The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-29

be so we'll satisfied with their "war for the

! De so well satlSAcu Win tlCH Nai III the
negro"
from all that car learn Of the actual
condition Of affairs at the south, such is
very likely to be the Ultimate result Of the
j abolition of slavery. The lcople of the
south. like all other people, are governed
by sclfiuterest. Negro labor has been
profitable to them only because they could
compel the negro to work. and thus. in
spite of the burdens entailcd upon them
by the support Of lie negro's family, they
contrivc to make the neero's labor proiita-
bic. But the lhcrae I'd slave. applying
now to his old master for employment will
be met by The compe.ion Of the white Ia
borer It Is in vain 20 ridiculc this idea
It must and viii be o. The southern
field is open to the W lie and black labor
er alike. Tens Of thousands of white la
borers. Yankees. Gcimans, Swede$, and
I Norwerians and Irishmen, will in year
or two. swarm all over Tie south seeking
the employment which they fail to End in
the over crowded north. and thus, In 4
year or two the poor negroes viii find
/ themselves crowded from the scenes OF
their former employment
These are ny views, bat they are not
nine alone. They are the views that all
ready begin to occupy the mind Of the
southern people. As | remarked above,
their system of labor Las been entirely
changed The question which they have
to consider, and which as learn they
are considering very earnestly, is, whether
il will be most exredient and most prof
/ liable fer ihem 70 enter into new relations
with the negroes, or to employ white Ia
borers In their stead. Very few public
meetings ON the subject have been held
although have before ne the proceedings
Of two in Virginia. and four IN other
states But the subject is being earnestly
discussed in private. among the i.lahtcys
and the universal sentiment, particularly
in the more northern latitudes, is strongly
in favor OF discarding nero labor alto
gethor; not immcdiatcl y or suddenly, but
By gradual process. The plan which has
employ those OF the negroes who are will
ling to work, paying them fair wages. and
TO employ also, two white men whichever
thcy offer cf the right kind, to every four
negroes: aal thcu 10 observe carefuily
their relative value - iaborers; and il. n
/ s supposed. the white lborcrs turn out
to Jo Tie ,aost profitable. -radu!ly increase
the white laborers, and diminish The num-
/ Der of negroes omn'oyed. In this way
the southern statcs vii! become free states
indeed. but in way act ut I'll contcmpla>
ted ~ he abolition ag.iators OF 1860
! " hat wil, tccome Of the negro race
then. This. indeed. is serious question
and one which Charles Sumner and his
followers had done we'll to consider SIX
years ago. If they had been content to
lei the negro alone, the latter would have
/ feen secure in .hc comforts Of home for
ever. by thcir sudden abolition Of slave
TX, they have paved the Nay to the certain
determination OF the black race in Amcr>
lea, an event which may possibly be ac-
celebrated by 4 negro in>urrection OF ser
vile war. vt ali events, the two races,
I both free, cannot i've together The ne
gro can never become Il citizen at the
south. Wendell Phillips perceiyes this
feet clearly and it is this that renders
him So hostile to president ,'ohnson's poli-
cy The negro can never compete with
the white race, either in the intellectual
or in the agricultural field Of labor
/ Wherever The two races have come in
competition the NEGRO has cone down. and
: /, It will be IN tbs instance. God has so
ordoped t. al man cannot alter the de-
crccs Of God.
Why IS it that, as century after century
has rolled away, The negro in Africa has
not made any advances in civilization, as
The nations in Asia ard Europe, aad
| America have done? There are forty
three millions OF pure negroes in Africa,
not counting the Egyptians and Nubians,
and the Inhabitants Of the countries bor-
dcring on ,he Mediterranean. Why have
they built no cites or railroads invented
no machinery, written no books? The
negro to-day in Africa is the negro OF six
thousand years ago. lie has not advanced
one step in civilization during all that time
lie is still icrocicus cannibal, running
naked in the woods, and selling his cap
tiyes for slaves. The curse Of God is up
on the race The only amclioration they
have ever received has been Mt the hands
OF the much abused southern PEOPLE. In
the southern states they have been hum
anized, civilized. and chrstianizcd \
loyap paper sncered at the Catholics the
other day, because the Catholic missions
in Africa had not succeeded in christian
izing the natives. But what denomina-
ton has succeeded IN Africa 1T is in
the southern states, and by the southern
people alone, that the negrors have been
made christians and brought to the knowl-
edge OF the true God On every large
plantation The negroes had their church
and their minister Their good friends,
the aboIitionists, have deprived them of
these.