New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-15
A COMPARISON.

Mr.. Cox of Ohio took occasion to speak disre-
spectfully of Black Men, and respectfully OF
Rebels Mr.. Cox does not think well OF persons
of African descent On the other hand, many
persons not of African descent do not think well
of Mr.. Cox. Let us see
In this dark hour of the national peril, IN
which we are struggling with the demon OF dis
solution, the principal business of this Mr. COX
is to sheer and snarl at the Administraton-to
throw stumblng-blockS in its way-to ma
fault with its military operations-to libel its
motives-to bring its financial policy into disre'
pute-to say foul and false things of the North,
which nurtured him--tO prate OF Constitutional
duties while he hugs to his heart the aVowed
enemies of the ConstltutiOn-to suggest hu-
initiating and impracticable and delightfully."-
absurd methods of Cancellation, and generally
to make speeches saturated with the bile oil an
uneasy and factious nature. Mr.. Cox is in
Congress Now, to get OF his exact value there,
let us ask the question, How much worse oil
would this nation be, if Mr.. Cox were not in
Congress- OF what worth is hei Can you
state it in greenbacks or postal currency 7 or
stampsi or the new two-cent pieces1 The
moment you begin to look at this curious
problem seriously, you see that we could do
very well without the gentleman from Ohio
We do not win any victories because he Is
member. We do not feel him to be absolutely
necessary to the existence Of this nation. When
we are in public danger, we do not 90 to him
| for safety and for succor. On the contrary,
when we are in trouble, we find him coniound-
odly in the way with his everlasting fault-hnd-
ing and his chronic croak, and we could well
afford to pay him handsome sum of money to
| transport himself to some distant land, and to
stay there until summoned TO take his chances
in another world. We do not by any means
say that he il an incarnate and perambulatory
nuisance. for to say so would hardly be urbane;
but we do say that, in the present condition OF
affairs, we could do perfectly well without
| his speeches, resolutions, suggestions, censures,
schemes, criticisms and windy vituperatons.
And yet Mr.. Cox is a white man, OF
the purely Caucasian variety, and no curse
was pronounced upon his ancestors, except the
implied one of being hisancestors at all, which,
poor people! they could not help, and for which
We do not mean here to censuIe them. II turns
out, therefore, that man may have uniri1led
hair, and a light complexion, and, as to his race
be nowhere spoken against in the Scriptures,
and yet be a decidedly troublesome, and we
may venture 10 say worthless, member of so
cety in general, and Of the House of Repre-
sentatyes in particular. Suppose all the MEM
bers of the Anglo-Saxon race had been Like this
Mr.. Cox, what kind of q figure do you
think il would have cut in history and how
near would il have been to it, present elevation
and importance You see the white variety of
mankind is great, not in consequence of its hay
ing Mr.. Cox a. member of it, but in spite OF
so having him-which il saying great deal for
the white variety Of mankind.
Now turn from Mr. Cox to the Black Man,
and you sco at once many differences in favor
of the latter. He cannot resd-but what good
has reading done the gentleman from Ohio
The Black cannot write; but suppose the
right hand of our amiable Congressman this
moment rendered incapable of welding pen,
and how much would be lost 10 the literature Of
the countryi The African is gnorant-but, in
the name Of Minerva Is Mr.. Cox wisel The
Freedman may be incident; but that is better
than if he were, like his hbeler. exceedingly
industrious in misunderstanding. If he is a poor
devil, he did not make himself So in spite Of
such advantages as freedom, and L residence
in Ohio, and fair play in the battle Of life,
and the inexpressible honor, glory, and adj
vantage, of belonging TO the illustrOus Demo
cratic party. The Colored Man possesses at least
negative merits which may be set off against the
positive dement's Of the dishonorable gentleman
from Ohio. Tie Colored Man may be confoundcd- |
ly in the way, just a. Mr.. Cox is; but he did not
thrust himself unplcasantly and insolently into
notice, as Mr. Cox does. The Colored Man was
born black, which may be his misfortune; but
be does not, night and day, struggle TO make
himself blacker than he was born, a. Mr.. Cox |
does On the whole, those who prefer true
heart with a black skin TO white skin with a
black heart, will give their preference TO the |
African. Tastes differ. Some people dislike |
ringers" Other people dislike Mr.. Cox. All
such prciudices are ineXcusable; but a prejudice |
against Mr.. Cox should not, we feel, DO severely
dealC with.
The gentleman from Ohio has a very poor
opinion of the fighting capabilities Of the Freed
men. We wonder what hey think Of his. He