The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-06-04
else has q right to do; and this right is
the one conferred and maintained by

or enioyments. a
The loss Of the one~is the loss of the
other, and the.equality of the one is me- i
cessarily the equality OF the other. y
+ Then the subject is confined simply to 7
the effect Of thesestablishment Of politi- c
cal and social equality. Ia
If this equality is right, why have It's a
advocates approached the issue by con- a
tinually Disgusting their ultimate inten- {
tions? /
And Why de they now attempt to draw
distinctions incompatible with the exist 4
ence of the theory and practiceof their
political tenetsG The solemn truth is,the
whole theory is founded upon political
absurdity,r resorted to by reason of its !
applicability to,a LEGAL prejudice origina-.
ted by a class of politicians. who have
succeeded in creating sectional and polit-
ical prejudice, such as has terminated the
existence. Of governments, and created
Efsuds that will exist as long as the name
of opposing parties shall be known upon
the habitable globe. Sacred nor profane
history furnish any reason for the estab--
Ilishment of any such equality. And it
cannot be established 1t may seem to
be, but the fallacy will disappear, when
the political agitation shall' have arrived
Int will create, like bubble before the fu-
Ery of the storm. q rsgs.s,,.. e..:s.r
The seeming equality Of the black man
Twill animate and aetuate him to strive to
maintain his legal and social rights,while
1.-THE inferiorities and disagreeable quali
ties of his nature will render bimthe
object Of the hate of the white man, and
lwhile courage impeIs Que. Ito raise his
arm in defense of political and social
rights, ambition, pride, and Consciousness
of inferiority will. force the. other to the
|conAict. Then there can be but one of
1.-TWO results: surrender Of the rights
that have led to the conflict, er the ban
.Iishment or exterminationiof the negro
Therefore, none can deny but that the
;Eprlitical and social equality must exist in
fact, if it exist in. law.
i If it does not exist in fact, and the ne
gro is able to maintain it, it will exist. If
Ehe is not, it viii not exist at all.
! And this can be determined only by an
iappeal to that power that always has and
always will determine questions between
nations, tribes, clans, sects and races,
4 when their interests and prejudices con-
! fict. If the negro new aspires to be the
! white mans equal and succeeds, tits bat
9 natural that hereafter e'shalls aspire to
q be his'superior. aia' = 9a51l =
&. This is weakness which the white
g man has always been subject to, and can
d the negro be.expected toabe less aspiring?
II the negro is physically our iinferiof
which all admit-apd is elevated to
TEequality, it must be by reason OF his in
Etellectual superiority. Then, if he is
e physically our acknowledged INFERIOR and
intellectually our acknowledged superior,
g he possesses the most powerfulincentives
]; to aspiresto political and social superior
0 lity. so8 sfs ssag assg :,
This is "a grave question for the people
: of the State to determine.
e Itis astep that can be retraced only
e when each foot t-print viii demonstrate
i how costly the experiment has been.
g tits urged that no such results will
It follow because this equality has existed
! in other States. That is not true.
: Ithas existed in form, and3in form on
ely. But now it is presented under cir
e circumstances that compels it to exist in
!, fact, or moi. at all. The heretofore unas
pirine and inferior negrelhas moved with
}, in his humble sphere; impelled by his in
S siclination to course of conduct that
would crafty negro's inclination, and
! remove him farthest from excessive ia
# 1tigues and apparent dangers; while now
ylhe is dragged into a political contest
e which must render him-defeated or sue
is cessful-the breast-work over which eve
If lry political victory will be lost and won.
y The negro I. salvation lies in another
direction. This important fact is a part
ltlof the record of Him who controls the
l. destiny of man When His chosen peo-
leI pie we're to be released frem bondage and
al invested with social and political rights
or He led them fromsthe land of the Egyp
al tians to place where they could become
lol the predominating race, and enjoy those
Il social and political rights.
D tits true that by His power He coul(
e have established them where they were
to- bnt it is equally true that He could no
st! have SO established them without exter
e. minafing a people, or destroying one o
st the natural attributes of his created be
Eings.
Of He could have equalized the bond ant
IS the free by changing their natures anC
e. dispositions, and not otherwise. 2
in People of Ohio, the experiment yor
or are now proposing to make is one otter
made, but always failure.
re You will search he history Of th,
r, world in vain for record such as yol
ID propose to make. No people SO dissimi
g lar as the races you propose to equaliz
as have ever been able to commingle togeth
at er in the enjoyment of equal political o
1T social rights. -
e. The experiment, if it proves a failure
lie must end Ia the Punishment or extermi
We nation of one race or the other. If
- success, it must end in perfect amalgama
h. tion and equalization. In order to estah
it lish either social or political equality, th
b. white and the black races must meet a
er that boundary line where the horse kin
ed and the ass availed themselves, Of thos
SO procreative powers that gave partially t
Re the ass the symmetry, size and form
If the horse, and to the horse the lrardihood
to upgainliness and stupidity of the ass; an
when the experiment has proven a SUI
by cess, the mulatto aud mule, when con
pared to the white man and horse. an