Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-02-18

""NiSNNS 'Niu OPlHloII HaFe e5taD
! lished between them insurmounta
bic barriers, "
T NJ. De Tocqueyille travelled thro
this country about 38 years ago, and
it was the opinion of that eminent
philosopnc Frenchman that there
, would finally be struggle wal
of races. I translate the following
passages from his great work, "Dt
Ia Democratic en- Amerique," Toun
Deuxieme, Paris, 1864, (p p. 800
33l, 333, "The moment that il
is admitted that the whites and
emancipatedneg gfoes are placed up
on, ,tie same son as strangers the
on 6s other II will be easily
usa tq9 here are but two
ehR6d lheutfQas
and Tie ias mix thenis YES
completely together tse coafondeat
eatteyemeRt), or separate = 4
II do not believe that the white
and black races will come to live
upon the same footing of equality
by any means" "a despot
might succeed in c0nfounding the
American and his ancient slave be-
meath the same yoke-might sue
cced in mixing them; but as long
as the American Democracy is at
the.head Of affairs, no one would
dare undertake a like enterprise
And one can easily fpresee that the
more liberty the whites of the Uni.
ted States possess, the more they
will seek to isolate themselves.
"Of all the Europeans, the En-
glish have mixed their blood with
that of the Negro the least. More
mulattoes are seen in the Southern
par. of the Union than in the North; 4;
but infinitely less than in any other
European colony. "This pride
Of origin, natural to the English,
is still more singularly increased
with the American, by the indiyid
ual pride that Democratic liberty
gives birth to. The white man Of
the United States is proud Of his
race, and proud of himself" x Il
"It the future could really be fore
seen, [ would say that, following
the probable course of things, the
abolition of slavery i'll the South,
would increase the repugnance that
the white population already show
for the blacks" SHOULD
not one conclude that in the South
ern States the blacks and whites
will, sooner or later, finish by en-
tering upon a struggle ?"
But the probabilities are not
pointing in that direction. THE
chance in the future" of mixing the
two races so as to confound them
completely, as conceded by the dis
tingushed Frenchman, is really so
small that it is no chance; for the
white race feel themselves standing
upon plane of civilization vastly
higher than that of the negro-in
reality look upon him as repulsive
barbarian. 1t is with difficulty that
they find in him the general traits
of humanity. His features seem
hideous, his intelligence limited, !
and his tastes low. 1t is with diff |
Guilty that he is recognized to be
anything more than something in
termediate between man and brute. |
Mix the two so as to confound
them The white race-the result
ant of all the past, the "heir
of all tie ages in the foremost files
of time-they
ITO herd with narrow foreheadS vacant Of our
glorious gains
Like beast with lower pleasures, like
beast with lower brains"
Impossible An impossible gulf
separates the two.
Separation of the two races by
the removal Of the freedmen 10 a
country and government distinct
from the whites, is another impos-
sibility. If the United States sho'd
purchase a country and offer to
transport them to it free of cost,
but few of them could be induced |
to go. But there is no probability,
in the present condition ofthe tinan-
ces of the country, that any pur-
chase will be made suitable for that
although we have extend
I'd our possessions into the Arctic
regions the last year. Secondly,
hey are needed where they are, and
The interest of the country requires
hat they remain where they are
'orif they were removed, as matters
low stand in the South in regard to
abor, the country would be ruined.
therefore they will be forced to re-
main, as there will be no movement