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WHAT MISCEGENATION
WHAT WE ARE Now
that Mr. Lincoln
TO EXPECT is
Re-elected.
By L. SEAMAN, LL.
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WHAT MISCEGENATION
WHAT WE ARE Now
that Mr. Lincoln
IS
TO EXPECT is
Ee-eleoted.
By L. SEAMAN, LL.
WALLER & WILLETTS, NEW YORK,
D.
Publishebs,
TO Henry Wakd as a
Beechke, the good man of Brooklyn Heights,
Man, a Christian and an
and ererlasting regard,
this
Abolitionist,
work
is
we have
a sincere, a
affectionately •
for
whom,
profound
by
THE AUTH(JR.
MISCEGENATION,
"What
is
Miscegenation ?"
is
an
The following term
definition
A
repeated inquiry.
oft
recognized by Webster, Johnson, or Worcester, and yet
in
word not
general use.
according to the popular acceptation of the
is
:
—The
Miscegenation, noun
mass or cojupound of
act of mixing or
different ingredients
tion to an actual existence;
brotherhood
mixed
thought of
;
a
rela.
in
opposed to abstract.
MisoEGENATE, vevh transiUve
common
state of being
in logic,
;
— Literally,
to unite
races
blend
different
;
to
blend as one
and
promiscuously
;
to
coalesce. It is
unnecessary for us to enter into a lengthy definition of the word
asthe artist wlio engraved our Iron tispiece portrays that fails to
Our
accomplish.
man ob
color " affectionately
of the
two contrasting The thick
a pretty white girl of sixteen,
saluting
with auburn hair and light complexion
scene.
;
the different shades of complexion
beautifully and
lending
waving auburn hair of the other, and the sweet, nose of the one does not detract from
with expanded nostrils of the other
the round,
flat
v
—
delicate little
the beauty of the broad,
new order
the
Roman
flat
nose,
while the intellectual, bold and ma-
head, resembling a huge gutter mop, of
of the ancients, but
to
one forms an unique, though beautiful contrast to
trast is the order of the
about a
enchantment
wool of the one lends beauty to the long,
tufts of
jestic forehead of the
which our pen
represents an "intelligent gentle-
illustration
day
we
;
a desire for sameness
of the Nineteenth
of things.
tlie
other.
Con-
was an hallucination
Century are going to bring
— coined
word
a coined
Misct'fieiuition is
New
in
England, and for the
not finding words snfficient in
Araalgamationists
times.
the English
language to express their peculiar ideas, have manufactured
need hardly say,
done very well
answers
it
hobby but
for a time as a
thing new was needed to take
uited to define their cause,
A
tionists."
appropriate
large
and some-
its effect,
Accordingly the agitators got
and
once declared themselves "Miscegena-
at
and flourishing society soon sprang up under the
of the
title
soon lost
we
and
invented the word "miscegenation" as best
heads together and
their
it
place.
its
it,
" Amalgamation,"
purpose admirably.
its
The
"Modern Order of Miscegenatiunists."
first
society being formed in iBoston, others sprang iip rapidly throughout the
State of Massacliusetts, and from thence the contageon spread throughout
New
all
England, and by some
ill
wind that blows no one good, was
wafted from Main to Oregon, carrying everything before
it,
and by
its fell
swoop, upheaving and disorganizing society, respecting nothing but the
So complete was the organization and sway of the "Modern
negro.
Order," when
the
England, but
many
solid
late
election took place, not
Presidential
of the Western
only
New
and North Western States stood in
phalanx for Miscegenation, and Mr. Lincoln was triumphantly re-
elected.
Miscegenationists were
Actual
atrocious crime
first
discovered in the South, but the
was not popular although
rable extent, and
men have been known
it
was committed
to a conside-
own
clnldren into
to
sell
their
slavery, simply because of the supposed attaintment of the offspring its
But such beasts are only
mother.
we have afinersense
the North,
to be found in the South.
of the beautiful.
Dark
from
Here
in
blood, in the
estimation of the Northmen, instead of attainting^ purifies.
A man
whose veins "are com-sed by a certain amount of dark blood, and whose skin
is
correspondingly dark,
Many time.
Wendel
man, and,
When
is
believed to be a superior being.
of our best orators have been advocating this mixture for some
in
Phillips can't see Avhy a negro
many
instances,
why he
is
not the equal of a white
has not proved himself superior.
coalescesion takes place he believes that the excellent properties of
Sambo's component parts are intensified and the sluggish material of the white man purified and renovated. Cuffy's good time
treasure
is
is
come
expended daily
—his
for
his
raillenium benefit.
is
at hand.
Millions
The blood of whitemen
of is
—
shed in torrents for
Mr. Lincoln says the war must he prosecuted
liiin.
Henry Ward Beecher
until slavery is abolislied.
Hotel speech, in reply to Butler,
begone.
out of
It will be
tlie
tliat
"When He
way."
said in
war
tliis
considered
"every drop of
tliiit
blood spilt without accomplishing that certainty squandered."
Mr. Beecher must believe the war clares that the
war
when
will stop
clusion that Sambo's good time
• that his
.star is in
is
the ascendent.
negro, and
for tlie
is
slavery
come
eradicated
is
— that
his
Avenue
Fiftli
liis
ceases slavery will
Ot course
Mr. Lincoln de-
— hence our
millenium
White men, jnst stand
is
liack
con-
hand
at
and
let
the
conquering heroes pas?.
When of
the war was
and
first
thought
little
inaugurated Miscegenation was but
were considered
Abolitionists
of.
Amalgamationists were reviled and their names bid
down
But how
to the execrations of posterity.
is
to
fair
now
it
little
bad
be handed
year of
in the
our Lord and Saviour, one thousand eight liundred and sixty-four hold
what a change
among
us
were the
least
What
!
who were
a change has taken place in Israel
become the
the greatest have
have become the greatest!
same
ratio, at the
plexions will be fashionable
Be-
?
Those
!
and those who
least,
Gradually, for the past four
Pompey's
years, public sentiment has been setting in
tinues thus, at the
spoken
citizens.
favor,
and
con-
if it
end of the next four years, dark com-
—white and
The
pale faces will be discarded.
ladies, instead of applying white chalk to their faces, will use char-coal
with profusion; instead of a small delicate foot being the rage, big derstandings, with projecting heels will be
up their
lips to
out that they
inside
ladies of
mouths look
may
legal voter,
all
the go
;
amusement
a
la cTA/rique.
be reserved, invariably, for
Congress will soon pass a law making the colored
and declaring him
eligible to office
We
from policeman up to President.
our Boards of Aldermen.
Pompey
will
them
Already the
lips.
friz their hair
Avill
un-
instead of puckering
small, they will be turning
resemble Diauah's ruby
seats in places of
colored folks.
sitions,
their
Washington have commenced to
The front
in
make
flat
;
he
will
shall
man
a
occupy public po-
have the colored man
be Mayor, Judge, and Gover-
Legislators will be of the thick-lipped and wooley-headed frater-
nor.
Our
nity.
Colored
men
side in our Clinton
with a white
will be the occupants of
and Fifth avenues.
man on
Things are changing.
brown stone
They
will
fronts,
and
re-
ride in their carriages
top as driver, and perhaps have another on behind.
They
are being reversed.
It will
be fashionable
6 for
colored " a,eiuinaii" to have a white driver
:i
that
ir
'Tother
ers.
man
going to be the gentleman
is
upon the same gi'ounds
been fashionable for white
has, lieretotbre.
;
men
have
to
neciro driv-
that's all.
FRONT SEATS FOR OOLORED FOLKS. The Trustees their front seats
Dr. Z. P. Lathrop's Church.
nt'
for colored folks!
under the galleries and
in
the
White
Boston, liave
reserved
are to be kept back
peoi)le
This arrangement created a
vestibule.
hard feeling among the dcA'oted members of the church, especially
little
the female portion, but tliey soon became reconciled to the
new
order of
things like good christians.
This surely
is
a
bt)ld
step toward the " elevation of the negro," and
merits the approbation of the Beechers and Cheevers.
ahead
in
every worthy enterjirise, but
believed, she will not be
much
Boston
this instance, if
in
Brooklyn.
ahea
is
rumor
Already,
stand, the ;natter of reserving front seats for colored peoi)le in
our
first class
chnrches
is
is
we
always to be
under-
some of
The movement
being seriously considered.
will
be inaugurated on the Heights, and probably extend to Fleet street, Hanson Place. Lafayette avenue. Pacific street,
We
Johnson
street
and Sand
street.
are led to the conclusion that the colored peoj)le are to be favored
with front seats from the tenor of the speeches delivered by some of the first
men
of Brooklyn
on the occasion of
a
GRAND MISCEGENATION held on
Brooklyn
The speakers
directly after the late election.
white
man had
rights
line of demarcation,
The
-JUBILEE,
Heights in the mansion of
which were entitled to respect, but
and Gentlemen
gratulate each other
We
:
have come together
upon the success of our
step, until victory is ours,
bondman
is
freed."
there
tlie
was
a
trespass.
cause.
descent!
evening to con-
The horizon
We
let
is
aglow
have advanced step
We
will
soon extend the right
or hindrance, to our brothers of African
(Tremendous and prolonged applause.)
when our brothers
this
and we have but to publish the glad tidings:
(Loud applause.)
hand of fellowship, without
rights,
still
beyond which the white man should not
with victory from Maine to Oregon, (applause.)
"the
question thought
principal speaker of the evening spoke substantially as follows:
" Ladies
by
Walter Stuben, Esq.,
J.
in
The time has come
of dark complexion and curly hair are to have their
and when restrictions will be no longer placed upon the develop-
ment
of their talents
(Tremendous cheering.)
!
which the colored man will take a
foremost stand
The day
plause.)
is
The day
is
dawning
will take his proper position in life— in which
not
in
society.
far distant
(Deafening and
in lie
prolonged ap-
when our oppressed hrothers
of dark
skins will have their just deserts— wlien, instead of being enslaved they
honored and respected
will be
throuiilioiit
tbe
which an enthusiastic old gentleman sprang up his
world..
-'Three cheers for Fred. Douglass."
voice,
Three times three was
given for Fred., followed by the inevitable "tiger!")
an age of progress years
ago,
;
men
are
lie
is,
in
(Tremendous applause.)
some
rior mental
still fail
to recognize in tlie
The
(Cheers.)
which we
in
class of
show
that
it
did not descend from
wliom the wicked
Ham
slew.
be-
live!
We
men,. who, from
colored
man
his supe-
sjjeaker then entered into an
elaborate discourse to prove the admirable qualities of to
now
instances. i)ossessed of superior qualities.
So much for the age
endowments.
;
friends, this is
those who, a few
as their Cfpial,
have no patience with that stupid and despicable ignorance or prejudice,
My
growing wiser every day
would not recognize the colored man
gin to see that
(Cheers, after
shouted at the top of
atid
tlie
negro race, and
Ham, but from Ham's brother Abel
Alter which the meeting adjourned, with
cheers lor some contrabands present, for Fred. Douglass, and for Vie*
President Hamlin.
THE SABLE NOBILITY. Since crenie
tlje
de
la
re-election of Mr. Lincoln, the Blood Koyal
creme of colored society
have
been
Soirees d'Afrique are being had throughout the country.
and
New
jubilent demonstrations.
The
delphia,
Cincinnati
York, have late
all
of the country.
Codfish,
colored aristocracy
is
the recent decision of the
and they have Shoddy,
believed to be
Boston, Phila-
been favored with their
of Maryland to discard Slavery, has given our colored of themselves,
Africa— the
emancipation proclamations, the re-
election of Mr. Lincoln, together with
opinion
of
extremely jubilent.
become, the aristocracy, proper,
an
more
jteople
Brudders a
avenue, are nowhere.
sensible in their dress
The
and gene-
deportment. They are not considered bigoted or egotistical. They do not treat the poor white trash with that contempt and disdain which is characteristic of the shoddy and codfish aristocracy. They have been
ral
known
to condesend to speak to, and, in
some
instances, even to associate
with the middle or loAver classes of white society.
This, surely,
is
a com-
mendable
trait.
The ebony bon
however, are outstripping their neigh-
ton,
bors in Fifth avenue, in regard to dress and
There
is
fashionable
entertainments.
a sound of revelry every night, and Africa's sons and daughters
(her beauty and her chivalry) trip the fantastic toe; gorgeous lamps shine o'er fair w^ouien
and brave men
when music
with
rises
which speak
;
a thousand hearts beat happily
and
;
voluptuous swell shiny eyes look love to eyes
its
again, and all goes
merry
as a marriage bell.
CLERICAL POLITICS IN JERSEY CITY. The Rev. William Tunison, pastor of a Methodist church City,
Sunday before the
endeavored, on
congregation
how
to vote
;
nary man, and condemned McClellan as a
Those of the congregation who were ing the scriptures preached and listening
to
a rabid
not the only instance
in
explained, and
it is
New
which the
instruct
to
his
as an extraordi-
of
theii" suffrages.
church for the purpose of hear-
electioneering stumj)
refused to listen to political sermons in is
man unworthy
in the
house of God, and refuse to return while is
election,
late
President Lincoln
eulogised
in Jersey
not for the
desecrated by
of
piiri)ose
speech, immediately left i>oliti('s.
the Tliis
Jersey people have stubbornly
Whenever
the house of God.
it
attempted Jerseyraen beat a hasty retreat, leaving the astonished divine
to exhort
empty pews.
Oh
don't you behave yourself ?
Jersey
You
!
Jersey
!
Benighted Jersey
!
Why
deserve to be imprisoned in Fort Lafa-
yette.
MISCEGENATION IN THE GREAT BOUMERRANG ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN.
We nation
learn that the ancient order of Bouiuerrangs have imbibed miscegeto an
alarming extent, and instead of adliering to
principles, have gone back to the world
raging like an epidemic
Major,
we
among
its
members.
!
"Nigger on Tlicir
tlieir
tlie
sacred
brain,"
is
Great High Chief, the
understand, has been for some time laboring under the influence
of Miscegenation
!
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