Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-04
DAILY APPEAL.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1858.
ErHEOEOsY OF THE NEGRO Or FROGEA,
RBAD BEFORE THE o ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
BIZ sAN'L A. CARrwKIGRT. Nd


!. RBAD BEFORE THK y o ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
By sAN'L A. CARTwKIGRT ND.
: The Nii0tie monuments furnish punsr,a
!, portraits OF the negro races, Teurese-tsd ,
. slaves sixteen hundred years befor,. fhe cat
. Tan era Although repeatedly Arewr r.,
Q their native harbaTism and carried ar,,,nsy 81
> iiiIed nations, they soon fsrget what ihev lee,
: sne relapse into bsIb1risn. II The iubsre,
osSy Oi me pfos.sathesb type Of mankif
=. sieaesl slsH = actually is, sufficien
= siedt 20 sAstt tie Independence Of cbsrs,
1or tnat tns Ausesf can Iodisn possess. tbs ~
~ oele VI. ~Ve esen in great measure DEPRIVE
,ttoa and sugar. The red msn is uns
,.sisete as a laborer in the cane OF cotto
,Asth or anywhere else, ewing 10 tie mailer,
7 Die clinical iaNs q bis character The whit
2 man cannot endure toll under ths burning 50
Q OF me cane ana.cOlton field, ard I've 20 eric
: ne fruits Of his labor. The African wi
starVe rather than engage in a regular Ev-fer
OF agricultural labor, uniess impelird bv sb
stronger Will OF The white men When thu
lmpeilsrs experience proves that be is muc
happier, during the h Iurs oi labor IN fhe ann
0 heide, than wheu dozing ia bis native wool
.. and Jungles. he is also eminsntly ousHfs
tor a number OF emPloymsnts, which the in
o slncts OF the white iuau regard as GRAZING
II the white uan be forced bv nscssslfy inl,
{ employ Ynents abhoTJent to his ins,iHetp. :
1 tends % weaken or Destroy that sentiment o.
! principle Of honor OF duty, Which is the main
2 spring Of heroic actions from tie hesinaior %
historical times to the present, and is TIE basi
or everything grea, and noble n al grades o.
white society.
TIE importance Of having those narticuls,
empioyments, regarded as ssrvile and degrsd
, ing ey che white man, attended to b. the blac
} race, whose instincts are not repusuant to mem
: VIII be al once apparent 70 al those who tseH
lhe sentiment OF honor or duty as worth culti.
waiting 10 the human breast IL Is utterly nm
known 10 the proguafhoas race Of mankind
! and has no place in their language. WheH tht
language q given to them they Garnet eompre
bend its meaning, or form conception OF whal
} Is meant BY It. Every white man. who has no,
been degraded, had rather be engaged in the
most iaborioUs enploJ msHts, than 10 serve q
lacQaeY OF body ServAHt to anothef white
man % being like himself Whereas, there Is
10 once which the negro or nuiatto coysts
more than that Of being body servant to a
real gentleman. There Is no Zee which gives
hin such a high opinion 5r himself, and it is
utterly Impossible for bin to attach the idea OF
desradation co it Those identical chi ZEE,
which tie white nan instincfiVeiY shhofs, are
the most greedily sorsht Faf by negroes and
Dulstt0ss, whsther RiaVe or free. in preference
TO all ether e;nployments. North or Sou,h,
tree or slave, they are ever at the elbow, be-
bind the table, in hotels and steaushcsts; ever
ready, with brush IN hand, to brush the coat
OF black the shoes, CT to perform any menial
service wh lch may be required, aud to hold oct
the open palm for the dime. The innate love
70 act as body servant or laequey is too strongly
developed IN the negro tace to be concealed
It admirably qualities them for walters and
house servants, as their strong muscles, hardy
frames, and the positive pleasure that labor in
bot sun coRfers on Them, abundan.ly qualify
them for agricultural employment in a hot ell
mate.
Hence, The primOrdisl cell germ Ct tie Nj
grltian has no more potency than what is suf-
/ helent to form being with physical power.
when its eyRsaism becomes exhausted. drop
pirg the Creature in the wilderness with the
1 mental organization too imperfect 70 enable
lam 10 eXtricate himsef from barbarism. IL
Nature had intended the progna thous race for
oaroaIisn as the end sHc object Of their crea-
tions AeY would have been like iioHs aud IL
gers, hsTee and untsmabis.. So far from being
Ike ferOcions beasts, they are endowed with q
viii 50 weak, passions so easily subdusd, aud
/ ofsposltlons 50 gentle aud sfectionare, as
readily to fall under subiectioa TO the wi
Arab, OF airy other race Of meR. Heies they
are led about m gangs Of an hundred OF more
BY single individual, even by an old man, or a
cripple, if be be q the white race and possessed
OF strong viii. The Nigrtian has such 1T le
/ command over his own muscles. from the
!
