The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-12


A lstass iron ss-Govsrnos Pesry
: published 10 tie 0rsssvt''s bess-
psiss, il vhieh, sftsr Soma sssi-rs-
ks;ers. ssani- seisatilc remarks ucsn
tis osieis Of racss, seostisg IL i~ss
that Is vhiss man sa1 blaex oea
are dssessdsd from coaDoa 'eosk'
he corcisdss 10 this viss !.
1.-THE negro Is to have he right Of
suffrage and equality With Tie white
nan, politically, = var Of rsees' sooa-
er or later, mus, inevitably sssse,
ssl sss x The othss satssssssssA 70
10 soushers States. That slavery
Gao ever h restored. o. the ssgro 70.
snslsvs.l, 10 - Impossible - 4 wesld
BE- inpoli.ic ssd .assiss. That The
whole rsss esn b ,est. ell At oses.
to Africa, 10 impossible. What this,
can Be doas for ,aswl CsAnoa
s<n,e and ressou would answer. Let
them reusin 10 the SowsAsrs Stssss,
., free men. eatitied u equal right,
in the protection Of their lives, prop
er,y aed liberty before ths law; bss
DO not force on them political rigAts,
which they are Incapable Of eyer
cis;sg wisely or pruasstly, ssd IL
the exsseiss of which Evss result
their destruction.
The neg, beat plan Of dispssisg OF
the negro which suggests itself to ny
nipd, u 10 coloniss then in ose Of
two SsAtss ~ . ssparste or distises
community, or nation, - las bses
do.s With the Isdisss. The lasds
NAY b. purchased BY The Govern.
msnt for this purpose. II they eoald
Le sen, to Liberia, and supported for
twelve .osshs, II vould be inAnitsly
better. Could not this Be- dose 10
the courss Of ten OF twelve yssrs ?
Those ssns Arst wosld make prcvis.
ions for othsn Who arc To follow.
| The labor Of the negro in the
Southern States, a . farnsv, will Be-
utterly worthless in . few year..
They will soon cessc TO hire them
selves to work on large cotton plan
tations - they have done in Janaica
to work on the ssgss plantations.
This |. too msch ike slavery &c b.
continued any length Of tine. The
natural desire Of the negro in the
Southern States will Be, asd must be,
a. i, has been in Jsmsica, to b mas.
ter Of his own time, and indulge hs
own idle inclinations and pursuisa.
This he can do a. soon - he 10 able
to get y "shsnty and = patch, y
where be may possibly exc out n'.-
cradle existence. Cidssns Of this
character caano. possibly add to the
improvement or help to enrich .
country. II matters not whether
there are Ave thousand or ave hun.
dred thousand such lsborsn In =
stats, they viii not Increase the pros
Psrisy Of The State, or add to it,
wealth.
On the contrary, they will exslsds
other lsborsra, aud thereby isjure
the State. What ~ nov want in the
Southern Stssss u ~ industrious, in.
sslligsns, aad thrifty popalssioa. Who
will build comfortable houses, plaas
orchards, erect maeAissry, asd d.
vslope the hidden resources Of the
country. Thn the negro will never
do. There nay be Nv exceptions,
bat 70 few - not 10 BE- worth con
sidering Whilst the segro cossiaues
70 hire himself Is laborer to the
cotton plssierlv he nay add 10 thu
wealth Of The State, IL be doss so4 "a
his owa others will be benefited BY
his labor IL Ne himself 10 not Bat
this will not costume, - I have a..
ready said. The experience Of j..
maica and all the other We.t Indis
Islands, where the negro has besu
ret free, proves this fact
| The history of the negro In the
Northern Stats whers he has been
free for more shas half q century,
show that be will only work enoaeh
10 obtain . hare subsistaucs. HI
does not grow rich there or aeosmu.
late property. 10 il At al Iiksly thai
he will do better in the Southern
States7 The history Of the negro ia
Africa, where he has always been
frss, proves the same thing. do
not believe, therefore, that tie thrss
or four millions Of negroes In thu
Southern States will, IL the course Of
few years, make more thsa . bsrs
subsistspss. And il they eontisus
here. 70 the exclusion Of other labor,
the Southern Statss are destined "a
poverty and misery, an, ETC.,
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