The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-16

occupy i's aoet|ona. The only govern,
mont which p,,tslsta ID lI,a, Of a bloody
and W'pitl lrnsl who Ii emperor uver
Que corner OF Me lsland or hum lbo
snnpoTls, he people hhvn losl Afis, fp
ltn'oh, ihdna'rF, tltGahuy==love fn.
lnpsod into absolute uannlba!'>,n. iJf.
Mott slhies, oh thp Huli,r,Ny ur NJ,
"Vr Witness. 'hnt ~, iW0 DuuaslDNs wl,lIp
travelling III llnNlI, he saW he nrnrue-
roasting an'l eating ,hpif i,vaniniean
prisonrrs hv lha roHL side.
Ia The iree Sin,ra ef ths poNnlly, lilo
negro rncr onn reach every advantage
which tho white rnaa"aatar a large
portion OF lhrm nro educated, fl,n
where have they rvinocd capacity to
make use OF our civilization! Whcfo
have their best classes achieved higher
destiny than that Of tavern walters?
Where have their mass risen above the
very lowest level Of the worst popu.
la!ion? Where has any Individual
even, attained, not TO say distinction,
but even responsibility, in any pro.
icsslon2 In England, many negroes
who were supposed to exhibit, talent
when children, have been subjected to
hot bed process of culture, and the
writings Of two or three Of these have
been collected in volume; and Bishop
Grrgolrc Of B'ois has written stupid
book 10 prove thcrcfrom the intellectual
equality of the race. But any one
who will take the trouble to read these
verses will find them for the most par.
doggrrrl too poor 20 be called verse
n, all; and whenever copy occurs Of
sufficient mcri, for the poets corner Of
the smallest kind ofconnry newspaper,
It's author is sure 10 turn up mulallo
orr Quadroon when the nccumpanvinp
biographies arc referred TO.
BY the history Of the negro race. i, is
therefore incon,rovcr,ihly proven that
they are utterly incapable ofcivilizalion
or development. beyond the point Of
slavery. When the starved barbarian
is taken from the wilds OF Africa.
clothed well. fed well, and associated
with :hr whites, hr quickly acquires
a certain degree Of health, strength md
intelligence. lie will quickly ape the
white. But there his development
ceases. Beyond that in no instance,
has he ever gone. Wilhou, anal
gamaiion with The white race, he
remains where he began, and sinks 50
soon as the superior influence is
withdrawn.
These phenomena arc peculiar to the
black lace. None Of the diversified
families OF ;bc white race exhibit Them.
10 which one Of The white races cou,d
the advantages be given which lie bnlor.
the negroes oflhc United States. wi,hou,
an immediate assertion and proof Of tic
talent and lis intellectual superiority. in
hundreds and hundreds of instances.
All The white races have been civilized
and developed in time, and where
circumstances have thrown them bnck
into barharism, they all exhibit cnpnc,y
i"nr tor c{3gJi 'f%a'ion agnip, Butthe cxnc,
caHtfary is the characteristic Of the
negro.
What deduction is to be drawn from
tho fact? The plain and inevitable
deduction is this:--Thnt the negro is
totally distinct and inferior unina. or
species ofunima from the Caucasian:
that lie negro is the connecting link
between man and tho brute creation:
lha, ihn negro is intended bv nature for
similar dependence npot, the
Cnucassan man in which ONLY the OK.
The ass, and the horse, fulfil tho intent
f.r 4 HAT Al