The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-02

For the Examiner.
sesae Facts an ssrferesce Co ihe African
Quer- No. A.

Raer, No. q.
II is fact proven by all history, and not con-
tradicted by single instance on record, that the
negro race has always and everywhere existed
under one of two conditions-when free, they
are, and have always been barbarous, not even
semi eivillsed, as many Of the heather nations
are; when civilised and christianised, they have
become so always and everywhere, In state OF
slavery. Liberia, in Africa, cannot be consid-
cred an exception to this rule; for the civilised
part Of that community went from the United
States, and the better and more intelligent por-
ton Of them from the slave States.
II IN a fact, that the Almighty Ruler of the
Universe, who, in his hidden wisdom and won
dsrful purposes, has never allowed the black
man TO raise himsslf from the level of the beasts
to become worshiper Of him; who has, as per-
iectly eslipsed the soul of the negro in his ma
tive country from the light Of his blessed Cos
pei as he has his skin from the rays Of the light
of the sun; has ordained that great number
Of this race should be removed from Africa to
North America. He has transplanted them from
a land where there is no knowledge and no light
is to hunt, and kill, and devour one another, or
to waylay, and seize and sell into bondage, to
land and country where the light of the ever
lasting Gospel, which maketh wise unto saliva
ton, shines more brightly and more clearly than
upon any other portion Of this Earth; TO a land
and country where the principles Of good gov
srnment and Of civil liberty are understood and
practieed, as they never were understood and
Practiced any where else the face of the earth,
from the birth of Noah to the present day.
These negroes were not sent here peaceably;
they did not come here as emigrants seeking a
better home, lar from it. They were brought
here in degrai ation and in cbans-they were
slaves.
Since they reached our shores they have be-
come civilised-they have lost their savage ma
ture and disposition; from being lazy and indo-
lent, they have become more capable of fatigue
and of continued labor than white men; from
being moody, miserable race, they have be-
come the most cheerful, contentsd, and happy
Peas,ntry in the known world from being heath
IN idolEtors, thousands of them have become
Pious christians, ready 70 give reason for the
faith that is in them. Thus never did God treat
them before, or anywhere else. And lest we in
our folly shOu d think that he has departed from
hs foreOrdained purposes, and that now, in
these last days, call men are created free and
equal" he has, caused US to see that whenever
and wherever, in this our country, it has ap-
peared to some in their wisdom and in tLeir
philanthropy vighf set these negroes free, they
have always and uniformly begun forthwith to
retrograde ami fall back into their African life
and habits, as far as the condition and circum-
stances of the country will allow them. Free
negroes In communities in the United STATES
cease to be industrious, they cease to be cheerful
and COMMENTED; and they become moody and
gloomy, idle and indigent--they bask in the sun
shine or huddls in the ashes in rags and power
ty. MoaTs.