Washington telegraph., 1850-08-21
VOL. 10.

the more Western States and our Pacific
territories now :ake away as many of our
| white population as Eastern emigration
send ill., Bat the negroes induced here
by our recently adopted policy, and an
excessive negro sympathy in orr people,
are flowing in much more rapidly than
ever. IL then, in connection with this
state of things, the emigration from Eu-
rope should he checked either by prohibit
tory laws or otherwise, policy which
seems TO connect itself with the negro
sympathy, we must necessarily coo O do
crease, or at least a very slow increase
of the white population, while the ne
groes must increase very rapidly. To
meet these consequences, which seem
now to be inevitable, what shall be done?
10 place the two races upon an entire
equality is an act at once repugnant to
the order OF nature, which no wise legis-
lature will tolerate, OR even suffer it TO be
done. To keep them on terms Of in
equality in a free State, presents an in
| consistency with the idea of free institu-
tions, which cannot well be defended,
and watch cannot long be continued
when the black population becomes as
Therefore in the opinion of your petition
ers, one of three things only is possible:
Either the a0hite population must renaove
from the State, and gave 1t up to the ne
groes the taco races must amaLganaate:
or the negroes mast be removed.
The first proposition, namely, that the
white population shall remove from the
State and give it to the negroes, is not
only improbable, but would be manlfestly
unjust. They were the pioneers of civili-
zation, and by their energy and skill the
forests has sunk down before them. 1t
is therefore idle TO think that they could
give up to another race of people The
country which their hands have made
valuable.
Our second proposition. namely that
the continuance of the two races IN
free State, must result in amalgamation,
we are aware has been contradlcted.
But we submit it TO your consideration,
whether the experience OF both our own
country and of Central America, do not
furnish iHcontrovertible proofs of the truth
of this proposition Our own State, al
though but Of fifty years standing, and
w i IL
maintained a broad distinction between
the two races; nevertheless shows many
evidences of amalgama:ion, in the hume
rous mixed bloods who are daily seen
in our streets, and compel US to admit
that an extensive intercourse is kept
up between the two races. And this
evil, we think, has been greatly increased
within the last five or six years. Within
that time the negroes have grown into
importance, their rights extended, and
their numbers increased more rapidly
than before; and large political party
has srrang up in our midst, the only
(avowed) object of which is to advance
and assist the negroes-to press them
into white society, and to familiarize the
two races with each other, for the pur-
pose (as they say) of breaking down
the prejudice Of color"
That party, too, by the vigilance of a
few men, and the Indifference of others,
has also grown into importance, and is
now not only represented in every de-
parlment of our State Government. but
in both branches of our Federal Legis-
lature.
Not only has our legislation for the few
last years been in favor Of the negroes,
but our Supreme Court has also lent
them helping hand, and by deciding
that persons of more white than negro
blood are entitled 10 vote, has already
placed balance of roit;cel power i'll the
African race.
Of this latter proposition, however,
L.
sumo, that of the 10000 colored persons
i'm the State, 1000 or even 500 of the
adult male portion fall within the privi-
leges as settled by the Supreme Court
we then have power in the negro race
which, in close contested elections, can
control the political action of the State.
This, however, is but the commence
ment of the evils to which our affairs
are now tending. The negroes, embold-
ened with their late success, are already
loud in demanding all equality OF polltl-
cal rights. And our halls, built by white
men, and intended for white mems legis-
lation, have been made to resound with
the declarations of negroes--that they
qcoatld acade IN blood up to their Knees
or haze the right Of suffrage. Tnis we
are advised, was done within the hearing
of the peoples representatives., and the
insolence not even rebuked. But on the
contrary. a party of petitioners VINO
wished to use the votes of negroes, en-
couraged them in their demand.
Let that party once obtain the ascen-
dency, and what guaranty have we that
the present white people Of Ohio will be
the ancestry of swarthy mixed blood
posterity We will have negro officers
as we'll as negro voters, and place prop
erty will give white wives TO negro nus
hands. Such a state of things we hold