Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-11-04
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We Wish L. have our
minds relieved. End t. h. able u
corira.iict ANY false reports that may
le in circulation regarding your
views or this subject. Very trlly
aud sincerely Vows.
Z. IL. E.IheHILD. Committee.
SAN'L. PLUME. ''0 -
General Cox did relieved their
minds" Tie not onl y OPPOSES ne
gro suffrage, but demands an eutire
separation of the two races. His
four years experiancc South has con-
vinced him that negro suffrage is
fatally opposed by insuperable an.
tagoGisms of race. lie sees that it
is question, not of "compexion p"
merely, dMof wces; radical qucs-
ton, going to the foundation of So
cicty, in which some men are trying
to do what God and nature forbid!
The General replied in long let.
ter from which we take the follow.
ing extract; '..t...a..'5..,.., ..ae.
You. judging from this distance,
say: Deliver the four millions of
freed people into the hands of their
former opprcssors. now embittcred
by their defeat, and they will make
their condition worse than before. I"
l, starting from tho same principles,
aud after four years of close aud
thoughtful observation of tho races
where they are. say | am unwillinglx
forced to the conviction that the
effect ofthc war has not been simply
to '-embitter" their relations, but
to develop a rooted antngonism,
which makes their permanent fusion
in one political community an ab-
solute imposibility., The sole differ
cncc between us, then, is the degree
of |, 'stility we find existing between
the races. and its probable pcrma.
nencc. You assume that the extrn-
sion of tho right OF suffrage to the
blacks, leaving them intermixcd
with tho whites will cure. all the
trouble. l believe that it would
rather be like the decisions, iu that
hour of darkness Of which Milton
speaks, p t.' loa'' h-fi s.
llq Where chaos umpire sits. a'r.
And by decision more embfoils
the fray. 4v ,..ar.) dsi.n,
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the right to life and liberty are. ina
Iienablc, and more than admit the
danger of leaving 'laboring glass at
the entire mercy Of those WHO for
merly owned them rs slaves, You
say I am bound to furnish some
solution ~ the problem which shall
not deny the sight or incur the peril.
So, I am, and the only real solution
that l can See, is the pcaccablc sepa-
ration of the 1acss. 'f'' ',"'o'
r'*'a' *u \ Upon the question of
fact, l think l may, with all motlesty,
claim that my antecedenta and my
opportunities of observations entitle
my testimony to have some weight
even with the most radical anti-slave.
~ meu OF the North. The antago-
nisn Of which l hnve spoken is not
entirely Ione.ilsd. On the part Of
the former master it takes the form
of an iadomitsble pride, Which utter.
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