The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-30

3CuIuSpbHccoi dnSA .OVhStp,
gladly introduce Slavery,
sere out ofsexistence. We
Southern men do free their
GNorth and become tip.top
,nists ; while some Northern
go South and become most cruel
y masters .&
a While LiNcoln was not sure what
was best to 10 with the negro. he was
fixed in two opinionsS first, thattthe
negro should be set free second, that
he could not and should not enjoy,
s9Sise anG H R9sis 3 sa aqf an w esrt f9S
power were given me, i should not
know what to do as toEthe e&istinG'
institution. Myfirst impulselw6uid!b be;
to free all the slaves and 'send them toI
B~iberia-to their own native tlahd.i
Butte NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. would oQn-j
Vince me that, whatever of high hope
as /. think there isl there maybe in,
this in the. long u its sudden ex-
l.ecution Is impossible. II they all
landed there in aday they would all
are not surplus shipping and surplus
money enough ito carry themIthere b3
many times ten daysss&What then?
Free them all and keep them among
us as underlings? Isit quite certain
that this betters the conditionp II
think II would not hold one in
slavery, at any rate yet the point Is
not clear enough for me to ~denonnce'
people upon. What next2 Free them
and make them politically and socially
our equals !? fMXlownsfeelings will not
we'll knowTthats those of the great mass;
of,white people will not. Whether
this feeling accords with justice: and
sound Judgment is not the question, If
indeed it is any part oft. A univer-
sal feeling whether wellor ill-founded,
cannot be Safely disregarded. we
cannot, them make them equals. It
does seem to me that systems of
gradual emancipation might9be adopt
ed, but, for their hardness inlthis, 1
will, not undertake tosjpdge our bgeth-
Not only was Lincoln personally OPP
posed to the social and political
equality 0 frthe two races but he$6e-i
lieved it-an impossibility on. account
Of "a physical difference between the
white and theblack races." He says:
"While$E was at the hotel to-day
an elderly gentleman called upon me
to know whether l was really infavor
of producing perfect equality between
the negroes and the white people.
| While L had not proposed to myself,on
ohSo SSuoio w ouy hiuSl oh OlS pun
jeot,Syet as the question was asked me
| thought | would occupy perhaps five
minutes in saying something in regard
to!it. [ will say, then, that i am not,
nor have ever been, in favor of bringing
about in any way the social and politl-
cal equality of the white and black
races-that ] am not nor ever have
been in favor of making voters or
Jurors of negroes, o Of qualifying
them to hold Office or to intermarry
with white people: and j will say in
addition to this that there isatphysical
difference between the white and the
black races which, | believe, will for
ever forbid the two races living
together. on terms OF social and politi-
cal equality. And inasmuch as they
cannot SO. live. while they do remain
together there must be the position of
superior and inferior; and /, as much
as any other man, am in favor of hav-
ing the superior position assigned to
the white race. l say upon this Oc-
pasion Lido not perceive that because
the white man is to have the superior
position assigned to the white race.
| Say upon this occasion I do not per-
ceive that because the white man is to
have II superior position the negro
should be denied everything. / do not
understand that because l do not want
a negro woman for q slave | must
necessarily van her for u wife. My
understanding is that can just let her
alone"
Believing that the two races cannot
live together on terms of social or
political equality, and that it is bad
Tor both races that the blacks should
live permanently rs the vassals of the
whites, Mr.. Lincoln favored tho re-
mOyal of the blacks tn Africa He |
SAYS
".Such separation, if ever effected
at all, must be effected by coloniza-
ton ; and no political party, as such. is
now doing anything directly for coloni-
cation. Party operations at present
only favor or retard colonization in
cidently. The enterprise is u difficult
one, but where there is u will there is
a way and what colonization needs
most is u hearty will. Will springs
from the two elements of moral sense
and self-interest. Let us be brought
to believe it is morally right, and, at
the same time, favorable to-, or, at
least, not against. our interest, to
cline, and we shall find q way, to do
it, however great the task may be.
The children Of Israel. to such mum.
bers as included four hundred thou
sand lighting men, went out OF Egyp-
tian bondage in a body"
Such were the views Of Abraham
Lincoln on the race question just pre-
ceding the war. Had ho been spare0
tho assassin's bullet how diferent
might be the history of the last twenty
nine years G.. r. WINSTON.
University of North Carolina
January 10, 1895.