The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-10
ADVERTISEMENTS

ion of their race, and extort from the proud and!
Ia omineering Anglo-Saxon the Justice now so perl
denied them
The opening article is an Introductory one bvE
sthe publisher, Mr. Thomas Hamilton, who such
:cncty states the objects he has in view, and the.
work which he and his fellow-laborers undertake.
Ito do. There are paragraphs somewhat caustic i
Scholars, one comparison being between schoarsE
jim the City of New York, and another betweenl
students in French colleges.
The main article, q Civilization--its Dependence
Con Physical Circumstances" is by DIR. James NJ
SCune Smith, a gentleman of liberal EDUCATION
Though for it he is not indebted to his cOun-
stry, having been obliged to obtain it in Europe,
awhere the Observation-Disclosures of caste Of color is I'M
known 1t is an able paper, and conclusyely dis
proves the current philosophy which predicates
! human advancement, or, in other words civiliza-
=tion on the innate superiority of race; but, on
the contrary, shows that it is due rather to eli
I mate and geographical position. The paper is
5earned pregnant with facts so skillfully handled,
THAT the deductions are beyond the possibility of
abeing overthrow. The doctrine Of innate superb
aority of is scattered to the winds. This cen
iaturv -nursed he, which has been made the excuse
flor slavery, with all It's horrors and barharities,
(which to-day, in these nominay free States,
zerushes the colored man beneath remorseless
apreiudice and fiendish spirit of caste, command
cling him TO quench the fires of aspiration as he
zfeels them burning in his SOUL to be a newer OF
Awood and drawer of water mental, feeling no
& manhood, to keep shut the windows of his soul
!. ncver opening them to let in the sunlight OF
knowledge, is eviscerated and shown to be but the
2inventiOn of the oppressor, excuse for his
dark and damning deeds and crimes. When the
despised negro ply such artillery as this it is
.stme to pause, and ask what are to gain by at
sstempting longer to hold him down. The time is
approaching when the black race now in this
sscountry will be fearful power, unless relax
Isthe hand of oppression. They are under the tenn
operate parallels where all circumstances consprt
Ito give them physical and mental power. In
leach decade, the census figures show that they In
Grease in a ratio which, ere long, will reach that
point when the red right hand of revolution viii
7be raised, clenching sword, beneath whose heavy
blade letters will be but as flaxen strings and OPP
spressors but as men of clay. The negro is natur-
allv patient and docile-naturally he abhors blood
.#and strife but there examples which emphat-
:caIIy warn us that, in the school of slavery and
under the treatment he receives when he is looked
aupon as he is now by large portion Of this peo-
zple he aptly learns the aphOrsm of Jefferson, and
(which we profess to believe God-ordained one
g Resistance 10 Igrants is obedience to God p St
& domingo thunders in our ears, il" Beware! Take
your hands from your victims throat, or meet the
sretrbutive justice ady to pour upon your heads
Wrath more terrible than the seven walls Of the
8 Apocalypse!
81 Such are some of the thoughts which have sug-
1gested themselves while we have been writing this
notice Others there are which come thrOngine
around our pen, but this is time for their utter
ssance. In conclusion, we would say, we are glad
sthis Magazine has been established Conducted
sas there is every reason to believe it will be, il
4,;I tlotA s+a
plane of progress, and not those british being:
s7they have been represented to be- 1t is calm anC
@dignifed, manful in its tone, counselling the col
ored man to toll on and vindicate his race, by be
Sing true to the instincts of his nature, notwith
standing the other proudly affect SUPERIOR
Esty and look down with scorn and contempt.
q The Magazine is published by Thomas Hamil
ton, at As Beekman street, New York, at 81
gsyear. We mention the terms, because we hop
sthere will be many who viii subscribe, if for NJ
E7other purpose, to see "what good can come on
1;of Narragansett. "--Pendatlum (Greeneich r. ~