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Editorial
February 4, 1859
The Bedford Gazette
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editorial denounces the New York Tribune for comparing Southern 'poor white trash' to Haiti's 'petit blancs' and equating them with wealthy men of color, calling it an insult by Black Republicans to poor whites.
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"POOR WHITE TRASH" AND RICH NEGROES.
The New York Tribune, the acknowledged organ of the Black Republicans, in a late article on the revolution in Hayti, makes the following infamous and disgraceful comparison:
"A considerable part of the white population (of Hayti at the time of the abolition of slavery in that country were petit blancs, so called, little whites, the same with the POOR WHITE TRASH of our Southern States, without education, or property, but exceedingly tenacious, like OUR POOR WHITE TRASH North and South, of a distinction which enabled them to take rank of the most accomplished and wealthy MEN OF COLOR."
Here this Black Republican oracle intimates that the poor white people of our country and the "little whites" of Hayti, occupy the same position in the scale of society, and declares that the former were enabled to take rank of the most accomplished and wealthy men of color," thus placing our poor white population on a level with the negro! What will the intelligent American laborer say to this? Shall such a degrading insult to a class that forms the bone and sinew of our land, go unrebuked? The "poor white trash," forsooth! Let the poor man remember this stigma that Black Republican aristocracy fixes upon his name. Let him remember it and let him resolve to wipe out of existence the party that dares thus to dishonor him.
The New York Tribune, the acknowledged organ of the Black Republicans, in a late article on the revolution in Hayti, makes the following infamous and disgraceful comparison:
"A considerable part of the white population (of Hayti at the time of the abolition of slavery in that country were petit blancs, so called, little whites, the same with the POOR WHITE TRASH of our Southern States, without education, or property, but exceedingly tenacious, like OUR POOR WHITE TRASH North and South, of a distinction which enabled them to take rank of the most accomplished and wealthy MEN OF COLOR."
Here this Black Republican oracle intimates that the poor white people of our country and the "little whites" of Hayti, occupy the same position in the scale of society, and declares that the former were enabled to take rank of the most accomplished and wealthy men of color," thus placing our poor white population on a level with the negro! What will the intelligent American laborer say to this? Shall such a degrading insult to a class that forms the bone and sinew of our land, go unrebuked? The "poor white trash," forsooth! Let the poor man remember this stigma that Black Republican aristocracy fixes upon his name. Let him remember it and let him resolve to wipe out of existence the party that dares thus to dishonor him.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Slavery Abolition
What keywords are associated?
Poor White Trash
Black Republicans
Hayti Revolution
Racial Comparison
Southern States
Men Of Color
What entities or persons were involved?
New York Tribune
Black Republicans
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of New York Tribune's Racial Comparison Of Poor Whites To Men Of Color
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Black Republican, Defensive Of Poor Whites
Key Figures
New York Tribune
Black Republicans
Key Arguments
New York Tribune Equates Southern 'Poor White Trash' With Haiti's 'Petit Blancs'
This Comparison Places Poor Whites On The Same Level As Wealthy Men Of Color
Such Rhetoric Insults The Poor White Population, The 'Bone And Sinew' Of The Land
Poor Whites Should Remember This Stigma And Oppose The Black Republican Party