The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-12
From the New York Tlmes.l
The Conflict Of Haccg,


agreed on the question Of its origin, and the
relation to each other Of its several branches.
The very language in common use in
reference TO mankind is indicative Of the
uncertainty that prevails on the subject.
We speak OF the human race rs one, and
OF the races OF men rs several; and we use
the phrase human species when we are
not certain whether it is species or IL
number OF species. But whether we
owe our existence to n common an
cestry, whose progeny, under the di-
verse influences OF climate and local sur
roundings, diverged into well-deined
branches, with distinct characteristics, or
belong TO several species that have been
separate from the start, aud mutually re-
pellant to any tendency toward combina-
ton. there can be no doubt Of the existence
now OF strong race antipathes, which lead
to conflict wherever estrangcd brotherhoods
of the human family come in contact. There
is Il mllder repulsion among the subordinate
branches OF the same race, and tue one pro-
life source OF quarrel among nations is their
dislike Of each other. . -..., ,.. ....
The great race conflict has ragged from the
beginning OF history, and shows no tenden-
cy to decline. Enlightened men may rise
above IFS preiudices and its bitterness, and
see no reason why there should not be Il
federation of the world, brotherhood OF
man, in which all should mingle freely ac-
Eeafdiags4 and MOI and sufeI.
together in d common heritage OF humanity.
But the mass will not mingle, and thus fur
when races come together they fight. One
seems detcrmined-to drive the others of, or
destroy them, -ar bring them into subsection
to itself. Which shall prevail depends on
pow er and resources and the advantage OF
Ia, t{n1N1 In RI
, to be eternal time alone can show, and here
again we are engaged in the chief expert
meat of--the world. The hostility TO the
Chinese on the Pacific coast has its
root in. -racs-hatred, whatever may be
the pretcxt put forward. Industry and
frugality combined cannot fail to be
productive 10 any country, and add TO its
strength aud resources. 1t is indolcuce and
wastciu vices that bcGet loss and tend to-
ward ruin. The competition OF numbers
does not differ in effect, whether part be OF
one race or another, for every man is strlv-
ing for all he can get. But the Chinese
have been plundercd and abused because
they are hated for the offence Of their origin
aud their blood. and they are likely to be
driven from the continent, or kept from ii,
because the Caucasian race will have none
OF them. The difference OF feeling on the
subject is due to difference or circum-
stances. Human nature IS the same on both
sides OF the continent, and ii the MOugo-
lians bad come from the East the race con-
flict begotten by their presence would have
been on the Atlantic coast.
Why have the Indians rcccded before the
face Of the white man but because neither
would accept the other as OF the sane bro
therhcod and neither would submit to the
ether? The Indians had no organized civ
ilization, and could not drive back the in
Yaders from Europe. They had TO give
! way: and il ever the vast tracts OF the
| western wilderness are occupied bg white
men, the aborigines will probably fade into
| the extinction with which they have been
! threatened for two hundred years. The
greed and cruelty OF century ago brought
| the African here as Il slave. For no other
position would he ever have been wei
coined. His state was one Of subicction the
most complete, and the unnatural relation
produced its own peculiar troubles and
penalties 1t was changed by the action OF
| that part Of the country which was
| substantially free from the presence OF an
alien race. Had it not been so free
| it would never have made the contest
! for putting the races on au equality. Lett
to aGius: their own relations on the same
soil, will they remain on an equality? 1t is
an uncompcted experiment, and ii it sue
ceeds the result will mark 4 rew era in the
cypcrience OF mankind, and show that the
race conflict is not intcrminablc. But the
old anin!us Of the "superior race Is still
plainly observable. 1t does not accept
equality or brotherhood, and it acquicsces
in nominal rights, because it hopes and en-
rcctS still to make the African subject
race. to be used and led or driven to serve
the ends OF the more powerful. II there Is
not continued conflict it is likely to he be-
| cause the weak race will not resist, but
meckly accept the place assigned it, that OF
| subicction, which is one OF the accom-
plished results Of the perennial struggle.
So il is the world over. Wherever CIVIL
! lied Europeans put their foot on the soil OF
other races it is to begin Il conflict which. ii
successful for them, must result in driving
out, eXtcrminating, or subiugating the nn-
tive population. There is no question that
Chinese labor is a source Of absolute pro-
fit and advantage in Australia, bnt there
the race conflict Is opening as the nunl-
brr OF MongolianS begins 10 look iorni-
dable. The history Of English occupation
in South Africa is but chapter in
the conflict Of races by which the
natives are driven back or brought into
suhiec!ion. In India the intruding English
are the ruling class, and the natives, where
ever they come into relation with them, are
to ali intcnts and purposes Il low caste,
from which service and profit are to be cx-
tractcd for the behoof of the Caucasian.
Perhaps as the long train OF ages glidcs
away and generation follows generation this
conflict may die out and give way to q
realization OF the dream OF universal broth
erhool; but we live III the midst or the bit
terncss OF the strife.
MI ILL artnr cn,.insr thnf Mr. Chan-