Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-25
Practical Effect of Freedom on the African
Race.

wear. past in the Northern States of this Union
upon the question of Slavery, and the ciamor tina
has been raised for its complete abolition. We hav
seen no practical scheme suggested for eaeciiut
the measure, and no plan indicated for the govern
ment Of the colored race after they shall have Sc
currd the boon Of freedom. We take i, for gran
ted however. that the philosophers, and w"nsi ~
statesmen Of tue Nor,h,-tn disciples OF Phil
Inns Beecher. Garrison, Ciddings and the like
contemplate no essential change in the csnd 'to'
Of IN. negro. other than his mere emancipation
remote aud improbable as sach IN event may mp
near to be. Possibly, they hope to sirf"and III
South with cordc, Of free States; ana, by agi-
tation, together with persistent effort to inst'i
into the uisds VI the Southern people a sense Of
notwithstanding from tho iastitaton oil sia
xery: to indsce them frcm considerations Of per-
sonal safety, to consent to the patton OF the
en.laved, leaving the negro TO assume riat pre-
cise status in society that conventional arrange
ment may determine. Such. it seems to US, is the
policy of the Helper pamphlet, which socks to
portray 10 dark and shndowy outline, The I'm.
peatiing crisis at the South" beyond the haro
question Of freedom for tho negro, neither that
bouk nor any other far We are informed es.
says to trcat
Yet, il mast be admitted that there is a crave
question behind that Of nero enanc patton, which
Northern ag.ators would do we'll To consider.-
II involves in oar Judgment, not the nnyrlnc"s
only. bu, the very existence of the race which has
elected SO much apparent srmpsthy. What would
become 81 the suddenly emsnoipa.el borSes >
Could they live in a state Of equality with tho
a. y,
bu, sll sabjec; 10 the political domips,ian of
the ssoerior race, be .he sic,ins ef lar gneater
tvsAaiy than can be exercised uuicr the rd,rsrchal
in.,tstinn that now control. them tanli they
provide for therscyest, The same ez lent thsl tet
are supplied with ali the nocessar,es 81 lief
These queries are all predlcsted upon, The assemo-
tion fhat the emancipsted negroes would t,e per-
mtted To remain in the States where they arc
question tbs. admits orsome Doubt
All experience las proven that where TIVE races
cocks, upon the continent, and are chsrsc-
terized by the intellectual diversity which matls
the races now under consideration the mfctior
must live in q state OF eubordinauon 10 the sspe-
riur, or be cYtcrmnacd.
The hi>tary o tho ahoriGines OF tlle conhp.nt
need bet ha cited in support ef ths postulstn.
Tie fast IS a. ,a'ent M! paipatio = that the
negro race when lefl TO he wv certeie ting.
lApscs into WHIST seems IS DO iis normal condition
Incidence, thritlessncss npd kariari sm. lacy
are incapalle Of hrl. intele~ ta,sl tcsaspnent,
and .eon,.qsenily Of iiuatra,ias ,hc ,oence of
government Mackenzie, IN lis History q st.
Domingo, says " There is 10 reasoe 10 suppose
that they capable Of the continued efosts, tlie
sustained aud perse,cring toll, reqn>'ta 10 erect
the fabric Of civilized freedom" And nFain j." II
tie negroes are nut inferior, either ia s.,ar,
rnge, CT Intelligence TO the Iuroresn how l,as il
happened that ior Fix ihnusand ycars, hey haze
remained ia he savage ttntc? What has 1,rc-
vented mighty empires from arising tho bank.
OF the Nigc:', the uuarra, or the Congo, IN THO
same way as ON tnosr of tho Fophrntc, tie Gas-
ges, and the Nile? Heat OF climate, ms, ;cs-y ii
forests, extent Of desert, will Not solve the db.
Guilty. for they exist "a great an extent au tho
plains Of Mesopetamia, OF hin9ostan, ~ IN Yen
trul Africa. IL is la vain 20 say tia, the lEr5-
peans have retained the Africans in hai daErai-l
condition yther violence, injustice and ne slave.
trade How has i, happened that to- inhabitants
OF that vast and fruitful resion have nos risen II
the government Of the globe, and inflicted on the
savages Of Europe the evils now Get forth As the
cause Of their depressiont aid not all nations
start alike in the d infaut in,pr Jscmenl'
and was not Egypt, the cradle Of civilization nea-
rer to Central Africa than Tho shores Of Britain
What since has given mighty al impulse to Eu-
ropean civilization, and retained in n stationary az
declining state the immediate aeighbors ufEgyptisn
or Carthsge,an greatness? 1t IL impossible To ar-
rive at any ether cooc ssioa but that in the qusi
titles requisite to create and perpetuate ciSil2a-
tion, the Airean is decidedly inferior TO the Eur
pcaa race and if any doubt cosid exist on this
subject. ST would be removed by che subsequcnt
history aud present state of the Hasticn Repub.
lie"
Thegrea, historian Of " The Decline and Fall
Of the Roman Empire" in that chapter concerning
the re-conquest If Africa ty Theodseius .ays
1.-The naction Of the negroes docs no, seem to b,
the effect eitiser Of their virtue or pusili ,nimity
Theyindulse like the rest Of mankind their pas
sions and sppeties; and the adjacent trles arr
engaged in freqsent acts Of hostility. But ihc
rude ignorance has never invented any of,ctna
weapons OF defence or Of destruction; and t2e Oh
rious interiorty Of their mental faculties has bce
discovered and abused bv The nations Of the terra
perate zone. SIXTY thousand blacks are auai J.
embarked from the coast Of Guinea. never to re
turn TO their native country, but they are EN-
bsrked in chains; and thus csnetapt emigration
which. in the space Of two centuries might hay,
furnished armies to the gsote. accuses th'
the gnilt OF Europe and he sreas,ness Of n
RIGA"
In speaking Of the government Of Toassaint
The insr' gent chief Of the ST. Domingo rebellion
Alison. the historian OF Eurale snys; THE mil
larY dIaclhline sal.icl. L.