Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-07

Gbeech of Honorable " a. Richard
son, Of Illinois, IN tie House Of Re.
nyesentae;vss, May 19, 1862.

Gbeech Of Honorable ". a. Richard.
som. ef Illinois, IN The House Of Re.
prsssntas;vss, Nay 10, 1852.
IcosciusroN.
The evils Of the attempted equaliza'
ton of the races 10 illustrsted BY the
history of Mexico. That country VA
settled by the intelligent Spaniard, Z
race not interior to our own ancestors
They developed the resources of the
country by building roads, highway
and canals. All along their line o
| march the church aud the schoolhouse
we're erected az landmarks Of their pro
gress. But finally the idea Of the equal
iziug Of the races became popular; the
attempt WAS made, the races we're com
mingled, and thenceforward the deter
Grafton Of the people was rapid and
fearful. This holds true not only IN
Mexico and throughout Cent? 81 and
Southern America, but in all sections Of
the globe wherever the white race haa
commingled with the black or the In
dian. This system Of equalization has
failed to elevate the inferior, but has
always degraded the superior race.
On the other hand, wherever the purity
Of the white race has been preserved,
| its superiority has continued, and its de-
velopment, both mental and physical,
progressed. Neither soil nor climate,
apon this continent or elsewhere, has
over lowered the standard of the gov
erning race.
For three-quarters of century the
United States have led the van 10 ell
that is great or useful in inventions.
We have made an errand-boy Of the
lightning; We have applied steam as .
propelllng power. In a single year we
have demonstrated the fraiIty of: eng.
lands wooden walls" by the construc-
ton of our iron clad ships OF war and,
at the same time, by the same thought,
dissipated all previously entertained
opinions of sea coast and harbor fortifi-
cations. Sir, / am satisfied with the
history of the races as they are. as they
were created, and as our fathers legis-
lated for them. l claim no originality
for these thoughts; they have been en-
tertained by some Of the ablest states
men, not only of our country, but OF
England, among them Mr.. Canning,
who, when the British Parliament was
considering schemes kindred to those
now occupying the attention Of the
Republican party in this country, said {:
"In dealing with the negro, sir, we
must remember that we are dealing
with a being possessing the form and
strength Of man. but the intellect only
of child. To turn him loose in the
manhood of his physical strength, in
the maturity Of his physicel passions,
but in the infancy of his unrestricted
reason, would be to raise up creature
resembling the splendid fiction Of
recent romance, the hero of which con-
structs human form, with all the cor
poreal capabilities OF man. and with the
thews and sinews Of giant; but, being
unable to impart to the work Of his
hands perception of right and wrong,
he finds too late that he has only created
a more than mortal power OF doing
mischief, and himself recoils from the
monster he has made"
One of their great statesmen of to-
day, Lord John Russell, whenever he
aiiudes 10 the black race IN America,
and to change OF its status, talks only
of very gradual emancipation, because
he knows that sudden and unconditional
emancipation would be destruction to
both the negro and the white man
British statesmen opposed immediate
emancipation upon the ground OF expe
diency alone. American statesmen
should oppose it, not only upon that
ground, but also upon the ground that
the Constitution gives no power to in
terlere with the domestic institutions Of
the several States-no such power either
in peace or in war.
But to reach the goal of their hopes,
the atolitionists Of this country are will
ing to override expediency, the law,
aud the Constitution; to destroy the
Government itseli, in order to emanci.
pate at once all the slaves Of the South.
FouR.FIFrHS OF TIE SOLDIERS OPPOSED
TO NEGRO EQUALITY.
My colleague (Mr. Lovejoy,) says
two thirds or three.fourths Of the army
are abolitionists. This may be true,
but upon the new constitution for the
State of Illinois, which contains pro
vision to exclude negroes from locating
within the State, the soldiers do not
vote like abolitionists. Eleven Of our
regiments have already voted upon the
adoption OF that constitution.
MIR. Wickliffe-H How did they vote /?
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS votes
we're gwen against it, and all the rest
some several thousand-were given
for it.
Throughout the State of Illinois,
abolitionists arc opposing this constitu>
ton, and Democrats and conservative
men are advocating its adoption.
Four.fifths, and perhaps nine tenths,
Of all the men that carry muskets and
knapsacks in the army Of the West are
opposed to the doctrines Of negro equal.
ity and abolition, as preached by the
gentleman from the Bureau District of
Illinois. He is man Of great bold uess,
apparently, and / must do him the JUS.
tice to say that he advocates abolition