The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-07-01

ever may nave Deell Inc origin Oh Tue great
difference which exists between the types
of mankind--the Caucasian race, to which
we belong, the Monaghan, which inhabits
d Asia and India. and the negro race, which
s inhabits Africa whether they are the re-
suit, as some natural philosophers main.
tain, of distinct origin, or, as most per-
sons believe who accept the Christian faith
d differences which have been produced since
the discrimination of the race over different
parts OF the earth-makes no difference in
the practical fact that the races, whether
created originally different as they now are
or whether that indifference has been pro-
duced by God himself in consequence OF
their dissemination, as men maintain-prac
tically there is no difference in the fact
}, thar the races are clearly distinct. That
their commingling is against the laws Of
nature as the very results of that comming-
} ling show. This is proved by all the OBJ
, servations of all the great natural philoso-
, pliers and ethnologists, that it is impossi.
BILE to produce any mixed race which can
} long endure. Applause. The truth is
, and we may as well recognize the fact, that
the negro race aud the white race are both
: super or--not perhaps in all respects. The
, mixed race-the mulatto may partake Of
the intelligence of the white man, but he
, fails to possess the same vigor which the
| N ht.h hos pnft no rttatitxy RI
} yigor nor the power of endurance of either
| the white man or the negro, and therefore
4 it is that these laws 60 to show that to
produce, OR attempt to produce a. mixed
: race upon voting social and political equal.
!. ity is against the laws of nature itself
e Applause.] Ishall not dwell upon this
!, point, but such are the observations of all
= the great nationalist Of the world. ]
!, know il has sometimes been said by those
: who quote the language ofthe Great Apos-
: tle "God hath made of one blood all ma
f tons of men for to dwell on all the face oil
g the earth;"' but they fail to quote the latter
i part Of the sentence which he alters, "and
n hath determined the times before appoint
II ed, aud the hoands of their habitation.'
God has Just as much determined the
bounds Of their habitation. To the trop-
J. les he has given the tropical man, and to
. the temperate. man he has given the tenn
g perate zone in which to dwell, The first
0 laws also demonstrate that it is impossible
n for our race to dwell in the tropical regions
t. of Africa, or the tropical regions of Asia
It aud maintain our strength aad vigor. God
Q has fixed the boundaries Of our habita
o ton" Within certain limits we must
g dwell, or cease to exist at all. Tt is known
S by all the travellers to tropical Asia, and
= by the tropical travellers Of Africa, that the
i white race hardly survives the second gen.
II Grafton, from the effect of the climate
:. and its deterforating and depopulating in
It auences that in that same climate where
9 the Monaghan, the Indian, the Hindoo
Il the Negro Of Africa flourish, they cannot
e long survive and be vigorous and strong in
r that climate, for it is hot their own. The
y climate is their natural home. They are
0 within "thc boundaries of their babitation,'
), which God himself has fixed for man tc
: dwell in. [Applause.l This does not
t deny that the races in Afriea in their owr
:. home, and the races Of Asia whatever Their
n home, are entitled there to the same rights
/ of self-government for themselves which
e we in our home claim for ourselves. The
e truth is that the negro race is an exotic
it here. He was wrenched from his own
IS home by the white man and brought to this
h country The climate is not congenial tc
IS him. He is an exotic here, and, as ar
IS exotic plant, even when under the specia
b protection OF the white man, he will moi
b flourish. Such is the law which governs
$ this great question of races among US OF
d this continent in this temperate zone. II
II the tropics--if the policy could have beer
e pursued, Of treating with to obtain some O
IS the tropics-from Hayti, Yucatan, or Cen
" trail America where the enterprising coloret
l. man could himself migrate to that country
e and form colonies there it might possibl,
it be that under our protection, under thu
it light ofour example, they might build up ii
g the tropical region of those countries homes
e for themselves as congenial to them as ths
5, homes of their own in their native Africa
l. FelIov-citizens, l do not rely upon ny
u statement alone in relation to this matter
IS | refer to the statements of the great mer
D in the history Of this Government from thu
I. beginning. Take Mr.. Jefferson, the au
II thor of the Declaration Of Independence
e LApplause.] tt quoted from day to day
by those persons who advocate the posi-
bility of placing the colored man upon {
5. footing Of perfect equality political and SO
l. cial with the white man in this country
1t fbut what did Mr.. Jefferson say, the yer,
o man who Is the author of the Declaration
t. of Independence, when speaking apon th'
1ftsubiect of races2. He said:
is Nothing is more certainly written in thu
y book of fate than that these peoples lth'
re negroas) are to be free. Nor is it less Ger