Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-14

company like ours, with Whlte populhuVn
Of near 80, 900, 600, will ever be permitted 70
legisate or adjudioate the law, or perform any
Of those high functions Of representative citi-
zensbip. when mind and matter both recoil
with disgust, and declare II to be the destiny
and prerogative of the Caucasian The
white man, In obedience TO the irrepressible
demands Of his destiny, has had to press for
ward with the sword, the rifle and the axe, to
dispossess one dark race-the red man-in
order to occupy this grand and beautiful con
tinent. Is IL natural to suppose that now, in
the meridian of his success, usefulness aud
civilization, he is willing 10 trust another dark
race, more scottish In its ignorance and more
venal in its sentiments, TO retain our mighty
civilization and develop the vast resources OF
this wonderful and beautiful country? tell
you no--never The Anglo-SaIon blood
Of the Puritan descendants Of Plymouth Rock
courses as proudly through the body as does
the same blood through the veins Of the Cav
alier descendants OF jamestown, Cape Fear
and Port Royal, and In the fraternity Of race
brotherhood both are ready to exclaim in an
cry protest, II teont d0Il This beautiful
land is for us and our childrsn's children.
We will legislate for ourselves, we will admin
istrate for ourselves, and adjudicate for our
selves. The negro can remain upon our splen-
did domain Of civilization and refinement,
and he shall have just laws and ample and
equal protection in oil the rights Of freedom
aud citizenship but he must take the laws
from us, and not we from him 1t is our vine
and fig tree, and be can live under its hospi-
table shade and participate in our prosperity
and the wonders of our civilization but he
shall never insult our manhood by presuming
to legislate, adminstrate or adjudicate upon
our property and for our persons.
"Mr. Chatheld in one Of his letters calls
upon the negros to show to the world that
they are competent to compete with the white
race in business. Then they will become tax
payers, and will have an interest in the gov
eminent Of the state, aud will make intelli-
gent Legislators In the name of a merciful
God, and with the love Of my state and my
country-my uhOle country Overlooking in
my heart, | solemnly protest against the cree
ton Of any such snare as this language EN-
bodies, and which is calculated to deludo the
poor negro, il he hearkens TO it, on to n race
conflict which would sap his prosperity, de-
stroy his happiness, aud finally sweep him
into the sea Of oblivion. The negro rs race
can never compete with the white man in
business or any intellectual pursuit, because
the brain-power is lacking and, for reasons
already fully stated, he can never be the white
mans legislator. God has endowed him with
one great superiority, and one only, over the
white man, and that is az a "hewer of wood
and drawer of water" Let him bring to bear
this mighty factor which he possesses to
break down the barriers 10 progress and keep
brightly burning those beacon fires of civil
cation which have rescued him from benight-
| ed barbarism, and whose genial warmth he is
now free to enjoy as a rational being in uni
| ty, peace and friendship with the white man.
1t is cruel thing in any one to try and pre-
cipitate race conflict, for, while it may for
ward temporarily the mean, pitiful schemes
of political hucksters or adventurers il ever
launched under full headway it would inevi-
tably bring ruin and desolation TO the Preside
| of the poor deluded negro. We know the
black man better than Mr.. Chatfield, and, as
people, understand how TO extenuate his
faults, admire his good qualities and utilize
his capabilities. No mere political adventur-
er is competent to become an oracle OF wisdom
to two races who have lived together on the
same soil for 200 years. The most friendly
act Of such a one is to observe the ioisdOni OF
silence"
That the advice contained in the last SEN
tence is dictated by motives OF considerate kind
ness cannot be doubted, since silence on the
part of persons who hold views different
from those above expressed is demonstrated
to be the part of wisdom, inasmuch as it ID
the only course consistent with personal safe.
ty. 1t is quite in consonant with the spirit
of the article above quoted that the journal in
which it appears also contains upon its first
page a choice eifusion OF the "unreconstruct-
ed" muse in glorifcation of the assassin
| Booth