New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-07
Our Treatment Of the African Rae.

this subject by the vote of the people OF Indian,
adopting, by large majonty, sprohibtary clans,
In their new Constitution against persons ~
color becoming residents or citizens Of that stat,
The question is asked, with reference 10 the a.
tiny OF this people, What is the meaning Of
this vote p May be allowed to answer
1t means that the eXistance Of Slavery in ,Ai,
country, and the social and political influence !,
e1erts, have corrupted public sentiment. and so.
tered cruel and unJus, prejudice asa,n,, this
oppressed and injured race
1t means tina, the sentiments and feeling, with
which large majority OF the people OF Indian,
regard them are unchrsiian, and such as ousb,
not to be cherished toward any portion Of the huma,
family.
Il means that the Christian Church and M,,,,r
in that State, have not been sufficiently faishhl in
bearing their testimony against the sin OF Slavery
and the selfish and wicked prejudices by which i, i,
ueheld but have doubtless encouraged these un.
christian sentiments, by their silence, and IN many
instances by their appreciation, otherwise such ayoss
could never have passed
And so far as the same sentiments and feeling,
prevail among the people Of other States, has the
same meaning, and shows that there no hope Of
Justice to the African race In this country unit! hess
sentiments and feelings are eradicated by a Asher
sense of Justice truer conception OF the rights q
human nature. hoer love OF God and man and
nobler sentiment OF liberty among the Caucasian or
white race, who have hitherto taken away Their
rights and oppressed them.
The meaning of the question Is this Have any
reason to hope that our own race VIII ever oeeomt
so imbued with the sentiment OF justice AMI human
brotherhood as to respect the rights and humanity
of these people or must we forever remain under
the dominion of selhshness and brute force lsisss.
sumsd that the prejudice Of the white race Ia Amer.
lea against the African Is natural instinct, an
planted in us by the Creator TO peven, these
hon living in the same society and comminghngo
gether II this were true It would aford a gooi rea-
son why they should inh sbls separate PORTIONS he
earth but it is an equally good reason against en-
slaving them and since our ancestors stole them
from their native shores, and brought them here,
where they have now As good blrthrlght as our
selves such reason can justify US IN treating them
as Outcasts. and excluding them from the occupancy
Of the soil.
But there is good reason to deny thai this Amen.
can prejudice against the African 10 a natural IN
stinct The better class OF minds, IN whom the
moral sentiments well developed, do not feelIk
only far as the traces OF habit or education ~
main with them IL not common to children, who
usually become very fond of colored nurses and
play mates. And, besides, II the pSeJudics We have
referred TO were natural instinct OF the white man
il would be universal Moreover, II the Creafor had
designed that the African should never commingN
or live In the same society With the other races
mankind, or inhablt the same parts OF The earth,
reasonable TO suppose he would have pfoviaeu
more effectual barrier than this prejudice provWh
be- ms he has done bet different races Of animals,
whereas the Bible teaches us that he hath mafed
one blood all the nations Of the earth and Christian
ity affirms the universal brotherhood OF man.
No. the truth Is the prejudice against the AIN
can race is only another name for perverted and
selfish pride that arrogates to Itself superior rights
and merit for being born OF powerful race, who
have, BY fraud and conquest possessed themselves
OF the SOIL and assumed the government OF the coun-
| Try. 1t is the offspring OF perverted seiteaeem
and love of power. combined Win predominant
selhshnsss and is always most nveteTate among r.
norant people, of low state OF moral culture a1f
| refinement. II IS q different manifestation of the
same feeling that originated the Native American
party, and Is often violent against the insh peo-
pie and other races of foreign birth, as against tho
| African. The inferior and degraded position N
which this people have been kept by our own race,
and the mental Offices Of labor to which they have
| been confined, have tended to cherish and keep ahw
this feeling, which Is possessed In greater or es
degree by a majority OF the American people
Was this feeling, much more than regard Tor ~
rights OF man. that led TO the adoption OF CoDstitu-
ton prohibiting slavery in California so that m this
| sense II was an indication of the same feeling thai
exists IN Indiana IL regards the negro as one do
| gree below the level Of humanity, and only III " -
slave. II is highly insulted a. the idea OF admitting
him to an equality OF rights IL forgets that ,hs
earth is the Lords and that the African are hs
children, and created TO live upon It, AS well ~
the other portions of the human family. Ii forgsu
that We ourselves intruders and usuIpers on this
continent, and have, by fraud and violence, driven
the native inhabitants from their possession Of m best
portions II does not consider that the African race
stolen from their native country, snslaved and
brought here by our ancestors, and that their de-
scendants were born here and have as good night
to live the soil have. IL is an unehristlan
sentiment, peculiarly American, and Me gro 18th Of
unchr,stian practicts and institutions that exist
among u.s. II IS clearly condemned by the religion
OF Jesus Christ which teaches us that God IS no re-
specter OF persons, and incucstes love- charity, and
maternal sympathy toward all mankind
The question, then, As TO the destiny OF the African
Ia this county, depends the progress OF cur
own race In the recognition and practice Of Just ana
righteous principles OF government and moral Law.
Is there any reasonable prospect that the unjust pre-
JUDGE towards the African, which peUades tho
American mInd, will ever be supplanted By higher
end lefter principles Of action | think there IT,
Therehas certanly been some progress IN this d
recton during the last twenty years and II We be-
heye IN the Christian religion, and the gradual
Improvement Of mankind. under It's training and
influence, We mus, believe In the approach OF BET
ter state of society In which these unchrstan sen
ments will no longer be cherished toward any OF
Gods children, and man will to lnjure ensave
and xii his brother man. H. when we pray, Thy
Kingdom come Thy will be done esrih a. Il rs
Heaven" we believe Ia the possibility Of It's fulfill
ment, We shall not despair OF ultimate justice 10 the
African race
The vote Of the people Of Indiana, excluding them
from Its domain, by fundamental Law, essentially
wicked and unCbrstisn the vote OF other states de-
nyiDg them the Right OF Suffrage, and the support
that Is row given TO the Infamous Fugitive Slave
Law, only reveal the inyeeracy OF the moral disease
that lnfects people and nation But let us not Do
dIsheartened. There Is 4 remedy and that remedy
is the full and earnest application Of Christian teach
ing ~ these SINS. Tbs Is the great demand nov
made upon the Christian Church and its Ministry n
this country. This Is the work 10 which Bspecal-
ly called but TO which us yet has pad bat ltue AZ
tentlon. Ii was remark Of Rev Albert Barnes,
that There power out OF the Church thai
couE sustain Slavery an hour. II IL were not sus
tanned init" Whstwe need ms more complete ana
universal unsrance OF the Church against this en-.
This is the only pow That make the pubic SEN
umeDt OF this country what II should be ON this SOB
Ject Let the Gospel be preached and applied IN w
hllness and power 10 these sins let there be rec
dIscu SION, and free u.terance from the best minds
OF the nation, however great the agitation MAJ
produce let the Christian philanhroplss and stateS
men, the honest and upright civilians and editors,
and the faithful and deSoted men Of the Christian
ministry and lsity, speak out on this subject. ard
keep speaking until the nation called " Tepsn-
and n IL ~ falfhfnllV