M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-02-28
Negro ZbsorpIlosl.

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instructed andlprotit by the black Re>
pubIicsns, as II corects one OF tgeir
lavorile errors. The Patriot says;
"HorTor oil Horrors. = Mhat deal
oI pious ejacnlauon the ediISr OF the
PdlrloI ulIers over tie. remarS OF Mr..
Banks that the stronger race will OBJ
sorb tue weaker Nny, man alive,
the chiyalrIe South have been engaged
lor century in proving the lrulhOl the
remark. Il is tue commonest thing in
tue world to see human property ad.
yertisEed AS n4ll wine, aud often aS.
nearly white 'The best blood OF tue
SOuth' is coursing It's pure way under 3
very sllgtHiy colored sSIn. -
"rnIs KIND oil talk has been very
common among the Abolition aud
Black Republican demagogues With
out sloppngto 0 CORES, The 1elrgreYtf
deli 5eraIe IN Representation OF ne sea-
timenIs OF Mr.. Banks upon witchlSe
commented, We propose TO snle qise'
or two, which should cauSf NorFiernF
men 10 hold lheIr peace won ny snl :
Ject trelered 10 the lsttG pa1h The
above paragraph. 1t jSl almost daily
thrown out OF disgTSte toSlIe Soulh-
ern people tina, Iners are alarge num-
Der OF slaves eitif more or less white
blood in lheirSeIns. This is true, and
it is disgrace
But il t1s analgamstion- prac.
IlicaI. cap5 ingfnlO effect oil Mr.. rankE'
Absorption Itheory-is eIsgracetuI to
the Southefn people. is not the same
TACT existing Ia tae Neth quite as dis
graceful to the peoRla ottne NbrthP--
No one can deuy d and no one will
deny tDattne disgrace y abou! in pro-
poriIgI 10 the comparative eNenL TO
whlM Mr.. Bank" 'sbsorHlOn' pro-
cess has been carried on the tao
sections. Now, the cens9 OF 1886
slow that, while more IhanPne-iour;h
u the colored people Ot tug NORTH are
a,ulalt6es, oul, one.thirteek kn OF the
slave population are muattas.
tAmongtie 3, ,204 ,3l3 slafs, 246, SOS
were muLatIoeS, or had hore or less
white blood, while pt the l9o, 900 col
ored people OF the free Sttes over 56,
800 are mulaltoesl lI Chic more
than hall oil the colored population are
muIatioes;or over l4,5yoAL oi 2o,000.
lu.lndlana about 9U W 9nt, are mni-
atoes; in Niscoason'ahd % Iowa ever
81 per cent; In Illinois Iovel 90 per CT;
~ New Hampshire I64 Ter cent, IN
Maine bl per cent An Pennsylvania
and Yermon 90 per jent; ~ M%sachn'
setlS "a per cent; IyC onqA'cutaO per
cent; in Rho, e lsAnd "a per ceNT IN
New York lS per cent; aud IN New
Jersey 10 per esn; willie IN Only one
slave do ne nltAatloes iorm III per cent?
OF the whole nDnber Of slaves, aud IN
totly three do tbfy aniouns y ~ per
cent.
Now, it'seekis to US, that u y isa
disgrace to the sohtb that they have
calded out MIR, Banks 'absnrption'
theory to SUCH an extent tilaE one-IlllEr
iteemn oil their slaves nave whIie blood
in their veins, it is still greater dlS-
grace TO tue. Northeh People tnAt Iney
nave applied the Same theory SO lar
tia. more than ole quarter ol Ihe ne
groes among they are Iat White. And
We say turner, ,lBsI these among "0oIA
tnls infamous 4natgatlon lneor1 lsNo
elexensyeIS applied, anu VINO justify y
[Ss do the Black Republicans III Mei'
I ldelsnce and support oI MIR. bdnKs'oni)
add 10 uleIr Slame " con fanny 'S'H
about ehe sIns OF tue SouIuern, people
III this pAEtlcuIar.
The FIREF GuN.--A1 the election 10
cfiicers in MfsSsnnes on lntseay ias'
The whole natlApnsl DemocIallc ucAe
was elected bj1 de cided majority
This is the 6rst sIe. .ction that has oec vi
'ired IN this year. and Is but the oeg II
! ming ofthe series Of Victories and "
umphs that as tsrtuinIN await the ol
: line part J, in the iuturs as the day
for the indomi,able Z: has bss. ol
Q liners Of The. Oh. 10 BE ca CO
a np6le example thus early in .Ae CO
y paign, and richly deserve the ~ y fe
OF all the conseryatiye men 1T,
: ntIy. The bali is in mctiol, LETT ~
on Terre Hahts tins,) Eurnal. ~
~ No IIDaDt Of II.
le The Kentucky Statesmsfln speak
ing OF tile material OF wAlch the pre-
90 NJ (,onarase ,s con,ngSed. saws: