Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-27

~ NC aiou'eu, 10 s'cdt DIVISIONS tnlovn
commotlcn WIN onr another, and our Ill., A9
Union rsel bsought INTO darger-tha IT,,
which, next 0 personal liberty (anc il ! hHi1H
protector even ofthat) is 10 every Am.r,ca.'ls h
richest .! all The public treasures which III r.
has 10 gve-ihat Union which consita,a.''sh
as anasonsllc 10 The hopes Of The slay. n. s'eh
} II Is not 500 would still in The righteous sssa
menl oi Inc world &c worth more, ilnmeas,!,l.sss'
more, 10 US and 10 mankind than all The sl,..~Y
all The globe together ExIinsuish il i esoi
in ruthless and senseess crusade for he ,cahi
and ne and his advocate AMI his mas,er MAJ; ',a'e
fer and perish together Lish, I'D. il Won ~
the warfare anu The spirit OF another Pe,e,
Hermit, AMI in this case, as in that. Won ,v, w
rewarded with desolalion and tomb.
That slavery has been permitted 10 es.N;..
itselt on his Continent lor purposes bo,h o. i.
dom and OF mercy, no reasonable man ma.
accustomed 10 look Tor the origin or The nroo,.,'
OF eveEIs in power and knowledge ti,ts.
than his own, can reasonably doubt N-rss.
can he doubt that these purposes, wnaieye,,ss.
are, will in Que time b. made manifest d ali
Meanwhile il is Eul for US 10 lay an ,mn,,a,,
and 10 hidden hand upon any OF the power. :,
This Government icr tie purpose Of dis'ulb,o
controlling il BY any authority or action i, onr,
On on. par. price abstinence in lega,iton.
The wiscs, IL all policies, the cl.ar.s S..4l. -,
siluii0Hal bligaions and the best ga ner..
nal humanli,es Lei il clone, is the one ,.f,.
al aud authoritative Injunction Of VISION AMI !,
duty concerning tie, il 90 Soulh s,ll! Sen,.
as IL is new going; and lei rs diffusion i. ,ncb
| hat The twn races shall be projected as homo
possible, and a much Is pos abe iron, all li.f.
/ lllieS Of violent collision with une sno h,,--
| This permitted and donc, all Use stonIL i. !.
lier,ly lett The developments AMI tie tescb,'c.
| OF linr.
! Some q these, As they have gradually come
\ lo be Seen ard apprrhenie., are bronnino l.
/ SINE TORN with Impressive aat Instructive 81,
/ uitican.e. Take the coiaI for ia,tanrc-a mai
u p. rps,na! : pa eIon ..,.a ne Waite ;Gan. ~,
bond u pe-petuai unicn anI sympathy win ~
agrees themselves l. IS AM ever has teen mo.
hblory OF al, c"mpcie aNalgamalIGn between
! the races, aEd ihns pie. lvss amongst us all M
physical characteristics IT ne African IN, 81
they were impressed upon hiiJ al lhe hunf al.
IL ne lane Of hi, birh Bot his separation j,
he races, win tie ultimate and pfuyiGential IT,
sign, II would SEEN, 70 maintain IN MS coninen,
al ,hr physical p-c8llaii,it> u The African IN
his OIn wnuid irgrf hav. been efeciual ma III
been III. y the Gis!e capnccs II sentiment ufls>e
'JuELei upon varieties ~ color. These mlst.
nav been u. rcone, AM he peculiafile> 10 he
ma,L'alnsd consequently ,o>i. They are there.
tore piacri beyond ths wv Of IaSe, under he
ptu'.s'luE ~ another physical Jaw which ies
lar deeper. operating INDEPENDENTLY Of all human
VII, and enforcing h,eli under IN s,erne>t an
sevtIesf u natural penalties. The offspring 4.
Ire 1850 races j. a hybrt-an cfspfins whose
Progression. though not linii i like that II SOM
ot he lower animals 10 Inc first generation Is
nevertheless SO arrested by !lnacy, ldlocy hllni.
ness dtalnr (, AM Gumbness, and other the nos
crushing niifmnies flesh is heir 10" that i. can
never become the souni parental stock Of sell.
maintaining piFustion.'
Here, then, we have, always before u tie
remarkable phenomena OF one race Of mankind
living, and living for upwards Of two hundred
years, in the midst of another race, and yet III.
ca able, by reason OF natural laws, of dSap.
pcaring By Incorporation with II, and thereby
incapable also of impalring or losing any Of IL
original and naive characteristics. Tn hal
cause OF this phenomenon must be looked Tor
either in that primitive doom upon Canaan By
which he was $ ntcnceJ 10 be "a servant OF ser
wants unto his brethren = or il IS 10 be found IN
some high ami rcnova,ing function which The
American slave is yet 10 fulfil in the redemption
OF the continent from which he came
Besides this physical lmmntabllity OF the NJ
gro, as race amongst US be has IN association
with II another peculiarly, scarcely less strlk-
Ing or significant than il is; and that is his es-
tiaortlnary aptitude 10 posses. himself, as If by
mutton Of all the tastes, and social habits, and
mechanical arts and domestic intelligence, and
civilization OF his master. You may pick up
wild negro IN Dahoiny, and bring him to Nlr
ginia, with his letlishes and ms coRluring rod
ana his sharpened Gambia teeth, and his unin-
lie llgloie tongue, and give him there no other
instruction but what he can catch from has iel
low slaves at their common work, and in few
years lie will be a civilized man. And if he 10
not, his hMerlcan chid in the first generation
viii be. This IS true OF no other savage man
upon earth Look al our own red man-as un.
cIyiiiz d almost as If centuries of effort had no!
been expended upon his improvement. Look 81
this very African himself in his own country,
amongst The most incapable of all sayagcs Tor
sell elevation, bu, wonderfully capable Of help.
ing himself up by the hands and assistance Of
others
In this connectrn, il may b. stated, as one ui
group ~ facts, mutually bearing upon and Illus.
tratng one another, that the climate OF Africa :
90 fatal Ia inc while man ever 10 become ~
place u ais safe ard permaren, aboe. Th>, cur
experience III Liberia, and the missionary expt.
flencr a our religious societies a, other polnis,
very iuy establish. Il is obvious, lheici,f.,
from, this that whatever j. done Tor he motal
improvement .! that continent, must b. done o.
thu>e whose eniiie pay>ieal nature Is suited 70 Is
hdlrinl an. burning sun. u must, IN ohtf w1Hsi
Dr. cone ~ lae hs'H man himself. hnd mere "
The absolute necessity Ui cunti4ine this hi:h mr..
SION a. hun, ~ II leaving Africa 10 her solitary
woe, We ma d ho' improbable solution otso inutd
tia i peculiar AID Otherwise MYSTERIOUS IA hIs
circumstances hhl position amongst ourselves
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Hete' ~ me h@h' 81 ms necessity, VIC see, mos
'fo'"oyi WY y = 'ha' h,s P'Hect 'Geh'iy IA,
"eeh Proceed - hdtui"l iaW.' when rendered
ms 'heo' ioi"''" VI u fnu, cohs' quehl,y' NJ
disappearance ds uisiIhc1 idc', ao>uiuieiy M
posi- ~. ii'ie, ~ "c "d'e, d Pioodp', me
reason 81 MS 'Afdnuinaiy capacity 10 lake up
IN himself the knowledge and lhr airs II his mas
Ter Here. 100. pei haps, The reason al his pre.
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!dtr intercourse ale Icef ana lnr iu6imenl> ~
ItdtniUS more pcIvd>iye and universal, han
.,,,pn., .p, .,tLor pen,ln ~ ma u,riT. ~ L,,.
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