The New York herald., 1874-09-12
The Example Of Jamaica.
from the Saturday Review,1

From the Saturday Review.1
The final issue Of the struggle has never
been doubtful. 1t is impossible to maintain,
except by external force, the supremacy or
even the equality Of an inferior race which
Ia also In the whole OF the Southern States
minority OF the population. Dispassionate
critics, who were condemned by phanthro-
pists as heartless partisans or oppression n, from
the first warned republican legislators In vain
that the ambition which they str0ve to implant In
the negro was dangerous II not suicidal 1t was
certain that the Northern community would ulti-
rather than with the objects OF temporary patron.
age and benevoence. The Southern whites will
have no dlificuty In re-establshlng their pre-
form the majority In the Union. Some political
symptoms seem to indicate the approaching de-
policy OF the United States for thirteen years.
The return OF the democratic party to power
a Coalition Of democrats and libersiS iepUp. Up.
leans might perhaps not be found so useless
In 1875 as II proved through the absurd selection
which has nominated MT. Hartranft as Preslden-
tial candidate also denounced the project OF Ca
madam r&sc,proc!y & treaty and the principle Of free
which Is interested in the removal OF pro-
tectve duties Can scarcely cooperate at the next
election with the protectionist manufacturers OF
Pennsyivania and New England. New political
combinations win facilitate change OF policy
publican party should retain its unity and its pre-.
dominance, there Is no danger that second
Hayu will be established within the territory Of
the Union. A
II the Americans are rash In incurring political
lisks, they nave also remarkable aptitude for re.
dressing the evils which they have careessly pro-
duced. They have apparently not been cured Of
their supersttlous belief In universal sufYrsge,
either BY the condition OF the city Of New York
under the rule OF Fisk and Tweed, or by the
spreading anarchy OF the SOUTH with It's Kelloggs,
and Brookses and Mosescs, but 1t was found pos
sible to send Tweed to the Pententiary, and Ia all
probability the nuisance oi negro domination will
difficulties with Which 1t VIII be necessary to grap-
pie was inherent in the relation Of the
TWO races after the inevitable abolition OF
experiments the tue @es,Sm pet%sen Sss
chaotic equality and oppression may, perhaps, be
ultimately discovered. Enthusiasts VINO disregard
all Distinctions OF color are not aware that they
supply q posthumous justification OF the slave
trade. Negroes who are supposed to be equal to
the best citizens OF European descer ought to re-
joice In the vlcarious suierlnss by which their an
cestors purchased the extraordinary elevation OF
their race: More temperate observers acknowL
States nave made great advance on the condi-
tiOn OF their Indigenous kindred. Joboing and re-.
pudiatlng and riotlng are more civilized OcCupa-
tions than slave hunting for the Zanzibar market
or participation In Asnantee customs. Even the
right OF voting might be comparatively In
nocuous II the negroes elected rulers only
versal Suffrage, which Is a rude and cumbrous in
stYument, even when 1t Is unavoidable, becomes
absurd and lntolerabe when the constituency s not
practically homogeneous. The example OF Jamaica
illustrates the inc0nvenience OF representative in
stuuons, when The franchise is either confined to
wnito minority or extended TO q colored majority.
II remains 10 be seen whether order and civlliza.
ton In the Southern States can be recon clled with
the retention OF any share Of electoral power by
the colored population. The politician who may
preston, without allowing them Q mischievous
and unnatural predominance VIII deserve nigh
place among American ststssmsn and JsRfsators.