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

| Nv" my "Ic porn anything else. FOR my
part ] think half this republican talk sheel
humbug it is the educated. the intelligent. the
wealthy, the refined, who ought 10 have equa
right, and not the canailler
=" II you can keep the canaille of that opin
LOT" said Augustine; they took their turn
once in France
| "Of course they must be Kept dorn-consist
emily, steadly-asi aouldn said Alfred. setting
his foot hard down, as if he were standing OF
somebody.
1T makes terrible slip when they get up,
said Augustine, lin st. Domingo, for instance
| "Poh. !" said Alfred, well take care of thai
in this country. We must set our face agains
| all this educating eevating talk that is getting
| about now-the lower class must not De edu
| catedo
That is past praying forD said Augustine
educated they will be, and we have only tC
say how-Oar system is educating them in bar
| barism and brutality. We are breaking MI
humanizing ties and making them brute beasts
and it'll, i they ct the upper band such we shall
They never shall get the upper hand, said
Alfred
THAT'S right" said ST. Clare, "put on the
steam, fasten down the escape valve, and sit on
it, and see where you'll land
"Welln said Alfred, "we uiH see Pm moi
afraid to sit on the escape valve, as long as the
boilers are strong, and the machinery works
welln
"The nOblesse in Louis XV's time thought
just 20; and Austria and Plus TX think SC
now; and some pleasant morning you may all
be caught up to meet each other in the air
when the boilers burst said Augustine.
4" Dies deelarabd," said Alfred, laughing.
:" tell you" said Augustine, " if there is any.
thing that is revealed with the strength of a
Divine law in our times il ;s that the ~,aSsAs
are 70 rise, ana the under class become the up
ner one -
"rhars one OF your ned Rep1bncan 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 and
they will be just such rulers as you make
them. The French noblesse chose to have the
people sans cuiottes" and they had sans GU
iotte' governors to their hearts content The
people of Hayti -
ooh, come, Augustine as if we hadn't had
enough of that abominable, contemplate Hayti.
The Haytiens 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 IS TO be So"
"Well, there is a pretty fair infusion of Anglo
Saxon blood among our slaves now.n said Au-
gustne. "There are plenty among them who
have only enough of the African to give q sort
of tropical warmth and feryor 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 will rise, and raise with them their moth
er's race.
Stuff! nonsense! y
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'"
"On the whole, Augustine, | think your tai
snts might 90 S sy s5sa sa F4l SF as b Asa
is our nine points. We've got the power. This
subject race" said he, stamping firmly dis
down. and shall stag down. We have energy
enough to manage our own powder"
Sons trained like your Henrique will be
grand guardians of your powder magazines, y
said Augustine; $50 cool and selfpossessed
The proverb says They that cannot govern
themselves cannot govern others
There is a trouble there said Alfred,
thoughtfully there's no doubt that our system,
is difficult one to train children under. 1t gives
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 perfect fre-cracker when ex-
cited | believe | shall send him North for his
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, Il should
think it something of consideration that our
system does not work well there"
" 1t does not for some things" said Alfred,
q" for others, again, it does. 1t makes boys
manly and courageous and the very vices OF
an abiect race tend to strengthen in them the
opposite virtues. | think Henrique now has
u keener sense of the beauty OF truth, from
seeing lying and deception the universal badge
of slavery
"A Chrstian-likc view Of the subject GER
tainly," said Augustine.
ats true Chrstian-like or not, and is about
a. Christian-like as 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 game of backgammon
The two brothers ran up the verandah steps
and were soon seated at light bamboo stand,
H. Ia ,,,n,n, bnar ri hot uaan thpm As
they were setting their men. Alfred said
IL tell you, Augustine, if thought as you do,
should do something"
81 dare say you would you are one oil the
doing sort but WHAT"
"Why, elevate your own servants for spccl-
men, said Alfred with half-scorniu smile
"You might as well set Mount Etna ON them
flat and tell them to stand up under It, as tell
me to elevate my servants under all the super
incumbent mascot society upon them. One man
can do nothing against the whole action OF u
community. Education, TO do anything, must
be State education, or there must he enough
agreed in it to make a current
"YOu take the first throw" said Alfred, ana
the brothers were soon lost in the game, ana
heard no more till the scraping Of horses feet
was heard under the verandah.
"There come the children" said Augustine,
rising. Look here, Ar! Did you ever sec any
thing so beautiful And in truth it wds a
beautiful sight Henrique, with his bold brow
and dark, glossy curls and glowing cheek, was
laughing gaily, as he bent towards his tan
cousin as they came on. She was dressed in a
blue riding dress, with cap of the same color
Exercise had given brilliant hue to her checks
and heightened the effect of her singularly
transparent skin and golden hair.
Good heavens, what perfectly dazzling beau
ty!" said Alfred. ~ tell you, Auguste, won
she make some hearts ache one of these DAYS
She will, too truly God knows Pm afraid
so, said st. Clare in tone of sudden bitter
ness rs he hurried down to take her off hel
horse.
Eva darling you're not much tired?n h,