The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-11-22

OF the two races, there l. not one sensible
colored man or woman in thousand who
desires il They desire equality and
equity under the law in all particulars
but they 10 moi desire that the associa.
ton of blacks aud whites should he regu
lated by law, or that it should be control
ed by any other DEGREES or influence:
than those which regulate the social in.
tercourse of all people. Just in proper.
ton as men aud women are made in.
dependent by fortune, position or family
connection, do they assert the right tc
select their own society. 1t is the
privilege of the rich, the bold, the free
the talented, the learned and the capable
to select their own associates. Whether
they seek il or shun it, all tend to theii
due level People may he good and
clever in their respective fields Of actor
and yet be very inappropriate companions
1t is no legal question. Law does moi
reach it. Society leaves it where nature
finds it. Just in proportion AS men anc
women are free in choice will they freel,
choose their associates. Colored peopl,
do this among themselves. They have
their grades and coteries, their festive
messes and their social circles, Just a,
distinct as they are found in and society
If all of the race wore, as supposed, il
eager pursuit and hot chase after socia
equality, they would begin by proclaim
ing and effecting il among their owl
people. No such purpose is declared
no such tendency is visible among them
Circumstances their habits, their instincts
their natural propensities, all forbid the
Infringement of the unwrittcn common
law of nature and society.
What makes this matter SO great and
so deceptive bugbcar, is the misuse o.
the term. The whites have no aversion
whatever to seeing colored people become
their equals BY any lawful means, equals
in refinement, equals in education, equals
in morals, equals in the possession and
enjoyment Of all the fruits and gains OF
civilized life. 1t is the social informing.
ling to which they are opposed, not be.
cause they are hostile to the colored race
or envious of their progress, but because
their own Unborn propensities and all their
tastes and traditions are adverse to it.
Nature has clinical laws which forbid
the blending of races, laws taught by in.
stinct and made evident by the impulses
of antipathy and antagoism. 1t is a
decree of nature that races should remain
distinct. None but dcmagogues and the
quacks of legislation will ignor or violate
il. Call il the social mixture of the
races instead, and every sensible colored
man and woman will oppose it likewise"
Considering its source this is remark.
able language. And if the writer, in
the clause equals in the possession and
enjoyment of the fruits and gains OF
civilized life meant the equality of the
two races in all matters Of public concern
in which they common interest, as well
as common right-to wit: the equal
privilege of travelling in public convey
ances, attending places of amusement,
&c. so long as they pay their scot and
behave civilly, there is little from which
to dissent or to amend. Social equality,
in the sense of removing all barriers be-
tween the ignorant and the learned, the
good and the vicious, is myth.
REUNION OF VERMONT OFPIcERs.-The
Seventh Annual Reunion of Vt, Officers
will be held at Rutland. Vermont, on
Wednesday, January 1lth, 1871. The
members of the society and all Vermont
Officers Of the Army and Navy, with
ladies, are cordially invited to attend
The usual business meeting will be held
nj the Rutland Opera House at 10 o'clock
Il, IN. The address will be delivered by
Chaplain Il. NJ. Haynes, at o'clock
p. m. Dinner at the Bardwell House
precisely at G o'clock, p. m. Promenade
Concert at s o'clock, evening Dancing
to commence at 10 o'clock. The Rut.
land, Rensselaer, a Saratoga, Harlem Ex.
tension and Vermont Central Railroads
will carry persons attending this Annual
Reunion for Fare one way. Procure re.
turn Checks Of Mai. j. s. Peck
state Police Bill Failure.
70 the State police is failure in oul
legislature. 1t found favor with sixty.
two members, but one hundred and fifty.
six eschewed the healthful measure. II
was perhaps too much of favor for the
right to look for, by so easy an effort, q,
framing bill and sending in few pcti.
tions. Great victories are TO be gained
by fighting great battles. We have beer
Annoying that Vermont was ready for any
thing in the way of virtue and right tina,
she was ready at any moment to put hei
hand upon the wrong and extinguish it
But We, perhaps, shall learn that even 10
Vermont the truth of Chrst's assertion
may hold good, That because sin abounds
the love Of many shall wax cold !" that
in this state and among its comparatively
pure population, it is necessary to keep
up healthy, earnest, self-sacrifcing agi.
tation to save and conserve the interests
of morality and religion.
With our present liquor law almost Q
dead letter throughout the state, because
of the want Of an earnest, moral, public
sentiment to enforce it, with rum bidding
us defiance in almost all our towns, vii
lagos and cities, with our courts, tribunals
of uncertainty, and almost wholly arrayet
in some form or another against any Wig
orous, rapid and certain punishment o
rum-sellers, how could we expect the leg
islature to do better than they have done
H"m;l;ot;ns as il is we donht not bu
they have very fairly represented tn
present dormant condition of temperate,
in our state.
Temperance, like any Christian virtue
meets with no favor from the two extreme
Of society. The wealthy and popula
don't favor it, nor do those who inhabi
the slums Of vice and immortality. TIL
two extremes meet. Politicians hate
if you hang it in any way upon politics
as Gen. Hall said in the late canvass il