Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-03-31

liberty for which they We're ready at any
moment to lay down their lives on the
field of battle"
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Cards of Fun in the Missouri legislature.
They are having any amount Of sport 10
the Missouri Legislature. Most ali the
Members Of the legislature are emancipa-
tionists of some class, either direct or
or indirect. The few Copperheads there
use entirely opposite arguments from what
they 90 in Wisconsin.
1t seems a good many of the Shareholders
are unmarried, lise with negro concubines
their own property, and have children to
which they become attached; and then in
ripe old age they become rich and concience
stricken, want to educate their children, free
them and make them heirs at law. In
such cases their children are called creoIcs.
Such cases nust be puzzlers to our north
ern democrats who pretend such remarkable
hatred to the negro, and yet such exceeding
friendship for the rights Of their southern
brethren who are amalgamationists aud the
like; the following scene in the Missou-
ri Legislature last week illustrates what we
have said:
Mr.. Baily called up the Senate act for
the relief Of the Clamorgan heirs.
Mr.. Wingate explained that these heirs
were not the legal children Of the said Cla-
morgan. They are not as white as they
houd be, but are his natural Children
II tie House passes this bill it makes ille-
gltimate children as good as those born in
wedlock, and not white at that. They are
asking for property that has escheated TO the
State.
Mr.. Bennett said bis colleague did not I'M
derstand the matter as well as be should
lie is entirely ignorant of the facts OF The
case.
It was explained between Bennett, John
son, Wingate, Wilson and DAVIS, that
the father of these heirs brought vel
low woman to this country, lived with
her as bis wife, and had these Children by
her.
Mr.. Davis protested against robJing these
children Of their natnra relationship to their
father. He scorhed the idea of the State
taking by escheat property belonging to
these innocents. Black and white, he would
not stand upoutechnicalities when they are,
under God The father of US all, the children
Of this Clamorgan. Applause.
Mr.. Wolf asked if the Claybanks sprung
from this Clamolgan. Laughter.
The bill passed..
The following is speech made,
pending the aboge proceeding, by one of
the members in reply TO a CopperLead mo-
ton:
Mr.. Speaker, move to amend by pro-
yiding that no white child now born shall
be permitted to greet the goddess Of Liberty
in her undisputed reign over this State, SO
great in her length, breadth and thickness,
especially thickness 1t is 'yested right
in eyesy child now an eSse, as Blackstone
would say, 70 have, possess, retain, hold,use,
exercise and enjoy, the proud privilege Of a
gentleman to buy, sell, purchase, hold, give,
grant, use and abuse "niggeg." Its, Mr..
Speaker, perfectly "uacoRStitatioaal" and
Revolutionary TO abolish slavery before the
free, sovereign, and independent Angl 10 Sax
ons now born shall have "shuffied off this
mortal coil
Sir, cannot consent to the wild, vision
airy, lanatica. Jacobiunical, insurreclionar.v
an anafchical schemes of radical enthusl
asts, who don't believe in "obsoete social
forns,' and would strike down the most
precious right OF the child now coming into
the world Of Missouri, and uttsrlng wllhlts
first squall protest against SO terrible arob-
berry,
Don't tell me about your "fuil equivalent"
There can be no"full equivalent" as theNor-
ris party would say, Tor Niger that | will
not sell for any price ;and as every child now
born is entitled 10 all the Constitutional PRIV
leoes now youchsafed to all, it is an outra-
geous violation Of the good faith fthe glo-
rious State of NJ. to the last that breathes
our cor, tituuonal air,to rob him oftbe pr;;-
yiIege Of being gentleman. Sir. ipsIst
upon my amendment. And then as a Dem
ocrat, must protest against Legislature for
tie next generation.
A YANKEE JOAN OF ARc.-A Yankee
flag Of truce boat having arriyea at City
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