The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-28

tors North and. South, who, In the words
OF another. w>sre invisible in war and
invincible in peace" continued to in
harpe sectional discomfort. SO that while
virginia might cry, Peace. Peace."
there was no peace. Therefore when
she was called upon by the President
of the United States to furnish troops
TO make war upon her sister States she
said, No, If compelled to fight, Will
unite my fortunes with my friends Of
the south rather with those who in
wade her'soi1." Who, then, at this day
can but see she acted as her honor, her
manhood and her self-respect dictated
and avsrted a fate which overlook
other border States who endeavored in
vain to remain neutral
The Anstituuon of American slavery
which. II not the cause. was the oc-
casion, Of the War Between the States.
and which so long vexed the patience
Of thnpseudo- philanthropists OF old and
New England, was introduced hy those
governments into the Colonies against
the protest. of Virginia. This state
from the outset opposed It's Introduce
ton, and so late as 1881 In a conven-
tion comprised of her ablest men. ex-
presidents. ex-governors. etc, was call
ed together for the consideration Of the
emancipation of the slaves After an
able and exhaustive consideration of
the subject. the abolition of the slaves
was refused by but one vote What
WINS TO he done with the cmancipated
negro race. living in close conjunction
with whites. was the most formidable
argument gainst enamcipa ton. They
could but consider that Spain, after A
long and bloody war. had defeated and
expelled the AIoors from her domin-
Ions, and from that time commenced
the decay nf that hitherto formida BILE
nation. France for over a century, had
not recovered from the expulsion Of
the Huguenot. and England. after the
emancipation Of the slaves from her
far off colony OF Jamaica, found that
this fruitful. tropical island fell rapid
~ INTO decay. from which 1t has never
recovered unto this day.
From climate and production New
England found the institution unprof-
table, and by prospective legislation
shifted the onerous burden upon her
Southern sister II was not believed
that the negro and white races could
possibly live on terms of amity and
friendship after the freedom of the
slaves.
Virginia had the experience of the
uprising of the negroes in san Do
mingo. and the domination of tho in
ferior negro race With its resultant
evils: and the Nat Turner insurrec-
ton within tho borders of Virginia,
with NIL its horrors. was continually
before the eyes of the people.
For time II was supposed the
colonization OF Liberia and gradual
emancipation might possibly prove a
satisfactory solution OF this formd-
able question. Some benevolent citI-
zcns OF this State had their slaves
taught trades and educated, 10 their
own iinpovcrlshment and having sent
these people to the colony, tho cry
came back that neither the climate nor
the prevailing institutions were suited
to their conditions. On the contrary.
they we're unable TO find employment
or subsistence Send us food and
clothing or we perish" came I'm
ilnploring appeals from them. In the
language of another, we had brought
the negro from Africa barbarian
and pagan, and we had made him
Christian and citizen. Notwithstand-
ing the cries of the barbarity OF
slavery TO which this amiable race
submissively and uncomplainfngly sub
mitted. 1t seems much greater hard
shin 10 expel him from lifelong friend
shin and association and drive him
back 10 condition to which he had
become SO unsuited. Mr.. Lincoln.
General Grant and other able men OF
the North and of the South sincerely
believed the two races, with the negro
ema ncip ated. could not live Mt peace
in the same country. and therefore
they thought the acquisition OF the
island of San Domingo or other troni-
cal localities indispensable as place
for their colonization
The invention of the cotton gin by
an ingenious Connecticut Yankee, mad
made the production OF cotton most
.profitahie investment. from which Old
England and New England through
the manufacturing of this staple de-
rived far more profit than ne owner
of slaves did from the production Of
the raw material. But the supposed
wisdom OF man proved in the presence
Of the wisdom from on high of tho
folly of human foresight. The South
crn States which during the war had
been so near to gaining their indie
pendcnce. were destined In the end
to fall II seems to me II was this
same wisdom from on high that
caused the overthrow of The Indians
on this ointment 10 be superseded by
a superior race; that brought the Afr-
can barba rian TO he taught by the
Christian white man. ultimately to
result liz his Embellishments and the
Christianiza ton OF darkest Africa.
Re that as 1t may. the shackles of
bondage are stricken off; The specu-5
lations of our wisesi publicistS have
hut proved the limits Of human fore
sight. The foremost man of the me-
gro race was born a slave in Virginia.
and. looking TO their future good he
advises the people of his race to re-
main coniented among their former
owners and engage in the cultivation
of our productive soil. for which they
had hitherto shown their greatest
adaptibiiity. instead of going off and
seeking a home in an uncongenial
climate and among people by whom
they are not understood.
The result is that this much-auused
and misrepresented Shareholder and
bis descendants, by the aid Of the me-
Eroes. are raising a single standard
staple, which with its products and
by products is now worth over SS0D.-
100000 annually. which enables this
government 10 balance Its trade With
the Old World. Phoenix like. the
South has arisen from her ashes.
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