American citizen., 1874-09-26
[coRmwnicatc<
COLOR LINE AyD MASSACRE.

no little excitement Just now IN the
public mind upon this mOmentous
subject, aid We deem it every mans
duty i'll such a crisis to exert all the
modifying Influence in .his power to
prevent any catastrophe that wonlu
entail anarchy upon his country, or
misery and want upon innocent,
pure and Irresponsible women and
children. We hope that every e> e
that rests uuon these utteranceS.
NAV pause and contemplate, in all
its CHASTITY horrors, the saturnalia
he would inausurate by inconsider-
ate words AMI hasty acting.
There are always CERTAIN class
of reckless and impulsive persons
i'm every community, too ready for
any project that may give them n
marked, though temporary. nOtorie-
ty. In faci, the most OF men con-
silered thinking men, are apt to be
induced to unite i'll adventures of
this kind under the speciOus reason
of mutual protection and it is at
such times as these that master
minds are brought to light, who
weigh matters in the true liz HI
of dispassiOnate reason. and by
their influence and forcible argu
ments stay the approaching tide ot
destruction and avert the fearful
doom waiting upon helpless purity.
To such minds. then, we would APP
peal, for it will require all their
powers 10 undo what idle and incOn-
siderate hands may have a!read,
done. We do not believe that there
is any widespread disaffection
existing amongst the negroes Of
our country and the whites in point
of anita gOuIsm of races. If there. is
other than the simLleSt political
differences between the two races,
it is engendered and kept alive Ly
white men, either of the carpet
bag type, to induce Federal inter
vention and perpetuate his hold
upon Official station and the treaSu
~ or by the bearing of Democratic
extremists, in attempting to draw
a color line, in order to foist them
selves into power.
We do not believe the conserva-
tive elements of the Republican
parry are implicated in inducing
this issue. A fearful responsibility
the evils of war and reconstruc-
tiOn-resis already upon the heads
OF the Democratic party, and shall
it now he Instrumental in envelnp-
ing in utter ruins the debris OF its
former diabOlisns We are no ap-
oloslsts for the blund-Is and rascal
ly members of th.' Rel ublican par~
~, but it certainly carried the ma
tiOn triumphanlIy through one OF
the most gigantic struggles Of
modern times, and but for the stu
pi,iity OF a Democratic Legislature
i'll b, We ,uighr now be enjoying
all the blessings OF good govern
ment. The stigma attempted TO be
cast upon Southern man, who is
in sentiment, and upon
good Northern men by the Drmoc
racy, is but the siunbering refec-
ton OF secession sentiments. This
has deferred many good
men, who had not sufficient man
hood, fl EN- uniting with the Rcpub-
licau party, and giving it AN element
to select from in whose hands every
inter est of the country could be coll
served. 1t is the weakest vaporings
of an unref1-cting mind to imagine
a Democratic dominance where the
negro is three to one in ratio of
population With the whites.
Let us direct the tide whose flow
corrupted at once, but by drgre-s.
The negroes and Republicans have
been driven to their line of action
by the com inued and unwise efforts
Of the Democracy to restrict the
lights of the coIOred race. No race
OF people OH earth are more tracta-
BILE under properly directed efforts.
nor does the history of the world
give evidence Of a people who de
meaned themselves So we'll under
the most propitious circumstances
for evil, az did the nrgrOrs during
our late civil war. The way 10 meet
the present issue of Il war of races
is to demonstrate to the negroes,
and white. nell who are deIutled
to advocate such measure,
the utter impOssibllity OF such an
taking, because Of the inter
ference Of the Federal Government.
would like to ask what bone and
muscle could take the place OF the
negro in our cotton fields, " ere they
Mississippi cannot
do without her negroes, aud the ne
grOes cannot dispense with the
whites. II the negroes were gone,
the whites are tao lazy and proud
TO work, and would probably starve.
II the whites were gone, the negroes
would relapse into barbaric origin
atty. There is no need Of excite
ment, nor fears of a massacre. Ner
vous men, timid women ii nd fright
pned children may calm their un-
fears. Some riots may
occur, but they will only act as
safety valve and demonstrate the
utter inpossibiliry of general up
rising. kasli and extreme measures
always fall short OF their aim, and,
at the same time, have reverse
active tendency. A few prominent
questions and We shall have done.
Draw yonr color line, and what
Ihenf How are you TO get rid of
the negro-kill him ont, or run him
of : You can do neither the one
nor the other. rhen you will have
no.i,ing to do aith him. Will that