The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-15

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v,sed by himself. he said
will say then that l am not nor
ncycr have beon, > favor of bringing
abont. N enyNsay, tho soeihl and pc.
ut;ooi eonahly Of tho white and black
races. that | am not nor never have
h.,en in favor ofmaking voters OF ju-
rors Of uepfoes nor Of qualifying thep
mhoid office OF lntermarrylng with
,Le white people, and ! viii say in ad.
a,tion 20 thu. that there is o physical
d,gsrcnce between the white and black
ropes which l believe WIZ forever for
Ind the the roces living together on
Wrnsofeocial ana political 7equahty
And itnasmuch NB they ~cannotfo i've,
Will, they do remain together, there
nust be the position 81 superior and
infr,io Tor. and I, ne much az any other
man. am in favor ofhaving the eupc-
rior portion assigned 70 the white
/ next call TO the stand your late
distinguished Governor, Mr.. Dennison,
andl read from his Official annual
neesape Of January,1S62, t. the ONO
I,ccisiature-He said.
Gan act Of immediate general eman
cipation, throwing four millions ol the
colored caste loose on society, North
aud Sonth, would leave them more en-
plaved than they are now. without
the intelligence, power n means OF
n mestor Of the superior race.to sup
port them in the competition OF that
voc in the business Of life, they would
nnr,sh-The North, rejecting them,
as Ii has done IN many States, and
miont do 10 many Others, The -four
,oiilions lot loose in tho SOath, would
encounter n war IF caste, u war OF
EXPERIMENTATION" -,
Lastly, / produce mi present nhIe
and learned Governor, General Cox.
You all remember that in 1866. certain
Cb,,lin peo,e wiote to the General
asking for his opinion IN respect to
NEGRO suffrape. lie replied at great
length and with great i%rankness, ANA
IL IL but Just t "say his letter hears IN
ternal evidence that I've hod given the
subject great Confederation. read
from It as follows;
you, Judging from this distance
cav Deliver the four millions of freed
ueoul INTO tbs hand OF their former
6ppressors, now embittered by theil
defeat, and they will h<eIlleirE con.
dltion worse than before. i. starting
from the same principles, and after
fur years of close ami thoughtful OBJ
seyy1tion of races where they are
nav iamunwillingIy forced Ia the con
%viction that the effect OF tho war has
not been simply to 'embittcr their re-
iation, but to develope u rooted anthg-
orl.m which makes their permanent
fusion in ono political community ~
absolute lmpossibility. The sole dit
ference between us then is in the dc
gree Of hostility We find existing be
tween the races, and its prObuhie per
mnnence. You assume that the eX
tension of the right OF suffrage to The
blacks leaving them intcrmiXed VIII
the whites, will cure all the t"ouble
| believe that it would rather DO Ike
the decisions in that outer darkness O
which Milton speaks where rr
Chaos Umpire slts
Aud by decision more embroils the Fray
ta,tYet, az L afirm with you, that thu
rights to life and liberty are inaliena-
ble. nndsmore than admit the iangeI
ofleavlng a laboring class at the en-
trio mercy of those who formerly own
cd them ~ slaves, you will say that
nm bound TO furnish some solution 0
the problem which shall not deny tn,
right or incur the peril. Sol am, ant
tho only real solution which I car Sec
is the peaceable separation Of the IN
Ces.
HBecause there could be no real uni
w of people between the Southern
Thitos and Southern blacks, it seem
manifest 10 me that there could be II,
political unity, but rather q strife TO
the mastery. in which the ono or TIL
other would go TO the wall.
"The struggle for tho supremae.
would be direct and Immediate. an.
see no hope whatever that the weak
or race would not be reduced 10 hope
loss suhiec tiun, on utterly destroyed
There Is 10 suppose that Mis-
souri, bOrder-ruti inism could never b
repeated on new fields, and the strit
once inangurated, the morcilcss wa
would c%ontinuaas lonR ms the obnoX
ions race had an existence, You hay
expressed your anticipatiOns OF sue