, 1854-09-02

makers. 1t is not only small States, coun-
ties and communities that are sometimes
deceived, but the great whig party was on
one memorable occasion completely "Jylsr
lied" When such disasters befal an innO-
cent community, it is much to be deplored,
But in the case before us, should Messrs.
James, Hewitt, Hale and White be eleva-
ted to the responsible positions they seek,
the people of Thurston county will be pre-
cluded from saying we were ignorant
of their damnable heresies before the cleo
ten" No such plea will avail us before
the high tribunal of the world, public opin-
ion. The convention that nominated these
men has put forth its address, and Mr..
James has elaborated and explained the
doctrines Of that address in column and
half letter, full of differences, deductions,
political axioihs and legal definitions =
And look at the inferences They are
plain and unmistakable-.frst, that the ne
gro is only our inferior by reason of his
" long ages of ignorance and lack of mental
exertions," foreigners, mark the express
ion), this same ignorance " and lack of
mental exertion has left It's risiJleyefeets on
The small imperfeetly formed leads and lOio
forcheads Of the lotcer classes Of European
soeicty!" This is an announcement that
will startle some of our best and most pa
triotic citizens who happened to be born
on foreign soil. They doubtless betook
themselves to this asylum of the oppress-
ed as much, if not more, for the purpose
Of bettering their political condition as for
anything else Ours was held out to them
as n government under which mdney and
birth conferred no special prerogatives /;
but this enchanting delusion is destined,
upon their arrival, to be dissipated by the
formal and public announcement of one
who has enjoyed all the blessings of citizen
ship for the full space Of seren Tong months,
(or thereabouts) that the Africans are
perhaps not much, if any, inferior TO many
other portions Of our species" And in the
same breath he speaks of the small, i'm
perfectly formed heads, and low foreheads
of the lOrer classes Of European society"
being but the "visible effects Of long ages
of ignorance and lack of mental exertion."
This lower class" Of European society is
the one in which Mr.. James would place
the negro of the Southern States and
doubtless this is the " class" " to which he
refers when he speaks Of allottihg the
blacks certain portion of our territory to
form separate States for them exclusively,
and those tohO should marry among them"
Where is the warm hearted IrishmAn whose
blood does not fairly boil in his manly veins
at the thought 7 Where is the honest
German whose propriety is not moved by
the revolving suggestion? ? No, Mr.. James,
the American people, whether native born
or foreign, will never consent to the setting
apart Of a portion of our public domain for
the exclusive use Of the negroes Of the
South, to be by them erected into States
Of this proud confederacy. No negro Sen
0tOr will ever tread the sacred aisles Of
that capitol where Webster, Clay and Cal
houn were won't to assemble. No, sir, they
will let the negroes alone where they
are they will let slavery, where it exists,
be ameliorated or abolished by the only
power to whom that task properly belongs
the POtcer Of the sovereign States that re-
cognize the institution in their midst.