Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-28

the same savage; while the white man pro-
gressed from barbarouS to a hall civilized
stage of society, the negro still remained
the same savage; while the white man still
progressed from half civilized to a civil
lied stage of society, the negro yet remain
ed the same savage; and while the white
man finally progressed from civilized to
an enlightened stage of society, far advanc-
ed in the arts and sciences, the negro re-
;mained still the same savage. Then since,
with equal advantage, the negro has not
progressed equally with the white man, In
fact in period of six thousand years has
not progressed at all, therefore, the natu-
raj inference and conclusion, in my mind,
is this, that as a race, he is not capacitated to
advance. That he has not the power of
amind to originate and the ability to bring
! to his requisition and advantage the boun-
Therefore, we conclude that mentally lie is
the inferior of theeWhite man, and so much
his inferior, that In political point of view,
he has not the capacity, and he can never
arrive to that stage of progress qualified as
a race to become fit ruling elementiin this
great American Government: I
10 But suppose he was mentally the equal
of the white man, the objection to his VOt-
ing would yet be well sustained on the
grounds that the negro belongs to q different
race of people.
! I'VE find the human family divided into
oIsItnc! taoos, te., So fSa+,,sa Srb;s
constitutes the distinctive mark OF differ
yence between the races of mankind. AT
the same time we find each of those differ
ent races of mankind peculiarly adapted to
certain portions of the globe, and those
portions ot9the globe to which they are
49, 80. 1;t;, :o5ci, 5;sf;not roca Of
peon1tsl peoI,la. T,,,s I'VE lind the E,,ronean or
Iph;fa ,o,a. .oceu,sv the countries IF Eurone
Waste,ns A siay the North nf Africa with All
AZ, 1h;+ =, Lo no bi+oTts, of tha Hated StatoO
Tt,,. a s;ot;c or ueIIovv rsce occnnv e5cIu-
s;,,eI1, sh+s oon1frias ;of Eastern 4Sia The
Gnf5;Sn SaS ~, rad race occnnv the vU;ids Of
:; a A.e,a,.;os, .liractlv eaet and uest of the
Poais,, Hgo1,nte;ns Tha MALAY or brown
- -, AZ tho cnnntrie. IF MaIacca Polv-
100 ,STC; Noa ZeaIan5 and tho fr;can Or
neorro 1,eo-rr race occnnv western Central. and
gos,thern Africa. Now then. sir without
detail. evnerienca5 in, reference to those
races has demonstrated this fact: that the
: oo,,rtr., oenh raco ,occnnv 7oost fillIv de.
ve1os,es the nhvsiologicai strength of that
. reear and the t1hvsicaI condition of the
: conntrv seems best.ft suit; their peculiar
.o1,oeify ,of enternriSa and ah;l;tY of in.
in reference to mankind. since they differ
SO widely in color. form and feature: since
: zach steno tn inhahit horizons of the olobe
to which they are necnliarlv adanted. and
which seem to be as particularlv fitted to
their respective wants. Therefore this con-
cIusion seems to me reasonable, that the
Creator never designed that those different
races. of neonle shouId commingle and live
together ar, eonaIitvs in the. same conntrv
I. And tlaeT history of the world and. .ohservS-
/. tior nTove at in the same country those
different. races, never did live toUetherT in
harmony and on enIlalitvf1'T There seems TO
he .aI,arf from natural iesionsy distinctio,e
n -
tween the races of men which create dis
fnrhance and war. and the one will aI,vavs
snh]ne the other and obtain the -nasfertl
we haye the most, striking ayan1nle of this
in our own country. The red man of the
forest and the white man never l,yVelt To-
0ether in T,eace.' There was continual yva
ring between the white and red race from
the first settlement of the colonies to the
nresent time The white man CONQUERED
the InSian and flrova him to the 70 = vreSt
Where he still reoaihs in bostiIe 5atti+nSe
and tf1eZ a frican race he held II, snhiecfion
Gentlemen will find by observati9n that
where those distinct races of nan inbohIt
tba Some conntrv tbo ono viii oI,ynus bn
ho - af ~ otbo III IT,. %n Ho
-, ta ,hita r. Ii
% nr, th;S o<o,, t,.0 .a,U5 nah WIZ sv
ton or . the reorn ,Ey,, oouarn nu this Ide neSro
mi the ,g5ito w nos, too W.
Ee.i s,.e, He Lau - Wy i.I Iitr
e1s III Onle I,e hlI III paLClelsulp
uali WnIto i anu no, = olaGA: w nave cer1
Calhty eHougi eyIqeIee ually oproye sum-
cle1CIy CnaI One SoIored anu WhiGe man VIII
!IyyS! neyS! I'VE eS4er ln peace anu harmony
~ tl5ls " ahy oCuer counery, :ihuen less go
.nan0 In nanu IN cOnoucLlng the analrs OF
!he OoVe5nmenG. Inen' IN my Judgment,
q ~ Is goou Poilgy, .Wn!le ne stays In our
7 country 10 noiu hiuhAn conGiIion poltl-
cd1iy iilleLiOI 70 ourselves 4aKlhg lnCO
consioeratlon tne connict OF interest, and
tne jealousy Whlcn must naturally exist
between Two sucn; oistInc6 races OF people
as the Whlte ana the -niaek, II collision OF
arms between the Two races Is avoided it
VIII be only because the negro race will be
numerically weak, ana In situation unable
20 compete IN sErepg1h With the White man.
But aside from those abstract notions, and
IN purely legal or political point of view,
an9 aIlowlng Ine colored man all the SYM
PaCny possible, our system OF franchise is
nrmly estaDnSned Dy the Constitution and
laws of the General and State Govern
! ments. will not pause to question the
d wisdom of the trainers of the Constitution
81 the United States and OF the State of
Onlo:s They may have erred in drawing
tine nnea OF --demarcatlonsa where they
DID, but an experience OF seventy
years has satisfactorily demonstrated to
my mind the propriety of the mode
OF voting which they established
line of demarcation had to be drawn
somewhere, Or else men, women and chill
kldren-Whlte, yellow, red, brown and black
would all go 60 Ghe polls III a promiscuous
mass and vote, ana, even Infants who could
De niaue 20 unoerstand suInclenGly TO take
: "a oaIlot ana present IL TO tne Judge, would
1e accepted as voter. Our forefathers,
I9en, IN framing Gne NonstItutlon and laws
t t;ie Henera, i anu OSaeS 0oV9Inmeng, iI saw