The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-27

had been members Of the original States,
and the great object was to secure the bles'
sings of liberty 10 ourselves aud our poster
iy.' It speaks in general terms OF citizens
and people Of the United States when pro-
vidng for the powers granted, without te-
fning what description Of persons should be
included or who should be regarded as cili'
zens. But two clauses Of the Constitution
point TO the negro race as separate, and not
REGARDED as cttizens, for whom the Consli'u.
,ion was adopted. One clause reserves the
right 10 import slaves until 1908, and in the
second, the States pledge themselves one 10
another, 10 preserve the rights Of the master,
and 10 deliver up slaves escaping 10 their re-
speclive territories. By the first clause, The
rgh, to purchase and hold this property is
directly sanctioned and authorized BY the
persons who framed the Constitution, for
twenty years; and the States plsdgsd them
selves to uphold the right oil the mas'er as
long as the government then formed shall
endure. And this shows, conclusiveIy, that
another description Of persons was embraced
IN the provisions of the Constitution. These
Two clauses were no! intended 10 confer upon
them, or their pos,erity, the blessings of lib.
ery so carefully conferred upon The whites.
None of this class ever emigraled 10 the
United States voluntarily. They were all
articles of merchandise. The number eman.
cipa,ed were as few compared with those
who were held in slavery, and not sufficient.
ly numerous TO attract attention as separate
class, add were regarded as part OF the
slave population, rather Than free."
This line of argument has not been met and
con,rovered by the majoriy of your COM
mtlee. Ii is clear and conclusive that ours
was designed TO be government of 'rhite
men. 1t was not intended by its founders
that any other class, or race, should ever be
permiuet 10 control its deslinies, The inter-
minglihg Of races upon our sofia soil won
by the blood of white men-is so repugnant
TO treason and humanity" that we cannot
view it ir any other light than monslrous.-
The infusion of mixed blood into the veins
Of our people, would bring innumerable
evils in its train. The health, the viSor, and
the Intellectual strength that characterize the
population now gathered together upon our
shores, would be lost and destroyed by the
inevitable degeneracy flowing from degrad.
ing and heterogeneous amalgamation. The
distinctive tastes and habits and degree Of
refinement oil the white and colored races
would be mingled in ,nexuicable confusion,
aud the acknowledged superiority of the for.
mer, as the revolving process OF admixlure
continued, would silently disappear in the
same proportion as. the corrupting elemen mt
of the latter ins,iIled itself into the blood OF
our descendants. To protect ourselves and
our pos,erity from such alarming results, we
mus, carefully guard against the causes
which would certainly produce them. This
can only be done by placing barrier, wide
and impossible, between the two races now
in conflict and such we hold 10 be The true
merit of The recent decision of the Court,
which, in its future application and develop
meni, will amply shield us from the dangers
10 which we have advered. However much
we may regret the unfortunate condition of
the coiored race, we cannot, in our examina.
lion of question fraught with so much inter
esl, lose sight o! the great truth that "self-
preservation is the first law of rature."
10 admit The citizenship of the negro, is 10
place him, without Limitation, upon the same
equality with the white man. lis ultimate
effect would be TO witness lhe African and
his descendants clustering around the polls
in the exercise of the same irestimable
privileges now enjoyed by the great Cau-
casan race, and perhaps few years would
exhibit the startling spectacle of colored rep
rssenlalives occupying the same seats now
so respectfully filled by the majority of The
committee. Such state Of things would be
full of perils 10 our common country, and
was never contemplated by the fathers of
the republic. The Articles Of Coniedera.
lion, adopted by the thirteen original States,
al time when emancipated negroes were
ono, sufficiently numerous 10 attract atlen-
tion as separate class" but "were regard
ed as part of the slave populalon," con-
tains the following article.
ART. ". "The better 10 secure and per-
petuate mutual friendship and intercourse
among the people of the different States, in
this Union, the FREE inhabitants of each Of
these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fusi-
tives from justice excepted, shall be entitled
10 all privileges and immunties OF FREE cili.
zens in the several States; and the people
of each State shall have free ingress and
egress 10 and from any other State, and shall
enjoy therein all the privileges OF trade and
commerce, subject to the same duties, i'm
positions, and restrictions as The inhabitants
thereof respectively, provided that such re-
slrictions shall not extend so Ear as to prevent
the rem oval OF PROPERTY imported into any
State, to any other State Of 'cs'ch The o'onsr is
an inhabitant; provided also that no imposi.
ton, duties or restriction shall be land by
any Stale on the property of the United
States, or either of item."
When the foregoing article was adopted,
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