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THE GREEN ISLE OF LOVERS.
BY KOBKKT p. SANDS.
Tliey say that afar in the land of the West,
"Where the bright golden sun sinks in glory to rest
'Mid fens where the hunterne'er ventuesto tread,
A fair lake un mlikd and sparkling is spread;
Where,lost in his course,thc rapt Indian discovers
In distance hccu dindy the Green Isle of Lovers!
There verdure fades never, immortal in bloom;
Soft waves the magnolia its groves.of perfume ;
And low bends the branch with rich miitnge
depressed,
All glowing like gcuisin the crown of the East;
There the bright eyo of nature in mild glory
hovers,
'Tis the laud of the sunbeam 1?the Green Isle
of Lovers 1
Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that kiss
The calm flowing lake in that region of bliss,
Where, wreathing their garlands ofamarinth,
fair choirs
Glad measures still weave to the sound that
inspire*
The dance and the revel,midst forest tliat covers
On high with their shade the Green Isle of the
Lover!
Hut fierce as the snake, w,ith his eyeballs of fire,
When his seales are all brilliant and glowing
with ire.
Are the warriors to all, save the maids of their
isle,
Whose law is their will and whose life is theii
smile;
From beauty their valor and strength are not
rovers.
And pence reigns supreme in the Cirecn Isle of
Lovers.
And he who ha-? sought to set foot on its shore,
In mazes perplexed has beheld it no more;
It fleets on the vision, deluding the view,
Its banks still retire as the hunters pursue?
Oh, Who in this vain world of woe shall diseover
The home undiscovered, the Green Isle of the
Lover.'
"CIVIL RIGHTS" ILLUSTRATED.
Blight, Despair and Desolation, the
Result cf "Equality."
SPEECH OF ?OK. WILLIAM M. IIOIUHXS,
OK SOUTH CA KOI.IXA, ON THE "CIVIL
KKiir.s" INFAMY.
I Mon. William M i Itobbins, of North
I Carlina, delivered the following speech in
thtt House >d' Rcprcsentti fives on the 24th
of January last, on Stunner's latest infa
my, the "Civil Rights Bill."
Mr. Speaker?In the discussion of this
so-culled "Civil Rights Rill," the Repre
sentatives of North Carolina have tnvs
far occupied but little of the time of the
Mouse, and myself nono at all, as I pre
ferred to hour fully the advocates of the
measure before giving my views. Rut a
sense of duty will not permit inc t<> re
main silent longer on a suhject so vitally
important to the people of the entire
South. The Northern States, whose peo
pie uro nearly all of one race, will be
little alfected by this measure; and their
Representatives here, knowing little of
tho practical difficulty of maintaining free
government and social harmony among
a heterogeneous population like ours,
may think it a light thing to indulge in
this theoretical and fanciful legislation,
and thus to tliurst a new fuctor into the
great and novel problem which we of the
South have to solve. Rut what spirit of
comity and mutual goodwill which should
exists among all the sections of a common
destiny, ought tu induce our Northern
countryiucu to hearken with patience and
deference to the protest which conies up
against this measure from ail those thir
teen States whose welfare it most deeply
concerns?States which, it is true, you
lately overwhelmed on the field by your
superior numbers, but whose heroism in
the struggle and whoso bearing under
defeat entitle them to the respect of their
brave adversaries. So important wore
those States in area, climate, soil and
resources, that a dozen years ago you de
clared that their continuance in the
Union was necessary to tho "nation's
life," as you phrased it. If that wcrcfo,
arc not their peace nud prosperity in the
Union essential to the nation's healthy
life!' If, by an unwise policy, you keep
that half of tho body-politic morbid and
disordered, will not the'nation?like my
late constituents and supporters, the Sia
mese twin?, after ono wus paralyzed?
drag out but a diseased, enfeebled, and
miserable existence?
