The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-06-14

races. God made the white man superior
10 the block, and no legislation will undo
or Change the DEGREES Of Heaven. They
are unalterable AS the laws of nature,
eternal as divinity itself, and to legislate
against them leads US to infidelity and
ruin. Since creation dawned, the white
race has inlproved and advanced ia the
scale OF being but as the negro was then
so he is now. " But" says the aboutionist,
the African has been blessed with no
opportunity for Improvement Who gave
the white maa 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.
History has faithfully recorded their
Achievements. To that impartial tribunal
l confidently appeal for the verifcation of
the white mans superiority. AS God
made them so have they remained, and
unlike the abolition equaIizationists / find
no fault and utter noncompliance against
the wisdom and justice Of our Creator.
The evils of the attempted equalization
of the races is illustrated by the history
of Mexico. That country was settled by
the intelligent Spanard, a race not infe-
rIor TO our own ancestors. They developed
the resources of the couHtry by building
roads, highways, and canals All along
their line of march the church ard the
school house We're erected as landmarks
OF their progress. But finally the idea of
the equalizing of the races became popular;
the attempt was made, the races were
eommingled, and thenceforward the de
terioratlon of the people was rapid and
fearful. This holds true not only in Nexi-
co and throughout Central and Southern
America, but in all sections of the globe
wherever the white man has commingled
With the black or the Indian. This sys-
TEN Of Q qualization has failed to elevate
the inferior, but has always degraded the
superior race. On the other hand where
ever the purity of the white race has been
preserved, its superiority has continued.
and It's development, and its development,
both mental and physical, progressed--
Neither soil or climate, upon this continet
or elsewhere, has ever lower ed the stand
ard OF the governing race
For three-9uar of century the
United States have led the van in all that
is great or uSefuliu inventions. We have
made an errand boy of the lightning; we
have applied steam as n propeIling power.
In n single year we have demonstrated
the fraIlfy OF England wooden walls
by the construction Of our iron-clad ships
of war, and at the same time, by the
same thought, dissipated all previously
entertained options Of sea coas: and har-
Dor Notifications. Sir, | am satisfied with
the history Of the races as they are, as
they were created, and as our fathers leg
islated for them. | claim no originality
for these thoughts; they have been enter
tained by some of the ablest statesman,
not only of our country, but Of England,
among them Mr.. Claiming, who. when
the British Parliament was considering
schemes kindred TO those now occupying
the attention Of the repu blican party in
this country, said
In dealing with the negro. sir. we must
member that dealing with a being possess
ing the form and >;renfith of man, but tbs intel
eci only Of "a child To turn HIM io>se in the
manhood of his ply ysical strength, IN the maturity
Of his physical passions. but IN the infancy Of his
unId>tructed reason, would be to up a
tuTe resembling the splendid fiction OF recent
romance. the hero # which constructs a human
form. with all the corporeal capabilities of man.
and with The Ihews aud sinew. ot giant but
being unable TO impart 20 the work Of his hands
perception Of right and wrong. be hnds too late
that he ha, only created a mole than mortal power
Of dong mischief. and himself recoi!s from the
rirnri.r hs ns- made
Oue nf their great statesmen OF to day,
Lo'd John Il s-le, whenever he aliuies 10
the black race in America and to change
Of IL tits, talks only of very gradual
cmancipat on, because he knows that sud-
den and unconditional emancipation would
be destruction 10 both the negro and the
white man. British statesmen opposed
immediate emancipation upon the ground
of eXpediency alone. American statesmen
should oppose it, not only upon that
ground, but also upon the ground that the
Constitution gives no power to interfere
with the domestic institutions of the seve-
raj States-no such power either in peace
or in war
But 10 reach the goal of their hopes, the
aboiit;onists of this country are willing to
override expediency, the law, and the Con-
stitution to destroy the Government it.
self, in order to emancipate at once all the
slaves of the South.
NV colleague OR. Lovejoy) says two
thiro.s or three fourlhs of the Army are
abolitionists. This may be true but upon
the new constitution for the State of Hi.
nois, which contains provision to exclude
gecroes from locating within the State the
soldiers do not vote like abolitionists-
Eleven of our regiments have already
voted upon the adoption of that constitu-
ton.
Mr.. WICKILFFE How did they vote?
Mr.. RICHARDSON SiXty-three votes were
given agains; it, and all the rest-some
several thousand-were given for it.
Throughout the State of Illinois abolit
ionsts are opposing THE constitution, and
Democrats and conservative men are ad
yocating its adoption.
Four-tifths. and preeaps ninetenths, Of
all the men that carry muskets and KNAPP
sacks in tile army of the West are opposed
to the doctrin of negroe equality and
abolition, as preached by the gentlemen
from Bureau district of Illinois. He is a
man OF great boldness, apparently, and |
must do him justice to say that he adrO-
Gates abolition and its consequences with
great fearessness though he is too discreet
to make as strong speeches in southern
Illinois as he does at Chicago He and
several other gentlemen of kindred opin-
ions favored ME by canvassiug through
my district during the late campaign that
| made FOR Congress, and it gives me great
pleasure to state that they were quite
moderate.
a VOICE: Didn't they give you votef?
Mr. RICHARDSON Well, sir, they were
like the boy whom the minister of the
Gospel found fishing on Sunday. Said he,
:" My boy, you are very wickedi you ought
not to be sporting upon the Sabbath.
"Oh, said the boy, ' amt doing no hurt,
and amt wicked, for l haven't caught a
single fish, laughter. So 1t was with
my abolition friends when the sported in
my district; they were not very wicked
for they caught no fish. Laughter
Sir, I will not disgress, but return to
the consideration Of the solemn responsi-
bilities that are resting upon u.s. Our
country is menaced by sece> sionists in
arms, rebels, upon one hand, and by abol.
itionists, nullitiers Of the laws and the
Constitution, upon the other. Sir, ! pro.
pose bayonets for the former, ballots for
the latter These two classes disposed Of
and there Will be return to the prosper
ity, the peace and happiness of the earlier