, 1859-02-21
PRESS AND=>TRIbUNE.


MrAt Hacker and the A1ricans+
: Mr. Representative Hacker has mono
m2nia, the essence whereof appeazs to be
that the colored population Of Illinois, (uuul.
berinE, perhaps, 5000 men, women aud chill
dren,) are likely to encroach On bis rights
under the Constitution, and his standing IN
in society. One would suppose that the low
Of 1853, providing for the sale at auction Of
my negro or mulatto coming into this
State with the intention to reside, would
t,e sufficient to protect Hacker e. Co.,
and establish distinction in their favor to
be known and read Of all men. That they
do make proper exertions under this statute
to promote the great personal reformation
sought to be established, is shown by the fre-
qpent notices in the newrpa pers Of Nr. Hack
cr's district, advertising the stalking up" and
the Judgment in jail Of black estrays. Iu-
decd, SO Jealous arc these people Of their
guarantees under the stars and stripes-so
firmly do they believe that eternal vigilance
is the price Of African Democracy-that
It is hazardous for man Of moderately dark
complexion to venture in crowd Of ultra
Hackerites, lest they clap him into log cal
aboose and sell him for jan.fees to the man
Who can work the "coEts'' out OF him in the
ahoftest time. They I've refer 10 the politi-
Clans Of "Egypt," Of whom Hacker and Lo-
gan a1e eminent types) belong to the ''poor
white trash" OF the s1ave States Never
x,xr1;1r n 1povth NJ xrnn1 INV 1,ov;rr
the remotest contingent interest in slavery,
they scramble ravenous1y to pick up its dirty
Jobs, and think never 70 highly Of themselves
us when they have done something in it's serv-
ice without pay, which no money could hire
holder to do. Though taught from in
fancy that "de 1ueanest niger in de world
Is de white nigger," they do little else than
vindicate their claims to thut very distinction.
When there are no blacks to be logged they
are always smelling uueaslly for truils, and It
is hard case indeed il they do not find some
disreputablc job which. would be scorned aud
spit upon By any human being except
Gcogian sand-hiller.
Bat ne are digreasing. oa Thursday last
Mr. Hacker, Of Union County, introduced
resolution in the Legislature, which was
&olidly votcd Tor by the Democracy, calling
for the appointment Of 9 committee to ex-
anime and report whether the laws prohibit
ing The residence Of free negroes in Illinois
did not require further tinkering and nddi.
t1onal severity. Taken in connection with
the fact that the session waa too near its
close to ALLOW any new enactment on the
subject, we may suppose that the movement
was designed only to cqst the oaor Of negro
equality ~ on every man who should vote
against It. But putting it in this mild light
-psesurning that the representative Of ex-
treme Egypt did not set out to wallow more
supincly than the whole generation
Of the j" trash " referred to-.-what shocking
straits must his party be rcductd
to! They have already put upon the statute
books black code, diaGraccful and detesta-
bic in the last degree, aud only saved from
being SLAVE code by the arm Of our Consti-
tuition, and the restraining power Of public
intelligence mud virtue with which Hacker d
Co. are not on speaking terms But the Lutte
election showed them, with all their negro
equality capital, to be in minority Of some
thousands Their stock ia trade Is exhausted.
they cannot 60 into the next campaign
without an African basis Of some sort. Last
fall they defeated two or th1ee Republican
candidates for The Legislature by charging
Tint the Republicans in previous Leg
lalature had roted aguinst taxing the
property Of negroes for school pur-
poses, wlthout ct the Fame time providing
Tor the education Of co]ored children. The
hlaskguards Of the the eouthera counties
Eung the changes on this horror through tic
whole campaign, notwithstanding Toombs OF
Georgia aud Brown Of Miss issppi, in tlc
United States Senate, had declared ,and
defended tie eame principle whcu dis
cussing the school law Of the District OF
Columbia. But then, Toombs aad Brown
we're genuine niger drivers, whereas Hacker
l. Go. were only " trash "-all tile difference
in the world. Yet with all their clamor and
uendaelty they we're left in the lurch By u
surprising popular rote, and they are ut their |
Wits end for more negro equality" Well,
20 ahead with your arhereax;ng, Mr. Hacker.
You aud CutIee are having gallant set-to.