St. Mary's gazette., 1866-06-21

idea thai five nsllion white -outherners
,auld successfully contcni against twensy-
fire million of hi> northosn peotle ,sncs n,
strike him n bring iat ering u any hUt
the sou:lerncrs; III unlcss BE Is man o:
very gaol temper !. is liseiy b" viii break
Of from You. exclailiA5, ii j very dec'tei
manner. tai. tas neSr1ss hiye II! tae
rights We eugaeel fr- They are free ne
croes, 50 called, aud witt, : full under
otanlin. beforehand what free ncgrol~n
meant They have ample security for
that position, aud let them now take care
If themselves Tnis country has been
very happy AMI prosperous n)iwithStani-
IL lie former aaps Of the f7ae negro,
and am not willing u SOW the seeds OF
tuure disaarl, and may be tGtnre wars,
between the whites of this country III order
"a place hin IN a position wal h lucrea>cs
the happiness Of neither white nor black,
and probably diminish that OF both. The
oreticsl perfection may be preached BY
your Bcechers, Cheevcrs, AMI Philipses,
hut it vii never be practically attained IN
this ward. Thus would end the collp4ay
between you and Your constituents lie
has e, ,dcutly the better OF tue argument,
and ap,ears II b. 4 man not easily CALLED.
Not nee In, this 60. SCI. You are beat on
schemes ;vAcn se-n to oman noth'nI bHt
tie eiemo3ts Of IN >chiet an; rev 'n5e. lct'.ln-
~ Il clntinu 4 ana inielnlte spa alton Of The
Union and .lm f. At the Ge-ra All 'n oi tn
Wn.t,. ,cnp.e ot iha South. Itl> last y9u Wi
not aud st5 ii in the name II tha An1rica1
people YOU >nA4t not accomplish.
Bat there is something In the splrt OF the
southern people whlfh wlH thwart your de
signs. Ii they have lowered the standard of
their confeleracy, taey have not Iowerel the
STANDARD o: the'r prlde-a becoming PRIDE IN
the estimation u an honorable On my. The
cuutbcrncr has ali around ai:n, "ltCout SpalS-
inr of the m..its o4 the late cnat4 St, ,toaru> of
the endurance, courage, and rrowtSs OF his
pcople-Sad spccticet ugh it BE-, 1t wlll not
diminish his tDuc that he can on his own SOL
walk over the graves o. nearly tnrce hundred
thousl lnd of is courageous eHemies anJ-
..Snnd ng on the anllee5 grave
He viii not deem himself \ lave.
The schemes by which YOU viii bring abru
some Of the results have ali,r!e't to are now
before Congress and the country. on twlSt
and turn aud 90 through All tie tonturtlon>
of a serpent IN order t. make the ncgroe the
ieuuw-cilizcns and equals Of the whlte nan,
ana vet YOU are not satis:i II that your cAl do
is In the civil r:ghs bl yol Oolny decllrea
them to DE c.tlzoUs OF the y lite , ateS. |
admire! the boldn Ss OF the ..tc ara ioH, be-
c .use it was known 20 come IN iIoc' conhtct
with the highest Judicial authority IN THIS
country, an'' which rendered such Il 'ngreS-
sloua. declaration perfectly null aud VOID
The decision o tue cou III the Dfed Stott
case. attended with the lucid aaI powerful
algumeut ol that great judge and .urlsht
man, Chief Justice fancy. suStalued by the
opinion OF A bra a,am Lincoln and Judge Me
Lean, two fathers # your party. IN the de-
claratoa thai negroes are not citizens OF che
Uuiled States the uniform practice Of the
states for years IN r.je2tins the free negroes
from their bor'.els, would justify and Judge
IN auy State in repud.Iins the authority Of
that law
The amendment Of the COnstitu- ion now
submitted to The Gu ltry, ana doubtiu}iy re [
eialno the fact of lie ,ro cit ZcfislI!n, and 9TH
erwisc III an equvocal manner struggling to
! brIng about an equality OF the Faces, VIII he
spurneG from thar presence by Che southern
States. and thank ilc1V4n, accor ll- 10 the
theory OF the pow ers that b~ thcrear" southern
stat $ enough to make southern contempt
for it eflectua.. 1t viii haldiy prove an an-
nnva1lcc. Ihe States VIII sst retain .ntrM
ANA govern III their own way that portion oi
their p.pul lion without leave asked ot the
/ United States.
! MIR. Speaker, al the efforts nIade here Or
else where to elevate the negro to an elHaiiN
with the while mau IL the SON hr'n States
enher civ.i.y, spcl.l,y, OF politically, are 7 r.
! tcct,y idle RE negro must be Kept III 'Ao-
| ordination to the wi.l.e man, no III ter no"
: i uueutiy you may dccA OF the theory on
equality. In my opinion here Is, as II were
! y deciaration of war between these races. II
! is true active hustil;ties are suspended ano tho
negro Is un er parole to keep the peace, o"t
when and where they approximate % any l'ii"1
! like equality IN numbers the SWORD o' power
must be II ia over item. Iheie arc TOO HiA'l'
dear and cherished feelings a"d intcres'S "i 1"e
white race involved to relax that power 10Y "
.;ngle d,v The negro must know IL c&!sS,
and, it necessary. lac must tee' II. say WIS
With the kinIIst feelings and sJNlp 'thy tor
the gro race. tntl eqUatty o. f3h'9 u, ~
never ,xi.s Letweer races 50 disslmlfdr that
| ,hcy cannot socially ama!Sanate, e'l,cN'"'9
when they live together III large numbers =
When atnalgamlaoA take" pace "hc" li''''
riaoe can be cpn>ummaIed bet Neen them
y.II7n ,he white woman Shall bring forth ne
GRO nesDrinc without blush, and sAc white
,randslre sha! affe ,tionately pat his napPE
headed grandson, then equa,lty m'y DC ''''
+, ex,st between the races You may tht"
with safety grant equal rights ct all N"dSi
and possibly prepare for the mlenn'"n.-
WV. then, inttrpose such obstacles t. a re-
union 80 ;,,o.
nosed. some favor an almost mdrhnite posi-
ponement, urging with z"Ai at the nou'n !;
i,n IGNORANT. too unciviliz.d. to be trusted
w,tb any share in this republican EoFerh-
;neut. Northern education and r'v'"@'''' OH
must and should be more cXtcnsvt'! SPf'ao
,noro them before their ad mission 10 repre-
-,ntatIt,u VII cease 1t be dangerous ! lie non
orablc 1ncmber from MinHesois Mr.. DoNNEl-
w takes the lead in that poslIl"n. |" aSt'c''
dettv,ye,, some time since, he decI'reS-
.''rhe great bulk Of the people OF the o9u'''
arc rude. iIiterate, semi civilized. l he'r con
dnion il this re,pecr would tie shameful Il
any semi civilized people. and Is such as 'e
rerder a republican Government resting o'
49,, ;,,telh rpl,t jll1reut oi the people, al IN