The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-08
T,,a War Of Races.

,,his paser for years has been osie W
An this subject. Laws and bayonets ana
sortljd demagogism aud fanasicism 81. coll''
4,,nea cannot force the highest OF the nve
rates OF which mankind Is composed TO i've
i, yeace with the lowest of that five upon
terms Of equality. The wide distincsionss'
4 between those two races were established Q,
God. and man cannot obltterate them.
Look at the nation as this time. are ho =.
/ hundred evils apparent to the casaa' on-
server. every one OF which is traceao'e ~
.heyain attempt to make the two races eq'a. 10
FL, things and to make them d"eu tosetue..
:, ,,s,ca and harmony? All around us,
n,orv, where in the South, arc the proofs OF
syersion and discord. Virginia IS tue. most ~
7eaceable of the southern States, out the
man who can stand on Virginia soil ana
look around him and not perceive the aver
SION and disagreement Of race, not see the
s;cns of the wan, of well-ordcred industry
arad The evidences of decay, has eyes that are
Of no use to him and mind incapable OF
rejecting inteiligentiy upon what ne sees.
Ispds are reduced to the lowest value, ana
unstable at that. The results OF LABOR are
hsrtsly equal to the demands for subsistence
Discomfort is apparent everywhere. one
race is inflated with ideas it Is not capable OF
WORKING. ont. aud with notion of its ability
n FL, places for which 1t is utterly unnt;
while the other, and superior race, which IS
alone capable OF maintaining the system OF
civilization and order, is weighed down oy
;he social condition OF the State, aud de.
smiled of the means that are requisite for
lie fulhlment of the obligations imposed on
that race by civilization.
II is Understandable to avoid the facts Of
me situation under the foolish hope that the
.nd 70 which they point may also be avoided.
lis both cowardly and treacherous, while
knowing the facts and seeing the'end, to be
afraid to meet them. Great public evils
must be boldly met and boldly treated.
The peace and happiness of both the races
demand their separation. They cannot live
together on footing Of equality. Postpone
il as we may, it must finally come. The
country is growing worse and worse. The
southern States must repudiate their debts,
and what then? Well, we cannot look at
tie picture which may thereafter come upon
IKE country. Reputation can only follow
he prostratioD OF the land to the point OF in
ability TO pay. Nobody wants such fate to
come upon any State; but come it must
And if the people are SO far prestrate that
lie States cannot collect the money needed
10 pay their debts we cannot put limits upon
he downward way which first causes this
Insolvency, and tben-we know not what.
So, let the Federal Government do its
worst or best, there is but one remedy for the
evil which is now affecting the whole Union,
and that remedy is separation Of races. The
North is not prepared for this; nay, there are
many in the South who think it impractical
Die. But necessity provides tue way for in
dispezsable measures. We fought war
which cost in all its consequences upwards
Of Ss,OC00C0,00O. That sum would have
paid fer the negroes and separated them from
the whites. A national necessity which in
wolves the salvation Of the country may be
net and provided for by the same people
who fought that great war.
The Federal Government in its measures
for forcing equality and preserving peace In
the South is wasting money and effort to no
solid advantage. 1t is but cutting the throat
Of the Union and paving the way for future
revolutions Of character and extent which
10 n!an can foresee.
The South Isl victim-a helpless one. Her
sister States control these matters. They
hold the destiny of the country in their
hands. If they choose still further to en-
deayor 10 PROSTATE their white fellow-cti-
z.nS, and eXalt the African to places he is
TO, tit to fill, they can do SO. We are used
10 suffering and embarrassment. These will
not hurt us much. 1t they can reconcile
his trcachcry with their own sense of honor
- il So. But we tell them this They can
,ot prevent the terrible evils of their cruel
AZ d foolish policy.
These evils will come in many forms. Re-
pudiation will visit its expressions upon the
whole Union. The rich South will be i'm
poveriShed and distracted to the last degree,
the national credit will be impaired, the ma
tional character dishonored, and that rational
strength whose chief power comes from
ua:on and harmony and thrift aud content
ment Of her people will be most feaffully
diminished and disgraced.