Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-11-07


The NUr CRAcKED.-The Sullivan Dem.
ocrat Of last week with that astutness,
which distinguished enlighted Democratic
press. send rs nut, or rather half dozen
Of them.
LIST. The mulattocs in the United States
are almost one eighth as numerous rs the
blacks"
2nd. "Thc free mulsttces are more than
half the number Of the free blseks"
Ord. "The free mulattoss are about one
twelfth Of the slave blacks"
4th. Nearly half Of the colorcd il the
7 free States are muIattoes."
( 5th. almost one ninth in the Slave
holding States are mulattoes"
9th. "In Ohio and the Territory there
are more mulattoes than blacks -
These are briefly. the propositions in
the article.
Without stopping to see II bis i stis,cs
are correct we desire to call the attention Of
our readers to this simple fact. that there
are 10 the United States about $50 900 Mu-
lattoes.-so many living proofs of prscti-
cal amslgamatiou, aud Negro Equality on
part of the Slave holding Democracy-an
average of two half breeds to each Slave
holder in the Union.
Every one knows that these creatures
are the products Of the Slave States, that
not one out of each thousand found in the
free States was boro here. that 999 of each
were born in the Slave States, aud that
1000 those to he found in the north are those
emancipatsd by their white fathers and
masters, or who have freed themselve s
from bondage.
So we see tina; there are about 300, 900
mulat5oes yet in the South aud say so 900
ia the North 4s, 900 Of whom were born in
the South or are the issue of mulattoes
sent from the South
Not being so well posted in niger ology
our Democratic brethren. who make it
their principle study. We are not prepared
60 say just how many slaves. and slave
mulauoes, or free blacks and free mulat-
toes there are in the United States. but as
surning that there are 4,O00,000 Of slaves,
and taking the Democrats estimate. No. 5,
that one twelfth in the Slave States are
mixed. we should find in the Slave States
333,333 Mulattoes, which we presume is
below the fact. That the proportion Of
free Mulattoes ia The United States to the
entire free Africans, is greater than the
proportion of Mulattc slaves TO the entire
slave population is only natural result
of this " mite Washing process, for as the
African blood is diluted by Caucasian
blood. the difficulty holding them in sla
very Increases and il become nee
essary TO send them north or free
them at home. 1t is only matter of
surprise, that more OF this mix
ed race are not set free and sent north, as
it is scarcely credible that man can be so
base as TO sell his own offspring into end
less slavery, to be subject to all It's horrors
and all its crimes but, that such is the
fact, no intelligent man pretends TO leuy.
1t is notorious that but year or two ago,
a United Statos Senator sent to the South
ern Slave market, beautiful girl. white
as himself, but the child OF light Mulalto
Slave girl, and bearing such striking
likeness 10 the distinguished Democratic
Senator as to attract the attention of all
who saw her, aud leave no doubt on the
minds of any as to the child's paternity.
Yet, in the face of all this damning ties
timony against the Slave loving Demo
cracy,-the Mulat.o producing Democra
cy, such delectable Democratic organs as
the Sullivan Democrat, aud the Terre
Haute Journal continue to pirate OF q" Ne
gro Equality" and apply the epithet to
Republicans, with about the same degree
OF consistency with which Roger A. Pry.
or or young Wise would apply the term
duellist to a quaker who loathes the very
thought Of gunpowder.