The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-04-19
TWE AFRICAN RACE.

name to the subject of this article; and
to show that our sentiments have not
been modified to suit the events Of the
late unhappy war. We have always en-
deayored to take the most liberal views
in regard to thatunfortunate race, which
the providence of God, or the cupidity
of man. has placed under the protection
ofthe American People; whose destiny,
whether for veal Or woe, has been linked
to ours. and with whom we still march
abreast to an unknown fate in the flu
ture. In the past, they have been the
innocent cause Of much suffering and
misfortune to the white race Of this
country; whether they will be to blame
in that which is to come, remains to be
seen under the new attitude of the case
thrust upon us by the folly of our own
people, At all events it is not our wish
to do them the slightest injustice, but to
pursue that course which we believe will
be the best for them and for us.
The war, which has resulted in their
general and immediate emancipation,
was precipitatcd upon us as the result
of fanatical spirit in the North, unfor-
tunatcly conjoined with politics, and nat
urally met in the South by similar
spirit. That radical spirit which, in
the North, organized itself for the on
slaught on slavery aud produced the
war. now, reinforced by the dangerous
passions and prcjudices produced by the
war. and still unsatisfed with the at
tainment of their total emancipation,
seems destined not to stop in its care
of aggression until the negro race are
put on a perfect equality with the white
race, unless they are prevented by the
prompt return Of our people to rational
sentiments.
We believe that the difference of the
two races, drawn as il is with such dis
tnctness by the hand of the Almighty,
is too great to allow of their existing
in state of perfect oqualityin the same
country; and that oil attempts on the
part Of the government toproduec 1t can
only be attended with disaster to both.
Such is the natural prejudice OF the
whites, such their inherant pride Of race
and belief in their natural superiority,
that the attempt of the black race, under
the instigation of their false advisers,
to assume an equal standing in the gov
crnmeut of this great Republic Of white
men, will be met in the most unrclcnt.
ing spirit Of opposition, and result IN
the determination of the blacks, or their
voluntary or compulsory Withdrawal TO
another land. We have Away believed
chat the separation Of the two races w"s
designed in the order Of Providence, by
their return to their native land and
that this would eventually take place in
due time by peaceful means if the folly
of man did not prevent The aspect Of
affairs has been materially changed by
the events Of the late war and we have
now consequently to view the subject
from new stand point,
As long as tho relation Of master and
servant existed in the South il was the
interest Of the white race to preserve
and protect the black race but now,
since the forced emancipation Of the
slaves. and the recent efforts Of Congress
to elevate them to the level Of their late
masters, the races are there put IN an
antagonistic position; and, if the color
ed race should not have more sense than
their white hackers, it will not be long
before they will come into direct COLI
sion. We have no doubt, that If the
rights of the States to regulate their 10
cal affairs in this behalf should not be
infriugcd by the national Government
the peopl. of the South, who have ao-
cepted the emancipation Of their slaves
will do every thing that should reasooa-
bly, be expected Of them to amclloroIe
the condition of their late slaves. They
do not blame the Blacks for what has
taken place, and in consideration + the
close relation in which they have here
tofore stood to them, there is no reason
to doubt on the part of the masses OF
the South the most kindly treatment of
them. Itappcars however that this is
not to be allowed; that the othclous in
tormedders of the North, who have
heretofore assumed to be their guardi-
ans and protectors, by their Freedmens
Bureau project, thor Civil Rights law,
and other kindred measures, are destined
TO raise unreasonable expectations the
minds of the colored people, and to ere
ate prciudices and bad feeling between
them and the whites. When we have
seen the result of their former political
interference in favor Of the negro of the
South to be a dreadful civil war, we can