The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-10-02

image, were the homes Oh Tue mif BkInnoq u
iracesiof men, who attained high 6iviibSu
rzation but south of the deserts thershl. h
ways has been ibarbarics darkDessa sQnpd
one side Of tho straits Of, Gibraltar, relfss
gionj the arts and sciences flourish, Whilaii
toths spnthRsrd offthe opposite ssbdrhes
heathenislh is supreme; the Ohristihnlsoi
God is unknoWa, andthe most enlightensg
ed Of the negro kings eommemorafes hiaA
birthday by bathing ina pool of humspsi
bloodIloiibsk edt Il Gisqieh beGd nsbIoa
let us, fora moment, my friends, leave Z
theynegro in Africa, land glance Iat ? his,
condition Oh the beautiful island of Hsyul
| tis- where underthe auspioes Of msIatioesb
who had BEEN cd ducated in1 Paris, be at4I
tempted to establish 10 dNegroc Republig
based upon the ideas Of. the French Kev1s
olutionsd The mtilattoes combined With
the pure hegroesItoi exterpate the white
race Jwho formed but ssaiail minorjty efl
the popdlatiomp iAgvar Of races tfollog-l
cd, and the whites fled from the island,
oriyere exterminateda sgod iae5,lanos
| But the war Of races had, only COM,
meuced. The. mulattto, who had hair,
on. his head and the blood Of the white,
man in his veins, despised the negsar
lwho, had neither. And on his side, the
negro hated the mnlatto,, because be, was
no longer black. War ensued. The,
mulattoes weresin the minority, but their
superior intelligence gave them the adj
vantage over the. negroes, although the
latter excelled them in physical strength.
At length peace was made on the Tbai
sis Of separation. Theislapd was divided
the negroes on one half, and the mnlat;
toes on the other. And what Of the
black Reprblicas " became q Repub7
lilo ruled by an Emperor, Republican
with a titled, nobility -despotism sgcg
eeeded anarchy, and the indications afe
that tie negroes of Hayti will By degrees
resolve themselves back into sths leF bafpefs bas
Isz This, my eonntrymen, Is not p que&
tion Of mere speculative philosophy, bnt
one, of stern and practical reality, ques-
tion which no statesman should disre-
gard. ts,;,t ~, a - - .y'i's - .,''"
lit bo true that the negro Is lncapa.
BILE Of, self government, shall we deliber-
ately confer upon four millions Of blacks, :
rights they cannot comprehend, and priv,
| ileges they cannot safely exercise 7 .aa1
Do, you believe, my friends, that ,the
black and white races can live together
in the samo country on terms Of oquality2
If you do, SO believe, permit me to invite
your attention to the opinions Of soms 0f
the most eminent Of American statesmen.
You are all aware that Jefferson and Mad,
iaon, as well as Clay and Lincoln, depre.
Gated the existence Of slavery, pgd fhat
they all declared that the kings Of Eng
land, and not the people Of the United
States, we're responsible for its existence,
Mr.. Jefferson said n regard nothing "a
being more certain ID the future than
that slayery will DO abolished, butitis
mot less certain that the blacks and
whites can never live together on terms
Of equality" y "Their remain,
ling in the State On terms Of equality
would produce convulsinhs which would
probably never end but in the e1tefnin-
ation Of the one race or the otheE'iuali
Similar views were entertained and en-
pressed BY Madison and Clay, ard wore
afterwards indotssd by Abraham Lin
coln.9 % 'st2.7 isdi 2ss' '11sgs ap oisiii
In his reply to Judge Douglas, in the
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