New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-31
FREDERICK DOUGLASS-UESTERN RESERVE
COLLEGE.
W L. MARCY" l.
"ELGTN AND KINCARDlNE" L.


Frol ~ Nrrv-lstis (prsAJ rr0suigioy a.i F,ceaSt
Yesterday afternoon, DULY pa Frederick II lugsss
addressed the literary societies Of Western Reserve
College, on the occasion OF Le annual commencement
II MAS an exercise with peculiarly about H. which
vii distinguish il from all OF the Mind of the present
,oa Ii Is N anomaly IN the history OF American lite
,s+lre \ black man 5 invited "a instruct the already
.ll.nS+rurteI nclo-American student in his own
I-,,,s,sit, halls We say. we have seen the turning
of ney mage IN onr literature. Douglasss position
Vas rot won tor Him without struggle on the part OF
81, friends in hi Introduction ne thanAed the societies
which had 80 kindly and 80 Nern2y gwen MN ths
invitation. Ills ascending that PLATFORM count TIT
umph for humanity.
His theme WAS THE CLAIMS or The NEGRO RACE
''cieoei ia psychological daf viySioog'oal Hg~ IL"
would not 20 into abstract truths but present matters
II living Importance the people, and especially 70
TIE student the present aye. On this stand etrusted
be would De expected hold hs breath but woaii %
permitted 20 speak the thought nearest ms heart. hs
frs, claim fer TIE negro manhood. BGt way Shouid
he present tn, the consideration OF those who hal elect
OIL him A. their sneaker to-day TIE Richmond leysrcr
ard liz sheets and kindred spirits base their whole aru
mont in defense Of American slavery upon the denial OF
II fact lie said h. NOS OF the proper color, or ~
,.t IN the right 6x argue the point, unless he would
.st down and 20 on all ouTs MS o'Aer proposition VS.
that What D., technically 'M,Sl me ~Efo - - Pn
unit The Notts AM MortOns, and Smiths SAY So
certain lass uf natural historians and pnfeoioSis9, say
no The priuiices and actions OF hali OF h country
men say no. Here he rev ie~e t"" volumes iate'! pun
.hcI Ey DR. Morton and {. III. Smith with such Keen
e ~ ism and with such wlthsrng sarcasm rs was
statv astonishing argument az fne latter writer
IN opposition to she unity OF he human ianlly Is ha. me
voice Of thc negro feeble Douglass rehd IN lodd th
thund,riug tones aUd male no comment lie appeiicn
10 the BibeGod hath made Oi one blood all ntti"ns,
Ac lie went back beyond The days OF the pyranis anu
brought forth hs from the regions Of the Nhe tho
cradle civilization and art and thus established IT'S
identity with the Egyptians. Psychological pecuhafites
do not prove a disslnlaTty Of origin The urstdy ha
set his loot European soh he addressed ten toasand
mi M I,.b moor and found them needing nothing but tho
e Nsn.r ,rft.k a II "A
own rsce-.et of the form, shoulders oi the sAis
mold and with the same shutting gait. Ine Jew who
lives separate and distinct people, l. white IN Europe.
brown IN ASIA. and black IA Area. people ht' oreh
ound Who ON the mountain whore water freezes, are 81
liz hi comVc with sra ht haSrn har ana hnr eyes
down ~ med av.y below them IN the moist anu heateu
VALLEY the same PEOPLE with The language and hab-
its have a black skin and woody halr'
But | DO not attempt 10 give You even an Imperfect
sketch Of hs valuable address. To realize IFS power ana
elect, yoa must have the thoughts as they come parking
nr bright directly from tie fountains OF his own deep
soul YoU must that eye which IN calm hours reveals
t me- mo re than parseverug restless nature, but whom
he man Is aroused burns and shes m"- and weeps
or p;erces with its angry arcastc glance all 10 sut ms
subirct and ohedient to his will You must see the wiolo
couufenance in its every feature ami muscle WORKING
with the power Of the thought within him. and the entire
frame obedent TO the will Of the grand natural orator
In the conclusion he says But what If all have said
b. false; a man man for a that The anglo-SaSon
and African both be this Continent now ana tor
You cannot colonize our race mas sustained ysSe.
endured harshps and suffered all hinga yer these have
not been eectual in driving il out Here ha' plated ts
tree and though cripple IFS growth and mar ITS prepor
ton. yon cannot drive II from it, shelter. Bonds its
living blood in many cases. flows with yours in tbs
same ms Ii will not leave It's native land It was nero
in her infancy and in her old age and has enriched her
soil nth s blood. You cannot eXtermnae our race mo
influence OF Christianity II not of Cintores viii notper
NIT IT, Our race will not die out; statistics Afford no en-
corraremeut for that hope. The ten thousand horrors Ut
Slavery baye tried it, and lifted up smiling face an'd u
nil The Indian dies under the flashing glance oi the Anglo
Saxon tue Negro mingl IN In, civilization AMI fehneen
An hin bind the two America, and whether this
inevitable Union is 10 be curse or blessing depends
,,,on the American scholar -. II, q,