Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-07-06
Condition and Destiny Of the Col.
Ored Race.

The condition OF the cOlOrcd race
in the United States, whether bond
or free, has excited much interest
in the public mind, and many abb
absurd and extremely ridiculous plans
have been suggested for affording re-
lief An able writer in the Boston
Post has entered upon a discussion
of the subject, and states many pal
pable truths in a very forcible way.
At the outset, he says:
zone thing is certain, abolitionism
in the mode urged by Garrison and
his followers, has proved total fail
ure, as every cool, intelligent man
supposed it would. Nor have other
political parties, opposed to slavery,
been more successful. Notthe slight
est impression has yet been made on
the south in the direction of emanci-
patton; neither has any proposition,
originating in the non-slave holding
States, met with the general approval
in any quarter. Passion and misrep-
resentation have formed the staple Of
all efforts thus far proposed by those
not involved in the system.
Two capital mistakes were COM
mitted by each of the organizations,
abolitionists and free soilers, in their
anti-slavery crusade, in the outset
Both commenced by attacking the
shareholders, representing them as
sinners above all men-men heart
less, cruel, ungodly, and devoid Of
every Christian virtue. This was
their first grand error. The second
consisted in depicting the condition
of the slave in colors ten times black
er than the reality. A large major
ity of the American people opposed
as it is to slavery; and ready as it is
at any feasible moment to sacrifice
much for the ultimate emancipation,
know that both these representations
are false, or, if not absolutely false,
gross exaggerations. The whole
south, and every unprejudiced man
visiting the south, know very well
that as people, shareholders are as
pious, moral, and philanthropica as
any equal number in the non slave
holding States. Equally as well
known is it that the condition of the
slave, though attended with the many
evils and hardships incident to labor
everywhere, is by no means so mis-
cradle as it has been represented by
the abolitionists.
So palpable and gross have been
these misrepresentation, that a reac-
ton has already commenced, and
the danger now is that the matter
will soon cease to occupy public at
tention at all, or acquire sanction
Incompatible with the ultimate we'll
being Of the African race in this
country. That this would be ca
lamity for both races is undeniab.e.
Further on the writer saws:
The condition of the free black, or
colored population, in the States.
slave, as well as non-slave- holding,
shows coaclusively, that emancipa-
ton, immediate or gradual, if the en-
franchised are still to remain amongst
us, would be no great boon to the AT
rican race. 1t would still occupy the
lowest stratum in the crust Of society
without the remotest possibility Of
rising above the condition assigned
it by the memorable fiat of an instinct
which knows no mercy. Emigration
alone promises to the colored race
happier future; not emigration to
some remote portion Of our own
country, for here, everywhere, even
in its wildst hooks and corners. the
Anglo Saxon has already tatoo'd
every acre, and to the whole affixed
the seal of his everlasting meum a.
gainst the world. Of all the earth,
Africa alone-the cradle of his race
presents theatre on which he may
test the experiment of independent
nationality. Even this may fail, but
as a last hope philanthropy should
grid up its loins and make whatever
sacrifices are necessary, in testing,
once for all, the grand experiment OF
African colonization.
To Preserve FENCE Posrs.-I pre-
pare my posts for setting, and then
let them season. | then take coal
tar and paint them with three coats
Of the same. | paint the posts from
about four inches above where they
are set in the ground to the bottom,
and the end that sets in the ground
also, putting the paint on hot. A
gentleman informed me that he had
known fence set in this way that
had stood forty years, and was as
permanent then as at first. think
this way Is much easier and cheaper
than lime, and more durable. Rural
New Yorker.
TnE CRYSTAL PALACE Police. The
number of the police force assigned
for the protection of the Crystal Pal
ace is IS. Their uniform and &C.
coutrements will not materially differ
from those Of the London Police
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