The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-17
The Two Americas - irnmig grafton =
Suffrage.

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Men are much given 70 rejoicing or brood
ins over the present hour as the fnality OF.
existences-as securing endless prosperity,
or binding them down to hopeless despair,
lust as their several fortunes inspire fsatis-
faction or discomfort, Indeed, most men
consider that the world began with their
birth, and Will end with their death by IN
Present conditions are ever changing.
The Radical party and it's purely selfish
measures, which are 50 injurious to the
country, can be Of but short duration, and
that trouble which is now brought upon as
by the question Of negro suffrage and the
negro status will in q short time be dissi-
pated by some solution more than probably
favorable for the welfare Of white and
black. 81 e ~
The world never was SO disposed for
changes. The new agencies Of communl-
cation are facilitating revolution in every
division Of the globe. The case ana ,r 's'
pidity with which vast communities are.
transported from one part Of She earth 70
another are relieving those parts which are
oppressed by excessive populations, and In in
PRODUCING Inhabitants into others that have
been sparsely settled, or heretofore without
inhabitants. ,z,s ~
The Americas are the parts OF the globe
best suited to emigrants from Asia and
Europe, the most densely populated dlyl-
sions of the earth. And there will be an
immense current of e.nigrants setting from
both Asia and Europe to the Americas a
within the next half century. 2
The great point of interest to us and our
descendants is as to whether the European
races shall hold dominion in these impor-
tant divisions of the globe: these Americas.
Spain failed to introduce into her Amerl-
can provinces enough: of the. Caucasian
race to give that race the control Of their
destiny. Therefore, as soon as the Spanish .
authority was thrown off, general anarchy
ensued, and the Spanish provinces, under
the name of Republics, have been the
scene of incessant misrule and revolution,
in which the peoples have no frest and no
security. ~, ~1C2E
This impressive example of the disas-
trous consequences Of entrusting govern
ment to constituency of Incompatible.
races should never be lost sight of in this
Union. We have made dangerous step
towards this fatal mistake in Introducing
into the arena of voters race not at all
in concord with that which had secured to
this country its greatest power and glory.
1t is opening door which cannot be con-
sistently shut against any other race since
the one admitted within the sacred circle is
the inferior Of every other race Of any ex-
tent on the globe. Imagine, under the new
lines of communication with Asia, an I'M
mense influx of Chinese and Japanese, to
what confused state might the body
polite not be brought! The Japs might,
introduce the hari-kari even in Richmond,
and another Mr.. JAMES, instead OF resign
ing, might be required to wind up his OF
fetal career by the "bappy dispatch =
but there is no telling what further " happy
dispatches - might occur, so this uncertainty
may not at all incline the present age 70
look to this possible condition with pleasing
anticipations.
In view of these incursions OF human
beings into the Americas, it is beyond cues
ton that there is to be an infusion OF Mon
golians, that, added to the present anterior
races, will make it of the last Importance
that the Caucasian race shall retain within
it's own control the powers of the Govern
ment, and not even allow faint to attach
to the State by admitting other races which
cannot be blended with theirs without de-
terioration and discord. $3.50 s.
For the promotion Of the integrity and
order of this western hemisphere it will be
matter of indispensable necessity that the
Caucasian race shall receive such Access
sions in Mexico and the South American
States as to establish there governments Of
dignity, order, and force, capable of taking
care Of themselves, and at the same time
respecting the rights of others.
These views of the future are simply
practical. Our own statesmen ought to be
looking ahead, and devising such measures
as may not only preserve the harmony of
our people, but such as will maintain the
dignity of the State through the purity OF
the elective franchise. The constituent
body is the soul and life Of the State, and
in proportion as that wants intelligence,
virtue, and dignity, will the State be want
ing in all that makes a State great, adj
mired, and happy. AS we have shown, we
have peculiar reasons for the utmost jea-
lousy on this subject--so exposed is this
country to the influx Of homogeneous races.
The Americas, it is true, afford not the
only territory open to surplus populations.
Africa has vast plains yet to afford homes
and subsistence to the redundant popula-
ton of the world. But, for some proyi-
Dental reason, the negro alone can enjoy.
health and thrift in the larger part of it.
Here, then, we have the probable ultimate
home Of the black race, now the cause of
discord in this land. The American ne
gro may civilize that country, and he
alone can. 1t has fertile lands and album
dant waters and forests, and should sustain
its share of the inhabitants Of the earth.
1t can only do this by the Introduction OF
the arts Of civilized industry; and the