Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-10-19
THE NEGRO QUESTION SOLVED.

Of the uIncie Toms Cabin" school Of literature en-
large upon the horrors ncrpoirscd BY brutal masters IN
and the aohhcartcd readers believe that the negro sui
fcrs much physical pain as white man would under
similar circuns His bilious compartment un-
combined with the saneunc nervous element. occasions
obtuseness both Of bis mental and physical pere'P
lions added TO which, the fact is established that though
the nerves Of The nrqfo arc more fully developed than
those of The white man far As the stomach ana ao
domua and pelvic vscera, concerned yet the nerves
distributed to the muscles arc an exception 70 hs Iue
The result Of this is that the negro sdsposed TO great
extent than the white to spasmodie diseases and
all sensual ndugcnccs, but Is incapable OF eehhB pun
% the same degree whipping which would properly
he considered very severe, II applied 20 white man
might actually be requisite to rouse up Negro 10 pro-
per point Of energy. We must not however he miaun
derstood as advocating corporal punishment to The ex-
olusion Of moral suason The religious faculty Is, Mer
all, the through which the negro can be governed
with greatest good himself and profit 10 his mas
ter The ruasiic Service Of the Church is peculiarly
adapted % hc wants Of the black manas il Is also to
the other OF mankind-and IL will be found on
inquiry that the most successful plantations in the
southern States ot Union those on which the
Church system is most fully carried out
On a careful revision Of the whole subject then ap-
pears that IN all his conditions is the negro spcoap
adapted Tor scrsitude aud unadapted for liberty MS
bilious temperament, cyluccd by the peculiar color not
only Of his skin but of his Tissues and secfeuons pre-
venting that perfect oxygcnaton OF the blood
~ 10 produce activity whether mental or physical hts
him to work in hot admdes, bu, under the control and
direction Of the white race whose duty IS 20 BsoIu
guide, aud direct hnl his peculiar mental conditions,
in which the spirit life so remarkably preaomha,es over
the intellectual qualities, predispose MN 10 Ns.ne'Ne
whatever is placed over him, and while they m one
Nulf IN r. a
yet they also neccssitae his subscrvcnce lis nerves
arranged that he is particularly insensi5e to oo
Oily pain, and his mental characiestcs are such that
he feels no degradation in slavery The inference IS Cd
vious. Charoh1anH
The above profound remarks on the ethical
and religions and physiological features of
the Slavery Problem we copy from The
Chwclman. This paper is published in the
city of New York, and is a radical Puseyistic
journal. devoted to the interest ofThe Church.
Its paper whose opinions are worthy Of
very great respect, in It's own estimation. Its
views on the negro question are of course
peculiar and indicate great originality and
remarkable blending Of christian simplicity
and worldly wisdom They are however no
more peculiar than its views Of the method
which should be taken to estimate and decide
the qualifications of candidates for Holy Or
ders. All such questions it would simply
hand over to a Professor Of Physiology and
Phrcnology, declaring that any ono can learn
enough of those sciences in week TO decide
upon the fitness of all clerical candidates. 1t
is not TO be wondered at that in such paper
even the slavery question should have a solu-
ton And how simple and clear and beauti-
fu is the solution Blessed be "The Church
man that has opened our eyes. We had
wept over tho cruelties that were practisod on
negroes. We shall weep no more. God
made them to be whipt, just as He made oys-
tiers to be eaten. or trout to be caught. The
negroic nerves all "run to the abdominal aud
pelvic yiscera, and are not distributed to the
muscles, and hence the negro even enjoys a
sound Aogging 1t acts asa sweet and deli
cate stimulus to his torpid muscles, and like
pepper to tho palate or the stinging luxury
of flea bites to an Italian beggar. Tic
inference is obvious that we need have no
more sorrow over the cnslaved African, be-
cause he is specially adapted to scrvitude,
just as bird is for flying, a horse for run
ming, or on Irshman for blunders. If heaven
organized him with an Indifference to the deg
radiation of the lash, as well as with an in
sensibility to its application, surely it were
fighting against Providence, that we should
seek to fec him from the servile state in
which he receives the full benefit of the flag
olating cordial.
But it is gratifying to know that even "The
Churchman" would not rely wholly upon the
mild and hcathful tonic.of the cowhide to
inyigorato and refresh the Slave. 1t would
call in the aid of religion. 1t goes 20. world
ly wise and sanity "Ch1rchman !") with the
whip in one hand and The Church in the
other, so that the NEGRO may be governed
with greatest good TO himself and profit to
his MASTER II tells us %, pious "Church-
man ~ "that the ritualstc service of the
Church is peculiarly adapted to the wants OF
the black man. and that the most successful
plantations in the South are those on which
the Church system is most fully carried out y
Perhaps the Churchman imagines that bill
ious temperament, and full nervous tissu
in the abdominal and pelvic region, adap
the negro to The Ritual, just they adapt
him to the whippng-post. lfthat is its idea
it is well that Judaism is abolished, for the
rites Of the ancient religion would be a ter,
rble dispen'ation to race whose nervous
energy resided in the pelvic viscera."
But let us be grateful for this solution to tn
NNA,N piDbAth' ~ A''"ffi isNN hS Nuahh vi
Churchman for its able yindicaiion Of tn
natural right Of the negro to be nogged, AM
its equally clear and able exposition of tn
fact, that the rites Of the Church system
are peculiarly adapted to console and uplil
his moral nature. With a whip to "rouse
negro to the proper point of physical ener
gy, and with The Church to rouse his spir
itual organism and to make successful plan
tations, let us deny our old theories, and sen
South cargo upon cargo of the true stimuli
of negro nature, load upon load Of rawhde
for his body, and Of Church missionaries 70
his soul. Then will the Divine institution
shown to be divine by the inductive Church
man." accomplish the greatest good to tn
Slave, and profit to the master. And Will
we are thankful for the mem tight which shine
from the pages of this elaborate journal, l.
us also be more grateful still that Heaven,
pity perchance to our weakness, permits b.
one such brilliant luminary as this to fash il
wondrous beams upon our feeble vision
Let US give thanks that thcre IL lint N,