The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-23
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The Fate Of the Negro.


The great boon Of Emancipation, as
defined BY modern philanthropists--hav'
ing been cosferred on the negro, and the
passage Of the fifteenth Amendment,
granting to him social and political equal.
ity with the white man, having become
part and parcel Of our laws, it is not un.
natural that wc should speculate as to the
probable result Of these, and as to the
future fate Of the negro.
The truth is firmly impressed on our
minds that scripture, whether it rs given
ny inspiration nv not. is profitable for
doctrine, for reprcof, for instruction in
righteousness" AS u history, it is profit.
able, not merely as record Of the great
and important events that have transpired
in the world, but as a guide for al! time
70 come. One of the facts recorded
within it, and transmitted to US, is the
emancipation of the Hebrew race one
that was made under the most favorable
auspices. aud one that had the favor and
guardian care Of heaven over it, as was
st,ested BY the most astounding miracles
wrought for their deliverance. Having
been in bondage too, for only three hun.
dred aod Fifty years it is not natural to
presume that 10 that short space Of time
that they, as tho chosen people Of God,
would have lost their religion, their lit
erature and their traditions. Besides
these they had Moses as their leader,
Aaron as their high.priest, and pillar
Of cloud over them By day and pillar
Of fire over them by night, as o terror to
their enemies and a protection to them.
selves. The rocks of the desert melted
into gushing streams to quench their
thirst, meat was borne to them on the
wings the Of wind, aud bread was showered
down upon them from a clOudlcss sky.
Surely, if slaves could ever be made
worthy Of freedom, the Hebrews by this
stupeudous preparation would have teen
qualified uud prepared for its blessings.
But so unworthy we're they found that
they we're marched and counter-marched
in the wilderness till all the slavish race,
but two had perished! ! These people
who had once been proud and spirited,
had By slavery become mean and COW.
ardly, and had degraded their natures
into such sensualism that they pre-
ferred the leeks aud onions Of bondage
to the mama Of liberty.
In the face Of all this, the experiment
has been again tried, and that too with a
.ace without history, without traditions,
without miracles ST dcliverance, and
without leaders. except political dema
gogues. If the liberation Of tho first
failed under such favorable auspices what
s to be expected, aud what reasoning
ftom analogy must be the fate Of the lat.
ter? Let the fact that since the close Of
the war over two millions Of the negroes
have perished, answer. Let the answer
come from the jails teoming with negro
criminals and the country swarmiug with
negro paupers. Let it come from Hayti
with the relapse Of her population into
barbarisns, fetichism and cannibalism.
Let the fertile fields Of Jamaica, which
Aavo become q wilderness, tell how her
negroes have become as degraded and as
brutish as thoir brethren in Africa.
Gradual development, careful, delib
erato, cautious progress is stamped on the
works Of nature. The seasons glide into
one another 80 gradually, that no man
can cay when one begins and tho other
ends. The sun docs not at ouco burst
spon US with full meridian spleudor. Hc
ssuds bis messengers Of light ahead of
him, and prepares the eye BY degrees to
endure the dazzling Of his noou.tide glory.
Tho rill does not swell at once into the
mighty river, upon whose bosom navies
ride. It winds along its appointed Paths
almost imperceptiblo at 6rss, to the care
less eye, but gathering it's kindred rills,
il increases its slender thread until it be.
comes q brook tho brook takes in it,
tributaries until II becomes . rivulet
the rivulct moves on until from constan,
accessions it becomes broad and ma
jestis river. Emancipation, right o
franchise and political privileges shouls
to be successful-have been - gradua
IS these. Reasoning thus, the fate Of tn
negroes 10 America soems to US I
10 inevitable. lie must gradually mel
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