Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-07
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and beautes-an an array Of ingenious acts, dsinter-
ested deed., ennobing objects and auainments, be.
nevoent works and Chrhlisu virtues confounded and
confused with venal vices tha, sioksn the soul in
contemplation, and revolving enormities enough to
excite the sympathies OF he damned.
But ntermingled in the annals, as are the virtues
and vices Of men, the black page and The bright the
good deeds and bad arc still distinct, and esch is
made darker brighter by contrast with the other
Men with the hearts Of hyenas, aud instincts akin
to the most Rrovsing specimens Of animated nature,
have played their pasis on the stage Of life. The
world has bad its Brennus, its fries i Nero Its
catalogue Of cruetss and crimes, degradation Of
every dye, and prostitution of every type, would
Sem to have been already exhausted in its ilustra
tious. But with all Its long list of murder, rapine
rape, debauehsry, brutishness and bestiality in
every imaginable phase and form, there remains
yet to be sddsd one other deep, dark and dsmuin9
manifestation Of mans capacity for degradation.
In the organisation Of animated nature, from the
most insignificant insect, to the mastodon and nam.
MOTH thsrs is gradston Of superiority In physical
strength, and In ntuve intelligence, not only rising
or falling from ono division elass Of animals 10
another, but also among different species Of the
same genus.
Not only Is the dog superior 10 the rabbit or the
fox but dogs Of different breeds belong to separate
edsts Aud, with man, the highest of all the orders
OF auinaa. tho sams sslfevident distinctions exist.
II 10 demonstrated alike in outward dsslrniltudes,
and In mental endounsnts, iu the history Of races,
the march Of mind and ,hu Impress Of intellect. That
the Indian Is inferior to ID, AngluSa 10 attested
by the past and present condition OF our COUNTY,
That tbs black man 10 destined by nature and ma.
tures God, TO be subservient 10 The white man, his
phy.ical conformation, limited understanding, unes
prng instincts and ncapacIty for eel control fur.
nsh the fact, which abnormal inrtances Of intel.
sruce, enterprise, or adaptation for society
fute. And yet there are those In this enlightened
aye, who would elevate the soo,y n.gro to the rank
aud privileges of the nublsst Of the noble Anglo
saxon race.
II they are recognized ss fQnas, where 10 the bar.
risr TO lnternMriags and ANAL ssmatilnl Tn. IDA
sxritee loathing llSe that with which the Virgin
Nary may bo imagined to have spurned the bIsn.
dishn.nte of tho devil.
The abolition press invsighs .ssln,, the decision
that n-groes are not Gil H., with Il warmth and AS
Il :u y th-' speak ,nd-ed Argument against tn
do,ar IL Of irqlslry between The black man and
warr, - an nvarinbl- rule in Dhy-iolsi al phi.n-u
ply, Tor it mus, DO admitted that willis lnen sh ad.
Vance the idea Of a is,iy arc c::tnIny b-ed IN IA
tu - ana il cnarac,er 10y the color ui iher COMPLEX
ior.
In New York, the eaort 10 invs,: negro.s with the
eec;ora irspchise s revived; il Iowa the principal
,lcal i.-ue before ne people, |. ~ne:i.sT tbs back
man and the white shall De entitled 20 IN. same
rsh, OF suffrage, and tho weight ~ witnesses in
courts. And 10 fact Throughout: the non ravebudiug
States there are men who have the hell-h hsrdihuu
and earoutr7y 10 Contend for equality between the
african and Anglo Saxon races.
Itis, doubtless fresh in hs memory Of ou' readers,
that during rhe late Presidential o1np.isn the not".
rious Eegrn Fred Douglass delivered aspeech in Chi.
oago-sud Sunday too, as II TO desecrate dviuit,
and bid defiance to Heaven and Earth at oncs-in
Which hs advocated aaisana.io", and cohgrstu!a.
ted hir.elf "that the white was becoming eI.
tinc" aad that musttoes we're supplying It's placs
And be wa, listened TO and applauded by Chicago
gentleman, who escorted their w;vss and dsusbter'
10 th:s 5es,isi bsnque, Of denGlsh faparic,m.
