The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-10-03
rom the island, or were extcrmin.


On his head and the blood Of the white
man in his veins, dcspised the negro,
Who had neither And on his side the
legro hated the mulatto.. because lic
vas no longer black. War cnsued.
The mulattoes were in the minority,
put their superior intelligence gave
chem the advantage over the negroes,
although the latter cxcellcd them in
physical strength
At length peace was made on the bN-
sis of separation. The island was di-
vilcd: the negroes on one-half, the
nuattocs on the other. And what
ofthe black Republic? 1t became II
Republic ruled by an Emperor Re-
publican with ttlcd nobility---dcspo'
ism succeeded aliarcy, and the indica-
ions are that the negroes OF liaytl will,
~ degrees resolve themselves back in
20 the barbariam Of Africa.
! This, my countrymcn, is nota ques-
ton Of mere speculative philosophy,
but one of stern and practical reality,
question which no statesman should
disregard
If il he true that the negro is incapa-
bic Of self government, shall we dclib'
crately confer upon four millions OF
blacks, rights they cannot comprehend,
and privileges they cannot safely eXcr-
cisu?
DO you believe, my l'ienda, tllat thc
black and white races can live together
in the same country on terms Of equal
iW? lfyou do so believe, permit me
10 invite Your attention to the opinions
oRsomG OF the most eminent of Ameri-
can statesmen, lou are all aware that
| Jefferson and Madison, rs well rs Clay
and Lincoln, deprecated the existence
Of slavery, onl that they all declared
that the kings Of England, aud not the
people Of the United States, were res
: ponsiblc for its existence. Mr. Jcilcr-
son said III regard nothing as being
more certain in the future than that
slayeV will bs abolished but it is not
less certain that the blacks and whites
can not live together on terms Of
IelnaIiiy. =
Their remaining in the States on
terms Of equality would produce con-
vUlsions which would probably never
end but in the determination OF the
one race or the othcr'
Similar views were entertained and
expressed by Madison and Clay, and
were afterwards indorsed by Abraham
LjncoM.
IN his reply to Judge Douglas, in the
Ottawa debate Mr.. Lincoln said (see
Debates, page 4 J 'What next2 FREQ
the blacks, and make them socially and
politically our equals? My own feel
ings would not admit Of this and il
mine would, we all know that those OF
the great mass the people would not;
whether this feeling accords with JUS
tice and souud Judgment, is not the sole
question, il indeed it is any part Of it.
A universal feeling, whether well or i'll
founded, cannot safely be disregardod.
| We cannot then make them our equals"
And like sentiments were proclaimed
by Mr.. Lincoln in his debates from
Lake Michigan to the Ohio river. In
his speech at Charleston debates,
page 1867, he 70 cibly said 81 an not,
nor ever have been, in fayol Of bring
ING about in any way, the social and
poIjtieal equality Of the black and
, white races
Il am not. nor ever have been in IL.
, vor Of mNjiing voters or jurors Of ne
&roe5.'
Nor Of qualifying them (ncgroes)
10 hold Office
"Nor Of having them (ncgrocs) in,
+ tcrnarry with white people"
There is physical difference be-
tween The black and white races, which
. believe will forbid the two races liy
, inc together on terms Of social and po-
litical equality" And
"Inasmuch as the black and white
, races cl,nDt live together on terms OF
! cquai,y, while they do remain together,
: therc must be the position Of supcrio,
| and inferior, and as mu3h as any 9th
+ cr man am ia favor Of having the s,lpe
t rior position assigned to The white
| race
g Jefferson and Lincoln, Madison and
G Clay all earnestly advocated the colo
$ nization Of the negroes in some suta
bic country. And it is my firm con
g victiOn that if that race in America are
1 saved from annihi!ation, it will be b,
It their colonization, by their own fire.,
: will, III some congenial cline, where
# they can have Il Government of thei
: own, under the protection OF tAe Uni
J. ted States.