The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-18
The Indian and the Negro.

Effects begin to peep out. ana peoi''e '""',
,soo th,r, Those who cruelty ana
.ordidly initiated the causes VIII >'' ''. -
,,or c,nno, ",rammc up the Consequences
The idea thu. great mass u ,s'
,,,oplr. more distinct in physique ana 'aen'.'
nu,,,,;y,,ion from the white people OF lh's
country than anv other race on ear'ti' co"'o oe
.s,,,v nIaccd OH an equality with the whites III
,,crsonal and political rights ana privileges
,..s mou,trous proposition which never
would have been dreamed of or tolerated III
any mart of this Union but for the corrupt
motive which governed the politicians rul.
inr the country at the time. They counted
mon the votes, for themselves, Of this in
competent element, and the temptation to use
them thus was so great that they violated
the p!ainc>t principles and their own coz
,ic.ionS Of what was best for the pre>cr-
walton Of order and peace in the land.
We have never converscd with north
crn man, not even with the prominent
aboltion>ls and nesrophilstS amongst them,
who did not express the conviction that the
aud who did not attempt to console us by
the assurance that the negro would in few
wears leave Virginia altogether. This is fatal
TO their philo ophy and damning to th,ir
measures. If they thought the negro was
not the equal Of the white man. and that il
would be better for him and Tor the country
,ha: he should be away from among us, why
did they in luv make him our equal, and
why did they provide for bis equality and
citizenship where he was? The fact stamp:
their professions with in>inccrity aud their
measures with trcachery to their country
for motive which makes the trcachery al
the more monstrous.
What do we see now? This great U.ior
pursuing 10 determination one savage race
because they cannot live in peace with oul
people, aud enforcing" equality between {
large portion of the white people and an
other barbaro,is race whose existence in tn,
same area upon terms Of equality has beer
producing the worst consequences to Gov
,rnmcnt and morals. and which has just fur
Dl>upC tue SCcucS III ~
zrg and so horrible to all civilized people
Logically and properly, upon the freeing 0
the negro there should have been periot
of probation given to him to prove his c,pa
city to participate in the government Of Thu
country. But our unscrupulous and sordit
rulers, instead of placing him upon this proDa
ton, placed their own white fellowctizcns--
bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh.
upona probation TO test if it were possible
for them to bear up under the baneful ant
degrading effects Of injecting this barbarou
element into the governing power. Neve
was there more corrupt or more treach
crouS act OF civilized government. 1t wa:
the greatest outrage ever committed upol
civilization.
The scenes in Louisiana our rcader
are Informed of They Were marked b.
one incident that looks so like st. Do
min"o that we refer particularly to it
The house of Mr.. HoDNETT "a Fir
gnia namc) was invaded by q lawles:
band of negroes. and, amongst other out
RACES. they carried off a coffin containing the
body of dead child of Mr.. H., supposing il
to contain yaluablc>, and after discovcrin.
their error they left the mutiIatcd case anG
he lilclcss child in the highway. This is
quite like st. Domingo--a beautiful example
of the barbari>m inflicted upon US by sordid
and needless lawmakers.
But almost contemporary with these
abouIuabic Louisiana scenes, disgracing a
land where 50 lately reigned peace and pros
Irri,y-tllr sunlight Of good order and con.
cnt.-occurs the riot in Indiana. There the
white miners could not tolerate the Virginia
negroes. Their appearance was the signal
for the attack. The accounts our readers
have read.
DO these things show that there is good
ground for believing that the two races can
iraternize! Do they prove that the policy
we are compelled to enforce with regard 10
the neutrality-suspicious. from him-can by no
means be necessary in regard TO that other
barbarous race which the Government is
now eDdctvoring to compel the whites to
live with, to fraterpizc with, and to regard as
their equals:
Certainly no.. The difference is that the
negroes are many and the Indians are fer,
and our misfortune is that the negroes are
all in the south, and those who have none of
them have the power of di>po>ing of the
sout.!,rh whites as well us the negroes.