The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-13
1'Ile Downrnll orBrooEs.

The world, we presume, has not for
gotten remarkable valedictory adj
dress delivered by the Hon. James
Brooks last Winter in the House of
Representatives, wherein, being good
deal Mustered with the prospect that
persons who were not altogether white
might get into the halls of Congress, he
said some very fine things about facial
angles, hair with kink in il, shapely
legs, the Caucasian race, and the color
of the skin; and then, murmuring
"Good bye, proud world: I'm going home"
Cor words to that effect), burst into
tears and sat down. There was no rea-
son why Mr.. Brooks should have bid
den farewell to all his greatness on that
impressive occasion, and as our readers
we'll know he did not go home, but re-
mains to cheer and encourage man
kind, and Will continue, we trust, for
many years to make farewell appear
ances at frequent intervals. Neither
was there any reason why Mr.. Brooks
should have feltspecial alarm about the
negroes just at that time, unless he hap
pened to be dyspeptic or other
wise un@ell 1--WE have observed
that whenever Mr.. Brooks
gets GLOW" he is like man with delir-
ium tremens, and constantly sees
black things); but the speech was a no.
BILE one, and was several times printed
Remembering, then. how Mr.. Brooks
put himself squarely on record as the
champion of n pure white aristOCracY,
how strong are his feelings with regard
to skins. skulls, legs, and fine, FASH
ionable head of hair, and how, at the
mere possibility of dusky counte-
nance passing the door-keeper OF the
House of Representatives, he was on
the point OF Selling his hat and rushing
frantically back to New York, fancy
our feelings on learning that Mr..
Brooks was actually seen walking into
the House, on Tuesday, arm-in-arm
with a man of colorI Since the cele-
brnted procession symbolical of the
union of Massachusetts and South Car
olina, at the Philadelphia Convention,
no more remarkable sight has been
witnessed in our country. Brooks, the
foremost representative of Caucasian
exclusiveness, treating a dusky Mon
gol as a man and a brother! Brooks,
with his peculiar feelings about hair,
escorting Chinaman who wears pig
tail Where, permit us to ask, shall
truth and consistency be found hence
torth2 The estimable Sun Tajen who
had the honor of receiving Mr.. Brooks's
attentions on that never to be forgotten
Tuesday is an ambassador, to be sure,
and if he were only white he would be
gentleman. But then he isn't white,
and ne has not drop of Caucasian
blood in his veins his facial angle is
altogether wrong; and we have our
doubts about his shins. Mr.. Brooks,
Mr.. Brooks. how could your For the
empty honor of place in curious
pageant you have turned your back
upon the principles of lifetime, and
sacrificed the proud pre-eminence
which you have SO long adorned in the
councils of the nigger-hating De-
mocracy.
They shall march prospering-not through
your presence;
Songs may tnspirIt them-not from your
In the course of week or SO we dare
say Mr.. Brooks will have fallen low
enough to be willing to ride in the same
car with a negro washerwoman, pos
sibly even to vote for a colored alder
man.-TTibnue,