The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-07-13
Negroes, Dog Bays, and white
slavery.

From the Chicago Times
SO far as can be learned, the Fo'rth,
with but rare exceptions, was celebrated
by, for, or with reference to the African.
1t was his freedom which was reioieed
over, and not that of the nation. il was
not SO much the cmar cipation of the Cni>
ted States from colonial vassalage that
awoke the enthusiasm of the people on
Tuesday, as it was the emancipation of
.our .ulllions Of negroes. vt the national
capital the only observance Of the day was
by negroes; aad in most other places the
Observance was on account of the negroes.
This is an afflicted nation. We a9ita-
ted the negro for score or more Of years,
and then fought over the negro for four
years longer, and almost solely for the ne
GRO we spent two-tlirds Of our entire
wealth as a people and sacrificed half "a
million lives. One would think that after
we had done this much for the negro we
are entitled to respite. But there is
none. To-day the negro is the orc thing
in every mans mouth from the gulf TO the
st. Lawrence. The entire press Of the
country is wrangling over the negro; Bos-
ton philanthropists are holding secret
meetings and arranging plans with refer
ence to the negro; and a chief juitice of
the United States Supreme court has Just
concluded longthened tour among the
negroes.
1t is everywhere Niger. At the south
masters are combining against the negro,
and provost marshals are employed exclu-
sively in issuing orders with reference to
negro. In the north the negro is in the
pulpit, Oh the street cars, at the tireside
The New York Tribune has three articles
per diem in favor of the negro. and one
with reference to the white man; ditto, the
imitators of the Tribune all over the coun>
try The Tribune and the Times talk of
the African, and the World and the Herald
of the "nigger," and the same is true of
all the other newspapers in the country
Orators are shouting about tie negro, pol
iticians are canvassing the fu ure with ref
erence to the negro; preachers are adyo-
eating higher law for the benefit of the
negro; and, in short, the whole country
priests, newspapers, politicians, white,
black, yellow; Fourth Of July; Hail Co.
lumbia, and everything else-are ''going
it" exclusively on account of the negro.
Oh, wretched people that we are,-who
will deliver Us from the foul body, not of
death, but of worse than death-of this
African? The African mandates us
Inky foods pour over the nation and
threaten us with another and n worse
than Noachic cataclysm. The black del
uge plows through our streets, pours along
the national avenues, and cncrces the al
tars Of religion. The dog-days are upon
us, and SO is the negro The heat of one
and odor Of the other stine Us. Sirius
dominates in the sky, and we pant for
breath; the Afrite dominates on earth, and
the country is asphyxiated with unclean
odors In Chicago every breeze from the
south comes laden with Bridgeport and
the negro. Scanlon slough and the Afri-
can commingle, and their efliuvia falls
upon the city ike hot blanket of sitting
smells
There is a chance in this country for
philanthropy. There is good opening
for additions. IL is to relieve twenty
eight millions OF whites held in cruel
bondage by four million blacks. 1t is a
bondage worse than that of Heliotism.-
Ii is one which retards our growth, directs
our thoughts, and absorbs our efforts, 1t
drives us to war, itruptures our tranquil
ty, and threatens direfully our future>-
There never was another such a race of
slaves as we; there never was another peo-
yle ground so completely in the dust as
this nation. Our negro masters crack
their whips over our Legislators and our
priests, and thus control our laws and our
relagion. They have established a tyran-
ny over us worse than that of the Psistra-
tds
1t is time there was something done for