Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-16

appear too much like exaggeralion 70
be believed by posterity, aud the in
dicted culprits would derive protection
and gain acquittal because OF the very
enormity of their crimes. Nothing
can be more painful to an American
than TO relate that these saturnalia Of
the most british appetitOs, that this
domination OF ignorance over knoWl-
edge, Of barbsrism over civilization, OF
matter over spirit, lasted fully twelve
years under the flag and bayontts Of
he United States.
After having said as much, | will in
s!st, for the interest of both the black
and white races, that they be kept IS
distinct as possible, and more distinct
than ever; and the hybrids should in
sist on Il more %strenuously than | do.
Let them set their faces against the In
crease OF their unfortunate class by the
cohabllalion Of the black with the
Caucasian. Should they stcadfastly
adhere to this resolution, aid make 1t
ar infexible rule should they separate
themselves more and more from the
black race, instead OF falsely asserting
TO be its representatives; should they
faithfully obey the instinct which
prompts them 10 do so, their tempo.
rary sacrifices of wounded pride and Of
fitting interests will be rewarded in
due time, If not in themselves, at least
in their descendants. They will not, II
is true, break open by violence the
gates Of the lofty range Of the
mountains Of the Caucasus, at
whose SUBMITS in the distance
they look with so much envy, but they
will gradually,as many families Of their
class have done before, climb stealthlly,
under the friendly winking Of the SEN
; tinels and through secret paths, 10 the
/ snow.capped region they covet, after
having patiently assimilated Themselves
10 its occupants. May II be the fate Of
the last Of the hybrids, aud may thus
/: the recollection Of wrongs be forever
o~bliterated! II must be the result Of
the mastery inactivity Of patience
Patience! | know it is a hard word
( but It works wonders. Have not the
| Jews waited eighteen hundred years
under much worse Affections? This
Q advice will probably be angrily re-
ceived. l am conscious, however, tina
it is given in all kindness, and with 1t
}, dismiss all further remarks on q clasI
among whom there are many who, 1t /
8 a pleasure 10 me 10 declare, are entitled
q TO the highest tribute Of respect and es
r teen.
: "TAe truth must be plainly, firmly
i respectfully !old. The Southern
man owes il 10 himself TO So!
: emphalically, that he will keel
forever distinct .the white rae,
d from the black, in obedience 10 th,
law of God which has established tina
distinction. This sense Of duty is Il
l. the soul of every Southern man an
u woman it springs in the heart Of ever
d Northern or Western man, and or eV
r cry European, six months at furlheI
10 after having settled among us, a
n though, for considerations Of policy,
IT different sentiment may find passaG
ID through his reluctant lips. There new
x. will be peace aud prosperity in Il
to Southern States as long as Caucasia
n supremacy shall be opposed Their
G. Force MAJ temporarily bend the viii
ss mans proud head under negro rule
his own free will, never for 1t woul
I'd be II of those crimes which the Frenc
10 call coNtre nature. What, than, dot
er the Southern white man intend 10 d
G. with the black race? Cypress or al
* initiate those weak beings? Neitht
re the one nor the other. The black ms
did not come 10 US our ancestors wei
70 to him, and brought him here by fore
His presence has turned out 10 be
re curse, but il j. q curse Of our oW
Is Matching, aud we must not make
y, worse by perpetrating q greater erin
OF than our predecessors did. We weT
If In general, kind masters, and they, {
he the whole, were dutiful slaves, eve
.or saectionate 10 a certain degree. Du
on ing the war, and after, they behave
RI To us as well as could be expecte
EN- We have no resentment 10 enterta
Of a,sins, them, but for the sake Of 4
negro and of ourselves, We must mai
he tain our supremacy. We cannot just
10 be called upon by blind b%enevolence
m. ignorant fanalicism or party d!ctati
rer TO do what could not be expected frC
ich any other people. Suppose our negro
II were transported 10 Massachusetts,, a
hal composed halfof the population Of Il
'ies Commonwealth, would the sons Of t
her sturdy old Puritans melt into such L
der der p%hilanthrophv as TO permit Tho
n ,groeS 10 occupy half Of the Offices
by tina, State, and claim one of the Z
me Senators and half of the Represen
lci. liz IS in Congress? If half Of the p'
TO Il. 4iou Of England were composed
nie Ilnaoos, would half Of its Governm'
be granted TO men whom every Fl
Of lishman would consider his interior
TO ,
10 1.-THE love OF power, like the love
,rn. woman, cannot be shared Il i imT
can cable ia is jealousy-no two men,
uch two nations, no two races, eve? divit
,sed Il in peace. President Lincoln, in
as a first allocution 10 a negro depuIatl
hite after his Proclamation OF Enamel
we iiou. warned them that they could