Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-01-03

sentiment AMI hus those regions deprived Of all the ci
uos OF inland navisaondeprivcd OF that commercial in
ration, have been buried in barbarism poverty am,
their inhabitants, made prisoners Of kidnapped
have been sent OIL far from their native homes 10 tot
and sweat in the service OF their fellow mena destiny
cruel as may APPEAR yet infinitely fortunate io
them than for
But some supposed this eternal barbarism of the
most extensive portion OF Africa may be ascrbcd two
stey Of the SOIL and the natural ncrory of the
negro race As TO the sterty OF Africa true almos,
s surface and the great with the exception
Of the narrow valley OF the Nc across the entire
continents but these deserts alternate with the and
other cuiuvabe regions Of country fertile any on
the globe Indeed throughout these sections there is
proiusion OF animal and vegetable life, which astonishcs
the traveller from other countries which is found no
where else Throughout all the continent the wild tribes
exist In large and formidable numbers crcely dspung
the possession of the soil with Africa too produce
beyond any other part OF the world that xuriant
and those gigantic vegetable ors which so proudly dis
tngush the equatorial regions, which prove tho rank
fertility of the SOIL The Boabu6 or great Caia6ash of
Africa Is the most enormous tree face of the earth
In this continent, thcnit be the want of fcr
~ which has kept the people in state OF ignorance and
oaroansm II IS the want OF navigabe streams, of good
roads ana canals, which generate commerce. form socie
ties, and lead on to the developemcnt of ener
gy SOLITARY man can never attain to the perfection of his
nature, even upon the most uxuriant so-hc requires
the aid oil his fellow manthc stimulus of social inter
course, to lift him up from barbarism civilization The
inferior animals however, are guided by instnct-wh
this alone, and without each others aid they rise TO all
the perfection OF which their nature susceptible pro-
fusion OF subsistence is all they requires hence the animal
tribes in Africa found in all that perfection of which
they capablc-while man, who requires something
more than food, Is degraded and uncivized.
But 1t Is said, secondly this degradation of the species
In Africa, Is owing to the natural inerioy of the negro
tribes will not pretend in this essay to discuss The
question, concerning the relative superiority of the differ
ent species OF We know there are several distinct
Species and, consequently, there may be difference in in
tcecual endowments but, have no reason to believe
from the specimen OF the blacks in this country that they
are incapable OF civilization; they have all the properties
consequently Twill the
pacity oil improvement under favorable circumstances.
But the early history OF the world abundany proves
them capable OF civilizations and judging from piimeval
ages we should come 10 the conclusions that they formed
the most intelligent of the different species of men. We
have already traced the civilization OF Egypt back TO the
remocs periods and pointed out the probable cause
prosperity The arts and sciences first oursed on the
banks OF the Nile The Scriptures speak OF the alien
wisdom OF Egypt, and Solomon in hypcrbolica figure of
speech, Is described surprising all the wisdom of Egyp
and yet this boastci land Of prmeva ages was inhabited
by black race with wooy heads 'he colonies that CT
vzed reccc, the founders Of Argos, Athens Delphi and
so ort came from Egypt and for centuries afterwards
turned 70 Egypt as the source and centre of civilization
The Philippians who lived about the Red Sea were
blacks;they were early civilized they even consl
cred as the handsomest race OF The Gods them
selves In procession, annually visited them and Memnon
the distinguished Black Prince the siege of Troy was
In all probability Ethiopian. Some even have suppos
ed Assyria, Babylon Phence and Tyre were all inhaht
cd by backs;' that the blacks from this review wod
rather appear TO be the superior have been thus
particular IN the account given of Africa because be-
shew the great utility inland navigation and commercial
intercourse.
But in other regions similar effects from similar
causes thus call that part of Asia which lies any consid
cradle distance north of the Euxine and Caspian The
ancient Scyta and the modern Taary and Siberia seem
In all OF the world have beenin the same
ana uncivized state in which find them at present
The sea OF Tarary is the Frozen Ocean, which admits of
no navigation and though of the greatest rivers in
the world run through that country they are at too great
distance from one another carry commerce and COM
inumcaiion through the greater part of it,
ne want OF maritime coast says Storch "has with
out doubt, been of the principal causes which have
heretofore arrested the progress of national prosperity in
Russia Call to mind the industry and riches of ancient
Novogorod and compare this hourishng State with the
naSedness and poverty which chacteizcd the oriental
IN part by the communication which the Vokhave affords
with the Baihca communication by which Novgorod kept
up commercial intercourse with the bordering on
the coasts OF this while the interior of the country was
almost entirely deprived offoreign commerce.
1.-The genius OF Peter the Great well aware Of this
OF all the enterprises of this monarch that
which he held most at heart, improve coast of
Russia, and perfect its interior navigation; perhaps by
these means he has done more for the prosperity of his
pre- than by all his positive measures having object 10
transplant into Russia the industry and civilization of Eu
ropc."t
thus VIC see from review of the history Of the world
both In ancient and modern times that prosperity and c
WHEATON have been consequent commerce. which has
arisen from position naturally advantageous for barter and
trade, from the art and labor of man. which have opc
ed the navigation OF rivers, cut canals established rail
roads, thereby facilitating and cheapenng transporta
uon oil commodities from section another and on
couragng man to the formation of society an extended
scale.
sec Tor further particulars this very in
, work. Survey OF tho Western Continent by czon of
tcou" d'EcOnomio PoliiquO, Tom. Ior ch. oomo
virginia E,cgjslaa,sre