The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-25

House of Representatives ON Monday last,
In which Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, took occasion
to speak disrespectfully 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! o*
In this dark hour Of the national peril, in
which we are struggling with the demon OF
dissolution, the principal business of this
Mr.. Cox is 10 sneer and snarl ut the Adj
ministration--to throw stumbling blocksin
its way-to find fanlt with Its military op-
erations-to libel its motives--to bring its
financial policy into disrepnte-fo say foul
and false things of the North, which nur.
tured him-to prate of Constitutional du-
ties while he hugs to his heart the avowed
enemies Of the ConstitutiOn-tos suggest hu-
initiating ana impracticable and delight
fully absurd methods of conciliatiOn, and
generally to make speeches saturated with
the bile Of an uneasy and factiOus nature.
Mr.. Cox is In Congress-. Now, tO.get at his
exact value there, let Us ask the question,
How much worse off would this nation be,
IL Mr.. Cox were notin Congress7 Of what
worth Is he? Can you state it in green
backsf or postal currency? or staMps3 or
the new two-cent piecesf The moment
Won 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 a
member. We do not feel him 10 be
absolutely necessary to the existence
Of this nation. When we are in
public danger, we do not go to him
for safety and for succor. On the contrary,
when we are in trouble, we find him con-
foundedly in the way with his everlasting
fault-finding and his chronic croak, and
we could we'll afford to pay him hand
h
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 is an incarnate and perambulatory nuis-
ance, for to say SO would hardly be urbane;
but we do say that, i'll the present condl-
ton of affairs, We could do perfectly well
without his speeches, resolutions, suggest.
ions, censures, schemes, criticisms and
windy vituperations. And yet Mr.. Cox is
q white man, of the purely Caucasian va
riety, and no curse was pronounced upon
his ancestors, except the implied one OF
being his ancestors at all, which, poor peO-
PIE! they could not help, and for which we
do not mean here to censure them. II
turns out, therefore, that man may have
unfrizzled hair, and . light complexion
and, as to his race, be nowhere spoken
cidedly troublesome, and we may venture
to say worthless, member of society in gen
eral, and of the House of Representatives
in particular. Suppose all the members OF
the Anglo-Saxon race had been like this
Mr.. Cox, what kind Of figure do you
think it would have cut in history3 and
how near would it have been TO its present
elevation and importancei You see the
white variety of mankind is great, not IN
consequences of it's having Mr.. Cox as .
member Of 1t, but in spite Of 20 having
him-which 10 saying great deal for tht
white variety of mankind. !.
Now turn from Mr.. Cox to the Black
Man. and you see at once many differences
in favor Of the latter. HecannOt read-bul
what good has reading done the gentleman
from 0hio9 The Black cannot write; but
suppose the right hand Of our amiable Con
rreesrnan this moment rendered incapable
0f welding pen, and how much would b<
losf 10 the literature Of the conntry3 Tit
African ID ign0rant-0ut, In the name o
Minerya. il Mr.. Cox wise3 The Freedman
NAV he indolent; but that il better than
he were, like his libeler. exceedingly In
luetrious In misunderstanding. II he "
moor devil, he did not mako himselt 20, II
mo Of such advantages % freedom, ane
resi6anoe in Ohio, and fair play In tn
battle Of life, and the inexpresstble honor
9lorv. and advantage, Of Belonging TO tn:
fllustrious Democratic party. The Coloret
M noeoesoes at least negative merritt
which may be set OF against the positive
demerifa of the dishonorable gentleman
frnm Ohio. The Colored Man may be con
1oundedly in the way, just - MI. Cox y
INT - did net thrust himself unpleasanuy
md insolently into notice, - Mr.. Cox does
The Colored Man was born biack, whc!
NAV Be his misfortune; but he does mol
night and day, struggle 70 make nimsel
blacker than be was born, a. MI. Cox does
on the whole, those who prefer a true hear
Nth a black skin to q white skin with
black heart, will give their preference =
the African. Tastes differ. Some peopI'
dislike '.niggers." Other people disllk'
Mr. Coz. All such prejudices are inexcus
able: but prejudice against Mr.. Cox shoult