The Nevada journal., 1858-04-02
The Niger BiLL.-Mr. Warfeld,

The Niger BILL.-Mr Warfield,
DR.. Warfeld, Hon. James Buchanan
Warfeld, the exceedingly astute mem
Der of the Assembly from Nevada has
immortalized himself by the introduction
of bill to haul "niggers out of the
fence" 'and send them" in the chaste
langua sc of another of the lights of Ne
vada. "where they come from, of
course" The latter gentleman we be-
lieve is pious professor of christianity
in some form, and has an anxious desire
to have the poor negroes "born again.
The church to which he is an attache,
has in all ages advocated law and force
to gain its ends, and it is not surprising
that he should be found the jealous ad-
vocate of a law to drive negroes back to
where they come from-the "terterrima
cauSa of all beHi"
Mr.. Shepard made the following ap-
propriate remarks in the discussion of
the niger bill, on Monday last:
"This is not like the China question.
This is not a great measure of public
policy. From the empire on our west,
the immigration into our midst NAV be-
come great and growing evil There
are four or five hundred millions of peo-
pie there, and they could food US with
their hordes in one year, and eat out the
substance of our land But all this
present troublous legislation is about
four or five thousand peaceable black
men, who are now kept beneath our
race by statutes preventing their voting
and testifying. Now it is proposed to
still further degrade them, by licensing
them to live amongst us and pay their
taxes Now, sir, in this connection al
low me to say that ] am no particular
sympathizer with the negro L am by
no means an Notwithstanding of
tie sort. l have personal prejudice
against niger. But when it comes to
this process of legislation, which contra
diets the great foundation principles of
humanity and right, would sooner have
my right arm withered than | would en-
gage in the commission of such injustice
| can look at this Chinese question calm
ly and fairly; l would pass no cruel
laws, lay down no disproportionate pen
alties. Now, sir. | must confess that |
have peculiar views in regard to human
nature. But | will say this, sir, that if
the spirit of Almighty God should hover
over this hall now, in an intangible es-
sence, and each man should be put on
pivot hundred miles from here, remov-
ed one foot above the level Of the earth
and the question was propoun1ed to him
whether he would vote for these bills
with all the Influences Of a neai'lIy cdu-
cation, of an Inherent love of hHmanit V.
and of good operating upon han, lie
would turn and answer ''No;' and had
he the voice of ten thousand trumpets,
he would answer so that the world might
hear, "No" But the complication of
politics. why, look at It all through the
simple complication Of politics! The
real, old fashioned Southerncr, who
owns a lot Of fniggcrs, would never vote
for these bills. OHe Of your Oh Nir-
| ginia Planters-i've seen EN-; know
'em I've talked with 'cm-they would
spurn such things as these. But feeble,
obedient, servilc Yankee imitators, want
TO ut-Herod IIcrod-who rever owned
a niger, WHO never will be able to own
a nigger, and who never ought to-.hese
toadying dirt eaters strive zealouslt to
initiate what they suppose to be, Int
what actually Is not. the tyranny of the
slave masters. These, too, are the crea
lures who wouid make invidioas distiac-
tions to my prejudice, because | am
from the North, and still retain in my
bosom faith III humanity, decent respect
for It's wants, and an ordinary sympathy
for those of my fellow men who are nv
interiors, or who are in degradation and
misery. / am not ashamed of my ex-
plantations. or afraid to assert nv rights
"our country claims feaity grant it so but then
Before man made Us citizens, gre Nature made us men
lie true to God who's true to man; wherever wrong
is done
To the hunbest the weakest meath the all behollng
That wrong is also done to MS and they are slaves most
base,
Whose love Of right is for themselves and not for an
their race
The NEGRO RAcE.-Bayard Taylor
writing from Nubia, in Upper Egypt,
says:
"Those friends cf the African race
who point to Egypt as proof of what
that race has accomplished, are wholly
mistaken, The only negro features rep
resented in Egyptian Sculpture.are those
of slaves and eaptives taken in Ethiopi-
opian wars of the Pharaohs. The tenn
pies and pyramids throughout Nubia, as
! far as the Darnf aud Ah,cs;nin oil hon.