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Show 196 TilE CONTRAST. state of Jamaica. This process was followed up bv a rapid, declamatory argument, in which he endc~vored to show that the emancipation of the blacks in the West Indies was safe to the white inhabitants, only because it was guarded by the strong arm of Great Britain-that the two races are so distinct and opposite, that without the intervention of such a power, they could not be expected to live together in peace, in the capacity of freemen-that where the blacks preponderate in numbers, the whites would be overwhelmed-that where the numbers are even, there would arise interminable violence and strife-that in America, therefore, the political objections to the abolition of slavery are not to be surmounted. Such I believe was the substance of his argument, which was listened to with great apparent delight, by several of his allies from the south, who were present on the occasion. To hear the eloquent argumentation of our friend, was indeed a pleasure to ourselves. I said it was a treat to me to hear J. C. Calhoun reason, and that I would not attempt to reply to him-at any rate not without previous reflection. At the same time I ventured to observe, first, that political influence, when obtained in connection with property, is in its nature safe; and secondly, that the principles of the gospel of Christ were the adequate remedy for all prejudices of race, cast, or color. Since that time I have often reflected on the Sena· tor's argument, and my own mind is well satisfied of its essential fallacy. First with regard to Jamaica, the strong ann of the British Government was indeed considered necessary THE CONTRAsT. for the protection of tlI e w1 H . tes dur· 197 the planters and their fa .1. ' mg slavery, when . ( Oli tes were on h volcano which might an I· .t e edge of a . • Y c •1Y explode . 1 standmg that protection I b 1. . ' anc, notwith- . ' e ICVC It , smd, that a genera' l e.x pl osi. on must Io m,ty, · truly be taken place, had it not be en f'o r the ng ·s mIc e have tience and forbearance of tl unnva led pa-le ne<>ro rae B under freedom, the volc·,t no I. s" extm. e. . I ud t now, planters and their fam1·11· es are m. perfi gUJs Ie ; the protecting arm of the third . ect safety; the . party IS no long . Site, and to a great extent .t h er reqUJ- 1 as already b . drawn. We were thorou hi . een With- . 1, d . . . g Y satisfied in all h I.S an. s wh1ch we VISited ' th a t t h e few troop t. e mg m them were in .1 pol't· I . 8 remam- ' ' l Ica pomt of . needless, and might be withd. VIew, utterly . . I awn, to a man . h tir.e Impunity-and this I be. 1 I.e ve 1. s the gen ' '1 W it. .e n-of the planters themselves. In th " era .opmwn did not find that any J·nc onvem.e ncee 1~8l ean. .t nnP., we the constitutional differences f th ansmg from t · 1 h · 0 e two races c am Y t ere 1s no antipati f h · er- . ' ' 1Y o t e bla k t whites, but rather th fi 1. c 8 owards the e ee mgs of re d fi and affection. and th h spect, e erence, ' ' on e ot er hand th · . of the whites against th bl I . ' e preJudice I. e ac {S 1s great! h 1 c me. Althoug·h th . yon t e c c-ere 1s very rttl · between them th 1. . . 1 e mtermarriage ' e c Istmctwns of 1 forgotten to a deg h. h co or are already c.tp a· ted. All ' . ree w 1c we cou Id not have anti-aJ e now on one r · 1 influence of C'lch . d' 'd I po Itica level ; and the , m IVI ua wh th bl white, is left to d d : e er ack, brown, or · epen , as It ought t d . Innate grounds- I 0 o, on Its Iegi-name y prope t I and character A I ' r y, ta ent, education elements of ·· R s t 1e negro es rna k- e progress in these' m uence ' tlI et· r po 1·I ti·c al power will of |