The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-10
A White Mans Government,

ly held in Louisville, Kentucky, Mr..
p. II. Clark, q well.known colorcd
man Of Cincinnati, delivered an ad :
dress which is highly 'hoterodox &C.
cordillg tosradioal theory aud practice.
The following is an extract from the
address
"I trust that I shall shock nobody's
prcjudices, alarm no PERSONS fears
for my sanity, when 7, q colorea man,
and q lifelong agitator for q colored
'mcu's rights, declare, as | now do,
that this is white. mars country. In
all its widespread grandeur of noun
tain, valley and plain, of river, lake
and ocean, of densely y-orowded city
and uninhabited wild, from sterile,
frozen Alaska to the warm shores of
the Gulf, this country belongs to tho
white man; to him and his'heirs for
ever. lt"was white mans ship
burst through the gloom which had
shrouded this continent from the eyes
of the Old World for SO many centu-
ries, and it was white man who leap.
ed first upon the shore, claiming the
new land for himself und his breth-
lren.FS wlss ..gInEi-aDrsi
"White men have conquered this
continent. It's teeming fields, it's
mines, its wealth producing industries,
its thousand cities, belong to them.
This is white MANS oivil;z ,tion. We
gain enlightenment from f literature
which, in all its varied depart mcnts =
philosophy, theology, physics, mathc-
matics, poetry and the drama ma-white
men have beeu perfectiug for three
thousand years. This, too, is u white
mans government. Our .Uuion Of
States our guarantee Of free thought
and free speech, our method Of en-
acting laws by men selected by the
people-all these arc his peculiar
modes, and are the crystalizcd results
of his political experience, In num-
bers, in intelligent energy, the white
man stands al the head Of all the
races which have found home in
America. White men have como to
US by hundreds Of thousands each
Year by millions every ten years. =
They have, do, and will control the
destinies Of the people residing
upon this continent" e asp 81
Is it wonder, or pity, or3cohtc mpt,
that is the predominant feeling When
one observes d wasp.like body taper
ing down to an abnormally y small waist, ,
the waist unnaturally round, the dress
obviously strained, the whole body up-
parently balanced 30 as,to prcvcut the
compressed figure from breaking in
two halves ~ more absurd specta-
Gle it is impossible to conceive; and it
is one which suggests some other re-
Elections, not very 1Atterihg to the
owner of tho insect waist. We pre-
sumo that girls make fools Of them
selves in this way in order to convey
to others the notion that they are pc
culiarly sylph-like and graceful. They
wish to appear in the eyes Of their
male admirers as light, ethereal ar
gelic creatures, who arc scarcely sub
jcct to tho vulgar necessities Of hun
ger.
Unfortunately, the impression con-
yeyed is exactly the reverse. The
lover cannot look at his mistress' ey es
for thinking of her waist and won
der how she can smile under her tight
ly-clasping bars Of cano. In spite of
himself, he becomes an2anatomist. He
mentally desects hers lie caunot,help
thinking of those plates in books Of
physiology, showing tho position of
the ribs anterior, and posterior to tho
practice of tight, lacing. While he
ought to be looking at her face, ne Isl,
in imagination, contemplating her
lungs. When she sighs, it is not of
her affection he thinks, he is consider
ing the action Of her diaphragm. It.
is impossible for the tenderest and
and most idealistio of'lovora to- dis.
Germ the poetryof mechanical waist.
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With the view of encouraging en-
listments in the navy, Secretary RIB
son has directed that moro liberties
be allowed United Statesseam on " when,
,in.port,eand, instead ofiwithholdine
all their pay until s tho, end of the
cruise, that they be allowed the ,privi.#
.lege Of drawing one fifth Of their,
monthly pay at the end If each MONTH
The Secretary:is also offtlieE opinion
that the custom of punishing seamen,'
by taking, away their pay is anriDju-
dicious, ono, and calculated to punish
their families rather than the MISE Ives.
@NS IN <a.t& -ls,.-, ~ .2-l4t 4tsAl y lyts
) A meeting of tho afrends Of a. rail.
road extension from Spartanbprg, S.
e., to Asheyille, n, G., will bo held
in the courthouse at Spartanburg, on
the evening Of Tuesday, iNovembeF
l6l at z P.ENL,for the purpose of. tde-
evisingt scheme forgthes cons traction
Of this importantrailroad All friends
of the enterprise are invited TO at.
tend. Persons Attending thc moatiags
will be passed 2ioger tho sSpartanbarg.
and Union Railroad free6of charge q
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