Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
The Total Loss to Property.
PLAIN, COlored, or Mixed.

a recent issue OF the HERALD says;-
San interesting query arises, Is the
success OF the mulatto alone. due TO
the admixture of white blood? time
alone will tell u.s." For myself, /
like things Especially when buying
seeds or plants) "true to name" =
thoroughness is desirable; if man Is
to he a sable one. let him come up 20
the mark. After all, u white man, to
my eye is type Of greater beauty
than u "contraband;" but | fail TO
realize that the latter gains anything
by being 500 Of each: A pear is a
finer favored fruit than an apple, but
who amongst men would like an apple
better on account of its resemblance
to a very poor pear. The useful four
footed beast, the mule, defined by
Josh" as "a bad pun on horse,''
has when.hitched to = wagon, certain
undesirable drawbacks, his hind end
is more premature than his forward,
gay and festive as the striped zebra OF
the Sahara desert, or to furnish a
more local illustration-Steve Cor
don's "b nnic black bess," is apt to
rear up behind, and paw the circum-
nanbicnt air, sometimes in too near
proximity to the drivers pedals. but
his (the mules) ssddest misfortune is,
that while he cannot boast on tn.
score OF ancestry, he has little to hope
for in the matter Of postcrity, poor
thing. If the above portal ure is de-
fecti,c, then there is no balm IN Gil
cad. But miscegenation has its adj
or disadvantages. A full blooded nc
gro = Professor in the college in Lii
IBERIA, whose eyes brim with regretfu
brine, consequent upon the losses tn,
Institution has sustained by reason
the adoption Of the amalgamatina
principle, after citing the names o
many really eminent men, who have
! succumbed to the opportunities of tn,
angel of death, sums up causes by re
marking:
The idea was that the presence 0
white blood impaired greater aptitude
for learning, and such persons wer'
to be fitted for teachers. But will
all the advantages afforded to tn,
miscegens, still the only professor
for the college yet produced in Libcri'
are pure negroes and the only maj
with enterprise, energy and talent
enough to explore the interior, calcu
late distances, and construct a maj
is pure negro: and in the future, i
we have any scientific men here, bot
anists, mineralogists, chemists &c.
they are sure to he pure negroes, AM
perhaps from the native tribes"
Grant him these conditions and h
becomes crimsoned with success am
swoetened by the prospective suga
of prosperity. Insist upon mike
commission" (high or low join) AM
the results will in his estimation h
so infinitesimal that lie might pu
them up his nassal organ withou
causing enough Utilization 10 extort
sneezc. lie further adds:
Snow, who is to blame for thes
things? no one in the past, but if the
are continued in the future, after Go
has presented his arguments, the
those who continue them must b
blamed. l believe these things wer
done not at the instigatiou of wron
passions but under the decisions Of
falSe theory. The theory has nc
stood the test! So far Us physics
health and vigor is concerned, L
rather take my chance here as ur
Caucasian than as mongrel. Th
friends of the negro in America mus
learn to believe that the negro CO
exist and prosper without the aid {
white blood in his veins. Away the
with the misccgenstion doctrine. Th
negro race is injured by it far NOR
than the white. for by prejudice tn
nondescript progeny is consigned t
our side, even il they are ga, or rs
white. and thus revolve US in an inc,
tricable muddle."
Respect for the negro is becomin
more and more, in the progress {
events in america, the happy distin,
ton of our age. The negro is bein
taught to respect himself, and 500
he will think il no honor to mingl
, his blood, with that Of the Caucasian
Indian, or Monaghan.
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