M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-03-22
From Columbus.
COLUMBUS, March 16, 1S6

the "irrepressible niger" is just
now playing the deuce with the West
erville School, or College in this Coun.
|ty, which was established, | believe,
under the auspices Of the United
Brethren. A few days since the Di-
rectors admitted couple ofgentlemeE
with visible admixtnre," whereup-
on number of students left fer n pur-
er atmosph ere, while others who were
about to become students respectfully
declined to enter the school. | have
Just had a conversation with one who
has attended that institution for two
yeals past-the son of a former Rep.
resentative Of Fairfield County. Ee
says the Directors who admitted the
negroes call themselves Republicans!
OF course; who would suspect them
OF being anything else
Speaking Of this, reminds me that
there is a now bill before the House
to prevent the intermarrase Of whites
aud blacks. Like every other meas
nro for the protection of white folks,
which has been proposed in this body,
it will get its quetus by postponement,
tabling or direct defeat. Even Mr..
HutchesOn's resolutions which simply
disappointed the attempt at servile
insurrection by John Brown and his
followers, were killed outright, on
Saturday, by striking ont all after the
preamble. The bill Of Mr.. IIarri,
son, to prevent citizens OF Ohio from
aiding or forming military expeditions
against other States, met with simi,
lar fate in the Senate.
III lo5O, the mum Der OF negroes in
Ohio was 25,279, and the number in
the PenitentIary at that time was A,
being one out every 574 The NUN.
Der in the Penitentary now is over
one hundred, showing that either the
negro population has doubled in ten
years, or that the number OF criminals
in that class Of our population is vast.
ly larger in proportion than among
Tie whites. Either showing is bad
We do not desire our color
ed population doubled every ten years,
nor do we want an increase ola class
that furnishes such disproportionate
number of criminals. The number of
whites in the Peniteutiary in 1850 was
POI, or one in every 1854. The negro
therefore, furnishes ten
times the number OF criminals that the
same number OF whitesiurnishes! These
are stubborn facts, and, as no great pc
riod Uftime will elapse ere We ahall have
to adopt some measure Of protection
against being over-run with a trouble.
Some, inferior and distinct race, it is
high time for the people to take them
into consideration and ponder them
well.
In this connection, it is proper to
mention the tact that Gov. Donnison
has refused to comply with the requi.
stion of Gov Letcher, of Virginia,
for delivering Owen Brown and Fran.
els Merriam, who have been indicted
in that State for aiding in the Harper's
Ferry inSurrection, Dennison's ex-
cuSe is ridiculous pettiloging quib.
bic, which never would have beer
thought of had Brown and Merriam
been indicted Tor stealing instead Of
luciting negroes to cut the throats of
their masters.
| will state another fact as the coup
de grace in this chapter on the "irre-
preSsible" niger. At tho late Re-
publican State Convention some dozen
Or more Of gentlemen from Africa
were spectators Of the proceedings,
mixed up promiscuously with the
crowd, mapitesting the greatest inter-
est in the endorsement OF Massa Chase.
A proposition has been made to the
Legislature by Messrs. Nugent, Mil
Ter and Robinson, in which they agree
to pay the State 100000 lor the use
Ut the Canals lor tue term OF
ten YEARS; the repairs to be made
as the Board OF Public works
shall direct, &c, &c. 1t is rath-
er remarkable that the Public works
Ol Ohio have never paid since the
time they were managed by a demo.
cratic Board. The report Of last year