American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-11

Hugh Bowls, s. I'M SfJ.HnllhpS,
=, r. G. Saunders, w. q. Kearney,
. Thos. Q. Ballou, j.. II. Powell, y r. Z
JnO. Robinson, JAS. Simpson,
o. A. Luckett, Sr. Jno. B. Moore.
: Geo. j. Hume,
After which the meeting adjourned
HENRY S. FOoTE, Jr., Sec'.y.
We noticed on the streets, on Mond' y last
a couple Of the aboriginees Of America 3 red
men of the forest the descendants of those
rho inhabited these hills and valleys, hunted
in the wilderness and ,angied2in ahe streams
round about here when white men were very
scarce, and lie res wee probably not hete
at all. They were moupted on Indian ponies,
! were tolernbly we'll clad in the costume OF
the white man--far bitter than nine-tenths
of the negroes ars-were each armed with
a big loaf of bread'and slug of cheese, fnd
were chatting good, humorediy as they trol.
ted out ofltown. lsG ha. = u = 9s %
1t is not often We see theSred mar here
nova days, and hence We noticc him rartic
II arly, and make Il note ont A few are Sc,
tered here and there, still lingering in ii
white settlements, 10th to leave the hunting
grounds of their fathers. bnt they are few
ages and semi-savages ever have, md ever
must, before the, march Of civilization. The
white man, with his superior modes of life
occupations, education and intelligence, has
AT, a. a;
nerous tribes now find their hunting gronn
in the far west, where, true to their iu-
stincts, they still make war upon the hardy
Adventures = no seek homes in proximity to
and Scalping.krife of the wronged Indian
continue to reek WITH the blood of the pale
face. Still the white man advances aud the
red m IN retreats and this will continue I'm
til the Indian race shall be extinct. -.-..
And this reflection naturally, ut this par
tcuIar time, suggests another thought which |
is simply the question, What will become of |
the negro race? Is the negro race the supe
native Africa, a savage, IL barbarian aud is
he not, here in the South, where he has had
lac advantage Of mixing with the white race
md received some culture, still at least
'emi savHge2 Every candid person must an.
wer these questions at,irmatively Then the
question presents itself Cin the negro race
xst on this coH,iucnt homogeueousiy-,he
quail, socially and politically las is claimed
4 |
f them set up pretcnsions,) with the eau
asian race 2 II is clear to our mind that it
anuot Why have negroes existed among
8, propngned their species, and Jared SO
ell heretofore Simply because they were
looked after, cared for, ana
rot,cled b. the white man, AS much through 4
l.rest as humanity. When the negro was
tde interest Of the white man
y ceased, and humanity now olly re
aims. 1t is DO less true now than it was Z
hen Burns wrote It, tint
Mans inbumanity to man makes countess
thousands mourn; n,1- f.
d the humanity felt by the white man 70
e negro win not prompt him to support his a
Die friend in hziness AMI likeness, nor 10 ,
NIT him to either political or social equtli- c
This, even Northern men, who profess 50
lch philanthropy and friendship toward,
cir 'colored brethren will not d., as is
lene,d by the large IMPURITIES recorded .
ainst negro suffrage IN the Northern States
the fall elections; nor wi the South ever
luutariy permit il. This being the case,
negro being now free, The White man
ling but, lutte .interest-in bin ,--osing in
Dnbe Of sef-eiucation, self- .ivancemsnt
sc!fgovernmcnt he must, like til. Indian
ldually retire before tie marin of civiliz1.
n, the increase and superiority Of the
ucasan race, until the African race shall 4
in this cAunrrv no rest for the sole Of
foot or place TO lay his head This Is ibis |,
ln,ie destiny as sure as the rising Of
sun and the going down thereof And 4
$ tact was enRnc6vtc lsby the great Apostle
Freedom, Abraham Lincoln, in substance, =,
EN- be said, "There is an irrepressble cou :
t between slave labor aud white labor a
must be free or all slave" When he car
d this theory of his into practical opera.
n by his emancipation proclamation, he =,
led the DOM Of the negro, in this part Of
: carth-for white labor will crowd negro AZ
or out, AMI the son of Ethiopia must go ~
the WALL m
We make no war on negroes as race,
when they become presumptuOus, claim pr
hts and privileges they did not inherit.
ew plaipsspoken truths may be Of service
Ihen.. For FIVE THOUSAND years, says his
Y and tradition, the time has not been I
en- the negro race, on some part of the -
be, has not sad opportunity to rise and
ONE the white mans equal. But has he e.
r scliiesed greatness? Las he erer, ia SC
gle instance, risen a peg in all that time an
}, when il servitude, in bondage, his ami
instincts have been eurbed, aud his iIui-
We instincts hare led hm~toi ape the mtn. 7
$ of his master; bot history tells us th
every ease where the negro has beeu freed y"
has quickly relapsed into the lowest and
It loalhesome depths of barbarism.
his is his condition now in tue United &
tss-he is free; and there being no longer VI
,aterial interest in his advancement aud Nv
lection by the white race, he Is going, 80 ,
has always gone when left to hiu self, 10