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Parker & Co. iS'pence & KEID, National. Exchange Rank. Baltimore Md. ,Geo. W. Williams. ] ( .Tamer nninoE. ,1a. William BniNiG. >? j Frank E.Taylor. Jos. R. Robertson. J ( Rout. S.Catjicaut. <Geo. W. Williams &c Co.. FACTOHS AND Oominission. Mo rcKants OHA ULKSTON, S V. -AND-; Williams Brinie & Co, Commission Mei-eha-nte?, 05 Rcnvcr St, & 20 Exchange Place, New York. S?j9uLibcral Advances made on Cotton and Produce shipped to us nt cither point. J?n8 " . * ' 40, 3m POETK Y ? 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, \\ ..?IcUi.V-. r