Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-06-18

stances it has already occurred. Wherever
there is poor community of Irish in the
North, they naturally herd with the pour ne
groes, and as the result of the various acts of
kindness which only the poor pay to one an
other, families become intrrmingled, and con.
nubial relations are formed between the black
men and white Irish women. These matri-
monial arrangements have generally been
pleasant to both parties. and were it not for
the unhappy prejudice which exists, such un-
ions would be very much more frequent. THE
arhite Eishw0man l0res the black man, and
in the old country it has been stated that tile
negro as sare Of tile handsomest rhite females.
Italics our own throughout. The very Bit
terness of feeling which exists ON the part Of
the Irish in the large cities towards the ne
groes is an evidence that they will be the first
to mingle. The disturbances created when
brought into contact present the same phenom.
ena as the attempted fusion of kindred elec-
tricities-repugnance and flying apart are
followed BY the closest of all unions. Tile
fusion, achenerer 1t takes place. will be of in.
finite serrice to the Irish. IHeg are a more
brutal race, and lower in civixizatson than the
negro. The latter is mild, spiritual, ri fond
of melody and song, warm in his attachments,
fervid in his passions, but inoffensive and kind,
and only apparently brutal ,ohen his acarmest
emotions are brought into play in his lore for
the whitc suonaaw. The Irish are COARSE
grained. revengrful, unintrllectual, with very
few of the finer instincts Of humanity. Of
course We speak of the laborins Irish as they
appear in this country. The Milesian is
child Of the sun. He was originally of col
orcd race. and has all the frrvid emotional
power which belongs to a people born in or
near the tropics. His long habitaton North.
however, aud the ignorance in which h. has
been kept by misgovernmcnt, hare sunk the
Irislman below the Ierel Of the most degraded
negro. Take an equal number of negroes and
Irish from among the lowest communities Of
the city of New York, and the former will be
found lar superior to the latter in cleanliness.
education. moral feelings. beauty of form and
feature, and natural sense. The
blending of the Irish in this country with the
negro will be positive gain to the former.
With education and an intermingling with
the superior blacks the Irish may be fitted up
to something like the dignity of their ances.
tors, the Mlesians."
The author takes great care, however, to
laud the German race as being Of " composite
origin" and therefore superior to many Euro
pean nations. Ofcourse they are Frcmonters.
But here is nut for "Democrats' to
crack:
Nor are the Southern women indifferent to
the strange magnetism Of association with a
tropical race. Far otherwise. The mothers
and daughters Of the aristocratic Shareholders
are thrilled with strange delight by daily
contact with their dusky male servi,ors.
These relations. though intimate and full Of a
rare charm to the passionate and impressible
daughter of the South, seldom. if ever, pass
beyond the bounds Of propriety. Aplatonic
love, a union Of sympathies, emotions and
thoughts. may be the sweetness and grace ofa
womnn's life and without any formal human
tie, may make her thoroughly happy. r
And this is the secret Of the strange in.
fatuation of the Southern women with the
hideous barbarism Of slavery. Freedom. she
knows. would separate her forever from the
colored man. while slavery retains him by her
side. 1t is idle for the Southern people to
deny IT.; she loves tho black man. and the
raiment she clothes herself with is to please
him. What are the Distinguishing character
istics of Southern woman's attire2 Why
bright colors-a tendency to yellow and pale
red, and those striking gold ornaments which
make such a charming contrast to dark
skin. but are SO out of place in the toilet of
blonde. Yes-the Southern brauty. as she
oaradrs her bright dresses and inappropriate
colors in our Northern cities and watering
places, proclailns by every massive ornament
in her shining hai,, nd by every yellow shade
in the wavy folds Of her dress, i love the
black man.
"Nor in view of the powerful attraction o:
the two races in this frenzy Of love in the
Southern white women for the negro altogeth-
cr inexplicable. The family is isolated on
the plantations. The white young man is
away at college. travelling in Europe, or prac-
tfcing at his profession in the large cities.
while the white girl. who natures early. is at
home. surrounded by the brightest and most
intelligent OF the young colored men on the
estate. Passionate, full of spnsiIility. with
out thu cold prudence of her Northern sister,
who can wonder at the wild drenms OF love
which fire the hearts and all the imagination
of the imprpssible Southern maiden. The
awkward. rude girl Of yesterday, under the
influence ofthe master passion Of our common
humanity. is changed in day to the full
measur. of glorious womanhood.
ut is safe to say that the first heart exps-
ricncs Of nearly every Southern maidrn-'he
Towering sweetness and grace OF her young
life, is associated with the sad dream Of some
bonded lover. He may have been the wai:er.
or coachman, or thu bright yellow lad who a..
sisted the oyrrseer; but to her h. ia hero.
blazing with all the spl-ndors Of imperial
manhood. She treasures the looks from those
dark eyes which make her pulses bound;
every spot of earth where h. had waited her
coming is, to her. holy ground"