important, Is BY no means,
the first in Importance, the most
real. or that indeed which makes one
nation. There is a unity which is
deeper aud more powerful; it is that
which results not merely from idep-
tity of government and of destiny,
bnt from the homogenity Of social
clements, from the likeness Of insti-
tutions, of manners, Of ideas, Of
tastes, of tongues; the unity which
resides in the n,en themselves whom
sncietyjassembles, and otin Il the
forlms Of their, associatons; in short,
the moral unity X'Nnile moyalell whiah,
is far more important than the Ptotii
litical unity. and which is the only
solid foundation for the latter. "N7
I have watched With deep Interest
the educational effect Of war upon
our owsd ar,ny, and L assure you
that while ouN white soldiers have
uniformly aud quickly learned to-
appreciate tlsetact that the existepcet
of our free government could only
be preserved by the destruction Of
the system Of slavery, and so become
radically and thoroughly ahti-slave;;
ry,,Ithc tendency oflbattlhlg for the
old flag wa almost equally uniform
in increasing AVID deepening their'
pjde of race. The facts ono which
cannot safely be- overlooked in any
calculation Involving Their. action
upon the political problems, before
the country: aud it is one in regard
to which [ think can hardly be,
mistaken. '