M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-12-29

lamity which turned st. Domingo in
to Il heap of bloody ashes in 1901
There are between three and foul
millions OF the cOlored race scattered
through tho Southern and South,
western States, in small groups in
cities, towns, villages, and in larger
bodies on isolated plantations; in the
house, the factory aud the field; min.
gled together with the dominant racg
in the various pursuits OF lite; the lat
ter amounting in the aggregate to
eight or nine millions, If rightly rec,
ollect the numbers. Upon this com,
munity, thus composed, it was tue de-
sign OF Brown to let loose the heIl
hounds ofa servilo insurrectlon, aud to
bring on a struggle which for magui.
tude, atrocity and horror, would have
stood alone in the history of the
world, [Applausc And these
eight or nine millions, against whom
this war was levied, arc our fellow
citizens, entitled with us to the protec.
tion OF that compact Of government,
which recognizes their relation to the
colOrCd race-a compact which every
sworn officer Of the Union or of the
States is bound by his oath to support.
Among them, sir, is Il fair proportion
OF men and women OF education and
cuItMe-Oi moral and religious lives
and characters virtuous fathers
mothers, sons and daughters, persons
who would adorn any station OF sociu.
ty, in any country-men who read the
same Bible that we do, and in the
name OF the same Master, knccl at the
throne Of the same God, forming Il
class Of men from which have gone
forth some Of the greatest and purest
characters which aIOrn our history
Washington, jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Marshall. These are the
men, tho women, for whose bosom,
pixies and rifles are manufactured in
New England, to be placed in the
hands vi an ignorant tjcct race, sup.
posed, most wrongtuIly, as recent
events have showO, to be waiting on
ly for an opportunity to use them
[ApYlanse]
Sir, have on three or four differ.
ent occasions in early life and more
recently, visited all the Southern and
South western States, with !ha eX.
ccption OF Arkansas and Alabama. 49,
| have enjoyed tue hospitality Of tho
city and the country; | have had the
privilege before crowded and iayoring
audiences, to hold up the character of
the father Of his country, ana to incul-
cate the blessings OF the Union, in the
same precise terms in which | have
done it here, at home, and in the 9th
er portions OF the land. have been
admitted to the confidence Of the do
nestle circle, and | have seen there
touching manifestations Of the kindest
feelings, 10y which that circle, in all
its members, high and low, master
and servant, can be bound together,
and when | contemplate tho horrors
that would have ensued had the TRACE.
dy on which the curtain rose at llar.
pcr's Ferry 0een acted ont, through all
itsscehes Uftire and sword, of lust and
OF rapine aud Ges0lation, to
ihc final catastrophe, am filled with
emotions TO which no words can DO
Justice. There could Of course be- but
one result, and that well deserving the
meditation OF those, il any
such there be, who Thick that the
welfare OF the colorgd race could by
any possibility be promoted by the
success OF such n movement, aud
who are willing 20 purchase that re.
5uItby 50 costly a sacrifice. The col
Ored population ot st. Domingo
to but little short Of half Il j
while the whites amounted to
only thirty thousand. The white pop.
uiatiUn OF the Southern States alone,
in the aggregate, outnunbcr5 the
cOiOred race IN the ratio OF two to one:
in the Uaion at large, in the ratio OF
seven 10 one, and if (Which Heaven
lvcrD they shall be brought into con.
iict, it could end only inthe cxte'ni-
nation of the latter after scenes of
woe, lUr which language is too faint, |
and Tor which the liveiiest fancy has
40 adequate images Of horror SUCH
Jelug tile case, some one may ask, |
why does not the South iortily herself
against the possible occurrence Of.
such a catastrophe, by doing away |
With the one great source from which !
alone it can spring! This is Il qnes- !
ion easily asked, and | am not aware
hat it is Or DUTY at the North to an.
'wer it; but it may be observed that
great aud radical changes in the
framework ofsocietY, involving the re.
ations Uftwelye millions Of men, will
lot wait on the bidding Of an mpa-
lent philanthropy. They can only
70 brought abOutln the lapse OF time,
" the steady operation Of physical,
economical, and moral causes. Have