The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-12

I I, IN az Coz lid ~ TIE ANS on ATuxs
Tbafollowifl9 ssays the Montg oD1ef d1Ser.
fiseF n al xtrnet fr4ni d decision o. tne
si.prene Conrt Of PGDnsy lyania, 10 g s9se
iWtiere q negro bronght suit to oyer 'dsfn-
apes-of n railroad company for refnsipg TO
permit him TO ride in q car eially az,
sigpett6 whites q good car being pfoTiaeeoo
for blacks.
.-This decision ccmmends ifsef to tue
Christian man and to every man who loves
his raee and wishes to preserve Its pnrlty.sa
This extract, has been read byt Governor
Watts ia his speeches in North Ala oafia
with great effect, ON every thinking mlnd
AT bis request and that of others we publish
it for the benefit Of all our public speakers
10 this canvass fsli .fssJjF
The Philadelphia and Vest Chester Rafs
81 road C6npany.uss Miles q DIM. LAO Reu
s 1851. tt'lg i3fEttG.. i
tsifhe fright to separate being clear IN
proper! cases, and 1t being the subject Of
sound reputation, the question remaining tc
be considered is whether there is such;a diff
ferepceithetween the white and black races
within this State, resulting from nature, law
and custom, as makes 1t reasonable ground
of separation. { The question is.one of differ
ence. not OF superiority or inferioritys Why
the Creator made one black and the other
white, We, do not know but the fact is ap.
parent and>tbe races are distinct, each pro-
ducipp its own kind and following the pecu.
liar law of Its constitution. i@ 80
-" Concedipg equality, with natures as per.
feet and rights al sacred, yet God has made
them dssinliiar, with those natural feelings
and instincts which e.aIways imparts to His
creatures when heinteDds that they shalt not
oyerstep the natural boundaries. He has as.
signed them. The natural law which for
bids their intermarriage and that social ANAL
camation which ieadsto a corruption OF races
is asclearlg divine as that Whichimparted to
them difiafent;natures. az rs -
1.-the tendency of intimate social inter-
mixtureis to amalgamation, contrary to the
law of races. The separation5of the white
and black races upon the surface of the globe
is a fact equally apparent. Why this is so it
is not necessary to speculate; but the fact of
distribution Of men by race and color is as
visible in the providential arrangement OF
the earth as that Of heat and cold. The ma
turai separation of the races is, therefore, an
undeniabIe fact, and all social organizations
which lead to their amalgauation are repug-
nant to the law Of nature.
"From social amaigamation it is but a step
to illicit intercourse, and but another to in
TOT marriage: a"But to assert separateness is
not to declare inferiority in either; it is not
to declare one slave and the other free
man; that would be 10 draw the illogical Sc
quence of inferiority from difference only.
1t is simply to say that, following the order
of Divine Providence, human authority
ought not to compel these widely separate
races to internlix. The right of each to be
free from social Contacts as clear as 10 be
tree from intermarriage.
"The former may be less repulsve as con-
ditiop, but not less entitled to protection-as
a right. When, therefore, we declare right
to maintain separate relations as far as rea-
sonably practicable, but in aspirit Of kind.
ness and charity, and with due regard to
equality of rights, it is not prejudice, nor
caste, nor injustice of any kind, but simply
to suffer men to follow the law of races es-.
tablished by the Creator himself, and not to
themto intermix contrary to their
instincts" -,