Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-17
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Pubiieist.
Mr.. WV. BRAcH LAWRENCE, editor Of |
wHRAroN's Information Law, has written a
lettor 10 Mr.. sUHNRR on the suffrage ques- |
ton, He sayp:
As you are aware, have hitherto dlf.
fsrod from you fs,o oeio on all the questions
growing out Of tho existence Of two races
differing In physical conformation In the
same country, and that, while not denying
that there were great objections 10 the thon
established system, opposed, In every way
opon 10 private individual, y disruption Of
those relations, on which conceived, owing
10 the peculiar products Of the slave labor Of
the South, tho material prosperity Of the
world depended, as we'll a. tho common In
forests Of both races. II was, then thought,
impossible by attempting TO hborato Thorn
extinction, without leaving any poaterity, Of
four millions Of sentiont belngs. Such i ar
gusd had been tho fate Of those who, In a
| state o. gaasi liberty, had In our Northern
statcs como In contact with the whites, who,
although not individually their masters, yot,
as q dominant class, a. ofectually prevented
tho moral and social advancement Of the nee
i oolored man, as II tho sternest slave code
was still In forco. r
al we'll remember whom all negroes and
mulattoes were In Now York excluded from
ovory employment except Of the most seIvile
character. No license could DO obtained by
one Of thcm TO drive cart nor were they
permitted TO learn tho ordinary mechanical
trades, IA any association with them was
ierogatory TO the white apprentice. rccol.
loot that, whom In college, u was u matter OF
astonishment among tho students how black
man, who had obtained quito distinguished
cliontago, had learned his trade. II was as.
ccrtnined that he had had tho good fortune to
DO n convict In n state prison, from whence he
had graduated an accomplished boot and shoe
maker.
Even tho statos which granted political
rights accompanied thom with some doroga.
tory distinction, as In Now York, who're q
special freehold qualification was required
from colored voter. This State retains to
this day law not only rendering void OIL
intermarriagOs between whites and negroes
and mulAttoes, but subjeoting TO penalty Of
two hundred dollars tho poraon celebrating
the marriage. With the descendants Of thO
African are included also our American In
! diana II Is possible TO imagine that such 4
law can have any practical effect, except v
=. substitute with those who may desire suol
relations that concubinago which our north
!" Srn morality has held ont as one Of the wors
: phases Of southern slavery II would soon Il
= DO moro stigma on the prescribed races
q without any mitigating apology. .....
"Wore tho status Of tho population OF tn
i Uni,od States, North and South, white an,
. black, what Il was In 1889, there Il nothing
Iwhich I than urgod ON public attention tina
: | should feol disposed 70 change. II would
o ka,-avar nox Ia ahsurd 10 argue nRninst IN
}. ir,ss,stib,s iogie Of faots, No ono can don
l. l,hs, nr.cticaily African slavery In the Uni
TAD states IL nj an end. Those who doubto
" thc nolIoy or expodioncy of omanoipatio
r nav, Therefore, vol unite With tho mo,
sr ard.nt abolitIonlsts In tho adoption Of sue
"a meaSures ns may beat compoit with tho no
" nrdor ~ th,ngs Eyery friend Of humAni,
IN ,nnsi dcs,ra M avert from tho freedom Of II
! South lint fate which. owing 70 the powe
n. lass condition of the emnnoipatod Northo
slaye and tho exceptional rotations betwo,
~ the two rnoes has constituted tho strongc
60 argument against tho abolition Of tho d
~ Syatem, We are called on now TO solve Il
No problom how two distinct racos can oO.exi
In tho snme country, without tho individual
pc of tho ono being subject TO the will Of tho q
II diyiduals OF the other and this problem Is
he DO solved on tho most gigantic scale.
"The sole question Is, whether four mi
y lions Of people who possess tho samo fro
a. dom from personal restraint and the snn
4 nbeTty OF uulnk Wnhb thty ptnuHo W w "
IT, other inhabitants Of the country, and wi
compose, In certain localities, q populati,
W equal, II not greater, than that Of tho par
n TO whom tho political powor u attribute
or shall be an integral portion Of tho body pc
n. itio--or whether for all purposes Of Cover
msnt, including those Of solE protection, III,
w shall remain practically allen. II Is only
sharing In the right Of olooting their rule
he that those avenues TO knowledge, BY whl
co, their moral and intellectual standard ID
~ DO elevated, can be secured. II Ia tho Oh
10 way by which they oan be protected NJ
loS that exclusion, eyon from mechanical ~
Oh suits, which 80 long embarrassed tho eman.
Is. patod slaves Of tho North. Without u
,ai franchise II may bs doubted whether the pa
of tlal acknowledgements 10 not positive IMP
nd lnstead Of benefit, az they may be entitc
ut the morcy OF hostile LeBislhture. y
IN Joctlonablo az wero In many respects
,ss ancient relations between masters and q
at wants, under ordinary circumstances tho y
We tor bad In tho FORMER, ut least agninst III
X. parties, protection, which can now only
on supplied by the power OF tho Individual
81. protect himself, as . component member
an, tho community,
90 CAS- a more matter OF policy can have
DO doubt OF what oxpedioncy would dictate, a
IN u the horrors which marked tho transit
Nv from slavery TO freedom 10 San Domingo
'ut To DO ayerted In our extreme Southern set
monts, Il can be the most eiicctupiiy done