Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-17

boys of fifteen years of age ore as intelli-
gent and quite as moral as are the general
ity of negroes
It is often said, however. that the ne
groes aided the armies of the United States
IN suppressing the rebellion, and, there
/ fore, they ought to be rewarded with the
dered some aid in this way, bnt:it is unde-
niable that they afforded much greater aid
to the cause Of the Confederates. They
not only worked patiently in the fields, but
also served faithfully as laborers in camp,
rejoiced over victories and when prisoners
came in, and never IN single instance, in
my knowledge, deserted to the opposite
side. It is true, that as horses which were
rampant rebels under John Morgan became
i loyal to the Union under General Stone
man, SO negroes, whenever they came into
i the possession of the United States armies,
showed themselves loyal, The conduct OF
/ the negro race during the entire war show
ed most stlikingly the difference between
it and the Caucasian. In many localities
/ they outrumbered the white men ten, per.
haps twenty, to one, and by rising could
| have made themselves most formidable
| They did not, however, ever march off in
large bodies, as they might have done, to
! join those who invited them to become
free What would be the result If trium-
phant iberating army like that of Grant or
! Sherman were to march through ireland or
| Poland Would not the able-bodied men
rise en- 132GSSe to welcome and aid them p
| The contrary conduct OF the negroes show
ed conclusively the difference between the
| races.
The negroes themselves are full CON
scious of their inferiority, and hence where
| they have the control, deny the the white
man not only political privileges, but even
| the right to hold property. a paper devo-
ted to the negro cause, published III New
York, justifies this exclusion, saying that
it was because the white man was arrogant
and domineering in his disposition But
does not this admission destroy the case
| made for the negro entirely ? The fact that
the lion is rapacious and tyrannical is
doubtlessa good reason why the deer should
not wish him to come among hem but is
it not an equally valid objection to the pro-
ject Of making % community of deer and
lions ? AL observation goes to show that
the mental and moral endoWmentS of the
negro arc not such as enable him to com
pete with the white man. Tie small
Drained HindOO established in India q
state of civilization immensely superior TO
anything shown by the negro ana yet q
comparatively small number of Englishmen
hold them in absolute subsection. Less
than one hundred thousand Britons have
subjugated and hold in slavery more than
one hundred millions of Hindoos. In other
words, each Englishman conquers more
than one thousand East Indians. Does
any one doubt that one hundred thousand
white Americans could subjugate all the
negroes on the globe, if they Inhabited a
country not more unhealthy for the Cauca-
sian than Hindostan is
Nor can the negro race be preserved by
amaIgamatiOn with the white. Though the
mulatto is more intelligent. he has less con-
stltutlon than the negro, and becomes ex-
tinct in q few generations for nature in
this, as III other Instances, forbids hybrid
ity. Why should the superior white race
corrupt its blood and cripple itself, while
the inferior race is thus annihilated Even
il the Caucasians here are too numerous to
be destroyed, why should the race be thus
weakened On the other hand, if the ne
groes be constituted into separate COM
munlty, is there is any certainty that they
would exist ontsidc of the tropics ? viii
they produce in summer enough to sustain
them in winter? The peninsula of Florida
is perhaps better suited to them by its eli
mate than any territory now within the
United States. 1t is large enough to hold
al! the negroes, and though it is less favor
Oble than Hayti in its climate, yet possibly
they could exist there. It is true, however,
that while thus occupied it would be as
worthless to the United States as if it had
remained IN the possession OF the Seminole
Indians. Still, this would be much less
evil than will result from their general mix
turo with the white population OF tho coun-
try. BY such mixture the danger Of ANAL
Ganatlcn and the consequent injury to the
cOI1IIla II Of tl,a f.oI1DtTv
creased.
1t has lately been said, however, by a
lending Radical organ, that as some mulat-
toes exist Ill the country, it would be better
their parents should be married. But will it
be seriously Contended, that because licen-
tiOusncss exists, and some married men
even have ilIcgitimato children, that,
therefore, polygamy and concubinage
should be lcgalized And, if they are so
legallzed, will not the effect be immensely
to increase these practices 1t is said,
however, why not lot people decide these
matters for themselves, and do as they
please But people are not allowed even
to gamble or get drunk at will, and vet
these are small evils compared with such
misceGenage. Christian nations do not
allow near blood relations, such as broth
ers and sisters, parents and children, to in
termarry, and yet there is more evidence
against the mischiefs of such connections
than there is Of the destructiyeness 10 both
races Of mixture Of blood between the
whites and blacks And if social equality
be wrong, and miscegenage ruinous, why
should there be an effort to produce them
by bringing the parties in contact in hotels,
schools, and elsewhere Would the honest
white people of the North consent to legis-
lation which compelled them to keep their
children i'll contact with thieves and pros
titutes And would not the tendency of
such contact be demoralizing ? If then,
social equality and mixture of blood be-
tween the white and black races be mis-
chievous. ought the force of legislation to
be used to promote them
Even the " SO-cuIIed achite men" who be-
lieve IN negro superiority ought not to wish
that superiority lost by mixture with an
inferior white race. Is it not clear, how
ever, that whichever of the two races is to
be considered the superior, they are at least
SO different that they cannot constitute
Jointly prosperous community It may be
a matter Of doubt whether the hog or the
sheep is the superior animal, but no farmer
would attempt to herd and feed them to-