The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-12-14

And now let me ask u this social war be
gins with negroes and Chinese. where
will IL end1 The present form Of IL H.
an attack on the poor and the weak
But negroes and Chinese are not the only
poor and weak by millions Your cities
are filing up with multituder Of them
Paris had 3O0.OO0 Of them and the Com
munists laid Paris In ruins Our country
has been saved from such intestine com.
motions and social wars by the fact that
u was mainly agricultural But hos
long will IL remain so3 New York.
Brooklyn. and vicinity. have nearly 2.
OOO OOO Of people. Philadelphia ha.
near 100000 The Western cities are
growing more rapidly. Their streets are
flied with the poor and the ignorant;
with the foreign proletaire and the
American communists To-day 10 IL
rather a popular thing 10 persecute ne.
groes How long will ID be before the
social war will be transferred from the
negroes TO the whites7 Already the ne
groes Of Charleston have resisted. with
arms in their hands. aud the whites were
saved by the United States troops-those
troops which a few pitiful lawyers said
had no right TO so therel The day 10
near at hand when, u the policy inanRur.
ated by the whites Of the South. is con.
tinued. they will need all the army Of
the United States 10 save them from the
consequences Of their own folly. Bot
will ID stop there7 will the day not
come when the poor whites OF the North
will have something 10 say7 They. who
SOW 10 the wind will reap the whirlwind
Christianity teaches us the only posi-
BILE way in which men. especially those
~
live together in peace. and produce the
best results OF society. IL IL TO treat
each other as u they were made Of one
blood. entitled 10 equal rights before the
law, and TO the equal charities Of human.
ity. This is the lrsson OF Jesus 10 Iis
disciples, aud never, until the world
learns that lesson. will u be at peace
The whites Of the South have had. and
have everything in their own power All
the carpet. baggers in existence could not
prevent them from controlling the negro
votes. IL the negros looked upon them ~
friends. But slavery did not teach that
lesson. IL taught the lesson OF master
hood. IL taught that q negro was an In.
ferior being-one Of the brutes between
the lower and higher animals, the Lesson
OF Darwin. and that immenaity Of non.
sense contained in the development
theory. ! have the book Of one Of the
chronological writers Of the South. who
was teaching them his lesson OF inferior
races; and when I was editing the Gin
cinnati Chronicle, had before me elo-
quent sermons Of Methodists and Pres.
byteriaus. who were teaching these lea.
sons OF natural and social philosophy
against the pl.inest prec~pts Of Jesus In
his ministry upon earth Lessons like
these can not be unlearned Ia = day
They will last until the generation OF
both blacks aud whites az the end oi the
war shall have been buried In the grave
Then a new generation will arise, who
have read the Bible under the evangelical
light Of this day-and 20 they look
among the old books and sermons. dc
Tending slavery. proolaiming the inieri
ority Of races, and drlighting In the
theory Of development. they viii wonder
that IN the nineteenth century such q
number OF blockheads eogld have sx
istsd But let the dead bury their own
dead Each age has its victories. We
have destroyed the root OF slavery. An
other generation will destroy IL
branches -[E. d. Mansfield. in Cinein-
uati Gazette.