The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-11-20

| equai tney are born anything else For my
part | think half this republican talk sheel
humbug it is the educated, the Intelligent, the
| wealthy, the refined who ought to have equa
rights, and not the canale1
| ii you can keep the canaille of that opin
lon,' said Augustine; they took their turn
once in France"
'Of course they must he Kept down-consist
entity steadily--as aould.n said Alfred. settin.
his foot hard down, as if he were standing OF
| somebody
I" 1t makes a terrible slip when they get up,
said Augustine, sin St. Domingo, for instance
Poh!D said Alfred, "wc'll take care of tina
IN this country. We must set our face agains
all this educating. elevating talk that is getting
about now-the lower class must not be edu
catedp
That is past praying for" said Augustine
educated they will be, and we have only Il
say how-Our system is educating them in bar
barism and brutality We are breaking al
humanizing ties, and making them brute beasts
and and if if they e. The upper hand such we shal
"They never shall get the upper hand" sale
Alfred.
THAT'S right" said St Clare, "put on thu
steam, fasten down the escape valve, and sit OF
it, and zee where you'll land
"Well,n said Alfred, "we rH see. Pm no
afraid to sit on the escape valve, as long as the
boilers are strong and the machinery works
wellD
"The noblesse in Louis XV's time thought
just so; and Austria and Plus TX think 81
now and some pleasant morning you may al
be caught mp to meet each other in the air
rhen the boilers burst" said Augustine.
Dies deciardbit," said Alfred, laughing
81 tell YOU said Augustine, " if there is any.
thing that is revealed with the strength of q
hU'Ne taw IN o~S t;,Na5 it 10 that tho U,esaas
.,oS,.Ss. sde s.'tser class oeoosn- -. A..
per one.
" mats one of SUur Ysssd 1se,,txncS. mum.
bugs Augustine why didn't you ever take to
the stump; you'd make famous stump
orator. Well, hope shall be dead before this
millennium of your greasy masses comes on"
Greasy or not greasy, they will govern you
when their time comes" said Augustine q and
they will be Just such rulers as you make
them. The French noblesse chose to have the
people sans culottes" and they had sans GU
iotte' governors to their hearts content The
people of Hayti -
"Oh, come Augustine as if we hadn't had
enough of that abominable, contemplate Hayti.
The daytiens were not Anglo-Saxons if they
had been, there would have been another story.
The Anglo-Saxon is the dominant race of the
world, and as 10 be So"
"Well, there is a pretty fair infusion of Anglo
Saxon blood among our slaves now" said Au-
gustine. "There are plenty among them who
have only enough of the African to give n sort
of tropical warmth and fervor to our calcula-
ting frmness and foresight IL ever the San
Domingo hour comes Anglo-Saxon blood will
lead on the day. Sons of white fathers, with
all our naughty feelings burning in their veins
will not always be bought and sold and traded
They Wi u rise, and raise with them their moth
er's race
Staff nonsense !"
Well said Augustine there goes an old
saying to this effect As it was in the days OF
Noah, so shall it be-they eat they drank, they
planted, they builded, and knew not till the
flood came and took them'n
"On the whole, Augustine, think your tai
snts might DO fsy 1DSp s Fd SE sab Assa
is our nine points. We've got the power. Thu
subject race" said he, stamping firmly, "i'
down, and shall stag down. We have energ,
enough to manage our own powder"
Sons trained like your Henrique will be
grand guardians of your powder magazines,
said Augustine; SO cool and selfpossessed
The proverb says They that cannot govern
themselves cannot govern Others
"There is trouble there" said Alfred
thoughtfully there's no doubt that our system
is a difficult one to train children under 1t give
too free scope to the passions altogether, which
in our climate are hot enough. ! find trouble
with Henrique The boy is generous and warm
hearted. but a perfect fire-cracker when ex
cited. believe shall send him North for I'M
education. where obedience is more fashionable
and where he will associate more with equals
and less with dependents"
"Since training children is the staple work
of the human race said Augustine 4" | should
think it something of a consideration that our
system does not work well there"
1t does not for some tbings!" said Alfred
"for others, again, it does. 1t makes boys
manly and courageous and the very vices OF
an Affect race tend to strengthen in them the
opposite virtues think Henrique now has
a keener sense of the beauty of truth, from
seeing lying and deception the universal badge
of slavery.
"a Christian-likc view of the subject, Ger.
tainly," said Augustine.
dts true Christian-like or not, and il about
as Christian-like az most other things in the
world" said Alfred.
That may be-" said ST. Clare
"Well, there's no use in talking, Augustine
believe we've been round and round this old
track five hundred times, more or less What
do you say to a game of backgammon ?"
The two brothers ran up the verandah steps,
and were soon seated at light bamboo stand
with the backgammon board between them Al
they were setting their men, Alfred said
III tell YOU Augustine, if thought AS you do
| should do something
81 dare say you would you are one OF tin
doing sort but WHAT"
"Why, elevate yOnr own servants for spcci
men, said Alfred, with a half-scornful smile.
"You might as well set Mount Etna on then
flat. and tell them to stand up under it, as tel
me to elevate my servants under all the super
incumbent massof society upon them One ma
can do nothing against the whole action OF
community Education, TO do anything, m,ii
| be % State education, or there must he enoug
| agreed in it to make current"
"You take the first throw said Alfred, an
| the brothers were soon lost in the game, an
heard no more till the scraping Of horses ie'
was heard under the verandah
There come the children" said Augustine
rising. Look here, All! Did you ever see an.
thing so beautiful And in truth it rds
beautiful sight. Hcnriquc, with his bold bro
and dark, glossy curs and glowing cheek, WI
laughing gaily, as he bent towards his ia
cousin as they came on She was dressed IN
blue riding dress, with cap of the same colo
Exercise had given Il brilliant hue to her cheek
and heightened the effect of her singular
transparent skin and golden hair.
Good heavens, what perfectly dazzling boa
typ said Alfred. 81 tell you, Auguste woI
she make some hearts ache one Of these days
"She will too truly; God knows I'm aira
So" said st. Clare, in tone Of sudden bite
ness, as he hurried down to take her off h
horse.
eva, darling! you're not much tired 2"