The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-02-23
MTSCEGENATION.

The history of Mexico and the South
American Republics teaches sad, but
important lesson. 1t is q tale of anar-
chy written in blood. The glory of its I
B0livars and Santa Anas loses its lus- /
t-e beneath thetarnish of ceaseless civ /
il convulsions, and its testimony of the
stability of pOpuIargovernment, is one
continual bloody denial of the univer-
sal feasibility of Republican institu-
tons. 1t is the record of countries
whose hills God has pillared with gold
and whose valleys He has ieweled with
diamonds; whose climate smiles in
perennial spring and whose soil produ-
ces the rare5t of plants and the "faircst
Of fruit" whose rivers are the might
est, whose mountains the l0ftiest and
whose forests the grandest. But there
is Il mysterious influence that broods
over them, a changeless cloud that
drops perpetual misery upon their in
habitants. Il is the frozen Of the Creo-
tor ,cto m4ds tie races distinct ol3d sep
arate, re5uE63g The imp,oasaess Of lis
creatures in vtolatjag the autugL la,cs
gi'cd lie gare them foy their goreyu-
a4a. It is Gods penalty for the crime
Of miscegea1tioR. This Is not mere as
ser5ioa. 1t is the philosophy Of fact.
The races which inhabjt the greater
portions Of Mexico andSouth America
are mongreIs. The cupidity Of the
SpaAiard induced him to carry the Af-
rican into slavery upon the soil which
Spain had conquered, while the lust OF
the c0nqueror led him 10 mingle his
blood with that Of his slave. The re-
suit Of this mixture is a turbulent,
bIood-rhir,ty and ungoyernabIe race,
whose history is one Of ceaseless revo-
luton, whose interminabIe wars areol
the most savage character and whose
bloody crimes, though often commit
tedin the name of Liberty, put it be-
yond the pale Of civilized peoples. Is
not, therefore, The lesson sasilycompre-
hendad? E? It seems to Us that she who
runs may read H." But, strange as il
may appear, there are those in our day
and generation, intelligent men and
women, who do not heed the warning
thuudered forth from the iuternecine
wars of Mexico and South America.
Their ears are stopped with the paper
on which their theories are written;
their eyes are cOlor-bIind, so that they
cannot perceive the distinctions which
Nature and Natures God demand shall
be observed. They are possessed with
devil, the single idea of zeceling, and
this carries them to the docuineof the
political equality of all mankind, and
consequently, the social commingliug
of men Of all races and the ultimate
mixture Of blood. Who is Frederic
Douglass? Who is George T. Down
ing? They are mulattoes, practical il
lustrations of the consequences flowing
from the doctrine Of the theorists OF
whom we have spoken. Ana what j.,
thepubIiccharacterOrthesewell-knO
hybrids? They are agitat0cs, disturb
cgs of the nations peace, revoluuonistS
who demand the sacrifice Of the sacred
principles Of the Constitution, to their
desire fo- social and political elevation.
They possess the same turbulent na-
ture that sleeps the Ande-' foot in
blood and that makes the Amazon
blush for the shame of the Spanish
conqucror. Yet thesenatural anarchist,
are encouraged in their propensity for
revolution, by men like Charles Sum
ner, who tell them that San Domingo
willberepeated in this country, if their