The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-25
TACTICAL ANALGAnArIoN,

The census narsha return thrtytwe cases OF inter-
marriage between whites and oolorsd persons In ex-
aiming the particulars Of each age birth
place occupation, &c. much may be learned Of the
tves that chiefly induced such unions contrary u
human nature generally, and revolving 70 the sensi
bities Of civilized society We will FIRST note the fact
that all these the wife u white. There
cases returned Of white marrying black woman.
There are some six seven where black women
have claimed that they had been married TO Chinese
who had abandoned them. But not single case 70 70
turned where white man Of European birth Of native
born rs known 70 have married black woman.
OF the thirty two white women whose husbands are
black eighteen we're born In Ireland i've IN New York.
three in England two IN Scotland, In Virginia. n
Delaware one In Rhode Island, and ct So far
a. they profess TO have any occupssoo, thsy
generally call themselves waahwonen. Ten 4
them are 50 returned, one or two are re-
turned a. servants, and q seamstreas. The
occupations Of their husbands, ar they profess
70 have any, are laborsrs, ooachmcn, s. porters s.
sailors, g. walters, A. tailor l. barber, 1; butcher Il
pedler, l. cook 1; and keeps oyster saloon In n
case does the husband wife any real estate and
only the personal effects amount 70 $Ae and
In other TO so.
Another fact worthy Of notice is nearly every
one Of these cases the wife quite young and the mar
rage generally Of recent date Marriages Of this kind
do not last long generally The parties, especially the
women are terate and mSny Of them cannot read and
write Not these marriages existed ten years ago.
and some eight ten Of them took place during the past
year. The progeny, therefore, Is not numerous Ten
years hence judging from the past in similar cases.
probable that not Of these marriages win exist at
the parties will have practically dissolved the union
In most OF this kind the abandons her hus
band the first favorable opportunity soon she
feels the extent Of the odum she has incurred from
society around her. Though these facts does not fol-
low that marriages will There always young
women Of perverted ncnations in this respect igno-
rant teTate and reared under unfavorable surround
ipgs who in the moment Of singular halucinaton
Of mind will incur the dspleasure of society and friends
by marrying negro.
But the intelligent reader viii perceive that these
thirtytwo inerarriages Of blacks and whites do not
count for the 5000 muattoes In city. The fact
that perhaps not 100 muattoe have been born here
during the last generation which we're the result Of
such intermarriages. How then came they here9 Tho
census shows that than five sixths of them
born in the free States and most of them In this city.
They evidently the offspring Of illicit intercourse be-
tween white men and black women. And here 1t Is
where the purity Of white women shines pre- eminent
over that of the other Of the color We have
said that white do not marry black women and We
may now state a fact equally and susceptible Of
proof-nneenths Of the mulatoes in this city the
offspring Of white and black women. The cases In
which white woman has a mulatto child are compare
lively rare but black with muatto babies to
be seen in almost any lane and alley Of city Wne
Their this large preponderance In favor of the purity Of
white women over that Of white would hold If the
former had the means of conceaing the folly and
shame the latter leave others to judge but as the
facts stand mulatto basardy among almost wholly
attributable 10 intercourse between white and black
women though the former consent to marry the
latter
The following table viii show the occupation Of the
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