The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-20
THE NEGRO EMIGRATION
RATIONALE or Tine MOVEMENT THOR
OuAaLY DIssECTED.

rne Oh,rct OF the New England Group
senator vindnm as the Negro Moses
Tne Old Crusade to be Fought Owe
Asaip-A Prophecy as to the Conss
amences.
special Correspondence of the Democrat
WASHINGTON, April IA. 1879.
IT ia not to he expected that men will Civ
~ fl day Or without struggle the base .
oneratiops from which they have for gener
alton ruled d nation Of Ao00,o0o. The DOM
nant class in New England including Its of
shoots In other sections Of the country. some
thing like forty years ago conceived the nc
tinn that by raising the banner 81 a senti
mental Or emotional crusade III behalf OF III
Niger they could ultimately produce set o
uocial and political conditions throughout tn
country under which it would be possible 10
them to assume the direction Of public affair
and TO exert that power to the aggradize
ment of themselves and their section for
long period OF time To the thoughtful stu
dent OF history za.M -M@
THE ANTI-sLAyERY CRUSADE
has two aspects, one moral and the other In
telectual. one emotional and the other ration
nj. one sentimental and the other practical
In Its moral. emotional and sentimental
aspects, the anti-slavery crusade was move
ment impelled by the philantrophic instincts
OF people enjoying the benefits Of personal
freedom themselves, and DESTROYS OF extend
Ing the same or similar blessings to others
This was the impulse that inspired the mass
Cd of the Northern people IN their antago-
p,sm to the institution of slavery. It Is not
worth while to discuss this aspect Of the anti
slavery crusade because all the objects con-
tempated in 1t have been accomplished and
there s no attempt or threat OF attempt to
reverse them
But In Ito intellectual, rational and political
aspects, the anti-slavery crusade is still a
pertinent subject for discussion. because the
objects contemplated in 1t are still unaccom-
plished, and the agitation which 1t inaugur-
ated is still In progress, forming leading
factor In current public affairs Moreover,
the two aspects are 80 entirely diverse In the
character Of their respective imprints upon
history, and 90 radically distinct in the ma
ture of their respective influences upon the
destiny Of the American people that 1t ts OF
the highest Importance to keep them properly
distinguished one from the other.
Thus, having characterized the anti-slave-
~ crusade In its emotional aspect as a phil
anthropic movement, ! may describe 1t In Its
practical aspect
AS A POLITICAL DEVON.
I'm the former case great masses OF men were
moved by their sympathies to do acts and
incur sacrifices for the sake Of humanity, real
or imagined. In the latter case q small group
OF New England politicians have taken advan-
tage of the enthusiasm and unselfshness OF
their neighbors to build upon them party
organization and to evolve out OF them u
Scheme Of power for the sake of themselves
and in furtherance Of their own ambitions.
There is nothing intrnscally novel or remark
able In this fact. On the contrary. 1t Is one OF
the commonest and most characteristic Incl
dents In the history of mankind. That
small group or New England politicians
have done nothing but apply to our time and
to our situation the established Machiavelllan
method OF attaining ends in politics In diplo-
macy,
they have simply followed the beaten path
OF all usurpation. all revolution. and. for that
matter, all despotism. They have turned to
practical account for themselves the physical
forces which result from the enthu siasms or
the fluctuations of honester and less calcu-
lating men, What Charles did for himself
In the name OF the Holy Church, what Ma
poleon Bonaparte did for himself III the name
of the glory Of FraEca, and what the Iron
Nicholas tried to do for himself In the name
OF orthodox Russia, this small group of New
England politicians have done, or tried to do
for themselves. in the name Of the niger.
The parallel mutatis mutandis Ii exact.
And In the long run there need be- no fear that
the end will he the same In the one case as in
the others because Charles Overworked the
Inquisition, and the results were GuStavus
Adoiphus, Oliver Cromwell, and finally the
destruction of tnetemporal Papacy; Napoleon
overtasked the sentimental resources Of the
glory OF France, and the results were Water
loo and st. Helena; Nicholas abused the
emotional powers of orthodox Russia, aud the
results We're InkermAnn aud the peace Of
Paris. Precisely So our own small group OF
New England politicians are
OVERRIDING TEE MORALISM OF THE NIGaER.
and the result Is simply In the keeping of that
Thine which makes all things even; 1t must
come soon, and unless all the economies ol
human nature are to be outraged in this ln-
stance the end must be the utter wreck. de-
struction and eXtirpation Of these men and
the consignment of their names to OBLIVION or
infamy: for it seems to be established BY the
cumulative experience OF the human race tnat
no man or set of men can commit the crime
of turning to selfish uses the unselfish in
pulses of their fellow-men without being over
taken by justice at last. Success may and
usually does attend such enterprises for q
time. While 1t lasts it is even the most
gorgeous, brilliant, captivating and dramatic
sort OF success.
But In the end the conservative system OF
checks and balances that regulates society
asserts itself, and the splendor Of the evanes-
cent success only serves to render the final
failure mere utter and more terrible by the
contrast.
have been led into these platitudnous re-
Elections by contemplation Of the latest devel-
opment OF New England strategy in mannu-
wiring the niger AS a political force-that is to
say. the prevailing, exodus Of the colored
population (so-cal edl. 1t ID not necessary to
write or to speak passionately OF this event
On the other hand, passionate writing or
speaking in the premises would tend to sub
serve the ends OF the New England group.
What the New England group dread above
all things is the cruciixion of their scheme