Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-27

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emancipation proclamation was project
ed. devised plans for the deportation
and colonizing Of the colored population.
In these various projects Of deportation
and colonization, he was earnestly sus-
aimed by the Acknowledgement, Bates,
The Postmaster-G General MT. Blair, and
The Secretary of the Interior, Mr.. Caleb
Smith.
Nj. Lincoln, before issuing his
emancipation proclamation, brought
the subject before his Cabinet, and Mr.
weIles, who was in the Cabinet at the
time, says:
MI. Bates expressed his very decided
apDrovsL but wished deportation 20 be
5upled with emancipation. He was,
Tt was vel known, opposed to slavery.
Though born in q slave State, and al
ways residing in a slave State and
among slaves, he nevertheless wished
-hem free, and that the cOlOred race
should leave the country IL was i'm
possible, be said, for the two races to as
simulate but By amalgamSuoni and they
could not amalgamaue without degrada-
ton and decentralization 10 the white
race. The whites might be brought
down, but the negroes cOUld not be lifted
10 q much higher plane than they now
occupied. He had been . close observer
Of the influence of slavery on the enter
prise and welfare Of the country through
q long life, had deplOred its effects, and
himself had given freedom TO has own
dawes, and wished them and their fell
tows in Africa, or elsewhere than in the
United States. He was fully convinced
that the two races could not live and
thrive in social proximity. The result
Of any attempt to place them on terms
If equality would be strife, contention,
and a vicious population, as in Mexico.
The whites might be debased, but the
blacks could not be elevated, even By
the disgusting process Of mixed breeds
which was repugnant to nature and 20
our moral and better instincts. He there
lore wished a system Of deportation T.
accompany any scheme OF emancipation
Those were also the Presidents views.
After the proclamation was issued.
Mr.. Lincoln was jealous in his efforts to
inaUgurate a scheme for deporting the
negroes. He considered emancipation
an integral part Of his emancipation
scheme, and he adhered to it to his
ieath. On this subject Mr.. Wells, a
Cabinet officer under Lincoln, and
luthor Of the article in the GALAXY, says:
Following the preliminary proclama-
ton. and As a part Of the plan, vas the
question Of depOrting and cOlOnizing the
s1lO7ed race. This wa a part Of the
Presidents scheme, and had occupied
his mind some time before the project OF
emancipation was adopted, although the
historians, ~biogrsphers and commen-
tatOrs have made slight, If any, allusiOn
to il. The President however and 5
portion Of his Cabinet considered them
.nseparable, and that deportation should
accompany and be a part Of the eman-
aipatiOn movement.
It will be a source Of eternal regret
that the author Of this great and r~evolu-
ti0nary measure did not live to regulate
its results. We would suggest that those
who are abusing the APPEAL turn their
batteries upon Lincoln and his Cabinet
The predictions Of Lincoln have been
fully verified. He was right in deelaF-
ing that " two races, both free, could not
dwell together in unity" S there was "a
natural antagOnism between the white
and blacks. which could not and ought
not to be overcome" Since the freedom
Of the negro, the white people Of the
south have used all their e~ndeavors TO
Ilay this natural antagonism, but the
negro persists in banding together and
in hurting themselves in solid body
against the very men that give them
employment. In other days the ques-
was, What shall we do with the
legrO?" Now, the question is, What
viii We DO with the white man?' who, ,
"A many Of the southern States, are
anxious to fly from the he'll which the
negroes have created. The negro f;
5 not altogether 70 blame for the exist
ofthat natural antagonismn which
NJ. Lincoln said subsisted between the !
whites aud the blacks, and which :
could not and ought not TO be over
come" Even if the antagonism was F;
InnabIral, itcan never be reeeneiled 90 !
Tong as o~fice-seeking knaves, trsduce .
the whites, sink to the level Of wailow- :
ing in the ordure Of baseness by exaltiDg :
1he negro while vilifying the whites. Is I
this the way to invigorate our republi-
Institutions, and to secure their :,
prosperity? :
The able contribution Of Mr.. Wells, :
which appears in the GALAXY, for De !,
sember, shows that Lincoln and his Cab
net looked with horror upon social !
and amalgamation; but both I
these calamities are IN store for the eoun :
Try. Vice weaves its insidious webb :
around its victims by slow degrees, and !
social equality and amalgamation will :
come, Just as negro suffrage and negro :
D~hce-hOlders were tolerated by the PEG
pie. II the creatures who are sneefing
~ the absUridity Of social equality and
lmalgsmation, had been accused eight
years ago Of seeing and fsvoring what :
las already trsnspired, there is not one I
among them who would not have re- u
llied in the language Of Hazael: as thy :
q dog, that he should do this =
Is it not true that they are en- "
iesvoriDg to prove that there is nothing
# the Divine in human nature; and
hat men have neither s. much wisdom !"
% a. much generosity as the brutes? y
Never before did a people sink 50 y
.ow as to have lost its pride Of race,
and as not TO believe itself superior 70
hose Of another lineage. Neither ~
nor Rome ever dreamed Of incor. -
Dorating with its people an immense Z,
horde Of semi-barbarians inferior to Che =
the Hindoo, OF the Tartar; a race =
whose presence in the country as slaves =
calculated to lower the general
standard Of the people, and b make =
whom social equals and to amalgamate =
whom must necessarily corrupt
and degrade both races, Every people. U
proud Of their origin and confident Of u
their superiority Of race and blood, has
been exclusive. None have been Will
TO mingle their blood with that of an
race, nor 10 admit those deemed y
to q political equality on Joint +,
citizenship with themselves. Era and =
Nehemiah required the Israelites to sen
lrate from their wives who were
not Of the Hebrew blood. TheFT.
those Asiatic invadens :
who in prehistoric times wrested y
from its original African owners, !,
Kept in their exclusive possession the !
Of government and administer 4
ion, BY the establishment Of Castles. y
he Superior Caste being the descend \
ints Of the c~onquering race. ''Fheir q
ally experience, +" says Professor Draper, fo