The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-05-08

ing DE Fenn15 >ksnia abolition law Of isa7
4 . produc.iOn uefihy Of tho bed statesman
Of The country Il presents a in.s,erly argu.
man upon the cunstitntionsiisy Of the fur,
tive slave law, and upon The impoIicy Of
attempting TO subvert The constitution bv
such = law as The Pennsylvania Kidnapping
act Of 1877.
The speech xaspropespd 10 b delivered
but as The subject ea{{y-161ne
day Of ITO session when tlssfns llsne
for debate, Mr.. Bonham conien.ed himself
with offering an amendment which EN-.
bodied bis views, and his speech is now
pnbllshed for the sound views il contains.
Near its conclusion, the following eloquent
remarks OCCUR
1.-THE races should be kept distinct and
separate, and their attempted unior. will only
result according 10 the opinions Of the most
learned physioligists in a hy Bird amalgam-
incapable Of further propagation, and which
can only be saved from utter extinction by
throwing of its i'll assorted afinities, and
resolving itself back again into its original
e~lemenis--ihs unadulteraied ebony and
alabaster-the black and white, which The
finger of God has painted with his own pen.
Gil. The designs of Providence are inscru,
table and ''past finding out,D and because
in the divine councils it was deemed fiji that
there should be an infinite variety in the
orders Of creation, an infinite variety i
moral, Intellectual and physical organization,
are we to rebel against lis DEGREES, and at.
tempt BY our finite views and feeble exer.
lions TO reverse tho natural order of things
10 bring down that which is high and elevate
that which is low, 10 one common and un.
distinguished level1 There would seem 10
be a connecting link between animate and
inanimate nature, from the Struggling sea
weed on the ocean rock to the torpid shell
fish. There wonld seem also TO be a regu.
lar graduation il all creaied things, and in
the respeoaivs powers Of all irteiiissn, beings
from The highest arch angel done 10 the
creature that has little more capacity than
the monkey or tho ourang outang. But be-
cause this is SO are we 10 quarrel with the
creative pcwer7 In these things the wisdom
of the wise i. foolishness, and the strength
of the mighty weakness, "The Ethiopian
cannot change his skin nor the leora-d his
spots" Without that infinite variety, the
world would be what is was not created.
If there were nothing crooked there could
be nothing straight. If there were no vice,
we could not see the beauty Of virtue by
the contrast. Can our philanihropists eradi-
cafe the poison of The asp or the adder,
change the ferocious spirit of the tiger, or
make Tie birds and beasts of prey lose their
instincts which were implanted in their ma
ture, no doubt for wise purposes? II they
cannot, can they elevate a degraded and
inferior race to a point Of culture, suficien,
10 make them the equals of ourselves, and
fit TO ENJOY along WITH ~ sli-ihe- rishts,
privileges and immuniiies, political and So
cial, which wa enjoy and are anxious &c
vouchsafe 10 our children and our chiidren's
children to the Iemotest generationsf II
not, why these spasmodic exertions to &C.
complish im~possibilitiesl do not wish tc
speculate, but il is well to a~nalyze the len,
denotes and. objects Of many of the mis-
guided philanihropic efforts OF the day-it
see where they lead aud for what they arr
intended and merely throw out a few
hints that others with more time for suci
investigations may trace the subject TO it
legitimate and appropriate conclusions"