1t 10 strange to what extremes mon may bs driven
by nordinats ambition or suimosify. And stranger.
still that the evcTsd yutar!es Of freedom and reel
pients Of the uubouuded blessings of ss!fgovern.
meut, should pur.us & policy co suicidal to them
selves. But sboi,ionism acts in reckless disregard
of every thing bur its own iDtqu.ous aims ct the
overthrow Of Tbs institutions Of the South.
II there was no other argument In favor OF slavery
e. q conservative slemsnt OF repub!ioanisD. the
difference In public sentiment in moral tone and in
the nature Of soc!ufy North and South, would DO
answer enough to those who o!anor for the freedom
of the African. The proposition TO elevate The negre
to the position Of the white man, should rather resd
70 lower the latter to the level Of the :ormsr The
ons may be brought down the other can never be
carried M in the scale Of humanity an evidence Of
which ia furnished in the following paragraph from
the Albany Journal
"Deprswed by law, prescribed by pc ejudice, an d
our,ued by the far reaching hate Of tn. sav" 'w-r
tho African rucc in our midst has t1hih'ted ron
derful conserratism and power OF endurance A."
ouOple in the world has ever carried such LOAD IN
the social strife az have the free negroes OF America
That they hays not been crushed by II is marvel,
and An honor TOO, II is the best evidences Of the
oos,s,sion Of on lite, farorabie to the highe e,r,
cation.
,bsy now compare more than fapordbly with many
nf fhe white stock who Ovrrshadow InsIn. Their
fault, are mainly the fruits Of their condition These
700, bear always the iinge OF iher o'eunSuishuE
constitutional characteristics. Inc people we'll know
that the African 10 GENTLE sratetui s'rohey a.
faebed, end initiative oil t0a oest socia' ano indl
vidral life around thetn. ,.
"Ihe voters of New York cannot be made afraid
of doing Justice to tn. coorsd men,
The f.ct THAT free negroes in the North have re-
mained in an ahiect condition, and that they "have
no, been crushed by it," instead Of bs'ng the "best
svIdencs Of Qualities favo: able 10 The highest civil'
zstion" is conclusive proof of their own inc.paci'y
fur lmoroyemen;, aud Of the beneft.nt guafdl"nshp
exercised over them by system # government
which refuses to recoI Inize them n' c1sns ana pro-
,s,s :bem In their rights as human beings, which as
svns to them their proper position as al !neror race
without crushing them out OF existence on account o.
.hsr natural in.ciency In society, as promoters o
The pubo good, except in the subordinate spheres o.
.xerciss for the physical faculties
The electoral franchise In s full extent, IS only
known 10 free government, and II is upon its
io,.lliysnt exercise thst republican 'ns'iiution,
,,us. stand II it has been deemed dangerous for
,ha ,no., natrIotio and enlightened of the Anglo
s,.on r,o,. 10 attempt the experiment OF governiog
,,er,.lyss and ia still sometimes su6jsct to 'cept
o. n the 40 sosss Of that portion OF our country
IN which slavery not known, what must oe u" III
.y,.bs fate Of the NOr.h,rn people, they allow TO
p.pieb,ed negroes the proudest privileges Ut man !
# ,ro,s dsIrars dIrles which demand ths hishsit
.4vili,.:ion Of the Anso-s.son TO exercise them in
.afty ars also devolvsd upon the Ignorant AfFicau'
IT, however, il is 10 the ,a'ts Of the North to a.
knowledge an equality # races uP"u tho head' # it
own psopIo will ID. ierrlols # CT fall A'rm"ni''"
i. r.pu.ivs ell ,ugh, bus
rn,k.. the s,ul .hud Ter with a'itksnng sense oi IL
i-,cri ,ale DISCUS aud that tho t-nd ,ury OF nl;
.sysry ;au., cis is to uiinate amaxa.natlou il i.
idle to deny.
ENGLAND, FRANCE AND CHINA.
Pari. ,s:ter rsy, il Is now CERTAIN that EUe!anc
and Ersr. h.ys ay.red 10 act jointly N fte China