New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-16
AmALGAmAT.ON or RACES.

as he seems, from recent speech, 10
think ID is. He fondly fancies that he
is a pure Caucasian, whereas be is Saxon ond
Celt and Norman and scandinavian and pos
sibly trace of the African might, by delicate
analysis, be found poluting tho stream OF his
life. lie could MT, Of his own knowledge.
swear to-day that the great original Brooks was
not Wakamba in Central Africa, OF Cossack
from the steppes of farther Russia. lie does
Mt know, at this moment, whether his great
groat.grcat- great grandfather was black
or white--was Jew or a Certificate rice IN
Inda, elephants in Africa, human flesh in Poly
nesa or train oil in Greenland. He Is un'
doubtedly bleached now, but the process OF he
delightful discolOratiOn is happily hidden from
him. Neither does lie know nnything Of bis.
tory, or be would not talk with such egresious
folly of the pure Hidalgo blood OF SPAIN
that blood being VIGOROUSLY mixture, with
no inconsiderable Arabic in it; for proof OF
which we refer him to so common n book a.
Condos History. And yet, in this benighted
condition, in which ho cannot be sure that he
is not traduciDg one of bis grandmOtherS. Mr.
James Brooks shudders in public at the bare
idea of an amalgamatioD, Of which lila pariicu-
lar friends the planters have been the frs. to
set The country an example. We bid BIN be
of good cheer. We have read the Presidents
Proclamation carefully, End there is really
nothing in it which can possibly compel any
BROOKS, against bis will, to marry Black.
The family if they Please, may remain bleached
Brookscs down TO the Day of Judgment.
Again; there is no provision IN the document
obliging Mr.. James Brooks to ask Mr.. Fred
eIicA Douglass to breakfast aud, fortunately
for Mr. Douglass, there is no provision obligng
him to accept the invitation should Mr. Brooks
profier IT,. and 70 much for the Honorable
James
Ii is evident that one OF the principG, re-
sources of the Opposition, during the present
canvass, is an appeal TO that cruel aud ungen-
erous prejudice agansl color which sill remains
to disgrace our civilization and to impeach our
Christianity. Ii is astonishing with how much
stoliditv men, who also call themselves gentle
men, resort, at pinch, TO tie intolerance aud
the arrogance of caste; and, TO satisfy the cA-
igencies of az election initiate, TO the bes, oi
their ability, those atrocities which are the
stigma Of history. This gross ilidcliiy to toe
spirit of the Constitution now finds ls caiicst
expression in the studied and T., stcmltic De-
probation Of The African; but ii is plain 20 zee
that thcse selfish slanderers, under d!lefcn.
condition of affairs, would be quite az unscrg-
puous in their libcls upon Jew, or upon IRISH
men or upon Germans. History has taught
these men nothing The age for them ia as
dark as any age that has passed away. They
would have joined heartily in the massacre and
plGndeIng OF the Jews 10 the tine Of Richard
/. They would have been ready volunteers in
promoting the atrocities Of Tie Bartholomew.
They would have bounded on The Spanish sol
diers iu ,he extcrmination or Tue cnslarcmeut
Of the West Indian aborigines. 81 any period
OF the worlds history, and in any quarter ..
the globe in which their wrctched lot might
have been cast, they would have been found
the ready tools Of the AIvas, the Medic,, or
the Caslleresgls
4 greet and generous people, intent upon
public justice aud the largest equity, VII not
shrink from Tie consequences OF doing right, F.
however incouyenicnt or embarrassing they
may for time be found. The morality Of
our primers. 10 say nothing of the commands
of Revelation. teaches us that obedience to
conscience should never be modified by possible !
results. There are in this city scores upon
scores Of churches, aud in every one Of them,
upon the Lords Day and upon Saints Days, /
at fast and at festival, is taught, not only Tie
duty OF love to man, bu. the duty of constancy
to the great idea. and Of courage aud faith in
giving to il a concrete expression. When we
Ourselves aTe injured and are seeking for fe-
dress, We confidently cry out "Lct justice DO
done, though the Heavens fall" and we expect
that our appeal viii he needed. 1t ia only
when we are called upon TO do Ike justice
10 our neighbors that We begin 20 prev; rica.e
and argue, and 10 trnmple truth down into u
slough OF dIalectics. One would tbink that the /
miserable condition Of this nation given up to /
fire and sword, TO distraction and gnawing ep-
prehensiOD, to modification aud 10 tangible
money bankruptcies and now driven TO make
q lasl icrcc struggle for its life, should teach
lis that there can be neither peace nor safety
nor prosperity in an cnormous public Crime
Bat there are those to whom experience, how
ever bitter, brings no warning They stand
last b. their faulty through sunshine aud
through shadow. and in their ruin find com
placent consolation in the very consistency
which has destroyed them
10 those who mike the Proclamation simnlv