The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-26

The Practical Progress OF Miscegen . tiou
fn south Carolina.
The new doctrine--or. as Greeley, Beecher
Tilton and Phillips call 1t, the Sublime theo-
ry"-o fmiscegenation is hardly year old. and
yet it is becoming exceedingly popular among
the aboltionists. All of their papers have
endorsed and advocated It, All Of their
orators have approved and advised it.
| All Of the copies Of pamphlet
about 1t, said to have been written by
Miss Ann Dickinson or Mr. Theodore Tilton.
have been quickly sold. All the m embers Of
the Union League Club and their families have
taken It up, and have sent OF regiment Of
| darkeys, to be transformed FIRST into heroes,
and then into husbands, and then into misce-
| genators. So the Sublime theory" is getting
along finely, and we were not at all surprised
to learn from the New Hampshire Patriot that
the lovely and philanthropic daughters Of New
England, who went to Port Royal to teach the
freed slaves there. had begun TO put the msce-
genation theory into practice. and bad recently
brought forth the first fruits Of the new abol
ton gospel in the shape Of sixty -four handsome
mulatto babies.
AT tho above report, We sag, we were not
surprised; but Judge Of our astonishment when
we read In several abolition journals, and es-
| pecially In the Tribune, the most violent de-
nunciations Of the editor OF the Ne,o Hampshire
Patriot, who told the story, and Of all the pa
pers that had printed the story. The Tribune
fairly frothed with rage about it, and pro-
nounced the whole thing "a horrible SANDER"
fan nd olrn al Cclo sta
Infamous SANDER, without shadow Of founda-
ton or excuse" "The women" says the Tri.
bane, care grossly libelled" "The libel" says
The Tribune, sis transparency false and ma
licious." Consider" says the Tribune, "the
cruel wrong done to these innocent, pure,
Christian women" Hoity toity What Is all
this fuss about' Is poor Greeley turning tail
| upon his Sublime theoryW Is be backing
down from his miscegenation doctrine! Why,
the women teachers in South Carolina are only
doing what he has pronounced perfectly just
and proper. They are trying TO improve the
breed of mankind precisely as Greeley ad-
vised They are mingling white blood and
black blood exactly as poor Greeley thinks
| bene6cent. They are endeavoring 70 save the
nation by miscegenation, and Tilton lately de-
clared that this was the only way to do 1t.
They are only practising what Beecher, King
and Tying preach. Why, then, should they be
abused for it. or the Patriot for telling of it,
Come, Master Greeley, let us understand
each other. Wherein is "the horrible SANDER
"the gross libel" "the cruel wrong?" You
have no right to rebuke anybody for lies, and
| libels and ISLANDERS. since you perpetrate them
daily in regard to Mcclellan; but we will let
that pass for the present Who, then. has libel
led or slandered these lovely women Nobody
but yourself None Of the other papers said
that the mulattoes were illegitimate. You were
| the first to hint that. For all we know or have
read, the mothers Of the miscegens may have
been married to the fathers Of the miscegens,
and married legally and religiously, too, and
not in the sacrilegous style Of the Rev. Theo-
dore Poundtext Cuyler. the mock minister Of
the Brooklyn Fair. You are the only person
who has ever insnuated the contrary and your
statements are usually unworthy of belief
| Now. if sixty-four, or "forty-six," white women
| from New England choose to marry sixty-four,
or forty-six, South Carolina gentlemen Of ART
can descent, in order to illustrate the sublime
theory" OF miscegenation, and inp,cv the
races. where is "the cruel wrong IL the
fact be published in Tic papcrer Where
Is the "infamous fa,seho0d, Where Is
the "horrible SANDER Who're is lac "gross
libel" It really sesms to US .aai They are to
be laid at poor Greeleys door; for he abuses
the women for doing what he advised them to
do, and he insults them by supposIng that they
were not married when they did it.
About the LIST Of January, as we are In
formed by the Anglo-Af rican, colored man,
named Joseph H. Card, was joined in the holy
bonds Of matrimony to 90 white lady from
London" whose name is not given. Now, II
this couple ever have children, will 1t be a
libel and SANDER to publish the fact! II not
how is 1t libellous and slanderous to report the
| recent accessions to the mulatto population Of
Port Royals Again we direct poor Greeley
attention to this point and also to the fact that
the real Islander consists in his vile insinuation
| that the practical miscegenators are not mar
ried. II Is said, indeed, that some Of our New
England soldierS, yielding to the temptations
of the Tribune and the Devil have formed tenn
porary and Illicit alliances with colored
ladies-those miscegenetic 'ideals of beau.
| ty"-either forgetting or negleoting to
secure q marriage certificate beforehand.
These sad instances Of human depravity we re-
gard as some Of the evil results Of the 7ribune's
existence and teachings, and we presume that
they will continue to occur 50 long as the 7ri
b,oae lives 70 corrupt mankind with its social
istc theories. But, on the other hand, these
white women are more particular about such
miscegenetis matters. By the Tribunes own
admission, they are "innocent, pure and Chris
tan" They are the pupils Of Puritans. They
were born at the centre Of civilization. They
have received moral New England education.