The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-26
The Future OF the Emancfpate1
Slaves.

Slaves.
@evolutlons never 20 backward, but
ever move onward. The struggle
through which these States have lust
passed may be ended as far as the
clash OF arms is concerned, but, says a
Southern contemporary, some of the
marked results to flow from it are not
yet perceptible. The history of the
past will teach us that important
changes are to take place in the con-
dltlon of this people within the next
quarter of u changes, too,
that are scarcely imagined by any
of us.
The rapidity with which the Ameri-
CAN colonies were peopled, the man
ner and extent of the development of
the resources of the country since the
revolution that resulted in our indie
pendence, are among the most aston
1shlng things in history. One of the
greatest nations of the earth, one of
the FIRST war powers of the world,
bult up in three-quarters of cen
tury. just think of it and compare
our rise and progress with the rise
and progress of She older powers of
Europe. But the advantages of our
climate, soil, and general resources,
enable US to rob them of their greatest
source OF wealth, their hbrain and
muscle. Ever since the Eden, Ameri-
Co. was thrown open to the down
trcdden and oppressed of the old
country, a constant stream Of nnmi-
grafton has been flowing from the old
to the new world, which is increasing
rather than diminishing in volume.
And can we stop it I? AS we'll attempt
to still the rolling pillows of the ocean :?
This stream of humanity will flow on,
on, and on, and when Europe and
the North shall have made New
England of all the territory lying be-
yond the Mississippi, and settled the
new vacant lands to the Rocky Noun
tains and beyond, the stream will still
flow on, and new territories will be
discovered, annexed, settled, and the
Yankee energy and American civiliza-
ton viii still press forward toward
the setting sun. Wars, rebellions will
not stop it, but with each succeeding
shock OR convulsion the mighty tor
rent will only increase in strength
and power.
The introduction ole African slave
ry into this country by our ances-
tors, is their sin, not ours. It has
caused much suffering to the white
race, has kept many Of them in ig-
norance and poverty, and retarded
the development of the resources of
those States that have nurtured it
and kept it alive. Whether it has
benefited the black man or not, is
an abstract question that we do not
care to discuss; but results have
shown that, as a slave or freeman,
the African has been in the white
mans way.
The red man, the original proprie-
tor of this vast country, gave way
before the tread of his more provldent
and enlightened pale-faced brother,
and following the setting sun, as our
civilization advanced, there are now
but few traces to note the fact that he
has ever been here This country
was his by the right of long and un-
disputed possession, but when the
tide of immigration turned West
ward from the Old World, he began to
recede, and in a remarkably short
time, if compared with the history OF
nations, he disappeared, and in the
forest wilds, where but as yesterday
. he held undispute@ sway, now the
pale-face is monarch of all he sur
veys.
Slavery was. introduced into the
New England and other Northern
States for gain. Our ancestors cared
no more for the black man than we
of the South did when we held then
as slaves; and we cared but precious
little beyond the property that was