The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-16
Fro,ntle Richmond Examiner.
Tho Metro Race

In tho 9blc and learned lectures q
NJ. Gliddon, our attention was pariru
'arly excited nv his ncoonnls oflhu an
,'qn'lics in tho egyptian province o
Mnroe; because those antiquities vons,i
iu'e the most striking illustration .
Negro Civilization which history an,
archaeology can produce. Mrro, wa.
n country on til" Nile above ryp,
When tho last named and most lulno,,.
seat OF ancient civilization was ovcrrui
by CambvscS and the other cruel con.
Guerors, portion Of The inhabitants re-.
treated up lhr river and esahIiShc,
themselves in Alcroc Ililhcr they
transported their old forms of govern
mcn' and of worship, their old arts
nn'l their antique customs. They built
temples and cXcava,cd totnbs; they
erected obclsks; they covered them
with inscriptions in their haroglyphic
alphabet, and tho inscriptions and
sculptures which date with the first zen.
erntions of This colony, are found to he
MS perfect MS those Of the lower Nile.
But the colony was cut Off from the
body of the nation by intervening de.
sorts and fierce nomads. The numbcr
OF cmgrants was never increased from
the old race. Necessarily, The men
were in great 'liSproporlion 10 the
women, and lhry were forced 10 take
their wives aud concubinrs from tIu.
cnp'ivrs which 'hov mad" in their wars
with The surrounding md barbnrous
tribes. Now, the Egyptians were
white men. bu these were ncurors.
Hence The second generation OF the
Mcroctcs were nulaltocS. The process
OF amalSanai,on continued. They
formed hnrcms from their sable
cnptivcs, and by their sable purchases;
so that Tho third generation were Sam
hnrs. Tho next were still nearer the
negro type; and The work proceeded
until nll traces Of Caucnsian blood dis.
appeared, and Mcroc was inhabited bv
a pure black race like that Of The vas,
regions nf the boundaries.
IN" interesting circumstances con.
ncclcd with these fncls. is the continued
deterioration in the sculpiurnl remains
OF the country, and their final cessation
with the disappearance Of the white
blood. The Inscriptions and portraits
Of the original cr,igran,S rs hcfnrr said.
are equal 10 those Of The Old Empire.
tut IN those Of their mn!aiio children,
there Is u great differences. The
sculpture is clumsy: the inscriptions in
bad grammar and in worse orlllouraphv.
n
and in the Succeeding generation
it becomes evident that they had
wholly los, the language, and no longer
understood what they wrote. The in.
scrIp'Ions nrc nothing more than
miserable copies from the earlier works;
50 ,ha, in II tomb which is evidently Of
late date, will be found badly cx.
ccu.cd copy of tho inscription on the
tomb OF It's owners great granlfnlhcr-
even The dale and name being unaltcre.l.
AIter TINT, i,.thaF-lasl- 70 -a+aH ,,ha>powcr OF
intellegiblc imitation, and few scrawis
on uncarved rocks ire the laics, remains
that,are found. The Mcrncitcs then
ceased 10 be Egyptians oven in the
name and tradition. They have
forgo'tcn language. government, religion
and nrls. They have no buildings, and
and no enduring tornhs. The province
is no longer distinguished from the
country. The race has rc!aSpcd into
abso ute negro harhnriSm
This illustration Of their incapac,v.
not merely to attain civilization. bu,
even 10 retain il when given them. is II
type of the universal history or the
Negro race. The world has their
history in lis hands !nr n space Of nearly
five 7 ousand years. Negroes appear
on the scu!'nr"s Of old Egypt But in
that mulli,n,!inous country lhcv were
utterly valnclcss. The Egvriinns
considered them too stupid 10 hr worth
teaching even agricultural hrulgcrv:
and wc only sec their figures when led
as caplivcs in Tho triumph Of some bel
ligcrcnt Pharaoh. From that dav
until this, the negro h,s never appeared
save in three forms OF existence: cap
| tivi,y, barhariSm. or slavery The last
is The highest torn Of social if al!
| which experience nj least, permits It's to
suppose him capable.
Circumstances would never have
KEEP, down any race for iivr thousanI
years. which were capable Of rising into
! civilization. All the white races have
been in time barbnriaus; bu, all il,
branches have in time left i, and attained
their natural grades oi civilization.
But the negro has never lcn The lowest
type Of barhnrsn, save for captivity or
slavery. In The vast continent of Airicn
they have always existed in millions.
with no circumstances 10 drprrSS them.
But there, we never hear uf them save
as cannihal savngcs. No such thing
us II negro govcrnmcu, has ever existed
in Africa. Petty kingdoms hav" and
do exist there, = some With so called
cities like Tinhucloo I,u, the bare.
brrcched rulers in nll these Kingdoms
are Moors or Frllahs--a branch Of III,
Arab family; aud The people OF
Timbuc,oo nrr Arabs and l'cIlahs
The Republic Of Liberia can scarcely
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