The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1866-08-09
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ously and tremendously 10 any other
relation The assertion, 5meIimes
made. that there is any special ill-teel-
ing OF grudge between the nnmi dIale |
parties TO this former relation, Is |
wholly unfounded, aud is the result of |
either ignorance Og malice. On the |
contrary, the negro finds thai where !
be once had kind, oonsiderate mas
tor, that old master is still his rurst
and best friend, and the strongest
manifestations Of repugnance that
Thavs been developed thus FAC are an
gueslionably between the negro and
tnt portion of Cur white population
who we're not shareholders, and in
communities where the slave popula-
uon was The mort sparse, aud where,
"a may be added, the white population
are now the most intensely loyal.
Nor is this apparent paradox want
ing in a satisfactory explanation for
those who we're brought nest in con-
tact with the negro. and who bestuu-
derslood his character, knew that as
raos, aud whenlnot lampered with by
mischief makers. they were dooile
and aGsclionale, and not unfrequent-
Nv exhibited the most answering f.
delity. and the most devoted attach
menls aud whatever may be said TO
the disparagemenl of slavery as an
institution, II is never heless true that
che verv circumstances that resulted
ia its abolition will throughout all
future time, furnish its most triumph
ant vindlcation.
So replvle with cruelty and with
intOlerable oppression was this relic
If barbarism" said to be, that all that
was necessary 10 lis prompt and bloody
extinction was, that an opportunity
should present itself TO the enslaved
race to throw OFT the yoke and to
wreali their vengeance upon their op'
pressOrs; and IL was confidently pre-
dicted that the very first movement Of
the Federal forces towards an inva-
sion of the slave States, coming as
they did heralded by professions OF
friendship and proffers of deliverance,
would be the signal for a general up
rising. in which the awful tragedy Of
81. Domingo would be re-enacted
upon more gigantic scale, and with
aggravated horrors.
And Yet TO the surprise, perhaps i
is not uncharitable 10 say. To the re-
gret. of some at least who bad made
TINS prediction, during all that pro
longed aid fearful Struggle in the
progress Of which almost every square
league of Slave territory was overrun
although the adult portion of oul
white mule population was fer thI
most part ln the military or civil ser
vice leaving their families and homes
unprotected, not a solitary instance.
believe. of attempted instruction oo
Cured. and but few acts of individ
ual violence, or OK lrespssses ever
upon property; whilst the Instance
were innumerable in which these al
legged victims Of cruelty. with fideli
~ unsurpassed. in spite of every inhu
ence that could be brought to bea
upon them, adhered 70 the fortune
and the families Of their owner
through every variety Of privaliOn an
suffering, and we're ready 10 defen
their persons and their property viii
their lives; and of the comparalivel
Insignificant number who joined n
invading army, not one in a IhOusan,
was influenced by motives Of reveDg
nor by any fixed purpose, even TO Sc
cure that boon Of freedom, the valu
Of which was represented TO him wit
every possible exaggeration. Will:
these facts, Credilable alike 10 maste
and servant, are remembered it woul
be both unreasonable aud Immature
that any special feeling Of alienaho
or aHimoslly should exist beIwee
them.
AT the same time il is undeniubl
true. that there are now causes Of an
tagonism between the races whic
did not. and could not we'll exist in
condition Of slavery. Then, eac
moved in lis allotted sphere withor
collision or conflict. The negro reI
resented our labor as well as our car
ital, and hence these usually clashin
interests were welded together j
harmonious union. Now. since hi
relation has been dissolved, this cor
test between wages and labor vii
and does necessarily exist here a
elsewhere, and the employer and err
ployee will deal with each other {
arms.length, each taking advanlag
Of the others necessities. MoreoveI
the white laborer and the co!ored wi
be competitors in the struggle fC
employment, and this competition wi
naturally breed jealousy and collision
Besides all this, there is that antipg
thy Of race, 10 which have befor
alluded,wbich exists without referenC
TO the past or present status Of h
negro among US, but is insuncliv
universal, and ineradieable, and d,
velOpes itself with perhaps as mut
intensity between some other race
as between the Caucasian aud h
Negro.
Now The great law Of elhnograph
as illustrated in the experience
mankind. has demonstrated the IA
that whore Two races Of unequal q