The Placer herald., 1862-04-12
Negro Equality with the White Race.


swoop degradcs and corrupts an entire race!-
Language fails in giving name to so great
wickedness
We have, in times past, on frequent occasions
CHARGED that this was a result sure to follow
upon carrying the doctrines of the Republican
party into practice and for so charging have
beea considered extreme and prejudicca. We
would not wlfully do injustice to an individual
or to party, but it strikes us that the facts are
in these times accumulatirg SO fast and becoming
so palpabc, that no one can fail to see the truth
of our assertions.
The negro is species OF man essentially differ
ent from the white race. he comes from the hot
test part OF the globe, where be Lreathcs in
health an atmosphere that is a fatal miasma to
the white man; where the most savage animals
and venomous serpents and insects do most nat
urally cngcudcr. a country strange in nature
that. as naturaists inform us. of the three hun
dred different species of animals known to abound
in Africa, two hundred and fifty are peculiar to
that and the adjacent Island of Madagascar.-
From such country comes "a thick-skulled, flat
nosed, woolly-headed, thick-lipped race, whose
skin is black and thick, and secreting respiration
of an unpleasant odor, called the negro. For
thousand years his ancestry have been in the most
abect bondage. where not only his Labor but his
life was ut the comma nd of his barbarOus savage
master. Examine him physically with the sur
geons knife-he is not Il white man; take him
Intellectually and morally and he is not white
man; moreover, God, as if to place the matter
beyond question. even with the least observant,
caused his skin to be black, whilst tnat Of our
race is white.
White and black-is it possible that such eH-
tremes are meaningless? They who think so, it
strikes us, have but limited idea OF the wisdom
aud design of the Almighty Scarce three gen
erations ago this black man dragged by his
more savage black captor from his native junGles
and sold into American slavery. and now there
are those who profess to believe he has improved
so rapidly even in state of slavery, which they
at the same time denounce as barbarizing. as to
become the equal of the white man. 1t is the
peculiar faith Of the Republican, Abolition party
that these negroes are created equal to the white
man. and are as much entitled to the enjoyment
of all our political privileges as though he was
born white man; and it is very certain il you
conccde political equality, Sambo will force you
to admit his social equality -onc naturally fol-
lows the other; for although you may not fancy
the association much. you cannot turn the cold
shoulder upon the mrl who may set upon the
bench or jury represent you in the | gslative
halls, or give testimony where your interests,
character or life are involved. To this equality
with the white race Of the United States we
charge it is the design of the Republican, Aboll-
ton party 10 bring the negro. In proof of it we
point TO the efforts thatparty are making to abol
ish the slavery OF the negro in the District OF
Columbia, and wherever else they can bring it
about We point to efforts made by Republican
leaders in the Senate the United States, torecOg
nize on terms Of equality. the negro concern call
ed llayti, and to grant the wooly headed embassa-
dors of niggerdom social equality at the White
House. We point to every free State that has
been for any time under Republican domination
it will there be found that the negro is eligible
to be Il licensed preacher physician and lawyer
and that he exercises the highest privilege of the
white mamie votes. We point to the fact
occurring for the first time in the history Of our
Government, and in violation of all law and past
precedent of Secretary Seward certifying under
~
of the United Stutes." and granting this to him
as u passport to the people of Europe. We point
to the efforts now making by that party in this
State to allow negro testimony equal weight and
force with the white man in civil and criminal
trials before our Courts.
These are the unmistakable evidences of the
intention Of this infatuated party to force re-
cogntion of the equality Of the negro-a state
of things violative of natures laws. the Constitu
and humbling to the last degree of the white man.,
and degrading and ruinOus TO the race.
You cannot make white man of a black one,
but you may pull down the white man to the level
OF the negro. The Democratic party, every
where and of all divisions. have declared this
Government rs the work Of the white race,
and that it's leading object was to benefit the
white man. Upon this proposition, there is
among Democrats no division of sentiment. l
then, they would save themselves their wives
and children from insult and loathsome degrade
tion, and the race from degcneracy, let then
arouse to the dangers impending. Let us moi
wait, until by usurpaton the centralized Govern
men is made SO powerful to resist all efforts to
right this wrong, and yoa be forced TO accept
whatever this Republican rule. chooses to dictate
WILL BE DEFEArED.-We are assured
that Senator Parks bill for the dismember-
ment Of Placer, and the enlargement OF
his county Of Sutter, which was forced so
hurr;edly through the Senate, will be defeat
ed in the Assembly. We hope so.
Poon TRAY,-Marshal Boggs is making
havoc among the untagged dogs. Those