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

sings Of liberty 10 ourselyessand our pos'er'
i,y.' II speaks In aeaei letms' 'of citizens
and people Of the UsI states wtnn pro-
viding for the powers grsa,eds withoul de-
fining Whit descrip.lap persons should be
included os who should 90 regarded as e'''
zens. But two clauses 81 The ConstIuhon
point TO the negro race as separate, md not
regarded as citizens, for whom the censiiiu'
tion was adopted. One CLAUSE reserves the
right 10 import slaves until 1905, and in the
second, the States pledge ,hetnselves one to
another, 10 preserve the rights Of the master,
andlo deliver up slaves escaping 10 their re-
spective territories By the fret clause, The
right TO purchase and hold this property is
directly sanctioned and authorized BY the
persons who framed the Constitution, for
twenty years; and the States pledged them
selves TO uphold the right OF the master as
long as the government then formed shall
endure. And this shows, conclusiyely, that
another description Of persons was embraced
ia the provisions Of The Constitution. These
TWO clauses were no. intended 10 confer upon
them, or their pos,eriiy, the blessings OF lib.
eriy so carefully conferred upon the whites.
None of this class ever emigraed 10 the
United States voluntarily. They were all
articles of merchandise. The number eman.
cipated were as few compared with those
who were held in slavery, and not sufficient
ly numerous 10 attract attention as separate
class, and were regarded as part Of the
slave population, rather than Free"
This line of argument has not been met and
controverted by the majority of your COM
mittee. il is clear and conclusive that ours
was designed to be government OF irhfe
men. II was not intended by it's founders
that any other class, or race, should everbe
permitted TO control its desinies. The inter-
minglihg of races upon our sofia soil won
by The blood of white men--is so repugnant
10 treason and humanity" that we cannot
view i, iE any other light than nonslrous.-
The infusion of mixed blood into The veins
of our people, would bring innumerabls
evils in it's train. The heUlth, the vigor, 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 amalgamalion. The
distinctive tastes and habits and degree Of
refinement oil the white and colored races
would be mingled in Inexlricable confusion,'
and the acknowledged superiority of the for.
mrr, tho revolving sProesss- of admixlure
continued, would silently disappear in the
same proportion as the corupting element
of the latter insilled itself into the blood Of
our descendants. To protect ourselves and
our posterity from such alarming results, we
must 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
meri, of the recent decision OF the Court,
which, in It's future application and develop
n.eni, will amply shield US from The dangers
10 which we have adveIted. However much
we may regret the unfortunate condition of
the colored race, we cannot, in our examina-
lion Of question fraught with so much inter-
est, lose sight Of the great truth that "sef-
preservation is the first law of nature."
To admi, The citizenship Of the negro, is 10
place him, without limitation, upon the same
equality with the while man. lis ultimate
effect would be 10 witness the African and
his descendants clustering around lbe polls
in the exercise of the same iresimable
privileges now enjoyed by the great Cau-
casian race, and perhaps few years would
exhibit The startling spectacle of colored rep
rsseniatives occupying the same seats now
so respectfully filled by the majority of the
committee. Such state of things would be
full Of perils.to our common country, and
was never contemplated by the fathers Of
the republic. The Articles of Coniedera.
:ion. adopted by the thirteen original States,
at time when emancipated negroes were
"not sufficiently numerous 10 attract atten-
lion as separate class" but "were regard
ed as part Of the slave populauon," con-
tains the following article.
ART. ". "The better 10 secure and per-
peiuate mutual friendship and intercourse
among the people of the different States, in
this Union, The FREE inhabitants of each Of
these States, paupers, vsgabonds, and fugi.
tives from justice excepted, shall be entitled
10 all privileges and immunities Of FREE cili.
zens in the several States; and the people
of each State shall have free ingress and
egress 10 and from any o'her 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-
strctions shall not extend so Ear as 10 prevent
the removal OF PROPERTY imported into any
State, 10 any other State Of sch,eh The ownsr is
an inhabitdnt; provided also iha, no imposi-
lion, duties or restriction shall be land by
any Slaie on the property Of the United
States, or either OF iEem."
When the foregoing article was adopted,
the negro was essentially regarded in ell the
States as merchan,abis property. The word
free there use, was intended 10 embrace,
exclusively, the then existing sphite ropula.
lion, and in It's application was mol designed
to include any other class of people. The
word property as employed in the Articles
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