The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-18


where the colored or inferior race have
acquired power. Insurrections, conflicts be-
tween the races. revolutions, and decline in
material prosperity, ending in the destruction
Of constitutional government and the estab-
lishment Of despotism, are the inevitable re-
suits Of placing the balance Of political power
in the hands Of the ignorant masses Of an in
ferior race. Universal equality is . fine thing
in theory, and might be practicable If nature
had made all the races of mankind equal. But
it has not done SO. Physiology, history and
all experience show there Is great difference
in the intellectual and moral character of the
races, and, consequently, in their capacity for
selfgovernment. Yet we are endeavoring TO
form an equality, against the laws Of nature, be-
tween the lowest and the highest types of man
kind--between tho negro and the Caucasian
races-between people who have never
shown themselves capable of government or
even Of emerging from barbarian unaided
by civilized people and the most civilized
race. What monstrous follyl What an abb
surd experiment! What dangerous policy
History teaches by example, 1t is said, but
not to the radicals of this country, nor to the
radical revolutionists Of any country. Fanatics
are never taught They have but one idea
Theory, with them, usurps the place Of reason
and ignores the lessons Of experience. The
information we are receiving from the South,
and particularly from our Virginia corre-
spondence, shows that the negroes are becom-
ing, under the lead Of unprincipled white
demagogues, revolutionary and brutal In
Eastern Virginia there was. the other day,
serious eme,ac among the negroes to hold
possession Of the lands on which they had
squatted. They armed themselves to resist
the agents Of the Freedmen's Bureau and the
rightful owners from taking possession of
these lands. At another place, near Norfolk,
the negro squatters refused to evacuate the
property they took unlawful possession OF.
resistance, and one Of them, in a speech to the
government agents, said they did not care .
fig whether the President had pardoned the
owner of the estate or not that the recon-
struction acts Of Congress did not recognize
pardons by the President; that this property
was theirs now, and that they were deter
mined to hold on to 1t In defiance of all oppo-
sition. He said !" the Indians were driven OF
these lands by the whites, and that they (the
blacks) would now take them from the whites"
I'VE have suffered enough" he exclaimed j.;
"now let the white man suffer- The days
when the white man could say, Come here
John, and black my boots are passed. The
times have changed, and now the time will
come when can say to the white man, Come
here, John, and black my boots and he will
have to come" Receiving frequent applause
from his audience, he warmed up and declared
that "he would never be satisfied until the
white man be forced to serve the black man,
that the whites must be driven away from the
lands or must remain as servants, and that
neither secesh nor Yankee should drive them
(the negroes) off the land"
Such Is only . specimen Of the harangues
and conversations of the negroes in this and
other parts Of the South. These ignorant and
deluded people have been excited to tho point
OF resistance and instruction by the teachings
of radical emissaries in the South. Hunni-
cult, who ought to have been arrested for his
incendiary language few days ago, not only
told them to arm, but went SO far as to tell
them 10 take the torch in their hands The
speech delivered by this revolutionary incen-
diary at Richmond on last Monday night, to-
gether with the speeches Of other white and
negro orators, were full OF the same sort Of
mischief. Truly, these wretched demagogues
are firing the negro heart, or, rather, the negro
passions, for terrible purpose. Negro supre-
macy is determined on by the radicals, or,
failing in that, the ruin OF the South In this the
Southern radicals are aided and encouraged by
the radical party Of the North. They are re-
solved to maintain their political power in the
republic through the ignorant blacks, though the
white people of the North may defeat them at
the polls. Since the late elections they ayow
their main reliance TO be on this negro balance
Of power. Even the Times, the lesser organ Of
the radicals in this city, which pretends TO be
conservative, declares il as necessary now 70
secure this negro balance Of power Let insur-
recton come, let war of races take place, let
the South perish, rather than lose political
power and the spoils Of the government. Is the
cry Of this infamous party.
St Domingo, with all its horrors; Jamaica, with
all It's desolation; the South American republics,
with their everlasting revolutiors-all the re-
suit OF elevating an inferior race to hold the
balance Of political powsr--anord no instruc-
ton to our radical revolutionists They will
destroy the country rather than give up an i'm
practicable theory or the power they hold.
This is the prospect before us, and unless the
people OF the North loudly demand the sup
preston Of these modern Jacobns we shall
certainly be involved in terrible scenes Of
bloodshed, q vast military establishment, enor-
nous expenses, deficient Treasury, and the
fisk Of military dictatorship.
\ The Latest Fenian Frisht I'm England.