Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-21
The Only way TO be Patriotic--Sghat
the Union League Can Do-TRc xo-
men and Leagures vfndicate the
Glory of Their sex.

course our readers win not forget the fact thai
the Herald has been cheek 10y joIe with the Re-
publican party for the last six months:
Some time ago We received veey mysteri
Gus pamphlets entitled "Mscegenation' the The
orv of the Blending of the Races. Appl;el 10
the American White Man and Negro y At first
we thought this silly atf,ir hoax. concOcIe'i bv
some shrewd wit a caricature upon amalga-|
nation and though often requested to rel aud
notice il. we never considered it worth the trou-
BILE In this, as il seems, we did not display our
usual sagacity. for the pamphlet has sold with
astonishing rapiditv. its doctrines have been en-
d0rsed by all the prominent abolition radicals its
theory will probably he a plank in the radical
platform during the Presidential campaign. and
an attempt was mule in the city on Saturday
last to practically inaugurate the system.
The reception of the Doth regiment Of negro
volunteers was the occ 9ai0n. and the Club House
Of the Union LIE, gue a Il o Locality OF tbs in
auguration of miscegenaIOR We have received
the brave bows of Maine, the brave bows Of Yer
mont. the brave boys of New Hampshire. Con-
nectcut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, California and
other loyal States; but, although we received
them very kindly and hospitality. we gave none
of them such reception as our FIRST families
gave this regiment of negroes Aristocracy sides
with aristocracy. and best society neglected
the common white trash and reserved their Ut
most courtesies for the refined, cultivated and
chivslric recruits from Sullivan street. Broadway
alley and Five Points. Even our veteran troops.
SCARED by hundred battles. were never so en-
Enthusiastically greeted as were these ex-boot-
blacks, scrubberS, walters and whitewashers
whose battles are yet to come off, and whose
heroism is chiefly vouchsafed for bv Nature. who
has denied them the privilege Of turning pale with
/ fear. Nothing but the theory of miscegenation
can account for this difference between the re
ceptions of white and negro troops
One hundred and fifty ladies, belonging to the
best society of New York, subscribed TO fig
/ for the coored volunteers. In a beautifully wor-
ded note they style themselves 1.-The mothers
wives and sisters of the members of the New
York Union League Club. and call the flag ian
emblem of love and honor from the daughters ni
this great metropolis to her brave champions
ana promise the darkeys that they will watch
4 their career, glory in their heroiSm minister TO
| them when wounded, and honor their MARTYR
dom with benedictions and with tears" Are
these promises like .pie-crust. lnude To be bro
| keuT IL not, this is pretty fair start Tor mis-
cegeneaton. Whv, the phrase ''ove and hon
| or" needs only the little word "obey' TO become
equivalent 90 u marriage ceremony; aud, surely
| IL the daughters OF the Fifth avenue had re llly
married the negro recruits they could do no more
| than minister TO them and glory" i'm them
anc give them "benedictiOns and tears as they
| have contracted 10 do already in the presence of
Providence and Mr. Charles King, whom Msiar
GOah used TO term 1.-The pink of good society %
Mr. King was once the e itOr of paner called
the American-but Noah's ridicule convinced
him that he had not talent enough for an Editor
and so he retired into that asylum for good pep
pie of weak intellects-C5lunbia COllege-ansl
degenersted from a Journalist 10 professor 1t
Major Noah ever raises bis head from the sod OF
Greenwood and takes look at passing events,
how he will roll about in his grave and shake the
cemetry with Sepulchrtl laughter az the saectacle
Of Charles King, 1.-The Pink" scouting second
| hand bOmbast 10 a lot OF ignorant darkeys on a
Saturday afternoon la Union Square Should
there be any truth ia spri,utlism we hope to hear
from NJ aior Noah on the subject
The pamphlet upon miseegenation, to which
We have referred, takes higher ground than the
| higher law IL argues that the negro is not
only equal 10 the white man. but actually his
superior. and that the white race must be mixed
with the black in order to attain its perfection.
MiScegenation, therefore, is absolutely essential
! 10 American progress" ..In course of time the
dark races must absorb the white "All re-
ligions derived from the dark races 4" .'The
Irish are more brutal race. and lower in cyiza
ton, than the negro The lrishman ''was
originally cOlored race" but now he has sunk
below the level Of the most degraded negro. Be
tween those two races-lhe Irish and the negro
the first movement towards miScegenalion ~ III
take place. Are Dir. Charles King and The one
hundred and fifty ladies and their husbands sons
and brothers IRISH then? The white people OF
| Americt are dying for want OF flesh aud blood;
they need contact with the healthy, loving, warm
blood~d negroes TO fill up the lean nlerstees of
their anatomy. Is that the Platform OF the
Union LeigueG All the characteristics of the
ideal OF beauty in woman belong. in a somewhat
exaggerated degree, to the negro sirl |. that
the ideal Of our best society? The bllndes love
the blacks; Horace Greeley. Wendell Phillips
Theodore filton-sll biondeS-Iove the negroes
by ''natura law Does this acrount tor the
minglins of whites and blacks at Union Squarel
l"When the President proclaimed emancipation
he proclaimed also the mingliug of the races; the
one follows the other "a surely as MONDAY fol
lows sunrise" Is Mr. Lincoln. too "a mi>cegen-
atorr The position of the Republican pirty
to-day proves how far we are owarls the truth "
Verify. the soul of John Brown il marching
along. Our predictions Of pebAld Congress
and a mulatto President. uttered years ago, are
surely coming 10 pass
But this bold and silly pamphlet does not hest
tate to dsbble With the next Presidency 1t saws
THAT the solution of the negro problem will not
have been reached IN this country until public
opinion sanctions a union Of the two races: that
the next Presidential election should secure to
every black and woman. the rest of Their
social and political rights, aud that the pro gres
sive party must rise to the hight OF the great
gumeut aud not finch from the conclusions "a
which they are brought by their own principles
viz: that must share with the negro our heart:
aud homes"
This is the doctrine Of the radical abolition
party Wendell Phillips endorses it in hi:
speeches.. So does Henry Ward Beecher So dc
Cheever, Tilton, Garrison and the rest. So does
Parker aud Pillsbury in published letter. 81
do Angelina g Weld, Sarah NJ. Grimke. Lucre
tia Mott. Horace and other old women. So doe
Albert Brisbane. who quotes Fourierto back him
So does McCune Smith, who whites 10 the anony
nous author of the pamphlet: u am perfect,
wiling TO put my signature 20 your doctrines
but is it not rather cool proceeding ON you
part To expose our heads TO shelielshs while YOU
keep your own out of sightf'' So does Wm
Wells Brown. himself negro and ready TO mar
~ white heress off hand So does Charlie,
King. the pink of good society' So do TN,
members OF the New York Union League Club
their mothers. wives and daughters So will the
whole abolition party. as they deem i
prudent So will the abolition candidate for tn,
Presidency, either openly or secretly. Th,
pamphlet is To the future what Helpers I'm
pending Crisis" wns TO the present. prophesy
and warning People of America, look width
er you are driftiugl
who Shall Pay Taxesl
The Illinois State Register of the 18th inst.
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