Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-07
DOW. Lr.. on NEGROES.

7 have n fancy that the Creator has
produced the different families OF the
human race as they are breeds ana
mixtures all over the world, being aa
easily distinguished from pure native
stock, as mules from horses and jackpot
toms. Certain portions are made Tor
certain zones, climates and localities.-
JlaDt thss.. in farsiep, une2ngebiai
soil, and they dwindle and eventually
run out Who supposes that flourish
ing crop of polar bears or Greenlanders
could be grown at tho equator, and per-
petuated sufficiently long enough for them
to turn " into horse Of another color y
or that an Ethiopian would even have his
hair Strengthened and skin bleached, amid
Arctic frosts and SHOWS? | don't.
Nv friends, climate never made tho
negro; on the contrary, the negro was
made for the climate. No climate
in this world possesses such remarkable
Il peculiarities as to cause downy nee'e
TO cover caputs well enough adapted to
the propagation Of hair; to hatten nose
and produce an under lip capable OF seat
ing outside tobacco quid too bulky and
ponderous for inside duty. Nor IS there
a soil sufficiently productive to bring out
heel from foot that presses it, OF such
a .--rplcxing length as 70 place it's proprl-
er 1ature intended him to 60 ahead or
proceed backwards whether he should
draw shoe over the heel or over the
toe. No, my brethren, the niger was
made for the climate and its attributes,
even as tho Arab and the ostrich are
adapted to the dreary rnwatered sands of
the desert. The brush Of nature has
painted him black-tbe prevailing color
Of all animals that inherit tho torrid zone
in order that he may withstand tho
powerful influence Of caloric Because
whyf Black being conductor Of heat,
tho latter gladly escapes through it, to
the relief and safety Of the body, just
about as fast as the sun with its fiery ar
rows can shoot it in. And then how
niger will sweat and grnniDgly wealth
or tho crisis Of heated term, when nine
out of dozen Of the fimsy white
trash" would lop and keel over from &C.
rebral congestion. Yes, aud don't the
niger thus tested. exbale a powerful
perfume? AssaGftida, burnt shoes and
onions the otto Of roses, musk, and
essence Of pole-cats are but the weakest
Of odors 10 comparison. Who ever heard
Of niger being knocked out Of life
( light by a sun-stroke? Nobody. As
for old Sol planting his biggest knocks
upon a nigger's wool patch, with the ex-
pectation Of doing damage, he might as
well experiment upon a cast-iron pot, or
/ try his best ticks at the big bell Of the
vigilance committee. OF a truth,
niger can stand heat almost equal to
salamander; and it's this that renders
him so useful biped in the burning
fields Of the South, where a white skin,
il put to hard labor, would find little or
nothing left Of him to take home TO sup
per after the first day.
Ny brethren, there arc some who as
sert that the niger is by nature equal
in intellect with the Anglo Saxon; and that
had he the same advantages, be would
raise himself to as high notch in tho
scale Of humanity We shouldn't Won
if they could prove it, just as easily as |
can prove that my little terrier dog
knows more than / do He can smell
rat at any tine o highland passcth
my comprehension. - San Francisco
I Era.