The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-02

beside the. negroes and, altogether aside
from this, were they tobring females along,
and live in families, they would form
counterpoise to the negro element in the
Mississippi Valley. Rice, in South Caro-
lima, they would be very particularly
adapted for. rerr-r
My view of the distribution of caliings
and labor in these United. States IN Inc
future would include the Chinese as an
element not to be discarded in those more
southern States where sugar and rice are
staples. Nor do l expect there would ever
be any amalgamation which, socially or
politically, could do harm in the long run.
| If there were to-be any amalgamation 1t
would be between the Monaghan race and
the African. -.
Universal suffrage I do not expect will
for any length of time be extended to any
other race in these United States beyond
, the Caucasian land semitic) races. Negro
suffrage may be upheld during the next e., ana
the following generation, when II Will nave
been fully and fairly tested ana the
chances are that it will be abandoned, or,
at least, that in every State this question
will be left to the State constitution.
Aside from this, even the suffrage exer-
ciscd by illiterate whites, and non-tax-
; PAYERS to boot, will, after ten or twenty
wears from now forward, be growing more
and more unpopular in this country and
finally, it is more than likely the reglstra-
| ton laws passed by the State Legislatures
will at least exclude all those from the fran
chise who cannot read and write.
We Germans never expect TO govern THIS
country; the Government and all state al
fairs will always be left to the anglo
! Saxons and to those who are in part Anglo
! Saxon and Irish or German.
| You will always find us embrace agrlcul-
ture, mineralogy, commerce, manufactures
the fine arts, and the mechanical occu-
nations. Now and then there may be
! lawyer, a clergyman, and a physician.
The agricultural resources Of the coun-
try we Germans are attracted by more than
by anything else. Nor will you Americans
he Inconvenience in your social relations
by the majority of us, MS we mostly congre-
gate among ourselves, where, in the more re-
tired circles, the fine arts, literature, and an
enlightened conversation, are cultivated.
If the one or the other of US becomes linked
by marriage with you Americans, these
unions, as a general thing, at least here at
the North, have been happy ones, can as
sure you. If we have mission to fulfil on
this American continent-and | think q
great one is reserved to us-it is not from o
political point of view; the politics we
shall leave to you, and if you eject the ne
gro from them we shall not be sorry for it.,
let me assure you on the contrary, if by
our votes we can contribute towards it, we
shall assuredly. Our mission is altogether
industrial, and this being the case, we shall
be cordially welcomed by all the States of
the Union.
This does not prevent us from being
proud of our nationality, especially since
Sadowa has restored to us the rank among
nations that was due to u.s.. But with
all the pride as nation we may pos
sess, we are essentially cosmopolites, and
more go than any of the Caucasian
branches. We assimilate with extreme
ease, and our children are as good and true
Americans as any of you, notwithstand-
ing the absence of Anglo-Saxon blood but
even they are at all times more industrlally
than politically capacitated and inclined.
Excuse, Mr.. Editor, that | have been
carried on farther than l expected, but
since immigration seems to be accepted as
q necessity or desideratum, or even covet-
cd by many, prejudices may be removed if
we define ourselves ere we begin to immi-
CRATE. Yours, very respectfully,
c. KIRCHHoFF.