The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-01-06
rhe African Problem.

rhe African Problem.
EDS. JEFF. II wish TO state few
facts which may he fairly grouped
together as the data upon which de.
pend the solution Of the African prob
lem, alias the "nigger question" /"
LIST. The Chicago platform Of 1860
carried into the administration of the
Government would have killed slavery
in our country at no very distant day
as efiectually rs ever halter killed
thief. 1t would have died constitu-
tionally, too.
2d. The war was commenced by
the South for the salvation of slavery.
3D.. Though Mr.. Lincoln and his
friends were willing to let slavery die
under the Chicago platform, they
were unwilling to use the slaves in
war against the South, and chose TO
protect slavery.
4th Under this system we utterly
failed, and the President was obliged
to proclaim freedom to the slaves and
call tee black man to arms. | say this
was necessary, and in thus saying l
but repeat what every student Of his.
tory knows. TO sustain the radical
idea Of Southern institutions and yet
attempt to subvert those institutions,
was not only unphilosophical but very
lneariv idiotic. The subversion of
the Government of the united South
by force no greater than we can con.
troll, and especially against the sym
Ipathies of the world, was Madness
Human power never accomplished
such work. All see the madness of
the effort now, for We have taken 200,
1000 Of their men and armed them In
our cause, and even now the world
never witnessed such au effort as the
crushing of the military power of the
South requires. Then the freedom of
the slave was necessity.
5th. When the American Constitu-
ton shall be established in the
South, and the unity of our country
vindicated. we shall under God owe
these blessings to the black American
solder Doing all he could, the white
soldier alone could but have main
tanned mutilated republic in the
| North.
From these facts I think the ques-
ton "what must he done with the
black man." is easily answered by the
single word "nothing" Let him do
as he pleases. Give him his Vote
I say his vote for it is his. We can
better afford to do without it than to
have him do without it, There is no
other way to escape n kind of oil
Carchv in the South. Besides, to send
the black soldier into vassalage to the
rebels whom he has overcome would
be such terrible injustise as would
cause a jubilee in hell, and convince
the world that our awful sufferings
for our great national sin has but
made us consummate hypocrites. 1t
would bring its Just retribution too
i ! commenced this little article for
the purpose Of saying that the Afri.
can problem will be solved when dis.
liabilities on account of color shall
have disappeared from our laws. This
too, will soon be done. America will
he just, and if politicians will not,
they would better get ont Of the way.
| We used to study what we must dc
with the Negro; we did not then know
that in our utmost need we should
have 10 ask his help. Instead of our
doing for him, he is now saving US
Such is the retribution Of the poor
mans God. Having been obliged to
ask the black MANS help, our pride
itself forbids that we should refuse
him justice
!, j. B. DUNN.