The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-29

ciety has the same rights. We do not
tolerate sthat in Illinois. kpowsthat
there is distinction between theseitw8
traces, becsGse the Almighty himseM has
marked IT, on their very faces, pun, in
my Judgment. map cannot by legisla:
tion tore totherwises. produce g. perfect
equality between these two races, 80 that
they will lire happily together. trust
that an idea foreshadowed by Mr.. Jeffer-
son will hereafter become, although it is
not now, part Of the creed OF the Re-
publican party. I mean the idea OF tho
deportation Of the free-negro popula
tion from this country. It seems i'm
practicable to transport this great popu-
lation to Africa. Let US obtain conn.
try nearer home; and 1 know I may say
for the people whom represent. We will
contribute liberally of our means to re-
lieve the country of the free-negro
population: I hope it may become the
policy OF the Republican party tc dc.
liver the country from the only element
which ever seriously threatened its
peace, and furnish the means for reliev.
ing it Of large free-negro population.
By such a course, we may lay the foun-
dation for continued and permanent
prosperity"
On the 18th of April, 1850, Hon.
John Sherman, the distinguished Re-
publican Senator from Ohio, in a speech
delivered in the Cooper Institute, New
York. expressed himself in favor of "the
gradual colonization Of the negro popu-
lation OF tue United States in the Gen.
trail American States" where they might
be ''free from the domination of the
wite race"
Senator Morton, OF Indiana, discuss
ing the question of negro suffrage, said:
''Tho immediate transfer of more than
500, 600 from the bonds Of slavery, with
all the ignorance and degradation upon
them, which the slavery of generations
upon Southern fields hiss produced,
would be declaration to the world that
the exercise of American suffrage in
wolves no intellectual or moral qualifica-
tions, and that there is no difference be-
tween an American freeman and ON Ame-
rican slave, which may not be made by
mere Aot of Congress"
On the 9TH Of March, 1860, Senator
Wade, of Ohio, one of the most earnest,
and, may add, one of the most honest
friends OF the negro race, said on the
floor OF the Senate OF the United States !:
''This great Government owes it to
various pressing considerations to pro-
vide means whereby the free negroes
may emigrate to some congenial cline
whore they may be maintained to the
mutual benefit Of all. This would in
sure aseparation of the races. Let them
go into the tropics. There are vast
tracts of most fertile and inviting lands,
in climate perfectly congenial to that
class of men. where the negro will be
predominant, where his nature seems to
be improved. and all his faculties, both
mental and physical, are fully developed,
and where the white man degenerates
in the same proportion az the black man
prospers. Let them go there. Let
them be separated; it is easy to do it.
They will be so far removed from us
that they cannot form disturbing ele-
ment in our political economy" And
he added: ''After this is done, I hope
to hear no more about negro equality or
anything of the kind. We shall be q,
glad to rid ourselves of these people as
anybody else can."
And what were the opinions OF Abra.
ham Lincoln, the great apostle OF
emancipation, and the author OF the
emancipation proclamation, on this i'm
portant subjectP Fortunately, he has
left no room for doubt in regard to
them. They were expressed fully and
freely on many occasions, in public
speeches, which have been published,
and in official papers. Having been
elected President of the United States
in 1860. and having been inaugurated
on the 4th OF March, 1861, he svailed
himself of the earliest opportunity to re-
commend to Congress the policy Of colo
nizing the free colored population. In
his annual message, delivered on the Sd
of December, 1861, he said: "To carry
out the plan of colonization may involve
the acquiring of territory, and also an
appropriation beyond that to be e1-
pended in tho territorial acquisition. If
it bo said that the only Legitimate object
of acquiring territory is to furnish
homes for white men. this measure
effects that object; for the emigration of
colored men leaves additional room for
white men remaining or coming here" :"
And he closes with the following strik-
ing remarks: "On the whole proposi-
tion. including the appropriation OF
money, with the acquisition of terri
tory, does not the expediency amount to
absolute necessity, that without which
$ho IoyorD ont itSaIf coppot ia Nor.