M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-06-12

vles in proiundity with the immortal
General Phelps, undoubtedly consid
ere martial law the very casket jewel
Of American liberty.
My mind, Mr. Chairman, ravolts at
the idea Of degrading the citizen sol
dierY of my country TO the level OF the
negro. Sir, the American volunteer
has always been our reliance in peace
and our vindication in var. | am
opposed, and you will tinl the volun
teer army Of the Union opposed, to
the equalization in tue ranks of citi-
zens ard slaves.
WE MUST RECEIVE NEGRO DIPLoMATI'Ts.
Having made such efforts for the
negroes OF the United States, it would
seem that your zeal in their behalf
would lag aud languish. But, no {;
you now 60 wandering among the is.
lands oil the sea, and over tue cont.
nents Of the globe, in pursuit of negro
principalities and republics which you
may recognize among the powers of
the eaath. Hayti aud Liberia furn-
ish further matter for your iniatua.
tion to fatten upon, and you at once
proceed to establish diplomatic rela.
tions with the United States and these
benightGd and balf made parodies
upon human government
At an annual expense of thousands
OF dollars, you propose to receive dip.
lomats from them and send United
States Ministers to them indeed are
You the champions OF negro equality,
without regard to cost, place, pro.
priety Or dignity.
This Congress has been in session
nearly eight months, and all that
have reviewed, you have done, and
more you would do if you could, for
the negro. What have you done Tor
the white man ! Have you provided
for the payment of pensions to the
soldiers who have been, disabled while
fighting in the battles Of your coun
tryl Havo you appropriated money
to relieve the wants and necessities OF
the widows an orphans Of white men
who have persisted upon the battle.
field defending the Constitution aud
the flag of the cuuntry2 All, no !
your time has been too much engr oss
ed with the negro to these things
You have not appropriated one dollar
for these purposes purposes which
should enlist the ability and the sym.
pathy of every patriot in the land.
1t the statement IS incorrect; if this
Kepubliean party or its Administra.
tlon have ever made single effort in
behalf of the MANNED soldiers, a sin.
gle appropriation for the support Of
the.orphans and widows of slain sol.
diers, l hope some gentleman upon
the other side Of the House will cor.
rect me. There is no response, anG |
am reassured in the correctness of nv
assertion by your silence. The alIsvi.
alton of sufferings of white men or
the protection OF their rights is not in
your line ofphilan.hropy. Like your
illustrious prototypes, Mrs. Jellaby,
Ct the Boribo-la-ga mission, or the
Rev. "Aminadab Sleek" in the play
Of 1he Serious Family to the politi.
cal branch of which you Abolitionists
will soon belong, your sympathies
are never active in behalf Of practical
and genuine beneyoence.
REASONS AGAINST EoUALIzING THE RA.
oEs.
Mr.. Chairman, | am opposed to all
these sickly schemes for equalizing
the races. God made the white man
superior to the black, and no lsgisla.
ton will undo or change the DEGREES
Of Heaven. They are unaIterable as
the laws of nature, eternal as Dlvini.
ty itself, and to legilate against them
leads us to infdelity and ruin. Since
creation dawned, the white race has
improved aud advanced ir the scale
OF being, but as the negro was then
30 be is now. "But," says the ABB.
litionists "the African has been bless.
ed with no opportunity for improve.
ment." Who gave the white man an
opportunity ? God, in his infinite
justice, placed the two races upon the
earth at the beginning Of time to work
out their respective destinies. Histo
ry has faithfully recorded their achieve
ments. To that impartial tribunal |
confidently appeal for the veriic4tion
Of the white mans superiority. AS
God made them SO have they remain.
ed, and, unlike the Abolition equali.
zasionists, | find no fault and utter no
complaint against the wisdom and
justice of our Creator. ~
The evils ofthe attempted eouali.
zahon Of the races is illustrated BY the
histery of Mexico. That country
was settled by the intelligent Span.
lard, race not inferior to our own
ancestors. They developed the re-.
sources Of the country by building
roads, highways and canals. All