The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-26

exclusion Of all other nations. OF course,
these concessions would be founded on the
hope that France would be the first to
recognize the C0nfedcracy. If it should
happen that these hopes were disappOint-
ed, then, however much the people Of the
South might regret it, the CONNER
cial advantages Of a treaty must belong 10
the nation who first extends 10 them wei
come among the nations.
We must not, however, mistake the spirit
ofthe people Of the Confederacy. They do
not offer a commercial treaty "a prize to
the nation that shall first render them the
I Justice Of a recognition. nor do they implore
from the world at large what is their just
due by all the rights Of humanity; but in
return for the sympathy which they have
received from France, as well aS some other
of the nations Of Europe, they wish to prove
their own gratitude "A match for the gener-
osity of their friends.
These people. kindred in their nature to
/ the people of France, are exceedingly i'm
prcs.ihie. success transports them with en-
thusias %. rcycrses depress them for time
/ beyond measure. but their elastic natures
soon rally from the effect, and mlsiortunes,
I whatever NAV be their nature, seem 10 rein
/ force their energies and prepare them anew
/ TO face whatever fate may Oller OF sacrlnce
or priVatiOn. In the years during which
/ they nave sustained this unequal struggle
/ they have acquired an experience and a
Quickuess OF apprehension which they were
/ far from possessing at the outset. War has
become "a business-the business of every
one! Zach man looks upon it as his every
/ day occupation.
" We are all soldiers" said Mr.. Cobb, Of
/ Georgia, to some Federal officers who had a
secret mission 10 inquire into the condition
/ of things in the South. at is our possession,
and We will follow it until our race Is eX-
/ tlnct, II such be the alternative reserved for
us :" This spirit of determination, Ceter-
mination to resist oppression TO Ia" bitter
end. we lind reelected in the cOuntcnance of
every one : soldiers, citizens, children.
women, all have "a thoughtful air which can
not but impress "a stranger. The clergy
share The patriotic feelings of the masses.
/ and grand funeral OratiOns in honor OF the
heroic victims Of the bloody conflict sOOthe
the sorrow Of the surviving friends. We
must not overlook the fact that many iami-
. lies suffer much aillIcti0n from their diVi-
idrd political opinions. Relatives, often
/ brothers, hnd themselves face TO face IN
0pp.sing ranks. During my visit to Fred
/ ercksburg / met an Old man whose heart
and soul being devoted 10 the cause Of the
+ ~ou.h, said t0 me d" | have three sons and
"a >On-in-law all soldiers, but my youngest
u.hts with Foderals against u.s. II
is the greatest sorrOW of my liie.'
And il is told here that the com
mander OF the Merrimac had younger
brother ON board the Congress, now
ar the bottom of the bay outside OF Norfolk
| The Confederate capital Is the temporary
refuge Of many families eXiled from then
homes by the Federal troops. They come
from West Virginia, Maryland, North Car
DINA. and Louisiana, and are anHlOusiy
awaiting the better day which wiz enable
item 10 return % their possessions. There
are about eighty families Of refugees from
| West Virginia alone. While forcing them
To quit their ancestral roofs, the Federals
allowed them 10 bring away only sixty
/ pounds of baggage and a hundred dollars
iu money. aud il l. easy to understand the
! countless depTiYai!Ons 10 which they have
been exposed. But the hospitality Of the
people Of nichmOnd seemed bOundless
they live quietly and soherly, apd stint
their enioyments to share with those who
need. In Richmond and the other cities
which have visited have seen few IN III
dicants in the streets; here and there one
{ would De- found before the war; the mum
I Der has not increased since the war began.
NNNI.-TnE NEGRO RACE.
II seems as if the time had arrived when
/. Napoleon III. is called upon TO resenerdte
/ the new world as Napoleon J. resenerated
/ the old.
Every nation has at tie different epoch
of its history different wants aud asplra-
lions. The generation Of 80, fiery, yehe.
ment. speculative, proclaimed the dogma OF
] absolute liberty. aud in so doing passed the
natural limits which God himself had estab
/ ii-hed and committed an error which met
H. fearful cXpiatiOn in the sorrowiul his
tory Of 81. Domingo. The present genera
ton. equally ardent in its aspirations ioI
! liberty. bat more practical ana iaf-seelng
recognizes the lines OF demarcatlOn which
the hand of the Almighty has established
and confines itself within boundaries winch
must prove its safeguard in the future
The REGENERATION of tne New World to h,
effected. must be accomplished without
reference 20 its consequences upon the sOcia
status Of the negroes.
Cerltinly at present tha white race Oilers
a field sufficiently vast for the exercise
The beneNOlence of statesmen and political
economists.
The balance Of political power once firmly
established on this comparatively NifglI
sol. then The time will have come t
amelora;e the social condition OF the col
Ored race.
Now. the four millions OF blacks in thu
Confederate states ask nothing from Eu
rome. unless il Ice to see them delivered from
B ihe yoke OF the Northern people, whose com
ing they have learned to dread.
Why. then, should Europe occupy itsel
Exclusively with this race, when eight mil
hons Of their own race and color, with th
religion. manners, and customs, claim II
recognition of mans most sacred natura
ri0hts-the right 10 live peaceably at home
and 10 be in good will with his neighbOr
II does not enter into the plan of thi
work 10 investigate the origin of the variou
races of mankind. but that there is a vi
, rlrty cannot be denied, and ii only lies wit
rs 10 ACCEPT this diversity as the work
/ tbe Creator: and while all may clan
p equality before God and the moral law, II
: equality certainly exists in their natur
5 and the physical laws 10 which they ar
/ subjected,
, The entire creation, not only of our plan
| ct, but OF the cOSmlc universe, rests on
D single iaw-that OF diversity, The arrang,
. meme Of all created things insists upon TIL
o principle. TO admit that this was fortl
J. itOus would be 10 admit the instability ,
e worlds and to deny the existence Of Cres
b tor. To endeayor 10 establish, then, pol
= tical and physical equality is TO oppose IN
!, designs Of Providence, who has assigned
c each race It's own duties and peculiar mi
T. sion. The superior race-and diversity II,
4 cessitates a hierarchy (')-has the doubl
i duty OF eleyating ITSELF and also Of attrac
inc 10 itself and eleyating the inferior rae,
d | which il is destined to dominate.
G | hold 10 this subject for the purpose
j. showing that the only question which hold
;, France ut distance from the people OF u
: Confederacy is the peculiar position OF u
), African race, which there IN the souther
\ states of North America still remains IN
state OF slavery. u is TAR more easy
l. lcritici.e than b. Judge ia this question,
l. II is Impossible to isolate II sufficiently
e view /, in All It's bearings. On the one si1