New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-19
rNy CArARlIrlES Of TIKI COLoRED RACE
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SIS: L. ,,,AisS over Gle 81 papers yesterday came
.,,,ss en- pahshcd in Philadelphia. which oonia ned
AS sss,,ala; The ncSsc can uc -cr attain even neil
crrr Scs ~ excellence ia ;1c acids c Letters, Science
~ A., ~ rsaosophv because ac ,inslly inferior to
The Csa,sssa races II mankind. He IS deficient in all
~ u, eSss.s Al attributes o. genuine manhood and esPe
eAnv IA ,oss which characterize. distinguish uni olon
the Aac o-Saxoa ami his descendants, the Americans
~Ope 81, scan; fac; goes So suhs;anuae This assertion
The ercaneS>, inferorlGy Of people, can only be
c&rst BY their production, n the Narioas pains ana
dds Og human labor AMI re~earch and the negro 1as
geycr ysl produced augbt orcdiao.e 10 the race no
vrrst tsourtt has ever evolved from negro brain no
grcs. Invention ever achieved by them nor can
they ever Use beyond tie position OF seryiie copy
Now Sir with all due Difference to the writer OF the
shove, | take The liberty 10 dissent entirely from ms
pSsiton ] am aware, painfully aware, that many
members Il that despiscd class neglect the oppofn-
mites OF culture presented % them yet nc:%a.
standing this. ! think can point 10 so many hrihant
exceptions hat the libel al once ana forever swept
away. AID Il do this l establish successfully the
contrary position that assumed BY the foe of the negro
who wrote The article have quoted above, viz That
under proper culture and conditions the descendants OF
Africa capable of high degree OF mtellecuaity.
Indeed many OF them now display intellect and judgment
of superior order and which would be highly credabe
if exhibited By the most favored of the dominant race,
with all tie advantages of Schools and Universities.
This State has produced, and now holds within her
borders men-sefeducated menof color, who, if white,
would be regarded ornaments by the most polished
circles OF society.
As Illustrative proof of this, permit to cite
pies few such but in so doing am not to be con-
sdered sanconng approving the sentiments Of the
individuals named On the contrary merely present
them rebutng testimony. ! point TO them as met
leetual of acknowledged ability and living
reuaons Of the arocous SANDER promulgated by the in
terested parIisans of the slayOcrats of America.
First there is Frederick Douglass. How often do we
meet with his SUPERIOR Not often, ween.
Then there stands Charles Lenox Remond, polished
a speaker you find in a days journey.
DR.. j. NJ Cune Smith, a coored man, ranks high among
his professional brethren with fairer compilations
Than asyaip in tho fell Ot OF
not entirely without honorable Representatives; and
from amid goodly number can select few who will
among the white population. will call your attention TO
two rapidly rising stars in the literary armament and
these are Henry Clark and Pascal Ii. Randolph-the
former a reporter and poet the latter an orator and phi
losopher Yes, Sir, phlosopher-and that, too Of no
common order Mr. Clark has given the lie direct to the
assertion that celored man ever an original poet as
his productions will abundantly demonstrate While as
close clear logical and deep thinker Mr. X VIII compare
favoaby with any of modern metaphyscans, either
here or across the Both these gentlemen
fributors to several of most popular magazines ana
serials under assumed names generally because were 1t
known that they were colOred men, their contributions
though good would 10 swell the pile OF waste
paper instead of adorning the flowing pages of popular
Last Winter Mr. r. gave two dscourses in the hall of
my native village Penn Yam, Yates County the Phi
iosophy of the Infinite, and The Rationale of mmor-
taity both of which were heard by the writer They
were delivered extempore and for eoquence Patho and
submity OF thought surpassed anything ever heard with
in the walls Of that hall.
point to their Penningtons their Randophs Scots and
Carks let that there have not been and are not
now men both great and good within their ranks And
yet these conessedy good and popular men are but
prophecies of what will yet be.
Education-physical moral and ntelectua-is the only
hope for the BY alone they attain as mass
the position occupied by the exempars have noticed
And this they beginning to and not only see but
appreciate and act upon. When educational facilities be-
come better than they at present. will not be as now
rare sight coored scholar but the masses fired
emulation by the few leaders OF the will abgndanty
prove that they capable OF better things than gener
ally beliey cd by the great body Of the people.
Yours respectfully, PETER ). JOHNSON
Estc. I0,k. June g. 1854