The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-26
COLUMBIA, g.
1sdnesday Morning. August sse. 1874 1871
Negro ReservetIons.

s2aatter which weighed heavily on the
'aaInd, ,9f Mr.. Isse!n. He was firmly
~ooasnSsd that il was the only pethod
~ which che race problem which has
<seeaspFeoipitatsd 3 on z-ths American
neopls7 oould be satisfactorily solved.
The immense /; edition which, the
blacks exercising the suffrage have
been t6 the stock 10 trade Of the Re-
&ubiican party. caused the views OF
Idncoln to be forgotten and neglected.
s!Hat the troubles which are inherent in
the relations of the two peoples, poli.i-
.ca1ly united, but socially discovered,
tho feelings or preiudioes which are in
active force on both sides, and cannot
be extirpated decree of God, i'm
+ pressed upon the hearts and printed in
: ede-countenances of both races, that
they are not meant to blend with eaoh
Acther, that one cannot be lifted up
nor the other pulled down, 80 as to
form any Homogeneous or permanently
zEisa5!'y oTi eGas! society With each
nther-begin at last, in despite of party
and artificial arrangements, to be re.
nognixed. Fred. Douglass confesses
SO hhe insuperable difficulties which
e.oeset the negroes wherever they can
mot rule. and surely we here, where
theysare in.a majority. ara living evi-
dences ot.the4rui they bring where
they do rule. Where they are in a
sainosity. they complain that they are
subject 70 outrage, are discriminated
.,against. and made to feel their infe-
-riority. Where they bear sway, insti-
tutions of public usefulness go to
ssEreok, the light of education. litera-
bureaana science goes cnt, honor and
l. honesty decay and civilization dies.
iNet,that they always are intrinsioally
wrong, or mean badly, but they have
not the shoulders upon which pro-
1gpaas may lean and go forward. They
.aseoome inevitably the property OF
crafty and nnprinoipled men. Oonsi-
dAr7pg the extremities to which they
;ase reduced in some. localities, Doug
NEaas advises his brother-freedmen in
this wise: f
~Leave those States in which you
are in the minority and the subjects
of prejudice and outrage. and remove
SO the States where you will be in the
dnsjority, and thus protect yourself
against the indignities to which you
@e
he goes on to point out South Caro-
! lima. Florida. Mississippi and Lou: l.
ana. as eligible States for the residence
al negroes. where they may protect
themselves against the ''indignities"
spoken of. He thus comedies that
separation is necessary and will be of
henefit to the blacks. He designates
tho localities where this experiment
anAy be tried. He wishes it under
-Aeod, of course, that the whites in
these States will leave or be compelled
eto Leave them. If it should not be
.Hraoticable' to make an African reserva-
&ca in them, other localities can be
enalected, either in this country or by
3urchase of territory abroad. The
advice is good, and Douglass shows
.Ssinself wise in wishing TO get his peo-
tRle away from the troubles into which
1bey are continually led by Radical
xhite leaders. They will be wise, if
xhey accept his views, and use what
strength they have in time to induce
aae Government to purchase for them,
Hs 1t has done for the Indians, settle.
rnent where they may be happy after
their own fashion. There they will
Save no civil rights questions to agi-
tate them; there they will have no
agonies to endure. because they ses
1he white men enjoy higher privileges
and greater honors than themselves.
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