The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-23
The Future Of the Negro--
Radtcalism the Bane Of His

Il Ao CtuIH1o Ol lIlo N0SIoS~
RadicaliSm the Bane Of His
Race.
IF the design Of the radical par.
'ty is to annihilate the colorcd
rage in this country, it has adopt
cd the surest means to bring about
that result. The timo will comv,
and that not many years hcncc,
whom the blacks Of the South will
be reduced in number so greatly
that their total extinction will be
simply n matter Of mathematical
'oalcQlation-the fact being a:tore-
gone conclusion so plain and pal
pable that none but the veriest
ignoramus will havo tho hardihood
to deny it. 1t is useless, in the
words Of Hamlet, "to try and cir
cumvent God" 1t is useless to ex-
pect that the white race in Amc-
rica, with all it's vim and vigor,
consequent upon its marrige and
'intermarriago with Saxon, Tou.
ton and Colt, vii! hold back in its
onward carocr, in order that the
African may attain, in company
with it, TO that higher civilization
which, reason as wo may, is re-
served only for tho Caucasian, in
this new world ut least. Not all
tho quasi-philanthropic schemes
that havo beon: or may be, evolved
from Puritanism, can alter the
fiat which has gono forth --wc use
il, now, in no mere party sense
this il, and ever must be, white
mans government. AS tho power
of the aborigines has, year By year
faded away in tho glare of white
civilization. st, will the number Of
At'Eics cons decrease, until the
remnant that may be left will only
mark more forcihlo tho truism,
that no race can ever set itself up
against the white without either
Hubjection '>r extinction being the
sequence. 1t is not hy any means
u consoling reflection, to feel as
Hurod that II race which might
have dono much in aid Of itself,
Of the country and OF mankind, had
those who took it under their cs-
pecial care dealt with it rs natural
law requires, ia doomed to become
extinct; but thcro is no man who
calmly surveys the condition Of
things among us to-day that is not
convinced Of tho Worthy Of our as.
.sertion. Radicalism invariably
acts without regard to reason, and
is unable to profit by experience.
It has placed tho negro in a
sphere which Providence neither
designcd for him nor fitted him
for. 1t has endeavorcd to impress
him with the vain, false and trivo-
lous idea, that he can overcome
tho many and mountainous obsta-
cles that forbid his rising TO an
equality with tho moro inteIlcc-
tQal and stronger brother, and
seeks to force him into emulating
achievements Of tho white man !;
whilo all history and experience
teach that such q course can only
end in his destruction.
Had the dominant party pur-
sye1 q diffvront policy had it
when tho abolition Of slavery was
accepted by the whole South as
ap. accomplished fact, loft tho nc
gro question to bo dealt with by
the States and people interested
ia solving it to tho mutual advan-
tage Of both races, the future of
th6 negro would boar much moro
hopeful aspect than it docs now.
The South needed his labor
would gladly have profitod by it
while at the same time it would
have thrown around him protcc-
tion,. and educated him by success.
siNe steps to tho attainment and
enjoyment Of q higher civilization
than was over before vouchsafcd
HMM any age or nation. But
radicalism chose tho contrary
course, simply because there was
awell.founded hope that by pur-
suing it party power would be
temporarily increased, and because
thetnogro would bo used as the "a
ollie tool whereby tho roins Of Gov
ernment might DO retained in rad
ioal, hands. Instead Of teaching
him to ro1y upon industry, sobrio-
ty and frugality as tho triple
means whereby ho could secure
freedom from want, and render
himself respected by the white
man, radicalism has foolishly on
daaa,Y0rod to metamorphoso him
into q legislator and an admins
trator ofpolitical power--has ron
dpred him. not. only worthless to
himself, but n positive incnm-
brapce ,in tho way of an increasing
civilization, The natural result