The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-30
More About MuIattOes.

There are in the United States considera-
bly, over half million mulattocs and as
the greater portion Of them were born south
Of Mason and Dixon's Line the question
that presents itself for solution Is, Whose
children are they, and by whom were they
begottcn? Now, since it is universally con
coded that muatto is the offspring of one
white and ono black parent, it is impossible
to arrive at any other conclusion than that
these mulattoes are the direct result Of mis-.
ccgenation, amalg amation, or, not to put too
fine a point on it, ' fornicaton with ne
croes.' And, as there have been no Radi-
calls in the Southern States until very re-
Gently, it follows, as Il legitimate result, that
the 81 900 mulattoes in Virginia, the n 200
in South Carolina, and the 400, 900 i'll the
other Southern States, arc the Illicit off.
spring Of the chiyalric white gentlemen and
the buXom black damsels of those States.-
This one little fact, then, without going
deeper into the subject, etfectualy disposes
of any quantity of copporhead balderdash
about radicalism aiming at, and ending in,
amalcamation. And it ill-becomcs the
Southern chivalry who from the foundation
of the Government have been so vigorously
engaged in increasing the mulatto crop of
the country. to indulge in stale twaddle
about other people cdyocating fusion OF
races and lavorng miscegcnaion, e:c. DO
the Cspperlaad editors who fill their columns
weekly with such transparent lies as The
Cecil Democrat and papers of that ilk pub
lish, think that men and women who have
eyes to see for themselves can be deceived
by. them? Because they are knaves. do
they suppose that their readers are fools?
+ We have about 1000 mulattoes in Mary.
land. Who are their fathers? Does any
person believe they are the children Of Rad
zeal Is? Does not every one know that the
most Of them have pure democratic blood
in their veins? Who are the fathers of the
$50 mulattoes in Cecil county? Are they
Radicals or Copperheads? Count over any
single dozen of them, and you will find that
the reputed fathers of at least ten out of the
twelve vote the Copperhcad ticket. Aud as
it is in Cecil county and in Maryland, so it
is all through the South, and all over the
country. A glance at the statistics, shows
that wherever copperhcad democracy has
been in the ascendant, mulattoes have in
creased, and wherever Republicanism has
been in the ascendant, they have decreased.
These are facts so well established by the
census tables that they cannot be gainsayed,
and no amount of loose talk about the demon.
alzing q social influence of radicalism," or
bare. faced lying about the unblushipg
advocacy of miscegenaiion and D." marriage
between white and black persons by Rad.
ical newspapers, can weaken their force in
the least, Neither will an affected horror at
the discussion of such t. althy" subjects, or
lusty shouting of " miscegenation - at
Radicals change the figures. The old trick
of the roguewith the plumber in his pocket
shouting stop thief" is so well under
stood, that the louder these copperhead
saints shout, the more will plain people be
inclined to think that the odor of some of
the dusky damsels is clinging ABOUT their
immaculate garments.