Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-04

nature. to him-loving him with all the warn
and devoted affection which children manifes
to their parents. He is sure Of their love an
friendship, although all the world nav for
. sake him. But to create and maintain ihi
happy relation, be must govsra them viii
strict reference to their chronological peeHlisri
ties He must treat them as infefiorE, not a.
Fqusls. as they are not satisfied With equality
( and will desDise a master who attempts q
raise any one OF more Of them to an equality
with himssfi because they herome jealous
and suspicious that their masters fsvoritsl
will exsreies a sinister influence over hiu
against them.
Tmpartislity Of treatment in every partieu-
lar. down 10 bat or pair OF shoes. is what
they ali regard IS one OF thslF dearest rights
Hence. any special favors OF gifts TO ore. is an
of nse 70 all the rest They also regard as a
righ'. when punished, not 70 Be punished IN an
GER. but with cool deliberatioR They viii run
from susry OF ehrtged mastet or oFerseer.
armed with 4 GIN Or a pistol. They regard al
oVerssers v no come into the field armed with
deadly weapons. as towards, and all COW
4 srls have great d'ficnliy IN governing them
| L is not phvsiesi force which keeps fhem in
sablaeiiou, but the spiritual force OF the white
mafss will sOns unarmed brave man can man
age thousand BY the moral force OF hiS will
alone. mhsh better than an hundred towards
vita guns 10 their hands. They also require
I - y FtEtiL NnFF NNNAtlfu- 70 Nr I4"A7 "t.1
, switch or q whip, and not wi , stick or the
fist In THE particular the clinical law of
their nature Is different from al other RACES Of
men. Il is exactly the feverse OF that Of the
American Indian. The Igdisn will murder any
man who strikes him with a switch, COW
hifie or a-wbip. twenty years aft'raTsTds II he
gets an opportunity bit readily foFgets blows
how ever severe, il a cted on him with the fist,
a cudgrl or tomahawk. A remarkable efh-
nrtor4raf arf.r % fh. hons
s that any deserved punishment, inflicted on
them with switch, eowh d. or whip, puts them
into good humor with themselves and the exc
rutioner q the punishment, provided BE- mani
fss Subtraction by regarding the offence as
atoned for.
The negro requires government in every
thing, the most minute. The Indian on the
whatever. Mr.. JEFF rson was the first to no
tiee this clinical law Of ,hs red man. zee
bis letter TO Gilmer, June Z. fsl6, vol. ~. page
279; JFers0a's COrresp0ndeaee. " Every
man with them (" (the IudiaHs.) says Dir. JEFF
ferson, is perfectly free 10 follow bis own
lnellnations but il, in doing This, be violates
the rights Of another, be Is punished 6y the DIS
esteem Of society or tomshswked. Their lead
srs conduct them BY the influence Of their char
aeters only; and they follow or not, as they
please, him, of whose character for wisdom OF
war, they have the highest opinion, but OF all
things, they least think OF suhjscting them
selves to the will Of one man" Whereas the
black man requires government even in his meat
and drink, bis clothing and hours Of Tepose-
Unless under the government Of one man to
prescribe rules of conduct TO guide him. he VIII
eat too much meat and not enough OF bread
and vegetables be will not dress to suit the
season, or Kind Of labor be is engaged in, nor
retire to rest IN due time 70 get sufficient sleep
bat sit up and doze by the fire nearly all night
Nor will the women undress the children and
put them regularly to bed. Nature is no law
unto them. They let their children suffer and
die, or numerically abuse them, unless the
white man or woman prescribe rules IN the nur-
sery for them TO 90 BY. Whenever the white
woman supsrintenGs the nursery, whether the
climate be cold or hot, they increase faster
than any other people on the globe but on
large plantations, remote from her influence,
the negro population Invariably diminisbes, un-
less the UYeIseer take upon himself those duties
in the lying 10 and nursery department, which
on small esates are attended to By the mistress.
She often sits up at night with sick children and
administers to their vans, when their oWn
mothers are n0diing by them, and would be
sound asleep if it were not for her presence
The care that white women bestow on the nur-
sery, is one Of the principal causes why three
hundred thousand Africans; orig inslly imported
into the territory of the United States, have
increased 10 four millions, while IN the British
West Indies the number imported exceeded, by
several millions, the actual population. II IS
also the cause, Why the small proprietors Of
negro property in Maryland, Virginia. Ken
lucky and Miss0Hri are able TO supply the
loss on the large southern plantations, which
are cut of from the happy Influence Of the pre-
siding genius over civilization, morality and
populstiob-the white woman.
The pFognsthOus race require gOvsrr meut
also in their religious exercises, or they degen-
crate into fanatical saturnaiis. A discreet
white man or woman should always be present
to regulate their religious meetings.
Here the investigation into the ethnology Of
the progensthous race must close, at least for
the present, leaving the most interesting I art,
Fste hism, the Indigenous religion Of the Af-
ricsn tribes, untouched It is the key to. the
negro character-which is difficult to learn
from mere experience. Those Who are not &C
cus'omed to them have great trouble and DIFF
fculty in managing negroes and in cOns'-
queuce thereof, treat them badly. II their
ethnoIogy was better ard more generally W.
derstood, their value wOuld be greatly increased,
and their condition, as a lsborirg class. woulo
be more enVisble, compared TO the European
pngsants, than II ALREADY il