The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-08-09

though important, is by no means th
first in Importance the most real, or tha
indeed which makes one nation. Their
is unity which is deeper and NOR
powerful it is that which results no
merely from identity of government ant
OF destiny, but from the homogehlty o
social elements, from the likeness of in
stitutions, of manners, of ideas, Of tastes
of tongues; the unity which resides in tn,
men themselves whom society assem- bles
and not in the forms OF their associations
in short, that moral unity (punite morale
which Is far more important than poit
ical unity, and which is the only sole
foundation for the latter"
have watched with deep interest the
educational effect of war upon our own
army, and l assure you that while ouI
white soldiers have uniformly and quick
ly learned to appreciate the fact that the
existence of our free Government could
only be preserved by the destruction Of
the system Of slavery, and so become
radically and thoroughly auti-slavery, the
tendency of battling for the old flag was
almost equally uniform in increasing and
deepening their pride OF race The fact
is one which can not safely be overlooked
in any calculation involving their action
upon the political problems before the
country, and it is one in regard to which
l think | can hardly be mistaken.
The details of any system Of separation
could only be determined by careful
study and wide comparison of views.
Suppose, however, that without breaking
up the organization of any State, you
take contagious territory in South Car
olina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida,
and there, under the sovereignty of the
United States, and with all the facilities
which the power and wealth of the Gov.
ernment can give, we organize the freed
men in dependency of the Union analo-
gous to the western territories. Give
them schools, laws facilitating the &C
quirement of homesteads to be paid for
by their own labor, full and exclusive
political privileges, aided at the start,
should it seem necessarily wise selection
from the largest brains and most philan
thropic hearts among anLi-slavery men,
to join them, judiciary or executive
which would command their confidence
in the first essays of political existence.
There need be no coercive collection Of
the coored race in the designated region;
the majority are there now, and the re.
ward of political power would draw
thither the remainder quite as rapidly as
their place could be supplied by white
migration into other States. Tho forts
and seaport cities could remain under
the direct control of the Federal Govern
ment, as the basis for that common trade
and intercourse with other parts of the
country and the world, which would be
necessary. The fullest opportunity to
develop the highest civilization they are
capable of, would then be given. Col
ed men of talent and intelligence would
not then make vain struggle for the
empty name of being lawyers without
briefs, or merchants without trade, but
would have what leading journal at the
East has frequently demanded for them,
the opportunity, as we'll as the right. to
take rank according to their real charac.
ter and ability. .-...e
That there are difficulties in the reali-
zation of such plan, l shall be the first
to admit but thele are difficulties in all
plans. 1t is natural for men to struggle
to avoid responsibility, and to drift upon
the current trusting to fate i; but drifting
also leads to difficulties, as we who Drift
ed into a war which has cost half a mil
lion of lives and untold millions of money,
should not'need to be told and agree
with you, that drifting will probably de-
eide in this matter against the black
race, and involve its destruction while,
by leaving the labor of the South in the
hands of a degraded caste, it entails upon
the country the worst material effects of
slavery, and prevents that homogenity Of
institutions and manners, North and
South, which | have said believe to be
the only sure foundation OF permanent
peace. .~
The Anglo. American and Africo-
American races, now stand face to face
upon the Southern soil in irreconciliable
hostility. The few colored men whom
we have among us, may be regarded as
the waits and strays of the great body
which is nation in numbers. and in its
isolation by mental and physical charac-
teristics. LII il as q unit that we must
deal with them, and no paltering with
the edges of the difficulty will avert the
doom which all history teaches us will
follow wrong solution.
The magnitude of the problem is i'm
mense, but the principles which must de-
eide it one way or the other are simple
When we deal with whole community
however closely related to ourselves, it is
not by the application Of the maxims ol
municipal law. as applied to individuals
that We must decide the case, but by 9
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