Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-09-09

Il
is the prg;r renee ofNe OraaOoian for tie black wome
ouer those Of ms oun species The cireurnstance o.
superior beauty, is thought worthy attention in The
propagation Of our horses, dogs, and oher domestic
| animals; why moi that Of man? Besides those Of
color, figure, and hair, there other physical dis
| tincuons proving u difference oil race. They have
less hair the face and body. They secrete less by
the kidnies, and more by the glands Of the skin,
h'eh gives hema very strong and dsagreeabie odour.
ms greater degree oil Transportation renders the m
more toerent Of heat, aud less Of cold than the
| whites. Perhaps too difference Of structure in
the p lmonary apparatus, which a late ingenious
expermentalist has Uncovered to be the principal
| regulator Of animal heat, may have disabled then
from extricating IN the &C, Of inspiration, much
of that fuid from the outer air, obliged them in
| expiration, TO part with Of it. They seen, 10
require less sleep. a black after hard iabour Mroug
he day, wiN be induced by The slightest amusements
| 10 sit up TILL midaighL on later though knowing he
must be out ruth the first daWn Of The morntng.-
! They are at least as brave. and more adventure
some. But this may perhaps proceed from want Of
forethought, which prevents their seeing danger
till IT be present. When present, they do not 60
through with more coolness steadiness than the
| whites. They more ardent after their female:
| but lore seems miM them TO be more an eager de-
SIRE, than tender, delicate Nurture Of sentiment and
sensation. Iheir griefs are transient. Those num-
beress affections, which render it doubtful whether
heaven has given life to US in mercy or in wrath
are less Jeh and sooner forgotten wiM them. Ia gen.
era, their existence appears to participate more Of
| @nsation than reflection. To this must be a.cribed
their disposition to sleep when from their
diversions, and unemployed in abour. An animal
whose body Is at rest, and does not reflect must he
disposed 10 sleep Of course. Comparing them by
their faculties Of memory reaso'a, and inla inaon, IL
appear" 10 me that IN memory Mey are equal 10 he
uhites; IN reason much terior think one could
searcey be found capable attracting and comprehend
Tioo/ /in,s an
non THEY ARE DULL, TAsTELEss, AND ANoMA-
LoUs. 1t would be uniair to follow them TO Africa
Tor this in, estigaton. We will consider them here
on the same stage with the whites, and where the
facts are not apocryphal on which judgment is to
| be formed. II will be right to make great allow
ances for the difference ofcondition, of education
OF conversation, OF the sphere in which they move
Many millions of them have been broug ght up
| and born III America. Most Of them indeed have
been confined to tllage, to their own homes, and
their own society: yet many have been so situated,
that they might have uvailed themselves Of the con-
versaton of their masters; many have been brought
up to the handicraft arts, and from that circun,-
stance have also been associated with the whites
Some have been literally educated, and all have
lived IN countries where the arts and sciences have
been cultivated to considerable degree, and have
| bad before their eyes samples Of the best works
| abroad. The Indians, with advantage Of thu.
kind. will often figures their pipes not des-
'heeS VI eeSoh obu mSiiN lhey Will CFhyOu out
| an aniina, aplant, or country, to prove the
existence Of germ in their minds which only wants
cultivation They astonish you with strokes of the
most sublime oratory; such prove their reason
aud sentiment strong, their ina ginaion glowing and
elevated. Buinerer get could Find that a black had
uttered thought ADORE the level Of PLAIN narration;
ncrer saw ersn an elementary trait Of painting or
sculpture. la music they are more gifted than the
whites with accurate for tune and time and
! they have been found capable of imagining small
catch.f Whether they will he equal to the compo-
stlon of more EXTENSIVE of melody, or of com
pllcated harmony, is yet to be proved Misery is
often the parent oi the most affecting touches in
poetry. .Anaong The blacks is misery enough, God
knotcS, out no poetry Love is the peculiar ostrum
Of the poet Thar lore is ardent, but ii ki,ades the
| senses only, mol TIE imagination. Religion indeed
has Produced Phllis WheateIy; but it could not
produce poet The compositions published under
| her name are beioD the dignity Of eritisisn. The
heroes Of The Dunciad are 10 her, Hercules 10 the
author ofttat poem. Ignatius Sancho has approach
ell nearer to merit IN composition yet his letters
| do more honor t. the heart than the head. They
breath the purest efusoDs OF friendship and gene
| raj philanthropy, and shew how great q degree of
the latter may be com pounded with strong relis.
ious zeal. He is often happy in the turn of his
compliments, and his style is easy and familiar ex-
cept when he affects aShaudean fabrication fwords
But his imagination is wild and extravagant es-
capes ncessantly from every restraint of reason and
taste, anu, an he c0urss V ITS ragortes, eares tract
Of fh0ught iacokerent and eccentric is the course
Of meteor through the sky. His subjects should Of
ten have led HIM to process Of sober reasonis 2
yet we find him always substituting sentiment for
demonstration. Upon the whole, though we admit
him to the first place among those Of bis own
color who have presented themselves to the public
judgment, yet when we compare him with the wr-
ters of the race among whom he lived and particu-
larly with the epistolary cassn which he has taken
his stand, compelled 10 enroll him at the bot.
ton, of the column. This criticism supposes the let
ters published under his to be genuine and to
have received amendment from no other hand
points which would not be oil easy Investigations
The improvement Of the blacks in body and mind,
has been observed by every one, AID proves that
their inferority is not the eec: merely Their con-
dit ion ofliie. We know that among the Romans,
about the Augustan age especially, the condition Of
their slaves was much more deplorabls than that OF
the blacks on the continent Of America. The two
were confined in separate apartments, because
% raise u chdcos the master more than TO buy one
Cato. for very restricted indulgence to his slaves
in this particular took from them acertan price. But
in this country the slaves multiply as fast as the
free inhabitants. Their situation and manners
place the commerce between the two sexes almost
without restraint The same CATO on q principle
of economy, ALWAYS sold his sick and supersnua-
ted slaves. He gives IL as a standing precept 10 a
master eisifing has farm, 10 sell his old oren, old
coggons old tools, old and diseased serpants and ep.
m thing else become useless. 'Vendst boves vetr-
los, paustrum vetus, feramenta vetera, servum
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