The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-02-21

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injury to the white as we'll as torthe color.
edman. There is great deal Of talk a.
bout the sword in one hand accomplishing
an end. land the ballot ccomplishing am
other at the ballot box. won sgiA3H
These things alb do very well, and some
times have forcible application. We talk
about justice; we talk about right; vssay
that the white man has been in the wrong
IN keeping the blark man i'm slavery as long
As he has. That isaalI true.ds Again. we
talk about the Declaration Of lnilepende ence
and eqnality before the law. iYau hnder-
stand all that, and knew how toappreciaie
IL. But. now, let rs lack each other in The
lace let us 60 tn the great massof color.
ed men throughout the slave States let US
take the condition in which they are n the
present time--and tits bad enough we all
know--snd suppose by some magic touch
you could say TN every one. y. You shall
sote Tomorrow" how much would that
amrliorate their condition at this timei
Now. let Us get closer up 10 this subject,
and talk about il. What relation has the
colored man and ihe white man heretofore
occupied in the Sonths ! opposed slavery
upon two grounds. First, ii was a great
monopoly, enabling those who con trollrd
and owned IL to Constitute ansaristocracy Y,
enabling the Few to derive great profits and
rule The many with an iron rod, as il were.
And that is one great objection TO it in a
Government, It's beingamonopoly. Twas
opposed tn il secondly upon The abstract
principle Of slasery.d Hence, in getting
clear Of a monopoly y, I'VE are getting clear
of slavery at the same time. So you see
there were two right ends accomplished in
the accomplishment Of the ane.il .sHa
Mr. DouSlas.-Mr. President. do you
wish, +
The Presidcnt.--l am not quite through
yet tl@ ~ y UUEls Is
Slavery has been abolished. great "a :
tiosal guaranty has been given. one that
cannst be revoked. was getting AZ the
relation that subsis,ed between the white
man and the coIored man. A very email
proportion Of white persons compared with
the whole number of such, owned the co.
lored people OF the South. might .in.
stance the State of Tennessee in illustra-
ton. There we're there twenty seven non
shareholders 70 one STAKEHOLDER, and. yet
the slave power conlrolleJ that State. Let
Us talk about this matter as il is. Although
the colored man was in slavery there. and
Owned as property in the sense and in the
language Of that locality and Of that COM
munity. yet, in comparing his condition.
and his position there with the non slave
holder, he usually estimated his impor-
tance just in proportion to the number Of
slaves that his master owned, with the
non. STAKEHOLDER.
Have you ever lived upon plantation |:
Mr.. Douglas.-l have, your Excellcncy.
The PresI,lent.--When you would louk
aver aud see man who had large fami-
". struggling hard upon a poor piece Of
land. you thought great deal less Of him
than you did ol your own master!
Mr.. Douglas.-Not
The President.-Well, L know such was
the case with large majority Of you in
those sections. Where such is the case
we know there Is an ennity. we know there
is 4 hate. The pour white man. on the
other haud. was opposed 10 the slave and
his master; for the colored man and his
Muster combined kept him ia slavery. by
depriving him of falr participation in the
labor and productions of the rich land Of
the country.
Don't you know that a colored man in
going 20 hunt master (as they call ~ for
the next year. preferred hiring 10 man
who owned slaves rather than to one who
did note know the TACT at all events.
They did not consider il quite as ,rsspec-
table TO hire to man who did not own ne.
groes as 10 one who did.
Mr.. Douglass.-Because be wouldn't be
treated as we'll.
The President.-Then that is another
argument in Iayor Of what | am going TO
say. IL shows that the cclored man appre-
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