Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-08-08
The Issue of tic Age.

white free labor, will be finally decided IN
few wears. not by the United States of A.
n.eiiea. but by the European States, Time,
and time only, can develop the true destiny
of races as well as empires. If there be any
truth in the oft quoted apothegm, that
looming events cast their shadows before
them" the period is not far distant when
the relative position between capital and III
Dor and the adaptation Of races to climates.
will be definitely settled. However mys-.
1terious may appear the ways of Providence,
the incorrigibe laws of nature must be ul-
timately fulfilled During the long, though
sometimes incoherent march of mind, science
the ministering angel that waits on truth
has unfoldcd, and continues to unfold,
marvellous treasures, Which, from time lm-
memorial had lain emboweled in the normal
heart of the physical world and now the
blessings, inherent with these formerly I'M
discovered treasures, are the stores where
with knowledge embelises the still expand
ing ediiice of an advanced civilizations.
The Conventional theories which build
M or pull down Governments through tie
excitement of popular prejudices, will ere
long vanish before, the inexorlije exigenoes.
of the approaching Unitarian Future. In
tbe grand economy of nature there is MOTH
inc in all organized life designed to. be idle
or without purpose The laws of Nature
not only confirm this opinion, but the pro-
prcss Of civilization imperatiyelT pushes us
70 this conclusions Therefore we arc nov
ed to reflect, that the highest aim and frui-
ton Of humanity is reached only improper
ton to the fullness and completeness Of its
utility. The natural law immutably fixed
as our guide, consists in the adaptation of
GENIAL reciprocity of like kinds to their kind,
kitll and kindred Hence the discrepancies
between races and between climates, Wewcd
in the true light of nature, do not prove.
and in truth are not discrepancies in any
proper sense. They are simply III accord.
.nce with the eternal fitness of tlings--theF
are really harmonious adaptations for tue.
accommodation of the largest utility.
There is regular graduation i'll climate
which is discerniblc almost imperceptill9
hy degrees, yet how wide the terminus be-
tween the extl enc frigid and the extreme
torrid zone. In like mahner there is cor
responding climate, in tulhllment of the
treat design of universal utility. Each de-
cree of climate has its productions peculiar
10 its temperament, and its race peculiarly
adapted for the cultivation of such products
Variety in climate is nature necessity and
Il variety If races in accordance with climate
Is the self-sustaining result Of inevitable
nature However beautiful may seem the
theory. or lauaahlc may be the motive that
snpels the effort, in favor of the general
equality Of human races aud their lndiscrim-
mate dispersion throughout the earth, and
that If their adaptation to all climates. it is
Ylaiuly ascertanabie that such state OF
existence is ia absolute violation of the
aryinal ordination Of nature. The never
ending and ever variable laws of variety Ill
species denies the possibility ofsueh equal
civ. peilsnttfe1y based upon truth must
lossess utility. For we repeat the axiom
trtt "ttert. is nothing good and true but is
useful knglaipl ard France are old in
enc age Il consmeree. and long experience
III the arts scieneea ard agriculture Ene-
E,uA IIi.s; prgbess es.aTy tiseefv sid applied
every exneliaut 81 th aa uritton aud
eirvafials Of the tGicia race as purely It's
alleged upon tac hieh ground a haaautg,
aui af.ar years of labor In tue c.ease II
fanlajt., she II Rnw Oh tie eve Of rctfo-
.sta';in@ % the roiut f.oH whence she oiss-
aar&et WAY does England think of IL
han,onine tie rattso at African Phau-
ihrouv. Far the rcasos, she inlH,A tl,aa
cause hopcless Why hopeless? ljccage
i was devoid Of utility, The African was
Designed by hiS tsedror for p'Hp1scS 81
alhIy Us well as his Iaroecaa hFc3irf.
Tropical islands arc exesediua%y lsodlbtve
ehcn TILED. Tic. tod Of Nature never in
scndcti then, for barren wastes when ilicre
l. a race especially adapted Tor their c'i}ti
s.i'ion This sAseoAs view Of pusposeless
humanity is moi IN keeping Will the active
ability of the age.
The European must labor to support his
existence, and why not the Alrieau also.
The products of The tropics have become It
aeces aii'a i Il order that nations may b.
Partially fed and clothed Tie ispreasu ct
She human family, the immense progress
Of enlightened civilization, the genius Of all
hrmau institutions require that the rich
4dif of tropics ns'st hot pared as q dpHcrs,
ffuiilc,s in the open sun. vi the eiicte
Asories on the subject ct African slave la
bor aud white free labor have proved utter
u ahortive. They mt,st aud will give way
Shcu crowded with the every day accunn-
lationi of facts entirely contradictory tpiheiH
anport There is no lcegcr any excuse
elr the exeiiement of popslar prejudice upon
li,js subject The danger IN tle attnre
hc,: in Il too rapid reaction of the popular
mind as against the idle races of tFs easth.
Ne concnde by observing that time will
shaw hew near tie doctiiie Here indicated
approXinates the character of real proph-
oay.-N y. Times.
N,atoR Tachcr Cut Ia Pieces IN Ttras
Ntcrritee affair took place about eight
nilcs cast of Grcenville, Texas, on tle 81
nit, betwecna.school teacher ~ tie Malne
OF Moore and a mau BY tie name Of Howard
aud hissfeur sons 4 letter says:
'Mnore undertook to chastisc Towards
sou, about ] , years oltl, for writing indie
ccut language in u young lady copy book
He had struck the hoy bat foaF OF five blows
with II switch, when the boys brothers. came
into the school house with clubs, and one Of
them struck the teacher with heavy club
on the forehead and fclied him 70 the floor.
The other struck the teacher several times
while down, but The teacher recovered him
self and got out his pocket knife and drove