Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-27

only in the Of those whose compilations betray
mixture of African blood"
sEvery white American considers himself of course as
ranking with Engishmen of the highest CASTE and he
prides himself upon his white skin and his pro-
nunciaon, the testimonials Of his nobility(v Hence
mas horror at the idea Of MIXTURE Of blood that might
deteriorote has ne In proportion ranks conound
cd in society the pride of caste is called action and
imaginary barriers thrown up place of the more
papable gradatons In America, the only visible scale
is that of color, and every white is an hidalgo.'
"The dread with which they view any anialgamat ion
OF the is little heightened by the
OF the effect would have in lowering national dig
nifty in the eyes Of the people of the old country
" This rank aud corrupt prejudice of caste could only
have attained its present strength during years pro-
found national tranquility Often has the Divine ven
geancc made OF the scourgc of to punish
rous nation for the inquites of time of peace Is
America beyond the reach of similar rerbution Yes
she would be happy in that event abandon Libe
if she could gain back her sable exiles TO man the
walls of New Orleans, or to the White House
from another humiliation"
" The assumption of inerioritv in xed breeds il
entirely variance only with historical facts but
with physiological science, that be regarded
either founded ignorance persisted in against
t.r knowledge
" The quadroon is, we believe, generally handsome
Thus nature attests not only the legitimacy the ply
steal advantage of unions that bind together the differ
cnt tribes of the humn family and soften down the fca.
lures of rcpulsive dissinilarly.''
" IL is worthy also of remark that seems TO die.
tate the harmonious blending of her varieties by
inspiring, very generally preference for shades of color
ana physical forms dssimar from that of the individual
4" The air of the American Republic bleach the
darkest character take every stain but that OF
the skin"
We could multiply of character with these
which afford unequivoca evidence of the real design
the foreign abotonsts The object ofthesc meddiers is
TO sweep down the barriers, which have been
placed by God and man. since the beginning of the world
against the amalgamaton of the two races faint
the veins of the free whites Of this great republic with
an unnatural admxture Of African blood. Whence does
this spirit of interference in sacred relations
originate Why do the British send their emissares
TO tell us that the instructive adherence, which felt
by white possessed of proper of Dig
nifty of his Species towards of the kind
proposed is wicked, unnatural, and be overcome
Why does Mr. Thompson contend, that the Colonization
Society is abominaton and SIM and that the blacks
should not emgratc TO the land Of their forefathers
where they may rise to the highest scale of
of which they capable unmort6ed and unoppressed
by the superiority of the whites? Are all these doc
trnes advocated and these efforts made of pure
pathy for the blacks? Can not rather discover in
them manifestation of that undying hostility towards
u.s. which first drove TO throw off the of the
mother country and is striving involve us in in
tesne troubles and connections? Can we not see in
them an indication of that morbid jealousy. with which
England regards rapid strides in wealth enterprise
and prosperity under the suspicious influences OF our
blessed Constitution Pa hostility and jealousy so en-
bttered and so nordinate, that she would rather wit
ness our physical degradation than behold our farther
progress IN those arts and Improvements, which have
elevated and still eevatng among the nations of
the earth i--B0StOn Atlas.