The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-18

DIG system OF slavery, the results OF
emancipation have proved that the
negro does not appreciate the bles-
sings of freedom, nor does he show
the slightest feeling of gratitude tS
the hand that broke the rivets of his
fetters. His narrow mind cannot
| embrace that feeling in pure philan-
thropy that first prompted England
to declare herself againt slavery, and
he only regards. the anti-slavery
movement as o proof of his own i'm
portance. In his~1imited horizon, he
is himself the important object, and
as sequence to his self-coneit, he
imagines the whole world is at issue
concerning the black man. The ne
gro, therefore, being the important
question must be an important per-
son, and he conducts himself accord
ingly-he is far too great O man to
work. Upon this point his natural
character exhibits itself most deter
minedly. Accordingly, he resists
any attempt at coercion; being free,
his first impulse is to claim an equali-
ty with those whom he lately served,
and to usurp n dignity with absurd
pretensions, that must inevitably
insure the disgust of the white COM
munity. Ill will is thus engendered,
a hatred and jealousy established
between the two races, combined
with the errors that in such condi-
ton must arise upon both sides.
The final question remains, why was
the negro first introduced into our
'colonies-and to America?
The sun is the great arbitrator be-
tween the white and the black man.
There are productions necessary to
civilized countries, that can alone be
cultivated in tropical climates, where
the white man cannot live if exposed
to labor in the sun. Thus, to such
fertile countries as the West Indies
and portions of America being with
outs native population, the negro
was originally imported as q slave,
to fulfil the conditions of q Iaborer.
In his own country he was q wild
savage. and enslaved his brother
man, he thus became o victim to his
own system; to the institution of
slavery that is indigenous to the soil
of Africa, and that has not been
taught to the African by the white
man, as is currently reported, but
that has ever been the peculiar cha
racteristic of African tribes.
In his state of slavery, the negro
was compelled to work, and through
his labor every country prospered
where he had been introduced. He
was suddenly freed; and from that
moment he refused to work, and in
stead of being a useful member of
society, he not only became useless
burden to the community, but q
plotter and intriguer, imbued with q
deadly hatred to the white man who
had generously declared him free.
Now, as the negro was originally
imported as laborer, but now re-
fuses to labor, it is self-evident that
he is lamentable failure. Either
he must be compelled to work, by
some stringent law against vagrancy,
or those beautiful countries that
prospered under the conditions of
negro forced industry must yield to
ruin, under negro freedom and idle
independence. For an example of
ths result, look at st. Domingo!
Under peculiar guidance, and sub
ject to certain restraint. the negro
may be an important and most useful
being; but if treated as an English
man, he will affect the vices but none
of the virtues of civilization, and his
natural good qualities will be lost in
his attempt to become "white man. "