a little eXertiou aud f0re-heught vyouli pro
cure hin an abundance. Aith 1ush be has *
/ aggeTated apPetites and exaggerated senses,
Gaining loudly Tor their grstitcai ion, his will
IS TOO weak 10 command his muscles to engage
/ IN such kinds Of labor as would readily
procure the fruits to crafty tnsn. Like az
animal in state Of Libernation, waiting for
me external aid Of spTing to warm it into life
and power, SO does the negro continue 10 doze
z nj al -,
ness, unsb to exricste himself therefrom-
his own viii being too feeble to call forth th-
| requisite muscular cXertiOn. His muscles not
oeing exercised, tie respiration is imperfect
and the blood is imperfrctly vitaliEed. Tor
pidity Of body ana beDetude Of mind are lhs
ELECTS thereof, which disappear Bnder bodil,
labor, because that expands the lungs vital
izas the blood, and wakes him up to a sesss Of
Pleasure aud happiness unknown 20 him N tb-
vegeto-snimsl or alternating state. Nothing
bat viii is wanting 70 transform the torpid, un
nappy tenant OF the wilderness into a rational
and happy thlng-the happiest being on earth.
as Tar as sensual pleasures are concerned.
The white man has an eSagEsrsted will. more
l than be has use foF; because IL frfaleuily
! drives bic own muscles beyond their physicisi
capacity or endurance. The will is not 4
faculty coniaed within the periphery Of the
| body IL cannot, like he Imagination, travel
to immessursble distances frctn be BODY, and
10 al iustsH. of time 20 and return from Alia-
! bran, or beyond the boundaries # the solar
system. Its Eight is coufaed to the world and
70 limits more OF less srestrcted-less restric ed
| m some than in others The will has two
poWeTs-direct and Indirect. u is the d.rscf
motor power Of the muscular system. Il in
I directly exerts dynamic force unon surround
ing objects when associated with knowledge
u gives to knowledge its power Everything
| hat is made was made BY the A. faIte WiD as
socIsted with Infinite knowledge The will Of
man Is but spark of the Irf lite VIII, and its
power as only ciTcuusciibed BY his knoWl ledge
a man possessing a Knowledge Of the negro
character can govern an hundred, a thousand.
or ten thousand Of the pTegnstbOas race By his
will alone, easier than one ignorant Of that
character can govern a single Individual OF
tBst race Dy the whip Or club. However S;s-
inclined to labor the negroes may Be they can
notheip themselves; they IRE obliged 10 move
ana 70 exercise their muscles whes the white
man, acquainted with their character, tsills
hat they should do 50. They cannot resis
that will, so far as labor Of body is concerned.
II they resist, it Is from some other cause than
that connected with their daily labor. They
have an instructive feeling OF obedience to the
stronger will Of the white man, requiring
nothing more than moderate labor. So far
/ their instincts compel obedience to will ss one
Of his rights. Beyond that, they will resis
his will and be refractory. IL be encrosches o.
what they regard as their rights, viz the righ'
20 hold property in him as be does 10 then, and
to disburse that property to thea In the shaps
Of meat, bread and Vsgeta blss, clothing, fus
and house room, and attention to their comfort:
when sick, old, infirm and unable to labor; tC
hold property in him as a cOnservator of tbs
peace among themselves, and a protector
against trespsssers from aboard, whether blscE
or white to bold property In him as impartia
Judge and an honest jury to try them for Of
fences, and a msreiful exeeutioner to panisl
J them for violations Of the ussges of the plan
tstion or locality.
With those rights aceseded to them, no otbel
compulsion is necessary 70 make them perforu
their daily tasks than his pill Be done II is no
the whip, as many suppose, which calls fortl
those muscular eXertions. the result Of which Il
sugar, Gotten, breadstuffs, rice and tobacco
These are products Of the white mans vii
acting through the muscles Of the prognsthou
race 10 our Southern states. II that will werl
withdrawn, and the plantations handed owe
az gracious gift 70 the laborers, serieul
tural labor would cease for the want OF tha
spiritual power called the will, to move thos
maehinss-the muscles. They would cease Z
; move here, as they have in Hayti. If th
: prognsthous race were expelled the land, an
$ their place supplied with double their numbe
Of white men, agricultural labor In the S0ut
% would also cease as far as sugar aud cotton ar
concerned, for the want Of muscles that cyui
Z endure exercise in the smotheTiIg heat OF
cane or cotton heli. Half the white isborer
: Of Illinois are prostrated with fevers from
. few days. work in stripping blades in North
ern cornheid, owing 70 the confinement OF th
> air BY the close proximity Of the plants Can
: and cotton plants form a denssr foliage tha
q corn; thick jungle, where the white ma
). pants for breath, and is ovsrpowered BY ID
: heat Of the sun al one time OF day, and chile
By the dews and moisture Of the plants at an
& other. Negroes glory in a close, bot atmO'
y pAers they instinctively cover their heads an
- faces with blanket at night, and prefer lynn
with their heads to the fire, instead Of the
is feet. This rthnieal peculiarity is in harmon
with their efficiency ss labOrers 10 hot, dam
. close, suEJcaiing mosphere-where, instea