The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-09
CHARLES SUMNER.


NEGRO EXANCIPA1!uN. The al,>utdtv
nG th- neg emancipation schrrnt is pat
et to every mind except that of al abo-
litiun tanaiic. lh. ahUlitlnnI>t> ranIIut
raise the negro Of the 5 utI to Am level {;
he cAn"nt take care "f himself mid the
ene'g' tic SiiuGgl rs ui sn;"ri"r iacp.
IT, would Sirk to lnAcr drpthS than hi
original bal lhSIi.In, and lh,. mii'ions OF
his race w0ud hcc"nc an intnl,rab,
mass # igunIanee, drgiaiaIinn ani pau
Isrlsm. Tie must bc governed. guihd,
ra'ct fur; anl slavery. which gives INN
4 g"VrTn"r aud CaT, taker. dneS mt de-
press, hut rlrvateS hi II supple, the
want OF his nature, n dirrciirr mind.
Without slavery hr " i'll mll into stat
lar worse fur hiH; that oi Slave without
maSivr.
Ia contact or com mp.ii;;nn with the
white race he wn .lh tt. every bui. slave.
aud no one would hr h"unl hy duty ~
intrIeSt 10 support aud lrn'rrt hin The
slaves "i the South are mt without rr!is
I"nS In>trUctl"n. and the ats Ot iudu>tN
! which thev w'rr tau sht, aud thnir Assn
GlatI0n With the white rae, cun>iituic,l
MI eduCaIHu, imp rfrct Indr, d, hut Ill
/ perIor T. tnat uf Africa; an WiIhnut S'aV
rry thev would get none at all Tlrl
, have been elevated bN this e iIraIinn -
The race nov With rs is Su. eIir I" it,
brelheTn in AiIIrI, To- IT. nhCe. tors who
first landed on our III re. This is ", II
known, and j. made Inanif'>i whrne, er
the native AlIiran is hrrdIght to on
shores ~ slave sh pS. The evil arises
from the nature nl the ntgr". and not
/ f. ON slavery sud that the iHnaiIrs igu"r .
Tie m1keS no Sp'niare'.nH ur iuIedvrturl
, prog e~$. ~h"th.r a. slave m free; hr
nrv,r has made airy in ms native r, g"n>
lie has never Il-ru, at anv prIi"l ni his
hi tory. rvrn {" the loss grade u! Chine >r
civi IL Iii"n. lie H"InlrrS nn a'i>; hr
builds n0 titles ar ships hv inv nlS ~"
machinery he pairts TO p;ctuuS; he
cahnot apprrrlal' uth ~ h"nr'Y. .ani e
il fetish ~n>hirp,r at aI times and all
places f left to hm>,li.
lie j. naturally savage and = he then,
and can "nl y rrjW il AiIiN >u'h hap
pineSs as belongs to that cnnliiion. -
There is Ho Surrrnarural power ar maeic
about emancipation pi"ciana'Ion>, I" >ei
aAid" natural laX>. There Is nn =. crrI
efficacy in lrerImrh> ri >nci.tie> 10 ar.
r"InpIiSh nniracIts, nd "a" MnsttiS'n
that ihinkS there i, viii hr aOplned tn ~
hitter disappointment in the future IL
-. t. -l,
hle. il has alrra'ly 'lrrn,hrl the lAnI With
blmi. and inv"lvcd rs and our p">trrity
in debt, whose f'ishlful weight will r>i
like an Incubus upon the l"in> ~ tn lihm
aud enterprise nf This H-n"rntinn, ard
those nI our rrIn"te>t II'>'rItv. The miS.
erN thst it has rnlAi!rh upon the pOn
slaves c0tueS to us in III" fligh'lul Il tail>
nf MS stnutiun ani cruel >u!T ing IT,
the f., edrn extend i ~ him wherever
his sharkles have been struck from his
limbs.
Talk of thr horrors nf tn" mi'i,llr pqS
sage. They are tame in comparison with
the SrtferingS the ,lnancipale'l slaves ATE
nnw undergoing in thr 5 nIh. IL Louis
lana nlOne. (irn BInkS reports SorI" ei.h.
" Thousand have died from hr>un;ln'
alrendv. WhH, cnIn ""n'arv this I| ~
nn the hnmanity aLh wisdom "f the Si'k
r,l f1rtinnS whn have iuvniv Il us in this
hnr'ii war. fnr M other "l.j ct i'rnn such
emancipation a. this, ari WIN. with Lin
Cnln nj their head, are nrw un" Hing 1
make peace. to stop tie fri4htfrl cmnacr
If the white race If the North. unless
universal emancination of the black rae,
nf the South is secured. N. Y. News.