The Democratic advocate., 1866-11-29
! From thx Bahsmore Gdxetfc.


The Southern people ldok beyond tho
immediate present. They expect theil
children aud their children's children
to possess their land long i fter the pres.
ent eeneration shall have passed away
They know what the result Of political
equality between the two races win be
Anarchy and war will be the lot of tho
| people, and desolation the fate Of that
section Of the country They are will
lingsto accord tho bucks not nc ely the
fullest protection Tor sheir rights, them
persoas and their property, hut will AID
tlcnfm their struggle 70 better aud to
elevate themselves But the right Of
suffrage they are unutterably, aud VIC
think rightly opposed to eoneeding 10
the negro. Ii has pleased That same
PROVIDENCE which created such diver
sitter Of soil, climate and race, TO i'm
plant certain cardinal instincts in the
human heart which have been constant
in their operations from the beginning,
and which win coHtinueato control men
as long as earth shall endure. Among
the feelings or emotions which influence
men most strongly must be classed those
which link together people Of the same
country and Of the same race So nat
urally are men drawn towards those who
are as IL were Of their own household,
that he must be d fanatic or an inibccilc
who would reject this element Of human
nature in considering plan Of govern
ment for diverse races inhabi.ing the
same country History teaches that il
all times aud in al ages, Whenever two
or more races have lived together, IN.
less they amalgamated, the one or the
other always lnonopolizcd the political
power Of the State. il is even difficult
to blend into a harmonious whole pco-
pie ofthe same or kindred races who have
been long divided into different nations.
The lrishman naturally prefers broth
cr lrishman 10 the Saxon, the Venetian
rejoiees that Italy is no longer united
with Austria, and tho Pole still dreams
Of the possibility Of living 10 see his
people exalted, aud tho power Qf Russia
oserthrown. 80 when thcalcetiye fran
chise, qualified or unqualified, is con.
ierrea upon tho blacks and whites IL
the South then will begin the sirasglc
for supremacy. II may not assume 10.
day or To morrow such proportions - To
excite the fears Of the people, but !,
will, nevertheless, begia Negroes who
might uow vots Tor their former masters
will, 10 the course al time, vote for none
but black neD. Demayogaes will not
be wanting to stimulate natural feel.
lng into an INTENSE passion, aud II ,ho
negro Is 40 qplck and industrious ns wc
are told he IL, the number who pvuld
vote under qualified right oi suffrage
would rapidly multiply Thea in many
scetious uf The South. as 10 Jsmaiea
negro judges aud representative would
rule over the whites and biliar uuiiaas
hy would gradually spring up helWeca
tho races which would nooaer or later
cod ia anarchy aud war We cannot
prcioud, in the compass Of m editorial
AZ Nifftf tb1stA I1sAf "a SIC lAtAN NUH
arguments by which SO think Ne
can support lhesc eobolusious We
merely wlsh TO say that is is 20 these
results the Southern people are louk,ag
when they resist the effort saw making
10 place the blacks On the same footing
IS ihe whites. Its ia the hope 81
iTerting the e,ils we baye ailuded 80
hat We have urged the South 20 PSI,
iuo tbe course she has We are iar
rom ha'lhg amy eutiFathy t,Rud iha .
logfo, % auy disposition 10 sep inius.
ice done him ln any share. Un the .
lonirary, We have tie kisdliosi feeling
awards him. aed sinrercly vjvh that .
,is future may be happici o,c than We
.An say ~ .1prut ito be iiat gc are
convinced that Que ricc 0r che other
must rule in the South, hnd that ifa
irpgRle Is 10 b. iEuuguraf0d IN which
be clam 20 supremacy i- to be tested 10 +
yill cud IN blood. We want 40 such
eui cat. Therefore b. lt that We stand
y the white rare 90 day aud II the
North forces the itsuc We will still con.
iuue to uphold the clme of those who
&c Of our own blood