Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-22
From the Il. y. Herald.
RcconstructiOIi by the NeSro--A War OF
Races
1867.

We are counting the fate OF Hayti and
jamaica; for like elements, governed by
the same general forces, produce like
results. This rule of nature IS rs lrreVoka-
bic as the law Of mineral crystallZatlon.
There is, however, Il certain radical power
in the United States that Is ever Wiling to
dispute Il nat Of nature, provided 1t en-
croaches 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 ol Radica! neSrOlsm is very
evident. Were it not SO, why do they
boost tie negro up the tree OF liberty,
instead Of allowing him to climb 1t himself
as the white man has been forced to do :?
It is the greatest difficulty that the most
intelligent Of our people can govern them
selves II it be conceded that four million
of uneducatcd negroes, with brains unde-
Yeloped, and even sterile, are capable OF
| self -2Overument, then it must also be ac-
knOwledged that if the balance OF the ma
| ton were OF the same material, 1t Would
make no difference to our republcaniSm,
which would also be to grant that Haytl IS
republican Utopia, If, however, 1T Is
agreed that the Intelligent white population
| is the saw ttiOn OF our repubhcanlSm, ana
| that we can still exist under bad adm1X-
ture of OlIe-eighth African, Is a concession
|
ton and voluntarily recede in civilization
ana the perfection OF government which
we seek. We submit the question, then,
Is it craftsmanship in any century, much
more in this, to go backwards ?
As we are directed now by the Radical
element, we photograph upon our present
institutions and on future history at least
one-third Of the picture Of Hayti. In that
unfortunate country we have had nothing
but IL war Of races since its discovery by
Columbus From the negro Emperor JAG
ques I, in 1904, to the present rule, Sal
nave, the Haytien part of the Island has
presented in the long years of wholesale
Spanish murders which made its horrors 6
proverb. How rapidly the country marches
to the primitive barbarism which is the
delight Of the negro race is best shown by
the value of the exports just previous tc
the accession Of Jacques I, compared with
those Of to-day. At that time they reached
the large figure of S27, 828, 900. To-day
J they are scarcely S., 900, 600.
But if Hayti exhibits a sorry argument
for negro domination, what does Jamaici
show? Since the island was given up t
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 take1
place in thirty-four years, notwithstanding
the efforts of the English Government t.
: prevent it. And how of Liberia Largt
sums Of money, Christian and missionar.
effort unlimited, have been used to littl
advantage. The negro there, forced int
a dollhouse growth, and kept upon the plu
side of civilization by constant white effort
is still far down in the scale. He Otter
| runs eastward to his native barbarism, &n(
is only kept inside the bounds OF the colon.
by large contributions to his welfare. w
dismiss Liberia as a mammoth negro poo
house.
7 But Liberia is nothing to the negro poor
/ house we are establishing in the who'll
S Southern half of the United States. w
! go into this negro asylum business as W
Y go into everything else in America w
It set the who.e Northern half of the nation
to earning money to maintain the negro
We make huge appropriations for the ben
. eft of the negro. We bury all materia
progress of the negro. We take no tim
g to legislate upon our ruined commerce, TO
1--we are occupying every moment for tn