Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-11-28

auopt TOT the convenience aOd com
iort OF the other passengers as well
as Tor their own proper interests
says; The imporlanceof Of the doctrine
IS ielt more strikingly IN cases Of
steamboats, and rallroau cars. S59ld;
see aiso sffod. Angei on Carriers,
500 American hauWay Cases, 393,
S9a.
Inc right to separate being clear
10 proper cases, ana it'oelng the sub
Ject OF SOUND regulRtlon, the ques-
tioh remaining 10 bot considered is,
whether there ls such difference
between the white and black races
within this State, resulting from ma
ture, law, aud custom, rs makes 1t a
reasonable ground ofseparanon. The
question is one Of difference, not of
superiority or inferiority Why the
Creator made one black and the other
white we know not but the fact is
apparent, and the races distinct, each
producing its own kind, and following
the peculiar law of its constitution,
Concerning equality, with natures as
perfect and rights as sacred, yet God
has made them dissimilar, with those
natural instincts and feelings which
lie always imparts to his creatures
when He intends that they shall not
overstep the natural boundaries He
has assigned To them. The natural
law which forbids their intermarriage
and that social amalgamation which
leads TO a corruption of races, is as
clearly divine as that which impaired
TO them different natures. The ten
dency OF intimate social intermixture
is 10 amalgamation, contrary TO the
law of races. The separation of the
white and black races upon the sur
face of the globe is a fact equally APP
parent. Why this is so, it is not
necessary TO speculate, but the fact of
distribution of men by race and
color, is as visible in the providential
arrangement of the earth as that Of
heat and cold The natural separa-
ton Of the races is therefore an unde-
niable fact, and all social organizations
which lead TO their amalgamation are
repugnant to the law Of nature. From
social amalgamation, it is but a step
to illicit intercourse, and but another
TO internarIiage. But TO assert sep
arateness rs not to declare inferiority
in either-it is not to declare one
slave and the other freeman that
would be to draw the illogical sequence
Of infeliority from difference only. 1t
is simply TO say, that following the
order of Divine Providence, human
authority ought not TO compel those
widely separated races to intermix.
The right of each 10 be freu from
social contact Is as clear as to be free
from intermarriagc. The former may
be less repulslye as a condition, but
not less entitled TO protection as
right.
When therefore we declare a right
to maintain separate relations, as far
as is reasonably practicable, but in a
spirit OF Kindness and charity, aud
with due regard TO equality Of rights,
IT is not prejudice, nor caste, nor
injustice OF any kind, but simply to
suffer men te follow the law OF races
established by the Creator himself,
and not TO compel them TO mtermix
contrary 70 their instincts.
Nor can we disregard the laws and
customs of the State. Indeed these
must be our guide, leaving II TO the
Legislature to correct the errors OF
the law, or It's departure from that
justice which should ever DC its foun-
dation. III is unnecessary TO recur TO
the original condition oil negroes as
slaves IN pennsylvania, or to trace
the legislation oil the PROVINCE DIS
tlngulshing them rom the ireemen.
Nor need we, Tor the purpose OF de-
hnlng the status OF the negro, refer 70
that great law OF emancipation IN
llsU, whose preamble, the most beau
tiful Just aud expressive ever prefxed
to human statute, only proiesscd 10
extend to the black race a portion
OF our own heedom. we have later
and an authoritative guide, the solemn
decision OF tins Court IN 1887 IN the
case OF Hobbs VS. Fogg' . watts, SSs'
The oplnion came IRON the pen OF the
late I. > 1ioson ana oears tne I'm
print Oh n's remarkao'e ihVeiiect' ~
Is there shown from tne iaws' consul,
tutlons, and customs OF inc state' ana
from former decision OF me higii
Court oil Errors and Appeals, that the
Status Of the negro rever iell within
the term freeman" IN the several
constitutions; and that the emancipa
tion act Of l7s0, did not elevate him
| To the citizenship of the State. Aud