The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-24
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 10, 1855

Qelpnld AllnSnOuSo was taken Oh IHO 1Ou
inst inst, at II o'clock ~, and the mum
Der Of inmates at that time was ascertalnet
to be 1859, an increase Of Ga over las
year. According to the report for thl'
wear There were in the wards for white
women. 1,169; in the wards for white men
1864: in the wards for colored women
II: and in the wards for colored men, 49,
This seems like great disparity-only
1876 colored to 2,233 whites. The negro
race must be very independent set, il
those of Philadelphia are a sample-that
is, SO far as going to the Almshouse is con-
cerned.
In late issue of your paper, reference
is made to the North American and Unit
ed States Gazette" as containing occasion
al articles derogatory to the colored peo-
Pile; and so it does, but the " Public Ledg-
err" is far more extensively read by them
than the "North American" is, simply be-
cause the Ledger" costs but one cent,
while the other costs three cents. 1t also
contains occasional articles 'derogatory to
the colored people, and l will give you a
specimen. On the morning of the 18th
inst. the " Ledger put forth leader head
ed Inferior things die out" The article
commenced by citing an instance of sky
lark that was rendered silent by having a
mocking-bird placed near it, and another
of black-bird that was so placed dying
of grief "This will Illustrate" says the
writer, the tendency of all inferior things
to die out, which seems universal law of
nature" Promising these things, the wri-
ter continues: at is thus with races of
men, The presence of the white race be-
comes, by an inevitable law, the destruc-
ton and death of the Indian. The whis-
ky, the vices, and the diseases Of the white
man, apart from his arms and arts, are too
strong for the inferior race, and he passes
away, because the two cannot occupy the
same sphere as independent lords of crea-
ton. If with the negro it is different, it is
only where he does not practically occupy
the same sphere" Do the facts of history
sustain that position? Nay, does not eve
ry-day observation prove the contrary to
be true? | cannot be made to believe
that the writer could possibly think other
wise; but [ am persuaded that he, knowing
the gullibility of the masses, please excuse
Il yulgarism,) seeks favorable opportuni-
ty to belle history, in order to prove the
black man to be inferior to the white.
Whatever theories may be advanced re-
speeding the capacity of the negro, his
ability to cope with the white man in intel
lectual attainments, &c, the negro does
not exhibit signs of inferiority in the sense
in which the writer intimates, for neither
whisky, vices, diseases, luxury, nor slavery
will kill the black man; but he lives through
them all and increases in numbers faster
than the white man, and is an ever-existing
eyesore to colonizationists and negro-hat-
crs, With these facts staring them in the
face, they attempt to write the negro out
Of existence; but he has embraced their
civilization, and can fight them with their
own weapon-the pen-although it has
been said by protested ethnologists that he
cannot embrace their civilization. In addi-
ton to all the other means which arc be-
ing and have been adopted for the purpose
of exterminating the colored people from
the United States, is the " bleaching" pro
cess. This seems to be the most success
full experiment Of all, for in 1850, according
to census returns, there were in the United
States 405,751 neutrality-suspicious. not all
told. Virginia, the great slave-mart, con-
tains 1915 of that number. The "Ledg-
er'S" proposition is true-true to the letter
-andso are some Of the facts cited in sup
port OF it; but his allusion to the negro
question in that connection is very unfor-
tmate for him.
have been credibly informed that four
out of eight lodges Of the G. Z. 0. of O.
F. in Philadelphia will send delegates to
Toronto, C. w, where the A NJ. G. will
meet on the first Wednesday in October,
1889. The delegates viii doubtless have
apleasant time in the Queens dominions.
The representatives elected here are as fol-
lows; From Unity Lodge, No. III, Mr..
Joseph Il. Carter; Good Samaritan Lodge
NO SIG, Mr.. Alfred S. Casey; Phoenix
Lodge No. 994, Mr.. Charles Simpson;
Carthasenian Lodge, No. 901, Mr.. Amos
Weber
Our city was visited on Friday evening,
10Th inst, by a heavy storm of wind and
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