The bill under discussion rends as fol
lows:?-:
A bill iii protect all citizens in their civil and L
legal rights. J.''M
P.*-'. enacted hy the Senate and House of Jlcpre-1
sentatives of the United States of America in ?m1 j
yrcys assembled, That wln-cve*" being a corpora- u
tion or natural person, and owner or in charge
of any place of public amusement or entertain
ment for which a license from any legal author'
ity is required; or of any line of stage-coaches,-;
railroads, or other means of public carriage of:
passengers or freight; or of any cemetery, or
oilier benevolent institutions, or any public, I
schools supported in whole or in part, at. public. '?
expenses or by endowment for public use^ shall,
make- any distinction as to the admission or. j
accommodation . therein of any citizen of the, j
United States because of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude, shall, on conviction/; |
thereof, be fined not less than $100 no more
than $5.000 for each oflense; and the person or
corporation so-unending shall be liable to the^,
citizens thorcby:injured in damages, to be ro^J
covered in an action of debt.
Sec. 2. That the offen ses underact and ae^ ?
tiona to recover damages may be prosecuted ha**
fore anv territorial, district, or circuit court nfi
the United States having jurisdiction of crime?
at the place where the ofl'enso was charged ^to]
hv.nc been committed as well as in the districts
were the parties may reside, as now provided]
by law.
Add to the end of section 2 the follow
ing:?
And nil the provisions of the act entitled "Ali
act to protect all persons in the United States]
in their civil rights, and furnish the means of
their vindication," passed April 0, I8?6 relating'
to the enforcement of civil rights, with the pcu?i
altics there provided, arc made applicable itti
the prosecution of bflenscs under this act.
Wl ether Congress has the right, under
the Constitution, to enact such a law,^
(which I do not believe,) or whether such;
rights pertains solely to the S;atcs,(whicb>
is my opinion,) I will not stop to discuf3$
for not qnly has that question been fully
debated already, but even if the right of
Congress to pass this bill were undoubted
I should still oppose it on account of its1
ruinous iuexpeaiency. .My remarks will
be con lined altogether to the detection
and exposure of the false political, social
and ethnological principles upon which
this proposed legislation is based, and the)
injurious results necessarily consequents
upon its adoption. If my treatment of j
the .-object should .-eeni mmih.-w?i'.L .sj?efiu2
lii'tlvC and uiscu^
pardoned, and attributed to my desire to
avoid following in a beaten track and
repeating what hay already been said.
We have heard much in this debate
about equality?the equality of men and
of races of men. That kind of rhetoric
has been fashionable in America for a
century past, 'lhe illustrious Jefferson
appears to have inaugurated it when ha
penned the celebrated sentence, "All men
arc born equal." That, sentence was
analyzed twenty-live years ago by another
famous statesman of our country, and
shown to be hot only not true, but to con
tain more error and untruth than has
ever been embodied, perhaps; in tho same
number of English words. It i> n senti
ment which may serve very well and
often has served well, as tho war cry of
revolutionists; but calm philosophy, aye,
plain common sense, smiles at its absur
dity. "All men born equal." Why,sir,
no two men are born equal, or ever live
to become equal. In face in form, in
fortune, in intellect, in everything, each
man is unlike every other. Kot equality,
but infinite inequality and variety, is the
law of this universe. It bus been said
that "Shakespearenever repeats.'' Such
was the compass of his genius, that every
effort of his mind evolved a new idea.
Docs God then repeat? No, sir. Each
thought emanating'from tho all-perfect
mind is a new thought, and each acta
new creation. He made the oak to battle
with storms, and the daisy to shelter un
derneath, the caglo to soar above tho
clouds, and the mocking-bird to sing in
the thicket; All nature is full cf con
trasts and unlikcncsscs. And not only
docs this variety pertain to the natural
world, but in that higher realm to which
faith points of, "one star diffor from
another star in glory." So that from the
grains of sand and the rocks, upward
through tee living, tho animate, the in
telligent, the spiritual, the angelic exist
ences, to the very throne of God, all being
in one grand chain of progressive and
successive links, whereof there arc no two
of them equal or alike.
The fanatical spirit which threatens
utterly to dominate this country seeks
to reduce everything and everybody to
the plane of mediocrity and a common
average. It hates superior excellence. It
is a leveling spirit, leveling downward
and not upward. In tho eyes of these
80called universal equality-men no doubt
the forests look deformed, because tho
oak, and elm, and pine overshadow the
:
er ohrubs; and the starry heavens
??iJpcnr to them imperfect, because Sirius
and Are*urus, and Aldcbaran shine out
proudly eminent among their little com
panions. And these men would think it
?an improvement if they could bring down
ptli't'ho trees to the level of the blackjack
Itfid all the stars to the. size of the North
|ftar. But fortunately these things arc)
^beyond their power, being protected by |
Ii constitution which our rad;ca lists and
higher law men cannot, and therefore do
SyOtj violate and tramplo on. But there
ig one thing which these fanatical Icvel
fcfts might dp, and to be consistent they
<e.ight to do it at once. Above your head,
Mr. Speaker, I seethe image and pre
sentment of the eagle?our national em
ftleni In tbo name of equality, sir, I
{demand what business has ho there? Ho
ftp a monarch?the king of birds. Ho is
\no fit emblem for us in these times?no
viropcr representative of the prevalent
Meal. I suggest that he be torn down,
is tlio French tore down the monogram
of tho Emperor. Do you ask nie what
[&rd should with propriety be put in his
??dace? The crow, sir. He is a biid of |
medium size, and therefore embodies well
iihe idea, of the levelers. His plumage
rapfthc favorite colors, so popular with
the dominant party. [Laughter.] I will
jwpt?because ifAvould seem ungracious?
f&rry cut the parallel in its details, and
Show how fit an emblem for the limes he
is in other repents, such as his thciving
iQropensi'ies, and the like. Laughter.]
Mtbiuk what has been suggested is sufii
jppnt to satisfy you that if this bill is to
; ass, so-called reformers should at least
JMtiend it, by proving that the eagle shall
^Mlbee forth come down from bis proud
: i i, and the crow be exalted in his
jtf&ad. [Laughter.]
The gentleman from Massachusetts
nyiitea of the nb-oHue equality of nn-u;
for he f.rmulntcd his doctrine in these
words: "That every man has the right
tm become ibe equal of another, if he
tjan/' In some sense that may be con
uecded as true. But that is not. what this
bill proposes. It docs not propose to
Heave the negro to be the equal of the
white man, "if he can;" for our laws
ftuhply provide for that now, by opening
?to the negro every avenue to progress
and emolument which oilier men possess.
But this bill seeks to tnakn the negro
equal to the white man by pulling tbo
white man down to the lov'cl of the negro;
y providing that the white man shall lie
milling, have nothing and enjoy nothing
inless ho sees to it that the negro shall
c, haw; and enjoy precisely the Mime,
Sir, since it is impossible lor any one
nan to he equal to or like any other man,
is it not more philosophical t<> say that
such a thing can bo proper object of hu
Iman effort or human ambition? Our
right are limited by our duties, and our
duties are measured by our capacities.
"To whom much is given, of him shall lie
muc h required." 1 lay this do.vn as the
true doctrine?;that every man has the
rights,and is bound by tbo duty, to till
the sphere and move in tbo orbit to which
God and nature have assigned him, as
indicated by hi? peculiar endowments,
which, being different in each individual
and in each race, point out for each a
different part to perform. If we could
change this, and compel all ro revolve
iu one and the same orbit, we should
overthrow eternal laws and reduce the
world back to uhaos.
In speaking of the characteristics of
the negro, I do not mean any disrespect
to him. 1 respect all men as men and
ns tbo children of a common Father, and
I trust I have a heart to wish well to all
and to do good to nil. But, sir, the ne
gro is not a black white man. He is a
different man, with different talents, dif
for cut duties and different rights. In
saying this I do not deny unity of origin
and a common ancestry to the human
family. . I believe in these tliings,bccause
such seems the plain teaching of that
Book which Southern men generally rely
upon as the embodiment of perfect truth.
Do you ask me, then, whence sprang
the huge dissi miliar ties which mark the
several branccs of this common family,
and which have thus distinguished them
forages? That is a question which has
puzzled the brains o:* scientists for centu
ries, and it would be. presumptuous in me
to attempt its solution. But wo are told
in the Book of hooka that there was a
period when "the whole world was of
one language and of one lip" (as the He
brew has it), and while they were engaged
in building a lolly tower, as a common
rallying point, for the purpose of pre
venting their own dispersion, this design
of theirs 'being; opposed to the design.ofi
the Creator, He came down, and, by nn \
exertion upon the whole race at once, ]
of that omnipotent power by which Ho
first made man out of. the duet of "the
earth, divide'd Wcm;up into tribes', and'
nations, arid races, and scnttered them
abroad over the world, giving to each
division a different speech, and probably
at the ?anio time, a specific physical type;
for that great changes were wrought in
man's physical constitution about that
period is proven by the fact that previ
ously men lived nine hundred years,
while ever since then the measure of their
days is three score years and ten. But
this is a digression, and this is not tho
time or place to follow up the idea. If
we were in a lyceum discussiug ethnology
I would enlarge upon and fortify it.
Here I merely throw out hints, to be
laughed at by fools, but to be pondered
by those who realize the mystery and (as
Carlylo says) "the deep tragedy of
human life."
But, sir, no matter how the races origi
nated, they do exist and are not alike.
The negro is different from the white
man. In some things he excels the white
' man. He has much music in his soul.
He can outsing, outdance, outlaugh, and
I outlrolie the white man. He is more
docile, more self-satisfied, more imitative,
more affectionate, more passionate, and
perhaps more naturally eloquent than
the white man. He is the world's "mcr
ry-iuu-lrew." He is the world's star actor
ou tho comic hIivj-q. . .SuqU uro tho eu
iic7Ti intmt?? ?/' n/'iiit5 ncgrxif tiu.l.tamo. nf
them are noble qualitcs, and by no means
shorv that the negro may not fill a useful
and important place in the world's future
civilization. But when you come to the
grand tragic and heroic parts in the
drama of humanity, whore will, force,
courage, forethought, the seuscofmas
tcrdom, and the instinct of dominion are
required to shine, the negro fails. Des
pite all that we have heard on the subject
j the negro is no fighter. To prove that
j he is, we are pointed to therecords of the
recent war between tho States. Ves; in
furated with whiskey, be was brought to
the scratch a few times, only to be sac
rificed without result.
Mr. Walls rose.
Mr. Bobbins.?I do not wish tobe in
terrupted.
Mr. Walls.?Did you ever meet the
negro on the battle-fiield?
Mr. Bobbins.?Yes, sometimes; and
whipped him easily, too. It was my
busino.-s for four years on tho battle-field
to meet all comers without, regard to
''nice, color, or previous condition of
servitude."
Tho gentleman from Massachusetts,
[Mr. Butler] has given us a glowing ac
count of bow ho sent in a column of three
thousand to take a redoubt at Newmar
ket Heights, protected, ho says, by two
lines of strong nbattis, and manned' by
one thousand of Lee's veterans. Belying
solely on the woight of his column and
the energy of the charge, be says he un
capped tho muskets of his meu to prevent
their firing. And he snys they look tho
redoubt with a loss of five hundred and
forty-three killed, and that tho thousand
rebels were so frightened?of course they
were not hurt, as his men bad no caps on
their muskets?that they did not stop
running for four miles; Now, far be it
from me to charge that gentleman with
intentional or conscious exaggeration. I
have always thought it was cruel and un
just in Prineo Hal to accuso Falstaff of
lying when he recounted his fight with
the supposed travelers on Gadshill. I
have always believed tha^St. John did
really sec elcveu men in buckram, though
it was dark, and only Hal and Poiirj
were there. Allowance must be made,
sir, for excitement of fancy in comba
tants rehearsing their own exploits - and
"fighting their battles o'er again."
[Daughter.]
Being absent, wounded, at the dale
spoken of by the gentleman from Mivssa
chusctts, of course I cannot spea^c of^tipt
facts from personal observation. ?Bufc
from many comrades who were there
abouts at, the time I Imvo always Un?er^
stood that when Ord's column of white
troops snpi-ised. nftd f^oJyJforE , TTnrn^o^,
which was the centre and key of our.Cpjq
federate position, whatever posts, ?tfv^io
loftof it w.ers given up at all woro nAjifn
doned at once under order and-: ?without
serious resistance, tlic'ir isolated ?ltuftttba
rendering them untenable. h A' htttfulfil
of skirmishers, moved hr the' VnslincV^
old fighters, may . have givpn a parting
shot or two as they were -ordere?! ay^a,^
Four or five were usually wounde^-ht
battle to one killed outright. If five
I hundred and forty-three were ktfVod1!!?
that negro column/ two thbugan?*
twenty-five hundred others must nMVtJ
been wounded; so that is really wonder
ful, thut the small squad left should havc^
I been able to terrify so thoroughly with
I their uncapped muskets that 'thoUsimVl
I old powder-burnt Couf. derates? .nXhtera
I does not appear any good reason for^icta
running in such wild dj?may;and n^Cjtipj
knows better than tbo .gentleman, fron^
Massachusetts that the men lie' used'^o
meet in battle were not given to "itoinlHg*
away without a good reason. 1 * 'tinmvt
Mr. Speaker, it appears now that' wo
men of the South must have been umleu
a strange delusion. Those serried ;ljne?
I which used to charge us with such terri
ble vigor looked like white men to'Usr
and if the field ever remained in our
own hands; we found that the slhin ^h'?
roes who strewed the ground so, thickly
were, alas! our white American brothers
?all honor to them; all honor to .thc^Cf
roic dead on both sides, who laid down
their lives for their principle*! 'We
thought then that the masses of heroic
whits troops led by Grnjit, auct Shcrhtuh*
l und McClollnj^ und Mcadc, and their
o?mpoorv, were the men we ought t?dread
but we learn now that it was the bei o
from Massachusetts and his colored troops
that wo had most reason to fear. Wob.?
Iderful! that we should thus have ...been
destroyed by that which then caused^ its
so little apprehension!
I am told that the records of tbo war
show that only some fifteen hundred'ne
gro troops were killed in the1 entire -four
years. That fact alone'speaks volumes* *
We know that a singlo . corps of white
troops?Federal and Cenfederatc alike
?sometimes lost that many killed in one
battle. Meagher's hrigade of heroic
Irishmen must have lost a largo fraction
of that number at Fredericksburg. There
was fighting indeed. And though I was
their adversary thero, yet, in honor of
their matchless gallantry, I pray thattho
turf on their graves may be as green for
ever as their own Emerald Isle.
Look at one more fact. Nearly three
years before the war ended the four mil
lion negroes of the South knew that its
rcsuli involved the question of their lib
erty. . Yet while tile continent shook with
the earthquake of war and nobody, was
at home, but old men and hoys to keep
them in order, those negroos seized no
weapon and struck no :hlbw. I do not
mention it os'a reproach to thcm It
merits rather tho. thanks of Southern
men. I mention it only to shqyv.that the
negro is not like the white man. What
race of white men would have remained
quiet under the same circumstAnccs?
When the proclamation of oraAneip^twm
was issued the peculiar patrons of tlie>n$?
gro in the North expected Miiui,to rise
and throw olf the yoke and butcher, our
wives and children: and in the abundanco
of their philanthropy and humanity they
hoped so, too. The result showed how
little they knew of tho negro character;
and their whole policy since?ay, this
very bill to-day?shows ho'.r fittlo they
still understand him.
Sir, the negro may excel in minor qua
lities, but be is lacking in those peculiar
endowerments of vigor, will and forco of
character which givo dominion in this
rough world of ours. Whcreforo it was
said that "Japhet shall dwell in tho tents
ofShem, am: Canaan:shall be his servant,'
and t'nc white man has como all tho way
from Europe and the Indian has been
dispossessed,and tho negro has been
brought from Africa, that the prediction
might be fulfilled berc in America.
TO BE CONTINI'KD,
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