The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-16

The Races In she SOulh-The Prospect
and DANGERS OF Anfagonism.

A Charleston Is. c. correspondent o
q Boston paper writes that the w0rs
y sign here IN Charleslon) is the grow Il
Of bitter and hostile spirit between
blacks and whites-a gap opening be
tween the rsces which, it would seem
may at some time result seriously" The
blame for this state of things is atlrib.
uted by some 10 the whites, by others
to the negroes, by others to Boston
busybodies, who have gone South and
stirred up animosities Of race.
There isno doubt whatever that there
IS very great danger in the future to
! the blacks Of the Southern States from
the antagonism Of the two races which
inhabit them. Ia every respect the
whites are the dominant race, and
would remain 50 though the ne
gFOes had the ballot tomorrow. They
are dominant rs regards numbers, be-
] ing more than twice as numerous as
the blacks throughout the late slave
States In consequence Of this they
will be dominant as regards political
power, they viii be dominant also as re-
CARDS the possession of real estate and
capital So far as controlling intellect
nervous energy, ambition, education,
self-possession and self-dependeneei
constitute elements of dOminancy, they
viii be with the whites So far as the
power Of q dominant race is increased
by the exercise of power, and by the
possession Of hereditary and historical
freedom, in opposition to inherited and
inherent servility, by so much also will
the continued supremacy of the white
race in the South be guaranteed Some /
OF these features Of character and con
dition may be changed in the course |
Of ages; but the ages come around /
slowly
Under these circumstances or under i
any circumstances whatever, it is ma /
liguant and criminal on the part Of /
anybody and especially on the part of 4
those who claim to be the exclusive ad- 4
Yoeates and admirers Of the negro race,
TO stir up such feelings, or insugurate
such courses Of action and policy, as
will increase the growth Of the 'bitter
and hostile spirit between the blacks
and whites which, we are told, is show
ing itself in the South The negroes Of /
N1C AOANnf MlO were AHLClI Slaves are
very eredulous, and can easily be made
to believe that the whites are their en-
emies, and that everything they do, or
attempt to do with reference to the
blacks, is done for the purpose Of iniur-
ing them. They will be made thievish,
If perpetually told that their late mas
tefs lived by plunderirg them will be
made indolent if daily told that their
wages are too little; will become insO.
lent if taught TO be so, and will be
transformed into a vast body OF worth
lessness, degradation and wretchedness,
unless they are taught the duties of
their new position, and unless their du-
ties are sterniy enforced.
Nothing would be easier than to in
crease and extend the antaeonism Of
race in the South. It is strong enough
already; but il is still within bounds.
By the efforts Of good men, and by the
continued labors Of the Christian pul-
pit and the patriotic press, it might be
transformed and improved until per-
manent relations Of good viii between
the two races were established Ifit is
to be OtherWise-if hatreds are TO be
engendered-it will take much less than
a century to produce a WaEof races, in
which the doom Of the unfortunate
blacks need not be forecast