The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-03

who took part in his nomination or N
the adoption Of the platform, to intro-
duce into the canvass issues or tests
which had been avoided, yet he would
frankly respond
Before proceeding, however, to reply
directly to the i~nterrOgatOries propoun-
dsd. he remarked that he should ex-
poet the facts that he had been an
suti-sIayery man from nis youth up,
that he assisted at the original organ
ization Of the Republican party, snd
acted with it, and the Union party,
ever since, and that he had been 3
Federal soldier from the surrender Of
Sumter to the surrender Of the last
armed rebel, would secure him a candid
and ' q 8 friendly hearing from sl
Who have loved their country, and ear
nestly taken its part in the late terrible
struggle. He notified his interrogators
also that he believed the President
determined to seek the good Of the
whole country, and Of all the races in
II. and that he intended to give him
(the President) no hslfhearted support
but 3 jealous and thoroughly hearty
cooperation, with no Interior purpose
OF thought Of separation on issues like
ly to arise"
The General then, after stating his
adherence to certain principles enun-
cisted in the Fsneuil Hall address,
states that he differs a. to the applica
ton Of the last principle, tO-wit-'The
systems Of the States must be truly
Republican" But, agreeing that in a
Republican community political privi-
leees Of any kind can never be rightly
or safely based upon hereditary caste,
be says:
How. then, it viii naturally be asked,
can there be any practical difference
between us as to the mode OF carrying
ont these pyiBciples2 Il is found in
the views we take of the mutual reia-
tons of the two races in the South.
Yon. Judging from this distance, say
Deliver the four millions Of freed
neople into the hands Of their former
oppIessors, new embittered by their de
feat, and they viii make their con
dition worse than before starting
from the same principles, and after
-four years Of close and thoughtful OBJ
~sarystion Of the races where they are,
ssy am unwillingly forced 70 the con
yiction that the effect of the war has
NOT been simply to "embitter their re.
lstiops but 10 develop a rooted antag
onism which makes their permanent
ftssicn in one political community an
absolute impossibility. The sole differ.
epee between VI, then, Is IN the degrees
Of hostility we find existing between
the races, and lie probable permanence.
You assume that the extension OF the
right Of suffrage to the blacks, leaving
Them intermixed with the whites, viii
cure all the trouble ] believe that II
would rather be like the decisions in
that outer darkness of which Milton
speaks, where
"Chaos umpire site,
And by decision more embroils the fray
Yet As I believe with you, that the
right 10 life and liberty are inalienabler
and more than admit the danger o.
leaving q laboring class at the entire
mercy Of those who formerly owned
them Is slaves, you willssy am bound
10 furnish some solution ofthe problem
which shall not deny the right or incur
the peril So / am, and the only real
solution which ] can see is the peaeea
ble separation Of the races. But, you
reply, foreign colonization will break
down hopelessly under the very vast
ness of the labor, even II il were not
tyrsnicsl enough TO expel these unfor
tlinete people from the land of their
birth. grant the full weight of the
objection, aud therefore say the solu.
ton Is thus narrowed down to q peace.
able separation of the races on the soil
where they nov are = = = = >
The antagonism of which have
spoken is not entirely one resided. On
the part Of the former master it takes
the form ofan indomitable pride, which
utterly refuses to entertain the idea OF
political or social equality, mingled
with q hatred intensified by the circum-
stances and results of the war. This
feeling is not confined to the slsve-
owners alone, hntthe poor whites share
il fully, and often show It more pss.
sionately.
On the part OF the freedmen it il
manifested in an utter distrust Of the
dominant race. and an enmity which
although inside by circumstance more
passive end less openly manifested, il
as real and impracticable rs the other
They have the mutual attraction o
race among themselves, and repulsiys
Of the whites 50 other people, deyel
oped to a degree which surprised me
Il Is not ss individuals ofa nation com
mon to us al. that they speak Of them
selves. blt, to use the language Of one
II then, speaking to myself. they fee
that tbeS have long been al oppressed
and do~Hn.tsodden ptep
The General dwells At some length
Oh this antsgonism between the two
races lie concludes that it would pre-
vent any unity between the Southern
whites AMI the Southern blacks, anC
woald, il they remained on the soil 10
gether, csnse a strife for the mastery
in which the weaker race would be re
duced TO hopeless snbjugstion, or b,
utterly destroyed The introduction O
struggle Tor power at the ballot>bos
~ould make The contest more deadly
lie is, therefore, opposed to negro SUI
irage, but in favor OF coloniaing the ne
groes in portions Of south Carolina.
Georgia and Alabama, and 10 organize
them there IN a dependency Of the
Union snslagous 10 the Western Terri.
tories lie adds;
Give them schools. laws fseilitatiup
the requirement OF homsteads TO be
paid for by their own labor, full and ex.
elusive political privileges, aided at the
start. should il seem necessary. by wise
selections from the largest brains and
most philanthroDic heRrts among anti.
slavery men, 10 Join them. a Judiciary
or executive which would command
their confidence in the frst essays of
political existence There need be no
coerciVe collection Of the oolored =
in the designated region the majority
sre there now, and the reward of DO
litical power would draw thither the
remainder quite a. rapidly as their
place could be supplied by white immi-
grafton into other States The forts
and seaport cities could remain under
the direct control Of the Federal GOV
eminent a the basis for that common
trade and intercourse with other parts
Of the country aud the world. which
W0uld be necessary. The fullest OBJ
p0rt0nity 10 develop the highest civil
cation they are capsule Of, would then
be given. ColoFed men Of talent and
intelligence would o then make :
vain struggle for the empty nsme Of
being lawyers without briefs, or mer-
chants without trade, but would have.
shat a leading journal st the East has
frequently demanded for them, The op.
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