The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-08

SutWo nunueu uolAs OF winch the infomer snail nave
half (and besides be subject confinement in the peni'
tenary) Now, let ask whether the legislature Of Viz
gna and Of all the other States by which such laws
the above enacted be justly charged with the
exercise Of unwarraDabe arbitrary poweri We are yet
10 hear the first word OF disapproval Of
this most salusry law. II is poor justification Of
the conduct OF those who assent TO the legality OF
white and negro inlermarriages to say that il will
cure fanaticsm and destroy the influence Of fanatics
On the contrary. il would present to society most
perncious example. sanctioned BY law; and, instead
OF nfcng punishment for the offence, and thus branding
the offenders and destroying their influence il arrays the
law its side to paate the deed and 10 screen the
in il from reproach Such is the unhappy tendency
Of fanacism and the influence Of disgusting examples,
that they actually reproduce what the bulk Of mankind
abhor Thousands OF such extraordinary instances could
be referred 10. Cases could be pointed out in which
men Of high intellectual qualities and social position have
been held almost under the spell OF an enchantress
by the potent influence of negro paramour. Other
be found in which intelligent and wel-bred fe-
males have fallen under the unhappy and fatal deu-
sion Are these instances to be accounted for the sup
position that feeble and passion strong the
side Of the whites In many of them il is doubt true
but not in all There influence that defes detection
and battles the reason and experience OF the wsest
Would you in such these remove the obstacles
that prevent the sacrifice Of the white for the negro
concerned God forbid Such state OF society would
shock every feeling OF self respect and suuse the cheek
OF modesy and virtue with the blush OF shame bronze
il over with the conscious hue Of depravity II marriage
be subject to the control Of religion OF her special
institutions then God himself has sci bounds and con-
dons TO the character and relations Of those who may
enter into it, If il be civil contract, as is now
generally held, then the law may define its terms and
the qualifications OF parties who may enter into IL.
| just as il does in thousand other cases. Public
policy dictates what should be allowed and what
prohibited To characterize it arbitrary and unjust
is only to repeat the rawlings OF ultra abolition in
favor of negro and whiie equality, and which can be
restrained from abhorrent practical illustration BY
the law alone that condemns and Furnishes such violations
Does the senior editor Of the Southern Press hold such
doctrines as these be consistent with prudence public
policy, and TIE welfare Of society Does he take his
stand on the platform with the Douglasses the Gar
,isons, and the Abby Keys Of negrodoml Ifnot where
will he sop He knows this morbid appetite for negro
association exists the breasts oil few wretched whites
He is -maker-he restraint or permit by law
Now if he does not restrain it, does he not assent to
And where, then, does his differ from that OF the
fanatics who openly advocate the nauseous and abom
nabe doctrine Of these negro alliances!
ITO this complexion must he come at last"
We have heard, indeed that in some OF the European
ports it was usual for negro cooks and sailors to marry
white wives among the poor, degraded outcasts that
swarm in those abodes Of poverty and misery We have
even heard that they walked the streets together without
attracting notice or receiving censue but in those coun-
tries negroes are Of curostynot regarded, az
they are here. poor, degraded caste. unworthy of all
social equality with the whites; and SO few are to
be found there, that occasion has arisen for ntee-
ing by law to prohibit inermarages between them and
the whites. In this country the evil is imminent and
alarming and he who blind to its danger is in state
of as hopeless darkness as il the eyes Of his mind had
been smi,ten with the Of God Reason surrendes
him up in despair.
virginia ssaasoriai Reelected
/ We have Just received from Richmond the following
telegraphlc despatch:
| :. RIoHmosD, Dec. TT O'Clock, .. m
'sMason 10 reelected. The il2-scat,erng a
Virginia right the constitution and Union"
Mr. Mason was nominated by Mr.. Ferguson. Of
Logan both in the democratic caucus and in the egs-
lature Mr. Ferguson is strong friend OF the Compro-
mise. This fact. coupled with the unprecedented una
nmiiy OF the caucus-he nomination being unanimous
speaks win an empnauc voice 10 the people oil the
North. II indicates the determination OF the most
moderate men in Virginia to insist upon the strict OBJ
servance OF the Compromise, and especially the
ton OF the iugitive-save law Mr. Mason brought for
ward that law. His Intimately associated with
it in allits phases and in every direction That crcum-
stance has given him great strength in Virginia. as the
result has proved. A letter written Friday night,
which we received BY last evenings mail. and which
written just after the caucus, says; The strongest CON-
promise men are for Mason. To raise opposition to him
now who was the author OF the fugitive. slave bilso
important branch of the Compromise-woud break
our moral position at the North and encourage the
fanatics Depend upon it that Virginia will never yield
an inch on that law" Let the North be satisfied OF an
other fact The most moderate Of the Virginia demo-
Gratis are determined to 90 further than they have
gone; and, having made that determination, they will
yield not an inch more. Let the disaected portion Of
the North consider this fsct-it Is pregnant with in
struction
Texas Boundary.
telegraphic despatch from New Orleans commune
the fact that alage majority Of the people Of Texas
has voted in favor Of accepting the boundary BILL and