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A Parting Word. 
traits have created in the hearts of the majority of the nation? 
Two words give it: “Damned niggers.” Is there anything 
yet that points to the result that our prophets predict ? Have 
yon not already produced eminent men,^— able writers, physi¬ 
cians, and orators ? And yet, what has their genius hitherto 
availed them ? I once heard of a distinguished lecturer, who, 
refused a seat in a first-class car, paid his passage as freight, 
and was charged by his weight. It was told as a good joke. 
I think there are two centuries between such jests and equality; 
and, in the mean time, you will have disappeared from the earth! 
It is sometimes said that you should remain and fight the battle 
here, — force a recognition by your genius, industry, character, 
wealth; teach America to see, in other words, that in you it 
possesses an invaluable strength. Morality, so exalted, is surely 
to be admired; but a lower standard, I take it, will do well 
enough for this world. What are the Americans to you, that 
you should thus continue to heap benefits on them? You 
have faithfully served them for nearly two centuries, — denying 
them nothing, charging them nothing; neither the fruits of 
your labors nor the frnits of your loins have you withheld; 
and you have asked in return only enough to eat and the 
coarsest attire. It is time, now, that you should help your¬ 
selves. 
There is yet another thing to be considered, that is seldom 
thought of in urging such a contest,— the casualties of warfare: 
that where one conquers, ten fall; where one asserts, nine 
submit; that the voice of prejudice is far oftener the death-knell 
than the bugle-note of manhood. 
Parental love! The schools of New England and other 
States are open to your children, and they can now receive the 
advantages of a liberal education. And then? Rendered 
sensitive by this culture, what prospect is opened to them ? A 
long, petty war with mean men, a fruitless assault on the 
citadel of place, political and social. Even lions lose their 
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