The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-07

THE FuruRE OF The UNITED SrArEs At the opeu-
ing Of the rebellion ID Bor'S Rerieic hecaOc a firm
supporter Of the war for treason. IL taught The
principles, a. they were styled, upon which the rebel
lion was founded. and gave the whole weight 81 ITS
influence to the South. II has just been revived. and
the opening article in the January number bears the
title which heads this article.
Whatever has been the theories OF the past, the
results Of the great conflict which has shaken the
land 10 its center establish beyond controversy the
fact that the United States is a fxel and permanent
Government, and is capable of resisting every IN
ternal effort for its disruption; and that from tho
experiences Of the past there is likely to be no move
ment in the future looking TO disruption enanaung
from any quarter.
\ nation which has proved itself capable of pass
ing through such q crisis-involVing the movement
OF armies and nsvies scarcely inferior 10 those Nhich
followed in the wake of the great Napoleon, anu inc
expenditure of money to which the powerful states
of Europe have been "a stranger, and Gt whicA '"'y
can scarcely realize the facts. maintaining through
it all its currency and credit unimpaired, l. not hAeIy
To go down in any future contingency.
This much must be admitted. and the Powers OF
Europe may now recognize in the United States a
colossal rival, vast in territory, in population ana ID
ambition; Injured 10 arms and 10 industry; a nation
Of soldiers. sailors and workmen; ready for the sword
or the scythe, fearing nothing which the world eau
offer in competition or in conflict. The monhrchies
Of Europe combined would present but a feeble BAR
rier 10 the future advance Of this now gI'nt fo"er
1t is well North and South-there is but one feel
ing in America, and il is that her desilnIes are IN
her own keeping; aud that nothing Of interest or OF
favor is 10 be desired or looked for from any Of the
monarchies of the old world. They have been tested
in the hour Of trial, and have been found TO ne time
serving, bigoted and in the last degree selfish. IN
capable of great craftsmanship they have taken their
position, aud must abide the result.
A wise and liberal national policy Will sreeduy
restore to the United States all that it has lost by the
war; and a magnanimous and foroearing spirit will
bring into harmony again its recently Earring e'e-
ments, and constitute one people out oi Its teeih'hg
millions.
Accepting the results of the war, our people every
where have but TO put their shoulder t" the wheel
intellectually and physically, TO redeem-such IS The
vastness Of our resources and the fexlbIhty OF our
institutions-what has been lost, and remove all
traces of the recent calamitous times -De bo' $
RepisLU.
CARL SHuRz's VIEWS OF THE RELATIONS OF THE
Two RACEs.-Carl Shurz has travelled through the
States of South Carolina. Alabama. Mississippi ana
Louisiana for the purpose Of investigating the co'di-
ton. conduct. ETC., of the Freshmen IN those T'''es'
and the following extract from his report, taken III
connection with the recent conversation of the colored
delegates with President johnson will be READ win
interest. He says: =
when southern people speak Of the insolence of
the negro, they generally mean something which
persons who never lived under the system OF slavery
are not apt to appreciate. 1t is very rarely what
would be called insolence among equals. An OLD
planter said to me, Our people cannot realize yet
that the negro is free" A negro is called lnsolent
whenever his conduct varies from what a southern
man was accustomed TO when slavery existed.
The complaints made about the insuhordinatlon oil
the negro laborers on plantations have to be taken
with the same allowance. There have been no douo''
many cases III WDlCn TCeuuucu ouo"S'
0 spirit. where orders were d~isobeyed and instructions
i disregarded. There have been some instances oil
0 nosjtive resistance. But when iuquiring into paruc
ulars, | found not unfrequently that the employer
bod adhered too strictly to his old way of doing
e things. | hardly heard any such complaints IRON
northern men. | have heard planters complain very
l. earnestly of the insubordinate spirit OF their coiofeu
n laborers because they demonstrated against ,he Prao-
tice of corporal punishment. This was looked upoi
4 as a symptom of an impending instruction q
great many things are regarded in the Old s'ay'
S,o,s 10 octc Of nau horlinatiOn on the part OF tn'
. hborer which, in the free States. would be takei
: as perfectly natural and harmless. There are white
~ in the South who profess great Kindness Tor IN
" negro. Many of them are, no doubt, sincere IL
:, what they say. But as to the feeling of the masses
- it is hardly necessary to add anything to "hat l nav
IL already stated. | have heard it asserted that III
negroes also cherish feelings of hostility to the WHITES
as Taking this as a general assertion, L am shtlsheu ina
re it is incorrect. The negroes do not trust their iat
Ia masters because they do not feel their ireedom su.
OF fciently assured. Many of them may harbor feeling
of resentment towards those who now il-treat an
rs prosecute them, but as they practlced no reVehe
w after their emancipation for wrongs suffered while l
rs slavery, go their present resentments are ilkely
9, cease as soon as the persecution ceases. III the pers'
6t secution and the denial OF their rights ms ireeIne
continue, the resentments growing out OF the" "
q continue and spread. To a white man whom the
ed believe to be sincerely their friend, they cling VIII
greater affection even than to one Of their own rae
=. There may be individual exceptions. but am SUI
I" they are not numerous. Those who enjoy their col
n fdence enjoy also :heir affection. Centuries oil sa'
% cry have not been sufficient to make them the Ell
mics of the white race. If in the future n feeling
tie mutual hostility should develop itself between t
lat races, it will not be the fault of those who ma
ply shown such an inexhaustible patience under the mo
adverse and trying circumstances.
In some places | found apprehensions entertaln'
tly by whites of impending negro instructions. "he'
le- ever our military commanders have found 1t exp
ge. dent to subject the statements made to that eifect
in whites to close investigation, they uniformly ioui
them unwarranted by fact. In many lnstanc
od there were Just reasons for suppOsing that such NJ
prehensions were industriously spread for the pu
nv nose Of serving rs an excuse for further persecutIo
The negro is always inclined to follow the advice
I, those he trusts. | do, therefore, not consider "A II
gro instruction probable as long as the freedm'
are under the direct protection Of the GoverDmer
and may hope to see their grievances redressed wit
" out resorting to the extreme means of self protectlo
There would, perhaps, be danger OF insurrecuon
u the Government should Withdraw its protection fro
''e them, and if against an attempt on the part OF t
gu whites to reduce them to something like their form
condition, they should find themselves thrown bi'
Iow upon their own resources"
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for European Items.
T" In the House of Commons Mr.. Watkins gave not
that Feb. 10th he should ask the Chancellor Of t
as Exchequer whether any or what representation h
the bsap made on behalf Of her Maiesty's Government