Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-21
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The extreme North of Africa is in

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habited by races entirely different
The Egyptian, Nubian ard natives
Of the Barbary States have no re-
semblance to the negro either in col
or, form, feature or character. The
Ab5sinians by proximity and inter-
marriages have imbibed some Of the
negro peculiarities but were original.
ly distinct people.
| The number embraced in the term
negro, as thus defined, of course can
not be known with certainty, but
from calculations based on the best
information we possess it viii not
probably fall short of seveaty,fre NIL
ions of human beings. This vast
number OF men is not confined TO one
location and one climate, but stretch
es from the burning heats of the tor
rid zone to regions of the most gepi.
al and delightful temperature. Were
this otherwise there might be some
difficulty in answering the position of
those who attribute the differences IN
races to the climate and locality in
which they live. A glance, however.
lat few facts will at once expose the
absurdity OF this theory. There are
vast table lands in the interior of Af-
rica, inhabited for ages by this peo-
lple, which from their elevation and
proximity to snow-capped mountains
possess climate suited by its mild
temperature even to the Caucasian
race. The Hottentot and the Bosb-
man of the Pacific Islands are famed
by the breezes ofthe temperate zones
and enjoy climate perhaps more de-
hghtiul than that of Tennessee. vet
these are the lowest and most degra-
ded branches of the negro family
On the other hand, the inhabitants of
the pestilential districts of the gold
coast of Africa are the most athletic
and well formed negroes to be found.
Thus 1t seems that tropical climate.
however uniavordble to the Caucasian.
instead of being the cause of the ne
gro's degradation, is just suited to
his organization and under the influ-
enceof which be reaches his highest
physical development.
Ii the peculiarities of differe Mt ra-
ces resulted from climate and loca-
ton, then change Of these agents
should be followed by corresponding
change in their form, color and feature.
This however is not the case. In
the United States three distinct races
OF men have occupied the same geo.
graphical position and been subject to
the same temperature for two hun
dred and thirty-seven years, and yet
they are this day as distinctly marked
as when the white man first placed his
foot upou the shores Of the New
World. The negro has not made the
slightest approximation to the Indian
or the white man, but even in the
Northern States where the frosty win
ter paints the ruddish bloom on tho
Caucasian fdoe,the negro has retained
for generations, the color, hair and
feature that this people brought from
their native land AYE he is Just the
stamp of bis ancestor who danced to
the sound of the tum-tOm when the
Pharaohs were bniIdiDg the Pyramids
of Egypt.
Again, the Datch settled at the
Cape Of Good Hope in 1850, and
their descendants have lived for more
than two hundred years in the native
land to the Hottentots, but have made
no approximation to the form, feature
or color of that degraded race. The
same thing is illustrated in Australia
where the Anglo-Saxons have created
an extensive commerce and built fiEe
cities and are erecting mighty en-
tplre out of the materials which the
negro races of that vast Island pos
essed for untold ages, but in the use
OF which they exhibited little moro
wisdom than the wild beasts with
which they shared the dominion Of
. the lane.
! The regions occupied by the nc
gro races viii be found TO embrace
every physical and geographical va
riety, mountain ranges and valleys.
sea shore, islands, continents water
ed by noble rivers which flow through
fertile plains teemiDg with laxuriant
vegetation and capable Of producing
every necessary aud luxury Of life.
!. Let Us see how they have used thsss
bounties of natofe and improved
, these opportunities.
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