The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-26

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6 Mean y Or 6 Peer Whites" and Mslassses.
The Southern newspapers, which
to represent the late slave holding arls-
tocracy, are loud in their professions Of
attachment to President John, and yet
they lose no opportunity to insult him
by sneers at what they designate the
mean or poor whites" they are
well aware that President johnson,
more than any man in the South, Is the
representative of the poor non-slave-
holding whites. He boasts on all occa-
sions of his humble origin, and OF his
rise in the world in spite of the frowns
of the aristocracy; and yet the South
ern editors and politicians OF the seces-
! sion school take every occasion to throw
contempt upon the poor whites This,
however, may be the result OF long nab
it, of which the chivalry have not yet
been able to break themselves. We
must remind them that they never as
perse the late loyalist convention as be-
ing composed of mean or poor whites
without heaping insult upon the man
whose pardons they sought for months
before they obtained them, and which
they are proud to hang up in their par
lors.
Another favorite calumny which the
rebel press is fond of repeating is con-
tanned in the epithet "mulatto conven-
tion." There is this much color for the
application of this epithet, viz; that
one of the delegates from Louisiana has,
apparently, slight tinge of the Afri-
can in his complexion, but not more than
the Rev. Mr.. Ross, formerly OF East
Tennessee and lately of Alabama, who
became great favorite with the chiv-
airy before the war, in consequence OF
his books and sermons in favor of slav-
cry. His African origin is as well at
tested as the fact that he married into
a respectable white family, or the other
fact that he was everywhere treated as
a guest and equal of the Southern aris-
tOcracy.
We might go further, and remind
those who sneer at the mulatto con-
vention," and the mean white conven-
ton that there are other eminent South
erners in church and State, who are
known to have negro ancestor at the
distance of some four or five generations,
to whose industry and thrift the fortune
and foundation of the family is due.
We might refer to the laws of the South
| which define who are mulattoes, in
proof of the fact that man ceases to
be thus designated after the third or
fourth generation, and may hold up his
head as white man. We know moth
ing of the rank of the delegate from
Louisiana in society. five are correct
iy informed, the line which separates
thetwo races in New Orleans, and in
some of the parishes, is nearly oblitera-
ted, so that among the creoles it is Of
ten difficult to say who is who. This
difficulty has doubtless given rise to
the misconception which prevails as to
the meaning of the word creole. In the
free States, and in the more Northern
slave States, it is regarded as syno-
nyn for the mixed race but the Lousi-
anians, who are sensitive on the subject,
insist that the word simply implies q
native.
Whenever a man, though of known
African origin, grows rich and power
full, and turns oppressor of his race, his
blood becomes purified in the eyes OF
the chivalry. 1t is only when he gives
all the powers of his mind and soul to
the vindication and elevation of his
unfortunate race that the term free
negro or mulatto is applied to him.
We may say in conclusion that the
epithets, mean white, poor white, and
,nulatto, lave nearly spent their force
and the dayis not distant when the
base and heartless demagogues who now
hurl them as anathemas will address
cozening words of fattery to the unfor
tunate classes referred to- Washing
ton Chronicle.
THMosoUroEs.-Mr. Billings thus ex
presses himself on the mosquitoes
We are told that there want any
thing made in vain this is sum so, blu,
/ have thought the time spent in manu-
faktring musketoes were wasted, if the
musketoes want. How they were
put together never could tell and
there is one commershall peculiarly
about the musketeer trade, and that is
the supply always exceeds the demand
and yet the producsion is not diminish
ed 1 kant understand this, no how
They are born of poor but industriou!
parents, and are brought up with great
care under the auspices of some of ou
best families. They also have consum
mate courage Ihave known a singh,
musketeer to fte a man and his wifi