Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-06

S~ncn, or that they possess those capacities
Which Heavsn has bssn pleased 10 bestow
~r4Ppahs moro f,eouscd Of the human family
H-sppsaTsto us. that they ass a species Of bc-
: ing who. form a connecting link between tln
higher anu lower branches Of mansind-u
I, hid Of people, who fall somewhat Lehiad The
s whites, in tho scale ofhuman existence. It is
,Jut,, that there are soiao rare instances 20 he
ahiuced, which mako an honorable display
Of the mind Of tho negro, and. svincc acts on
bs part, which wou.i be crcd;tabls 10 the
,sj,Ns man. Bot they have been exceedingly
r,re-so much 50, that they have almost been
,1s.o.tsn.
cAtfast awful pariod, when ST.. Domingo was
dxlugel with blood-when rapino, murder,
and revcDge wore tho order Of the day, q
Tuassgaf. and a Christophe, sprung into po-
ltical existence, aud displayed the attributes
Of the blood Thirsty coaqreror; bot in doing
80, they cvinced conc Of tho better qualities Of
1c Statesman. In the midst OF their ascend
ancy. they purssod no d;s;inct policy their
object was revenge and plumber; they cared
nd fos the rights ofhumanity, and set civilized
ias at defiance Thus, when 'tcy had al
chance of ironing a government cf thsir
own. ard OF becoming q great md IN infuen-
thai psoplc, they cis'cgarded the opportunity
that presented itself, and instead OF becoming
a nation Of civilized people. they became a ma
t.c:i OF degraded oatcasis--a mere clan Of ies-
I~nradocs. Since the accession Of Boyer, a
mun about whom thsrc has been so much said
and written, the ST. Domingians, have not
ncuic any advances towards civilized life-
and their form of government though il bear
tho imposing ti:lu Of a Republic. is not one
whit bettcr than an absolute jcspoiic dynasty.
From all tho observation wc have had Of tic
cssacs, we cannot arrive at uny other CON
%etis;aa. than THE, that they are a people, dis
tact frol the wlI;cs-esparatcd from them
b. physical and intellectual deieiencies. |
u - true, that the African race, has %prolac-
Gl n ItANNIuAL, a IisnET, a FULLER, Il
ya.LLls WurArIrY, a IoussANr,a BOYER
and a PAUL CurrEp, but neither Of these dis
,agnsei,cd Philippians, have exhibited tho high
CT qualities which belong TO the WITHSTAND
Which tbs whilesai' play.
Hannibal, Toussaut end Chr;s.ophr,-if ono !
nrJy DO SO allowed to speak made excellent
tyran.s and despo,s, but they worc not srea,
mrn-they displayed not the characteristics
Of the statesman. the well disciplined general.
Or tie attributes Of the whites. !
Paul Cunec was a good navigator, and n
good man, but he still fa!l.far short of his white
competitors. and exhibited those mental defic-
~icpcics, which belong exclusively 10 the negro.
Fuller, as a Mathematician, was regarded Us
a prodigy, but still he was deficient, and little
Or nothing remains, to perpetua!e his memory.
L;sbe, Of the Isle Of France, was made a men,
Der of the French Academy Of sciences, from
shorc policy and had not rolicy dictated such
a course, he would have descended to the
grave, unne,iced and unknown.-Phills Wheat
Is it is true, wrote rhymes, but her productions,
when considered as poetry, are beneath the
dignity Of criticism.
We profess 10 be the warm and sincere
fiends af the negro race. and viii ever advo-
cate their emancipation. We would sec them
all free and independents we deprccaic the
causu Of slavery. aud would sec it abolished
we shrink back With horror, when we. hear the
ClanNng Of the negroes chains--but after all,
after sympathy has been awakened, and the
better feelings Of our natures, are violated By
,he recital o: the ncgro's sufIsrings, We cannot
Cor the souls of us, piace him in tho same scale
with the white nan.