New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-01
THE DESTINY OF THE RACES.
A Lee Il u r E,
~ TINE NON. FRANCIS p. BLAZE 'A'
ps,lyered at Boston, Mass, JAM 26'

Nel;sye ne incapable, Of my own mere motion.
have been pre.sed into this adventure, by eo"d
fr;eHds who would not have me forfeit, ~ failure
h.re. the little reputation that / have al home.
ne, uust. then, rely upon the generous sympa-
niss Of this refined audience 10 disarm ef'1ieism
- favor Of one who hazards bim,eB atthelr BIDDING
"a sr.rfy YOU with the novelty Of back SCOTSMAN 10
4Ae literary character Of Lecturer ioT b0s1on- L
Sevueesis, ia advance, ali Judgment oil my enoft oy
tbe ,tsndsro you accnstoined 10 spPY' o''h ~"'
A,sd among the buffers Of Kentucky, ATTAINING man'
hsod in Mis-, oun while still the Ear west, and nasa-
iss my education as companion OF Tue Rangers Oh
~. e..t Mopntsn.. I should deserve derisIoD if
osmb here 10 make a display OF scholarship or elo-
Gu.see whore To- hoe Of ilusIlous pratl rS, hihng
o. al half OF tits o.ntuIy with eloquent reno Fn
viti.g with that conferred by TIE great masters OF
The at OF oIaory Upon Athens add me- 10 succeed
ed by spotIt r which promises TO keep the crown
for the Bay State aod is academic city for Centuries TO
cone. Toe Inspiration Which thus uiumphs through
seceessiye generations had is or, ia IN that blood
from sbch Dss arisen the lofty monument that looks
dswb upon your city, ts surrounding hills and villas
ard the roli' oceen. Tha' Inspiration h1 mt up
q lofsr and mole end1rDs monument IN ths divine
power Of epic speech, which has given your eits an
elevation aud illumination which attracts the eye OF
all opr land and sbeds its rays beJ Odd the Atanic'
Here the tbiOes Of the Revolution gave blrto W tle
nfspt Hercules that in tuis cradle crashed Tue hyuao
q vast military power and by tins met iapoi "a
eped The hero spirit now tbrOub0g IN tle Doo0hs o'
the Oppressed through the world. Here IL tle
fsrom where freedom Deryod clog renee " efhort u
he achievement ard secure it's cOnquests forever ou
this coLtDeDt DO tot assert pretcnslo' 10 tne ahs
of the attributes that here s0Tked "a. Sc miracles
much less To- emulate the glory OF the gtsd meh "uo
have employ, them all in the service OF he county.
come to invoke tbOse who nos noGIish, 10 ofng ~
coumsnorg il luence they inherit 10 assist IN thls
ooriulctu Of the Republic which is to shape
the desiibes Of tbe races OF this Continent
and s~ay it, TO give new Impulse 70 Tue
vital principle OF liberty, which It's enemies ~Ouiu
crush uDo or the shields made to protect 1t desire To
present to TIE young merchants Of Boston, up)a
whose Invitation ! speak, two great pracncal quss,
d, ms, largely afec ing their own profe s'oo, ana
Worthy IL her serious consideration. O1e IS tne
great Enterprise which is pom the nerce OF lada
ard the Fast through the heart Of our country Dy
means Of great national highway between the oceans,
spreading the people Of Oor own race across the SIed
ten perbte zOIe. Tbe other, 10 create new empire
Tor their commerce within the tropics Of America, aud
req1nI for its maintenance the peculiar organization
of The col.d race, and both enterprises concurhog
with Irresistible power by severgg Their onnStural
connection 10 exst the destiny II all toe races oil thls
G ntiDent. That the races are ciscrimnated Dy NJ
dehble masks Of difference, appears to suggest to
some persons only the idea OF superior ana Inferior
races, and that the made to be enslsved by
the other 1t does not appear TO me to follow, even II
the superiority Of r-ce is established, th ~ there
fore the inferior races made for it's service 90
the contrary it is TO me conclusive argument agatst
Dbl ding them ID the sane community u
the superior by adnxure or contact with the inferior
races and to caste, which experience shows ID
DISASTROUS to all alike. Bat with the history OF the
whole world before us, it is strange that any one
