The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-31
TIE AlIBRICAu NEGRO,
TIE RACES CANNOT LIVE 10
GETHER,

aIzL h<aGGo GAN NGI LAVE TU
GETHER.
What Shall be Done With Hin?
Progressive Farmer.
In His wisdom God has seen prope
to divide the human family, since th,
creation, into different races, color
and many languages, arising from sin
committed by man In different age
and countries, the history OF which il
now very imperfectly known. NTher
this continent was discovered 400 YEAR
ago human seryitude had then been il
existence in some shape in every known
country in the world; and the mos
barbarous and cruel forms OF SLAYER,
practced by many educated races O
the human family. The Western
Hemisphere was then the home of the
Ahorlgines Or Indian tribes, who made
slaves OF their wives and the numer
GUS tribes OF Africans did the same, and
also OF both sexes OF their race captured
in their tribal wars. The Indians be-
ing savage, war-l1ke, and not an agricul.
tural population, were not fit subjects
tor the slave yender but the African
being more docile, submissive and al
ready accustomed to the evils of the
slave trade, very naturally became easy
victims OF ayaricious and debased slave
traders Of their own and other coun-
tries. Consequently great numbers,
first from the valley of the Niger river,
(the waters of that river being black,
and the meaning of the word niger be-
ing black and the people very black,
they were called negroes by the Span
ish traders, hence the name) then from
other sections, were bought and stolen
and transferred to the most cruel man
ner to the New World for the money
that was in the business. Spain, Eng
'f'fi>' ssHu vi tuSdi CidItuSu territory,
and forming colonies on this continent
soon supplied them with slave labor
from Africa. Tie English colonies or
our forefathers protested against the
traffic, but the mother country forced
it upon her subjects to create com
nerce and revenue; and later, citizens
OF other nations, and the New England
States increased the business or slave
trade to great proportions and to the
injury Of the purchasers Or white race
Of this country. Several Of the most
Northern States seeing tie Institution
Or slave labor did not pay, soon
sold most OF their slaves to their South
ern brethren and efnancipated the re-
rnainder; and the doctrine Of ernancl-
paticn was discussed until about 1926
when the American Colonization Soci-
ETY. was formed, chartered, lands bought
in Africa, and q Republic established,
called Liberia, fashioned alter ours, for
a home Tor all freedmen ct the United
States who would and could go to it
and law was passed by Congress-. for
our navy to capture all slave ships on
the high seas, confscate the ships and
send their negro slaye passengers to
Liberia at government expense. Said
society was formed and managed by
such men as Daniel Webster, Thomas
Jefferson, Bushrod Washington, Henry
and Cassius M. Clay and others who
created such sentiment in the South |
as to cause several Southern leglsla-
lures to come very near Or within a
lew votes of passing gradual emancipa-
ton laws, which many slave holders
favored, and would have been produc-
tive of great good to both races ard
continents, and prevented the civil war.
But politicians (many of whom had no
financial interest in the institution) de-
Eeated the humane and philanthropic
The two great political parties, rs
such, were divided on the issue-the
Wings favoring emancipation and col
the Democrats favor
ID the perpetuatlon of the institution
md extending 1t South and West into
Ill newly acquired territory. Henry
Clay was beaten for the presidency OF
he United States because he had been
lie first president of the American Col
,nization Society and was called an alb
which campaign built up
be Free Soil party and fixed Or settled
be matter until the civil war decided
orever the yeSed question at very great
oss of life and property, and the de-
noralization of both races /; and from
hen till now the two races IN the
Southland have gradually drifted from
ach other until race war is upon us. |
'he writer, having been born a slave
wner, was reared Oh plantation
mong the negroes and worked them
n farms, plantations, lumber yards, i
in mills, etc, for half a CEN |
,,ry knew the life character educs-