Conseil），\"Nothingismoreclearlywritteninthebookofdestinythantheemancipationoftheblacks;anditisequallycertainthatthetworaceswillneverliveinastateofequalfreedomunderthesamegovernment，soinsurmountablearethebarrierswhichnature，habit，andopinionshaveestablishedbetweenthem。\"]
[Footnotes:IftheBritishWestIndiaplantershadgovernedthemselves，theywouldassuredlynothavepassedtheSlaveEmancipationBillwhichthemother—countryhasrecentlyimposeduponthem。]
IhavepreviouslyobservedthatthemixedraceisthetruebondofunionbetweentheEuropeansandtheIndians;justsothemulattoesarethetruemeansoftransitionbetweenthewhiteandthenegro;sothatwherevermulattoesabound，theintermixtureofthetworacesisnotimpossible。InsomepartsofAmerica，theEuropeanandthenegroracesaresocrossedbyoneanother，thatitisraretomeetwithamanwhoisentirelyblack，orentirelywhite:whentheyarearrivedatthispoint，thetworacesmayreallybesaidtobecombined;orrathertohavebeenabsorbedinathirdrace，whichisconnectedwithbothwithoutbeingidenticalwitheither。
OfalltheEuropeanstheEnglisharethosewhohavemixedleastwiththenegroes。MoremulattoesaretobeseenintheSouthoftheUnionthanintheNorth，butstilltheyareinfinitelymorescarcethaninanyotherEuropeancolony:
mulattoesarebynomeansnumerousintheUnitedStates;theyhavenoforcepeculiartothemselves，andwhenquarrelsoriginatingindifferencesofcolortakeplace，theygenerallysidewiththewhites;justasthelackeysofthegreat，inEurope，assumethecontemptuousairsofnobilitytothelowerorders。