The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-13
Reconstruction By the Negro-A War
Races.

Reconstruction By the Negro-A War OF
Races.
We are counting the fate of HayH and ia
maica; for like elements, governed by the same
general forces, produce like results. This rule
of nature is "a irrevocable as the law Of min
eral capitalization. There is, however, . GER
tain radical power in the United States that Is
ever willing to dispute fat Of nature, pro-
vding it encr0aches upon its pet theories.
One Of these pet theories is the superiority of
the negro race over the white. That such is
the real basis of radical negroism is very evil
dent Were it not SO, why do they boost the
negro up the tree Of liberty instead of allow
lug him to limb it himself, as the white man
has been forced to do? 1t is with the greatest
difficulty that the most intelligent of our people
can govern themselves. If it be conceded that
four millions of uneducated negroes, with
brains undegeloped and even sterile, are capa-
BILE of seli-government, then it must also be
Acknowledged that II the balance Of the nation
were of the same material II would make no
difference to our republicanism, which would
also be to grant that Hayt is republican
Utopia. II, however, il Is argued that the in
telligcnt white population is the salvation Of
our republcanism and that we can still exist
under bad admxture Of one-eighth African,
II Is a concession that we, to a certain extent,
vtiate the nlhon and voluntarily recede in
civilization aud the perfection of government
which we seek. We submit the question,
then, Is it craftsmanship In any century, much
more in this, to go backwardss
| As VIC are directed now by the radical ele-
ment, we photograph upon our present insttu-
tons and on future history at least one.third OF
the picture OF Hayti. In that unfortunate
country We have had nothing but war Of races
since liz discovery by Columbus. From the
negro emperor Jacques I. in 1904, to the
present ruler, salnave, the Haytien part Of
the island has presented even worse con-
dtion than tina, which ia presented in the long
years OF wholesale Spanish murders which
made its horrors proverb. How rapidly the
country marches to the primitive barbarism
which is the delight Of the negro race is best
shown by tho value Of the exports just pre-
vious to the accession Of Jacques l. compared
with those OF to-day. AZ that time they reach
ed tho large figure Of $27 ,s2s,000. To-day
they are scarcely ss,oOo,oO0.
But If Hsyti exhibits sorry argument for
negro domination, what does Jamaica show.
Since the island was given up TO negro rule
its march has been rapid from bad to worse
until to-day one OF the finest and formerly
one Of the most productive OF all the West
India group lies but wreck In negro hands.
All this has taken place in shirty-four years,
Notwithstanding the efforts Of the English
| government to prevent IL. And how OF
LIBERAL Large sums OF money, Christian
and missionary effort unlimited, have been
used 10 little advantage The negro
there forced into a dollhouse growth and
kept upon the plus side OF civilization
by constant white effort, Is still far dowu In
! The scale He often runs eastward to his
native barbarism, and is only kept inside the
bounds OF tho colony by large contributions 70
his welfare. We dismiss Liberia as mammoth
negr9 poorhouse.
But Liberia Is nothing TO ,he negro poor
hoa&o we are establishing in the whole
Soat6ern nalf Of the United States We 20
in'o sa.s negro asylum business as we 70 into
every ,hirg Use 10 America We SCI the whole
North IN half OF the nation to earning money
70 maintain the negro We make huge sppro-
psi atoms for The benefit Of the negro We
bury ell material progress TO embody oil our
iuess In the progress Of the negro. We take
no time TO legislate upon our ruined commerce,
for we are occupying every moment for the
negro. We approach financial panic, but