The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-04
RACES OF MEN AND, THEIR AMALaAmAr1oN.

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1t cannotsbe denied that there are differ
ent races of men, having some qualities in
common, but in many respects wholly dis
similar, and as unlike as the persons who
compose them. These races have ever oc-
cupied various relations to each other, with
varying consequences to themselves. -
Whenever they have come in contact, one
or the other has been compelled to give
way, or one has absorbed the other. The
population Of the earthh has been continually
changing, either its locality, or the relative
Importance of the races which make up its
aggregate. The number of races, their in
dividual importance and relative merits, we
do not propose to discuss. Universal his
tory teaches us that one race. has pressed
upon another, and displaced its locality, or
occasioncd its extinction. Races have never
amalgamatcd without virtual destruction.
Wherever it has been attempted, almost
without an exception, the superior race has
sunk to the low and degraded position of
the Inferior The differences which mark
them have, to great extent, been CT {:
character to preserve them intact and pre-
vent the attempt at amalgamation. .
The with races of Europe have never
become identified with the colored races of
Asia, or the blacks of Africa. Few Eng
lisll have commingled their blood with the
Indians Of America, while the French, who
did SO, have disappeared with the tribes
with whom they unnaturally united, or have
abandoned their loathsome embrace. The
Spaniards in Mexico and Central and South
America, who left their equals and united
with squalid and cringing interiors, have
either been dropped from recollection or
observation, or sunk below all consideration
among civilized men. While4. their cond-
forts Of civilization, they, as. well as those
of the inferior race, have dwindled 10 in
significance in numbers, and less in the
characteristics which elevate and dignity
civilized men. Wherever the attempt has
been made to elevate the, Indian race to
the social position of white men, Mr..
Squircs, in his I" Notes on Central America"
truly says, it "has entailed eternal anar-
chy, and threatens a complete dissolu-
ton Of the bedy-po!i!ic." Tie turtle. re-
marks:
"To the understanding of intelligent and
rejecting men. who are superior to the par
tisan ard sectional issues of the hour, these
considerations cannot fail to appeal with
controlling. force; for if the United States,
as compared with the Spanish American re-
publcs, have achieved an immeasurable ad,
vance in all the elements of greatness, that
result is eminently due to the rigid and in
exorable refusal of the dominant Teutonic
stock to debase its blood, impair its intel
lect, lower its moral standard, or .pcriliis
institutions by. intermixture with inferior
races. In obedience TO the ordinances Of
Heaven it has rescued half continent from
savage beasts and stilsmore savage mon,
whose period of existence has terminated,
and who must give place to higher orgsni-
cations and a superior life: Short sighted
| philanthropy may lament, and sympathy
drop a; tear rs it looks forward: to the to.
tai Disappearance of the lower forms of hu.
manity, but tho. laws Of nature are irreyer-
sible.n,' -. -,
In another place he adds:.
=" Neither the statesman nor political
economist can safely overlook Or disregard
these results, since, by the course of events,
and the multiplication of means and. facili-
ties of communication, nations and racas
are moro and more brought in contact, and
the question Of, the nature and character of
|'their relationship made of immediate and
practical Importance.
"Itmay be.claimed, without hesitation,
that the wide physical, intellectual and
moral differences which all history and OBJ
servation have distinguished as existing be-
tween the various families of man, can he
o-longer regarded as the consequences Of
accident or of circumstances; tlIat is to say,
it has come to be understood that their
physical, moral and .tellectual traits are
radicarahd permanent, and that. there can
be no admixture.of' widely-separated fami-
lies, or Of superior with inferior races, which
can be harmonious or otherwise than disas-
trous in its consequences. Anthropological
science has determined the existence of two
laws Of vital Importance in their application
to men and nations.
"Fsrst: That ia all cases where free
amalgamation takes place between two diff
ferent races nnrcstrained by yhat is some.
times called prejudice, but whicltja in fact,
natural instinct, the result is the finaf and
absolute absorption of one in the other
This absorption is more rapid as the races