The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-24


ion Of their race, and extort from the proud andI
iomineering Anglo-Saxon the justice now so perl
3sstently denied them
The opening article is an Introductory one bt
ithe publisher, Dir. Thomas Hamilton. who sue
acnctly states the objects he has in view and the
! work which he and his feow-laborers undertake
Ito do. There paragraphs somewhat eaustic Il
1--WE refer TO those comparing colored and white!
Scholars, one comparison being between scholars
FIN the City of New York, and another between|
students in French colleges.
The main article % Ciyilization--its Dependence
9on Physical Circumstances" is by DIR. James NJ
aCune Smith, n gentleman of liberal education
athough for it he is not indebted to his own coun
Ary, having been obliged TO obtain it in Europe
9whcre the Observation-Disclosures of caste of color
known. 1t is an able paper, and conclusively dis
aproves the current philosophy which predicates
ahuman advancement or, in other words, ciyiliza
Stion on the innate superiority of a race but, on
zthe contrary, shows that it is due rather to Gill
! innate and geographical position. The paper isl
aearned, pregnant with facts, so skifully handled
that the deductions beyond the possibility of
being overthrow. The doctrine of innate superb
bority of race is scattered to the winds This cen
Atury -nursed lie, which has been made the exeuse
Sfor slavery, with all its horrors and barbarities
which to-day, in these nominally free States,
zcrushes the colored man beneath remorseless
Sprejudice and tiendsh spirit of caste, command
ling him to quench the fires of aspiration as he
xfeels them burning in his soul, to be q newer of
awood and drawer of water, mental, feeling mo-
4manhood to keep shut the windows of his soul,
9never opening them to let in the sunlight of
knowledge, is eViscerated and shown to be but the
Hnvention of the oppressor as an excuse for his
/ dark and damning deeds and crimes When the
adespsed negro ply such artillery this it isl
4time to pause and ask what We are to gain by at
atempting longer to hold him down. The time isl
approaching when the black race in this
country will be fearful power unless we relax!
/ the hand of oppression. They are under the tenn
perate parallels, where all circumstances conspire
ITO give them physical and mental power. I'M
leach decade, the census figures show that they in
acrease in a ratio which, long, will reach that
point when the red right hand of revolution will
be raised elenching a sword, beneath whose heayy|
1blade letters will be but flaxen strings and OPP
Hpressors but as men of clay. The negro is natur-
Aallv patient and Enthusiastically he abhors blood
land strife but there are examples which emphat-
scally that, in the school of slavery, andI
under the treatment he receives when he is looked
upon as he is now, by large portion of this peo-
3ple, he APPLY learns the aphorsm of Jefferson andI
2 (which we profess to believe God ordaned one!
A. Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God /" ST.
Domingo thunders i'll ears, 4" Beware TakeI
J your hands from your victims throat or meet thel
retributve justice ready to pour upon your heads
4 wrath more terrible than the seven walls of thei
I Apocalypse
Il Such are some of the thoughts which have sug-
1 gested themselves while we have been writing thsE
1 notice Others there are which come throngingE
around our pen, but this is time for their utter
lance. In conclusion, would say, gladE
sths Magazine has been established. Conducted!
fas there is every reason to believe it will be- It'll
Twill demonstrate that AnglOAfricans stand the
plane of progress and not those british beings!
Ahey have been represented to be. 1t is calm and
slignified manful in its tone, counseling the col
Sored man to toll on and vindicate his race by be
ling true to the instincts of his nature notwith
standing the other races proudly affect SUPERIOR
3ty and look down with scorn and contempt.
The Magazine is published by Thomas Hamil- /
aton, at 48 Beekman street. New York at 81 al
] year. We mention the terms because we hopes
There will be many who will subscribe, if for mol
sother purpose, to see what good can come QUIT
sof Narragansett. '-Pcndulum (Grceaarich, r. ~