Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-12-25
from the Memphis POstl
The Future Of the Color ed
Race of the South.
BY REV. JAMES LYNCH.


As soon as the rebel armies surrend-
cred and the freedom of the colored
people became q fixed fact, you could
hear everywhere in the South the
opinion expressed that the negro will
die out" Most all white persons you
meet regretted emancipation, ION ac-
count of sincere love for the black man"
1t seems, however, that the Fortsth
Congress has reversed what was con-
sidered divine decree in reference to
the "Sons of Ham," by giving them
the right to vote. Now, they invoke
the aid of Congress and the power Of
the Democratic party Of the North
they appeal to Anglo Saxon pride to as
sist them in maintaining their suprema-
cy over this race which they said would
.fade away rapidly in a state of free
dom"
1t is easy to see that political selfish
ness, sordid interest and disappoint ted
hopes were at the bottom and prompt
ed the cry Of ''LoI the poor negro"
when he WAS emancipated, As it does
now the howl about the "Africaniza-
ton of ten States" because he Is en-
franchised.
The colored man is no longer thing.
or a ward of the body polite; he is a
person and citizen by virtue of his birth
in the country. Without the exercise
of the ballot, he would be at the mer-
cy of every white man in the commu-
nifty. Brand a man with political in
feriority, and in spite of civil laws,
Justly enacted, so far as he is concern
ed, they would be, to quite an extent.
an entire nullity. But some Of our le-
gal luminaries who deny this say
a'White women and children do not
vote, vet they are protected" It IS suf-
ficient, in answer to this, to say that
white women have husbands, brothers,
fathers and sons who do vote, and so do
the children stand nearly related to
those who vote.
That class of white men in the State
of Mississippi who demand that every
white man shall vote, while they &C
cord the black man the same right,are
in the bounds of humanity and patrio-
tism; that class who declare for impair
tial suffrage. but insist on qualification,
are in the bounds Of humanity and
prtriotism. But that class who declare
that this Is a "white mans govern
ment," and that the black man has no
political rights because he Is black, is
outside of the pale of reason, humanity
or patriotism. Nothing better proves
this than the character of the newspa-
pers that are its exponents. These
newspapers set at defiance all refined
taste, chronological rules, or historic
record; magnify every wrong commit
ted by 8 black man they tantaiiZe
him for his blunders or awkwsrdness,
and ridicuIe him for his ignorance
They bring not to light sings redeem
ing feature of bis character, but veil
his goodness with their deVilish hate
and malignity. Indeed, it would seem
that Satan's imps in perdition, surfelt-
ed with his supplies, visited regularly
the sanctums Of their editors and there
vomited, and from this excrement they
filed their sheets.
Tne destiny of all the races on the
globe is bound up with that Of the
american Republic God has willed 1t
so. The darker races Of the earth out
number the white. The white is to
lead them to high civilization. The
colored race will exist in this country
as long as the country exists. 1t viii
enjoy privileges in common with the
white race. The selfish interests Of the
white man, to say nothing Of his high
er instincts, will produce this result
The Republic, by its own momentum,
will soon roll its power over Mexico,
Central America, and the West Indies,
which will before long be portion OF
its States and territories. And these
vast regions, with mines of wealth and
soil yielding choice product, will de-
mand labor to such an extent that
emigration from Africa-under some
regulation-will be probably encour-
aged.
The tidal flow of Caucasian emigra-
ton from the Old World will go on in
the future as in the past, but its course
will in the main be in the higher lati-
tudes of our vast domain, dotting the
valleys and plains between the Ale
eheny and Rocky mountains with
cities, towns and villages, planting the
triumphs Of civilization on their lofty
peaks, and making the shores of the
Pacific rich with commercial cities
But the lower ATTITUDES, while they
will secure the brain and capital of the
Caucasian, can not benefit from his
labor; natural causes will prevent 1t,
and the labor of the darker races will
be a necessity that no statesman will
fail to appreciate. This mutual de-
pendence of capital and labor will
prove to be the controlling power of
Providence that viii secure political
equality for the black man and the
sympathy of the white race. l hold
that climate abolished slavery, and
climate will render secure the political
enfranchisement of the emancipated.
| Had the climate Of the North been
adapted to slavery, it would have ex-
;sted there to-day; but it was other
wise an anti-slaVery sentiment grew
up, it frightened the South, they trem-
bied for their oligarchy. The result
was war and freedom Of the Southern
slave. Climate again comes 70 the
rescue of the black man.. IL gives him
an Importance as an instrument of ma
tional development, and the cries OF
Justice demanding his enfranchisement
must and will be heard
The noisy politician, the scheming
sdVenturer, may cut As many antics as
he may choose on the troubled waters
/ of our national politics. but he cannot