Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-07-07


tied, | think. They are initiative
but without ambition; they viii
learn, but cannot apply their learn
/ ing.
o. Has this not been caused by
their long degradation in slavery
Will they not now have sufficient
stimulous TO produce different re-
sult2 A. We believe not. In fact
we view the whole matter from q
stand point 30 different from that o,
Northern men, that there is little
from debate.
@. Will you state whether you
are not a believer in slavery, and
whether most Southern men share
your opinion A. Emphatically So
| believe 80 far from the black mans
degradation by slavery, he was eI'
alted by it, and that TO the best con-
dition he has ever enjoyed. and 70
the best of which, as a race, he IL
capable. For some thousands OF
years he has been in contact with
white civilizations, and has ever as
pired to serve the master race. lie
seeks the menial employmcnts.
wherever he is found. Even in
Northern States. after half centu-
ry of freedom, / find him nowhere
teaching your schools, filling your
pulpits or legislative halls, but
blacking your boots and cleaning
your stables and bitches. BY ap.
propriating him to this department
and to manual industry, taking his
service and paying Rim by thinking
and providing for him, We believe
we served God and the cause of hu
nanity.
And rs the questions have led to
this point, please to indulge M in
reciting some Of the evidence that
my researches have furnished, that
this people have seen their best con-
ditiOn and will never flourish again.
q. Certainly. Proceed. 4. Our cen.
sus takers furnish industrial vital
statistics from which there is no ap-
peal. They show three points that
I will state from memory.
l. The free black in the Northern
States, in spite of the continual
supplies from the South, decreased,
in the last biennial period, nearly
eight per cent. in numbers.
q The free blacks Of the South
ern States increased about as much,
making difference Of sixteen per
cent. while
8. The slave black by his side in
creased twenty-four in numbers.
Taking, then, the axiom of polit.
ical science, that the reproductive
ness of a people is the most untail-
ing evidence of their social condi-
ton, the black slave has been in a
better condition than any other peo
pie, white or black, on this CONT
nent. 1t is to this conclusion that
you may impute our tenacity in de-
Tending the system; Our expert
ence had taught us' how to consult
tho best interest of both races, and
wefound them in precise harmony:
believed the blacks were designed
by Providence as q supplement to
the white race, and That to this in
stitution, in part, we owed the high
or civilization we claimed.
Q. Please define what You mean
by "higher civilization?'
A. The pride of character. the
chivalrous tone, and the liberality
and hospitality of our people; the
delicacy, modesty, refinement, and
yet the lofty spirit of our women.
We had a society without gossip.
envy, or fanaticism; a population Of
millions without beggars or paupers.
Whether this is a higher civilization
is matter of opinion. Certainly
it had a different type, and one
which would not longer harmonic
with yours; and hence the necessity.
as we believed, Of separation.
@. Then you were a secessionist
originally? A. No, was revo-
lutionist, and this mel eIged, in my
view, all minor que tions Of State
right to secede. The right of a peo-
pie to change their rulers and their
form of government was qucstiona.
BILE only with tyrants, and such !
was ready to resist, from the date OF
Mr.. Lincolns election.