Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-07-04
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aoft her scroll Of fame WILL ms the richest honor
Of his name attached TO tho edict OF universal
emancipation. . ~
slain, the black man was your conlrade. True
10 is M true to manhood true 70 you
honored his race. Sometines you spurnsd him
back to his chains, but he cnmeagniri, and point
Cd you yITs Where the danger lay When the toll Of
prlvations Of the bivouac and the tent When
the storm burst upon your serried ranks, he
the bell bouiids Of treason Beleagtired your iee1
Ing footsteps, 70 drag you back 20 the prisons of
day and Of fe by night to Ruide x tn tss ~
shelter Of your countryfs flag. His blood min
common cause; Ii is possible that II he had
been less true, less faithful, less devoted-that IL
| his black columns had been combined against
! instead Of With you, we might not now be here
exercising the privileges which hitherto he has
| the traitor, with hands red reekine with tbe
blood Of slaughtered patriots, may, upon resi-
dence Of one short year, cast his stafned ballot
\ TO neutralize your own: and shall we spurn
| away the patriot black, inferior though he may
BE-, who aided you to lOose from our 1lroats his
pie his Blood contributed to cement invoke usi
manhood, whose rights his strong arm assisted
In vindicating, implores us; gratitude, which
springs iinpulsive from the generous heart, APP
pcals 10 us, to do the black man Justice win
we. can we deny him?
But another confederation FOR the extension
Sf ipaffla I'M I'll s9ifTsge still remains which it may
dence OF wise statesmanship, rather than With
the tolly and whifn Of passion or prejudice, lest
the disastrous error which preceded ernancipa1
ton may be repeated in our dealing with the
kindred question of acknowledgement.
History demonstrates that no nation can per-
manentiy maintain internal Tranquility which
contains within it subject race, bearing numer-
iealy any considerable ratio TO the ruling class.
sun Less is this so where the subject race exceIs
in numbers. Their mutual Jeafouses are tho
source and cause OF bitter resentments and con-
tlnuai quarrels. put an end TO by extermjna-
tlo,nexpulsion, or coalescence in the enjoyment
ofcomnon citizenship. The cen nturies Of Moorish
domination in spain were centuries OF strife;
and for two hundre years the ubject saxon
continued TO sting the heel Of his Norman OPP
hood was wrung from the tyrant al Run nymede
The American states are not-eannot form, ex-
eeptions TO this great tact Of history. II the
IL, 1T a race Of slaves, deprived of manhbtd.
much lesscan II naintain internal peace having
within II a race o' freedmen, numerically su-
perior in some OF the States 10 The dominant
race, deprived q the privileges OF full citizen
The enumber Of the excluded race I'm Ohio is SO
| inconsiderable that her repose might long con-
has no separate aud independent existence
Her destiny is linked with that of her sister
states with which she is united, by common
bond, in one common country. That bond will
be broken, that nation will be dissolved, when,
eyeT 5Se inG9mPas5st.y d Of ts parts provoke
The impartial citizenship Of the black race in
many Of the southern states is a matter of in
evitnble destiny. No power on earth but the
sword can prevent il. Inferiority of race will
not restrain. superiority viii not control, the
power OF numbers. Either citizenship, or mill
tary despotism, or extermination will result,
! do not believe that determination will result;
the barbarisu of the most barbarous age does
| not Justify the presumption. l do not believe
that military despotisnh will interpose; the lib
critics OF thirty millions Of freenien, and their
posterity forever, Will rather intercede for the
/ enfranclIfsement of adcspised race, than Invoke
destruction. do not believe ii will be necessary
enfranchisernent OF the black race in ihe States
4 wherein us numbers approximate those OF the
and the force Of numbers; and any ATTEMPT to
s,{ 2; dsisst IT. NIL but rseat the obstinate
lnexorable laws and physical forces which i'm
d, PEELED 70 emancipation.
II is in vain 10 urge aaainst this march of ies-
4 tiny, lhi!t 1npart isl suffrage will ncte war OF
! races. This might, If true, be a reason why il
should not-none howevef, that it will not.be
ssophicii. IL cannot be nationally contended
that war OF races viii ensue without Just
! partial means OF protecting and defending the
rights which equally pertain to their manhood,
I
| excluded by the ot.:er nom the enjoyment ana
I controlof these means, cause OF resentment
and quarrel viii exist, and may be intianned int
| Besides, if the negro has spirit TO brook war
| for the maintenance and exercise Of privilege
once conceded, the same spirit will hazard lis
consequences in attempting TO assert the priyl.
eye when den ed. SO that war OF races is much
more likely to result from exclusion than from
enfranchise!nent, unless the forbearance of the
negro be more capable of rcpressing his just re-
1 sentiment OF suffered wrong, than the pride of
the chivairous and Christian Saxon is to repress
| his uDjusI resentment OF conceded right. That
our rnce may nave SOME examples OF such
brutality and barbarism am forced to concetle
But am not willing to concede that the race is
! gro for forbcarance.
/ But If a war uf races I've the inevitable result
| OF enfranchisement, then indeed have we the
! wolf by the ears and can neither hold on nor
! let go; for, TO avert tt, If disfranchisement in
the south be obstinately persisted in, is i'm
! now: but the sbaCkles which bound his limbs
ana iettered ms sonl are broken. and he can not
OF Hancock and Marion, without isnbibing tina
spirit OF Mouitric and Banker Hill. Is tins IA
natlcism? II is but the reading of history in
| the future by the light of the past. Nothing
written in the book OF i,te isInnrc certain, than
That the blacks of South Carolina will, sooner
or later, possess the equal privileges of Impair
4 What them Olf6 must n1lrow.if the wate -
II may be distasteful, il may touch her Cauea-
sian pride, hut II is inevitable. II she would
union, with all It's priceless heritage of glories,
! and liberties, and blessings she must Yield to
tne logic oil events. heSlstaflce Is ODStlnacy-the
blind infatuatiOn OF the Egyptian Pharaoh and
4 they who persist in IL Will be overwhelmed in
the sea of progress. Can the political ties which
unite Ohio and South Carolina continue per-
manent and enduring, can the amenities of fel-
1owship and fraternity be perpetuated and cor
dial, with negro exclusion in the former and ne
/ gro acknowledgements in the latter?
In Ohio, the Caucasian clement preponderates;
4 In South Caroliua the African. The degradation
! Of the black race cannot more strongly mark
[ the policy of the former than its dignity and
elevation VIII engage the attention of the lat
| ter. Burden the black citizen OF South Caro-
lima with degrading disabilities In Ohio and you,
provoke retaliation againe the white citizens of
| Ohio by imposing upon them like disabilities In
| South Carolina. What follows? An Interrupt
I tiun Of frnternal relations-a fresh cause OF
/ quarreI--it may bo internecine war. ..., 49,.
Can tho forecast Of statesYaus sh y discern any
! different result9 Not II the lessons Of the past
shed any light on the future, While The African
has aspirations for the elevation OF his people
! and who can say he shall not have? whilst he
/ is senAitiye to the rights Of his msnlIood-and
| who viii dePrecate him for It? while he has
! spirit to resent indignity and n1ustfce to his
Face-Hnd who shall seek to repress IL the black
citizen OF the South win press his claims 10 the
impartial protection and equal privilege of citi.
! zenship in the sister States OF the North; and
/ while men have heads 10 think the right und
hearts TO feel its impulse, and courage 10 follow
i;s dictates his cAnse will YNfse up friends among
| the ardent, the generous, and the lust. Agita-