The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-19
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning. June 19. 1868.
The Philosophy OF the Negro Qucs.
tion.

In the discussion of gravo ques-
tions, such as the political status of
the negro in this country, it is we'll
to recur to first principles, and to
keep in view the great leading ideas
that are involved. In the adoption
of a wise policy for. the South, at
this juncture in her affairs, we have
been led to advocate qualified suf-
frage for the negroes, for the benefit
of those who have arrived ut such q
degree of material acquisition and
intellectual attainment as to entitle
them to tho exercise of this trust.
But, at the same time, we have from
the first uniformly upheld the doc
trine that the political control of this
country belongs of right to that race
whose controlling spirit has made it
what it is. Nor have we ever, for one
moment, entertained the thought
that it was possible for us to have, or
desirable for us to allow, social and
political equality between the races
in the South. And this now brings
us to the analysis of the question at
issue.
In reviewing the history of man
kind, we notice three distinct types
of humanity Caucasian, to which
we of Europe and America belong;
the Aioagolian, inhabiting Asia; and
the Negro, belonging to Africa.
Now, it matters not how the differ
ences between these races have been
whether from having q
distinct origin, or from having been
disseminated over different parts of
the world-the point is, Mat they are
clearly distinct. And it is not the
less true, that q commingling of them
is against the law of God, for the de-
generating results of such mixture
show the truth of the proposition
that they should not be commingled.
In the main, either of these three
races is superior to any mixed race.
The full-blooded Caucasian, the
full-blooded Mongolian, and the full
blooded African, are each supe-
rior, all things considered, to any
representative Of a mixed race.
The next point we make, is that
each race belongs properly to the
land assigned to it by the Creator.
Although "Goa hath made Of one
blood all nations Of men that dDeN upon
the face Of tile earth" yet, also, He
HATH DETERMINED THE BOUNDS OF
THEIR HABITAT1oN.
To the Caucasian race he gave
Europe and America; to the Mongo-
lian, Asia; and to the negro. Africa.
Tropical Africa is fatal to the white
man. Nor is the cold climate of the
temperate zones congenial to the
negro-he belongs TO Africa.
We contend, then, that the sim
plest way to settle this question be-
tween the races in this country-now
that the negro has been freed-would
be to remit him to his God-appointed
habitation. There, in Africa, he
could show the highest development
of which he is capable; there no ques-
tion Of superiority or inferiority
would arise; there, woadmit, that he
would be entitled to the same rights
OF self-government that we claim for
ourselves here. Africa for Africans;
Just as America for aohite men. This
We suggest as an equitable view Of the
matter.
But there are certain extraneous
considerations which must be next
considered--considerations which
modify the solution of the pro-
blem. The considerations referred
to are, first, that we have not the
means to settle the question, in the
manner proposed; and the second is,
that the negro was brought from
Africa and transplanted in this soil: