National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-24
CoLoEED F,.IgRATIoN.


not look very sharply to discover u Radical
cat Ia this mo,l tub. II Is not that Tar Ma
TioNAL REPUBLICAN would give them more
meal than they now get ia ." the Democracy
ridden South by putting them away 10 them
selves and leaving them TO stafyc. No; tho
sole object Is ~ c'ippc The South, whose pOlit-
ical power these tidicd partisans dread. while
their philanthropy FOR the negro race is of
KIND that that race is not likely to appreciate
when II amounts tp removing them from the
land ia which they were born aud the cline
that is adapted to their nature aud wants.
ilpehb"g ig'HiaH.
The above nllulcs 10 Senator WfSDoM's
proposition to aid the colorcd people of the
South to cmigrate TO some portion Of the
country where they can enjoy their rights
rs citizens and run the race % life without
being trammelcd by the dcJris of slavery.
We favor the plan proposed by Sou-
ator WGNDJ2G for the reason that the
heel of power is and has been for years
crashing the very life out Of the colored
people, who have become citizens, aud, un-
der the law, are entitled 10 fair chance in
the race for life. That they have never had
While slaves they could not expect it hut,
when clothed with freedom and citizenship.
they had a right to it, for under the COnsti-
tution-the NogHd (Rdit0 Of our liberties
| they are entitled TO equal rights before the
law in all things, except their social rela-
! tions. Society is q law unto itself. MS the
colorcd race understand. aud hence they
/ have neither claim nor ambition under
which to seek social equality with the
I tNt nutf Ia, al ~ r htts-
iness, education, and enterprise there is no
| longer any distinction under or before the
law, and hence the ostracism Of the Colored
man is 80 oppressive that it is but the
part of philanthropy to seek some
avenue of escape and relief. There is no
consideration of Christianity or civilization
which would counsel the colored people to
remain among their fellow-mcn, where a
free exercise of political opinion and the
right of suffrage is not only practically de-
MED them, but when an attempt to assert
it is made that act subjects them TO oppres-
sion, ostracsm, and the loss of their lives
as penalty thereof If the Southern
whites had treated the colOrcd race with
the same kind consideration that attends
the American citizen of foreign birth, leav-
ing the social problem to take care of itself
then there would have been no occasion for
interference or the exercise of especial SYM
pathy toward them. But their expressions
since they were emancipatcd from slavery
have been more inhuman and mcrciless
than before, and it is the part of common
philanthropy that a way should be found
for them out of this wilderness of wrong
aud oppression. The people Of the South,
under their deliberate disregard for the
rights of the cOlored man, are not entitled
TO any sympathy over the consequences to
their material interests that might cnsue
under large volume of emigration from
that section, for their conduct is entitled to
the seyerest reprehension.
The bugaboo that this emigration to q
section of the country where their rights
would be respected and where the door OF
progress and effort would be opened to them
would be putting themselves away tC
starye,n Is too senile to be considered seri.
ously for one moment. Most assurcdly, il
they can live where they now are, under
the system and rewards of labor that apply
to them and the reign of terror that pre-.
walls over them, when removed to a more
fertile soil and equally salubrious climate
with the foster care Of the Government oycl
them in the protection Of their rights, they
would soon by their industry and frugality
become prosperous, educated, and respected
citizens. This point can never be reached
by them as class where they now are, fo
the experiment has been tried for a dccad,
and is a failure. These are tho reasons fol
encouraging emigration from the South
and they are an honor to the architect o
that scheme. They are humanitarian the,
are in line with civilization, aud they ar,
based upon right and justice, and mus
ultimately prevail The colored poopl,
have been subject to these expressions unde
the flag Of freedom long enough. Let th
work 30 on.
= TRIUMPHANT CONkLISG