The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-07
Correspondence of Great Minds.
The luthor of the Drsd Scott doeiaoN and III
Editor of the Democrat.

Editor of the Democrat.
In the shifting phenomena Of life, ami
is ever varying incidents, there is nothing
more noticeable, than remarkable instances
of agreement Of great minds, by which
we mean the simultaneous discovery Of
some great moral truth, or moral yillany,
by two men, living widely distant from
each other, and each using the same, or
nearly the same language TO convey TO
the world the knowledge of the discovery
they have made. \ remarkable instance
Of this subtle correspondence Of mind,
which equals, ii il does not rival, that IN
volvcd in the controversy now going on
among the Swans Of Gotham, in relation
to the authorship of Nothing to Wear,
has recently occurred in our modest, I'M
pretending community, by which 1t APP
pears that the luminous mind of the Edi-
tor of the Democrat has discovered, al
most at the same time with Judge fancy
Of the Supreme Court, that the signcrs OF
the Declaration Of Independence were
either great hypocriteS, or they did not
mean to include pcrsons Of African de
scent, in the instrument in which they
declared. AL men are created equal, and
have certain inalienablo rights" but thai
they meant simply to apply the "sound
Ing generality to themselves and theil
postcrity, regarding themselves as a no
biliY Of frcemen, but not to poor ne,
groes, who, being blacks, and some o
them slaves, were not within the mean,
ing of the instrument. And what is al
so remarkable, the language Used by tho
one in heralding this great truth Of histo
~, las it is assumed to be) is almost iden
teal with that used by the other. Here
after, the world may be perplexed with
the difficult question, a. to which shall bC
awarded the palm for being the first dis
coyerer OF this assumed fact Of history
and a great amount OF ink may be shed
in discussing the question, whether Judge
fancy should have the merit of the orig
inal discovery, or it should be accorded to
the lucid editor of the Democrat.
Without entering ON the question OF au-
thorship or discovery, which may yet per
pick the world, and gid with brightness,
or dun with shade, the reputation Of the
one or tie other, as public sentiment va
ries, now beaming on Judge fancy, and
then ON the editor of tho Democrat, we
call attention TO few condolences OF
idea and in language in the two papers,
pu, forth by the two distinguished public
men. We give frst an extract from the
Democrat OF Last week, rs VIC lind II
loaded, and showing as large as BREWER
type can make it. After stating that the
"Black Republican speakers and writer's '
were in the habit Of arguing that the ne
groes had some rights that the whites
were bound to respect, by referring TO the
Declaration OF Independence, the Demo
crat says - 80 .rur~ 60. a'h
"Ba: while they make \ signal failure in
their Efforts TO prove this position, they sue
ceed in couclusively establishing one poin'
that Is, they prove that IL our revolutiona-
ry ancestors regarded negroes ss being In
eluded IN the declarafian OF Independence.
and entitled to liberty. and the pursuit oil
happiness in the same sense a. white men
therein spoken OF, they wcre the most con.
sumnate hypocrites alive.
We say Il is strange and unacoountaoie
that those men. in the fAos OF thsir dsclara.
ton. should not only Withhold from tho AZ
rican race the rights that they dscl>red Them
to BE- entitled 70, but that they should no.
make one solitary provinon towards giving
them their rights. And what = still moro
incomprehensible. many Of the signcv OF
the declaration, in . lev short years altar
wards, met again TO founda constitution tor
the new born nation, aud in which it would
DO supposed they would embody tho princi-
pies Of their solsmn defamation. but not one