The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-01-14
ADVERTISEMENTS

ton of their race, and extort from the proud and
domineering Anglo-Saxon the justice now SO per-
sistently denied them
| The opening article is an Introductory one by
the publisher, Mr. Thomas Hamilton, who sue
cinctly states the objects he has in view, and the
work which he and his fellow-laborers undertake.
to do. There are paragraphs somewhat caustie !;
we refer to those comparing colored and white
scholars one comparison being between scholars
in the City of New York, and another between
students in French colleges.
| The main article, e Civilization Dependence
on Physical Circumstances is by Dr. James NJ
| Cune Smith, gentleman of liberal education,
though for it he is not indebted to his own coun-
try, having been obliged to obtain it in Europe,
where the tgererociousness of caste of color is un
known, 1t is an able paper, and conclusively dis
| proves the current philosophy which predicates
human advancement, or, in other words, civihza-
ton, on the innate superiority of race but, on
the contrary, shows that it is due rather to eli
mate and geographical position. The paper is
learned, pregnant with facts, so skillfuy handled
that the deductions are beyond the possibility of
being overthrow. The doctrine of innate superb
ority of race is scattered to the Winds This CEN
tury-nursed he, which has been made the excuse
for slavery, with all its horrors and barbarites
which to-day, in these nominally free States
crushes the colored man beneath remorseless
prejudice and fiendish spirit of caste, command
ing him to quench the fires of aspiration he
feels them burning in his soul, to be newer of
wood and drawer of water, menial, feeling no
manhood, to keep shut the windows of his soul,
| never opening them to let in the sunlight of
knowledge, is evscerated, and shown to be but the
| invention of the oppressor, as an excuse for his
dark and damning deeds and crimes. When the
despised negro can ply such artillery this, it is
time to pause, and ask what we are to gain by at
tempting longer to hold him down. The time is
approaching when the black race now 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
| to give them physical and mental power. In
each decade, the census figures show that they in
crease in a ratio which, ere long, will reach that
point when the red right hand of revolution will
| be raised clenching sword, beneath whose heavy
blade fetters will be but faxen strings, and op-
pressors but men of clay. The negro is natur-
ally patient and dociie- rqturally he abhors blood
and strife but there are eAascnles which emphat-
ically warn us that, in the school, of slavery, and
under the treatment he receives when he is looked
upon as he is now, by large portion of this peo-
ple he aptly learns the aphorism of Jefferson and
which We profess to believe God-ordaned one
Resistance 10 Tyrants is obedience to God ~ st.
Domingo thunders in our ears, Beware Take
your hands from your victims throat or meet the
retributiye justice ready to pour upon your heads
wrath more terrible than the seven vials of the
Apocalypse ~
Such are some of the thoughts which have sug-
gested themselves while we have been writing this
notice. Others there are which come thronging
around pen, but this is time for their utter
ance. In conclusion We would say, we are glad
this Magazine has been established. Conducted
as there is every to believe it viii be, it
will demonstrate that Anglo-Africans stand on the
plane of progress, and not those british beings
they have been represented to be. 1t is calm and
dignifed, manful in its tone counselling the col
ored man to toll on and vndicate his race by be-
ing true to the instincts of his nature, notwith-
standing the other races proudly affect superior-
ty, and look down with scorn and contempt.
The Magazine is published by Thomas Hamil-
ton, at 48 Beekman street, New York. at 81 a
year We mention the terms, because we hope
there will be many who will subscribe, if for no
other purpose, to "what good can come out
of Narragansett. ''-PenduIHm (Greenaoich, H. ~