The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-05
THE DESTINY OF THE COZ.
ORED RACES.

I
present condition Of social and political infes
rloLiiy, or rise toun equality with the whites Z
We shall make no apology for discussing
this question at large. Il is one quite as
Important to settle as the problem OF slave.
~, nor can that, in. fact, be resolved aniilI
this IS determined. Those who imagine that
emancipation will exlricale US from the diff
cuIiles which the Introduction Of negro bon
doge has enIuiled upon us, tax 6 but narrow
and superficial view Of the lTue condition of
affairs. The scrOfula of two hostile races,
with which we were innpculaied in our col-
on'al days, would still run nthe blood even
II Inc external sore Of slavery was cured, and
produce dlstempers in the body polite as
dangerous, even if less repulsive, than the
original ulcer. To effect permanent cure
we most remove The disease from the veins
and arteries, as well as from the cunce.-
10 drive The disorder in, without eradlcaing
II, VIII only conceal, not destroy ihe fatal
'aIn'' We should. like wise physicians, look
TO The root of the dsIemper
Without further preliminary, therefore, we
shall address ourselves 10 this inquiry. Are
The cOtored races in The United States, to re
main IN their present condition of political
and social igteriority, or Mill they rise to an
equality Dith the whhes? We answer that
we fear the African must always be The ser
want OF the Saxon, while the two remain 10
geIher. Partly from faults adherenl to the
nature Of the bIdck--parlly from sentiments
all powerful with the whites, this degrada-
tion would appear to be the inevitable dess
tiny OF lhe Aircen in this country. The
negro is not fond Of labor lie il patient,
, good humored, sometimes economic, ire
Iquently successful in business, but love for
work is not cha aciefislicss ssof the African, like
ii is, ai least, of the Saxon. For this reason
the colofed races are not, to any degree,
: producers Few blacks own farins Not
: many are master mechanics We never
heard Of one who was manufacturer TO any
extent. They are content, in word, TO
remain where hard fate has placed them,
i, almost without an effort to rise. They find
! themselves born to be ''hewers Of wood and
drawers of Hater," and in That servlle capa;
city they genetalIy continue. We would
not censure man for being menial, or a
race for the cruel awards 3of fortune; but
r when we see All individnal,ur whole uibe,
, remaining IN a subordinate capacity, we
, think it is, in great degtee, his or their
fault.
We regret, therefore, that the colored race
T, wants industry, aud we will now add that ii
wants energy, at leaats.teiatiVeiy as 10 the
Saxon race The AfIicaps, in lie Moth,
E have been free for fifty years; yet ~hat ads
vances have been made? few have rsen
10 wealth, still fewer to affluence; but lhe
great mass have sunk, if possible, ia the
scale; and what, with the squaIor of Small
street, and The crime Of the Eve Points,
their "last condition." ia lis physical, if nor
in lis moral aspect, "is worse than their
irslm Does any sensible man suppose thai
= the Saxon race could have remained inert
, thus? We venture to say that no family Of
The Caucasian blood, Saxon, lberiaH, Cell,
: or even Sclavonian, would, under similar
= circumstances, have continued SO uuasplrlng.
: Look al the Jew! In the dark ages his so,
! cal. and political disabilities were greater
. Ihan those Of the blacks are nov; vel no'h
ing could keep the Jew down. When Roth
schild was suhsdizing the kings of the old
world, the Jew quarter of Frankfor, was
locked up nightly; Jew was q name of re
lproach; no Jew could vote; to marry Jew
+. was bitter disgrace. Yet this could not pre-
II vent the ndumilable Hebrew from adding
: million to million, from becoming almost he
: arbiier of the continent, from making the
r. name Of his people comparatively respected
: and even honored. What African has riser
I, 10 a lithe of RothschiId's greatness? The
d colored man, instead Of making road fol
IS himself from obscuriIy TO power, either sits
: down gIoomily bewaiIing that every avenur
Q is closed to him, or forgets, in good-naturct
d content, that he might possibly play a more
i distinguished part.
i We say this in no insolent or reproacafu
mood. Heaven knows we do nUt! We ut
g ter il rather in pity, sympathy and regre! -
d But this want of encrg, and industry is fac
n which meets US at the very threshold Of the
l. question, and which we cannot, as homes
is thinkers, overlook. Ii forces itself upon III
Al whenever we see colored porter loungins
y Iai a corner, when we lotice colcied ser
ID want moving through the house, when we be
'e hold the blacks Of all ages, in the southern
= suburb, summing themselves on bright Sun
y days, on their steps and cellar-doors. /. i
c.la TACT which no man, who looks abroad at 81
&c Domingo or Jsmaca, can fail 10 deny, eve
'r Il he cavils at the proofs of il here. In ia
ID maica the blacks are the pets Of The Brilis
le elgovernmen', everything being done 10 ad
d. vance helr condition even at the expense G
I'd the whites; yet though, in consequence, the
10 may be happier than they we're formerly
e, they do not work as much. In ST. Doming
I'd they are more unproductlVe, more retrogad
in in civilization. The two richest Islands, al
yh ter Cuba, in the West India group, ar
is practically useless to the world aud to civil
ot Ization, because under the control of tn
er colored races. In word, the blacks are
G. the opposite pole Of the human race from III
o, Saxon The latter lives to work, The form
n, er works 10 live. The one Is moi contel
70 unless he is sdvsncing The other will renal
!" st6ti0nary forever.
IL We shall mol raise the question which I
ly the two has the higher or truer philusophy
a life. Whether il is better TO sing, dance
IN laugh aud grow fat, remaining lazily on lh
ne verge of mere animal existence, or 10 pIot
he worry, save and struggle, in order TO rise !
~ The scSle Of physical and intellectual beint
VI IS nooied point, we suspect, with but few
re- yet we are williag that the advocates Of III
sn dotcs far nieate life should have the benef
of Of tina, doubt We do not decide the ques
" ion, simply because il is immalerial 10 ou
III present discussion. The Tact for US 10 settl
y is whether the umiable bu, indulenl Africa
,al can h.,lA hio r.vn sida hu uda .pt,i, Ln 4. +.