abould not that the marked distinctions between
the races indicate this adaptsbity TO the various
climates Of our earth, as platly and concuslVey us
the vegetable life Of each zone, p'ociaims the
climate which produced 1t. That waen we
les, or charge the pale faco for the darker
hu,s which distinguished the children OF the
san, any one should close his eyes to the lesson II
teaches, that the races are made Tor or male by INC
climate 10 which they dwell, and like the tora and
fauna o. land will flourish only in coogenal cline
Upon tbis Intnent there are regions suited to each
Of the races that inbsbt ttranspose them to Others
upsu',ed and they deteriorate. The proud Spanlard
whore courege aud vigOr gave him the wealth OF the
American tropics has air, ady become eete, and the
negro brought thither IN chains to minister to his
pl.osoIe, is fast rising TO become the railing race
In those regions, gaining rapidly 10 number, aod
tbieaienir TO Overwhelm AL Others 1t is time that
tits great nation should accept a truth, which thi
Almighty has plainly written ON oil his Sorks aud
ADOPT policy 10 harmony with iiis wi " hich BETTER
natloIs nor individuals can violate with impunily
What the policy Of the Government has been todch'
ing this great conoern-what shall be IA the future
IN ftheiaucs OF the inevitable destiny of the races to
resume their true on this continen', IT Is my
design 10 consider. The present epoch is new
staitIg point in our Government. The impulse given
by the movers Of the Revelation has come 10 pause,
and oil seems tending TO receive nos direction.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were the
rights which II wac the design Of those who framed
eur institutions gradually to establish for all the races
Of ouI continent Thote great men knew that the car
mt OF pablo sentiment flowed with full volume Ia
that channel which their toll and their patriotism had
worked out lot ouly for the freedom OF those whose
coursge had conquered il but for those even beyond
The ocean who svmpathizsd with the efoIt. But their
hrtt thought was for the at home. Emancpa-
lion OF the African slaves that had been thrust uoOn
shores by the cupdity Of British oppressOrs
and their mnions here, was speedily accomplished
tbIoushout the northern part of the ConfcderaCy
der the impulse which fret prompted our fathers 10
assert their own freedom. Abolition Of the slave
trade with view to the result ultimately in al
the States was the unanimous act of the nation aud
for its continuance, the ordinance of l7o7, ex-
GLIDING Slavery from all its Territories, was
voted by the Confederation, before the Con
stituion existed to add Its sanction. Thst
sised as having rights which the white man was
bound TO espect that personal liberty of which their
Kindred uiDes of the South had been deprived by the
Spaniards, was recognized as bTthrlgh in which
they 10 be protected as we'll that tasiowner
ship in the lands they occupied, Of which they could
not be diveeted without a compensation deemed by
themselves an equivalent. The whole scope Of the
policy of the young Republic then embraced that
grand leading idea IN which Declaration Of Inde-
pendeuce based our itdivdus liberties, that su men
are born equal in respect to that humanity which
borizes them TO claim Justice at the hands Of every
superior power as the preservative Of fe liberty sud
the pursuit Of happiness which Inherent in their
nature. The Constitution, ii is true, permitted that
portion Of the Afri san which had been brought
under system Of colonial bondage to be retained
1perons held to services" but In this very phrase
il rejected the adoption Of the lay creating Slavery
and only recognized existing circumstance, growing
out Of the tyranny il hsd overthrow, that
"persons were held to service whose obi
ganobs il could lot dissolve. So far from
recogi iZirg the rishtfulness of Slavery, the
opprobrum Of the term was rejected to exclude
the inference Of its adoption as nAoral institution