Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-08-13
NUMBER 81.
Congressman Cox and tn. BLACK Men.
A COMPARISON.

IHere was II spicy little debate in the House of
Representatives, 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 ssstzsasa
In this dark hour of the national peril, in
which we are struggling with the demon of dis
solution, the principle business of this Mr.. Cox
is to sheer and snarl at the Administration-to
throw stumbling-blocks in its way-to find fault
with its military operations-,to libel its mo-
tives-to bring its financial policy into disre-
pute-to say foul and false things of the North,
which nurtured him-to pirate of Constitutional
duties while he hugs to his heart the avowed
enemies of the Constitutional suggest humilia-
ting and impracticable and delightfully."- absurd
methods of Cancellation, and generally to make
speeches saturated with the bile of an uneasy
and factous nature. Mr.. Cox is in Congress.
Now, to get at his exact value there, let ask
the question, How much worse off would this
nation be- if Mr.. Cox were not in Congress OF
what worth is he. Can you state it in green
backs or postal currency stamps or the
new two-cent pieces The moment you begin
to look at this curious problem seriously, you
see could do very well without the gentle
man 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
confoundedly in the way with his everlasting
fault-fnding and his chronic croak, and we could
well afford TO pay him handsome sum of money
to transport himself 10 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 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 vituperations.
And yet Mr.. Cox is white man, of the purely
Caucasion variety, and no curse was pronounced
upon his ancestors except the implied of
being his ancestors at all, which, poor people
they could not help and for which do not
mean here to censure them. 1t turns out, there
fore, that man may have untrizzled hair, and n
light complexion, and, to his race, be nowhere
spoken against in the Scriptures, and yet de-
cdedly troublesome, and we may venture to say
worthless member of society in general, and OF
the House of Representatives in particular. Sup
pose 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 history2 and
how near would it have been to its present ele-
walton and Importance? You see the white
variety of mankind is great, not in consequence
of its having Mr.. Cox as member of II, but in
spite of so having him-which is saying a great
deal for the white variety of mankind. 1l
Now turn from Mr. Cox to the Black Man, and
you at once many differences in favor of the
latter. He cannot read--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 render
cd incapable of welding pen, and how much
would be lost to the literature of the country
The African is gnorant-but, in the name of
Minerva, is Mr. Cox wise? The Freedman may
be incident but that is better than if he were,
like his lbeler, exceedingly industrious in mis-
chief-making. If he is a poor devil he did not
make himself so, in spite of such advantages as
freedom and a residence in Ohio, and fair play
in the battle of life, and the nexpressible honor,
glory, and advantage of belonging to the glorious
democratic party. The Colored Men possess at
least negative merits which may be set off
against the positive dement's of the dshonor-
able gentleman from Ohio The Colored Man
may be confoundedly in the way just Us Mr.. Cox
is; but he did not thrust himself unpleasantly
and insolently into notice, as Mr.. Cox does.
The Colored Man was born black, which may be
his misfortune but he does not, night and day,
struggle to make himself blackcr than he was
born, Mr. Cox does. On the whole, those
who prefer true heart with black skin to Il
white skin with a black heart will give their
preference to the African. Tastes differ. Some
people dislike +" niggers." Other people dislike
Mr.. Cox. All such prejudces are inexcusable;
but prejudice against Mr.. Cox should not, we
feel be severely dealt with
The gentleman from Ohio has very poor
opinion of the fighting capabilities of the Freed
men. We wonder what they think of his. He
may be full of undeveloped invincibility, and
latent valor, and bookish theoric and origi-
nal strategy If So his place is in the 'front.'
He has tried living for his country with very
little success. Suppose he tries dying for 1T =
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