The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-15
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islands from the same cause, aHd we see YET
/ continued the troubles and horrors Of inter
| nal strife In Mexico and the South Ameri'
can States because of the mixture of races
and tho incongruity Of tastes, dispositions,
habits, aud intellectual qualities, caused By q
,nottled, hybridized society, which renders
peace and harmony impossible.
These incompatbilities lie at the roo' o.
all great disturbances on the American coa1''
nent. Mexico now has an insurrect'on on =,
foot based upon the declaration that 'h
| Mexicans not of Indian descent are iofelsni
ers and usurpers," and that all their pfocceu-
ings are null and void. Thus. a'ter ne', y
three hundred years the modicum o. aoo'
r;einal blood existing in Mexico Is SUI
jcjent to inaugurate an internal war, WHICH,
| successful or not, will give sooa dea' o.
trouble, disturb the pursuits OF peace, anu
| cause more or less Of bloodshed s siE
Our own Government-recoSnizing the
danger of attempting to combine In pollll-
cal community distinct races enjoying equal
priyicges-at an early period adopted the
policy of removing the indians from amongst
the whites and colonizing them in terrific
ries beyond the frontiers Of civilization. This
policy has been so marked that Indians
have been removed twice and three times
from the lands assigned them to make
way for the wave Of civilization which fcl-
lowed them. Even now they are pursued
to the very verge of our western boundary
upon the Pacific ocean, and the guns Of the
United States Government are directed upon
them in their refuge iu the hard and Jagged
beds of Iedrigal which reflect back the burn
ins rays from the Pacific ocean. .. , .s
Against this policy stood the potent fac;
that this land belonged to the red man. Our
white ancestors were trespassers. Rc was
entitled to it By the clearest right. But the
trcspasserS took his bIrthright from him, and
to preserve that pence and harmony which
could moi exist while he remained within the
civil territory he WAS showed on" before
:. the march Of civilization and set down I'D
Tie wilderness to brood over his wrongs and
sigh after the rivers. valleys, and mountains
made familiar to him in his early life by the
pursuit Of his rustic sports and Of the chase.
1t is wonderful to see how the nation
which could acknowledge the necessity of Il
policy which was incidentally so crueland
wrong could completely reverse its con-
viclions and determine to keep i'll the bosom
Of civil society as the equal of the White nlau
the African, who is as uncongenial with
the while race as the latter is with
the Indian race. In the one case, by
Il very great breach OF right and Justice,
n policy is adopted for the preserve
ton OF order and the promotion Of pros
pcrity which is rejected in the other, in
which 1t is equally demanded by the same
objects. Thus this nation has cm5almed
and made durable that Cause OF disorder and
discomfort which it had formerly removed as
intolcrable.
Now, it is well for statesmen and people
to consider these things. The world over,
and in all times, troubles of Ilatrcus Of race
have been continuous, and have assumed The
most horrible forms of calamity and misery.
They cannot be avoided as long as distinct
races are by power and tyranny bound to-
gcthcr by laws intended to compel equality
between them. What is the cause Of the
troubles in the South since the war? Is any
man so blind as not TO see? What has occa-
stoned the conflicts Of authority, The bribery
Of legislators, the disobcdiencc Of law, and
the repeated interference Of the havoneis Of
tie Federal Government to restore that sort
Of peace which conpcIs to acquiescencc The
DISCONTINUED and the Wron%cd "a peace
which is only outward and seeming, while
the throes and commissions Of the volcano
are hidden in the breast.
All history, tie events Of every day. teach
that ABRAHAM LINCOLN was right when lie
said that two races so distinct as the white and
the black could not live in peace in the same
area upon tue footing of equality that neither
could he happy, neither could prosper under
such o condition, and the peace, content
ment, and thrift Of both would be promoted
bv separating them from eqch other, leaving
each to conduct its affairs after its own taste
aud disposition. The policy Of separating
them, lie argued, would he wise, humane,
and benefcent TO both.
Whatever may be the theories of theolo-
cians and scientists, it cannot be denied
that the different races Of men are unQues-
tionabIy distinct as much in taste, dispo>i.
ton, aud intellectual endoWments as they
and hair. These distinctions make social
communion between them discurdaut and de-
structiye Of orders aud progress. Therefore,
whenever, by the means OF power and the
vicious love of gain, large numbers of one
race lave been mixed in with another, sooner
or later the most dreadful calantics have
followed as the inevitable consequence o.
the unnatural comDllngling of races. This
is one of the mos: clearly established facts of
| history.
Now, we repeat, it is we'll for the people of
America to study this subject. We have had
gigantic difficulties, and there are others in
store for us. A wise people, seeing the cause
Of q national evil, will at least attempt to
mitigate il; and what will this great nation
do with that which threatens to reduce to
greater poverty and disorder the fairest por.
ton OF these Statest Time will show.
The Reassessment Act.
The passage over the Governors veto of
the reasscssment act is Il proceeding entirely
in keeping with the history of the present