Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-02-01
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Translated from the German for the Spy.
NTrrFoRD Mass Ian 30 1894


Is the assertion of the defenders of slavery,
that the negroes are incapable of exercising the
rights and duties of free men, really true, and
has nature, therefore, condemned that race to
slavery! Some over-wise professors at the
south have, lately, gone SO far as to deduce the
negros ineapability of individual responsible
ty from the fact that he was not at all per-
fectly organized man, but middle-thlng be-
tween an ape and man. Some gentleman
who lectured somewhere in South Carolina
demonstrated this from the formation of the
hair of the negro, compared with that of
white man. The former, he says, appears,
under the microscope, quadrangular, that of
the Indian oval, and that Of a white man cir
cular in the cross-cut This is utterly false
hood. We convinced ourselves and others, in
an examination by means of an excellent mi
croseope, that there exists, not in the least,
any greater difference between the hair of the
negro and that of the white man, than there is
between the hair of different white men, and
that the negro's hair, when cut across, is just
as circular as that of any man. 1t is wooly,
because it grows finer and thicker. But in the
hair, surely, does not lie the essence of man.
1t would be of much greater importance if
the negro had different organization from
that OF the lighter races. But the most careful
examinations ofcompetent psychologists could
not establish in this respect any single essen
tial difference. The negro has as many bones,
snews, nerves, muscles, and intestines, the
same relation between these parts OF the body
and the members, the same heat of blood, the
,,,fNI, IL
same susceptibility of the influence OF poison
and medicine, as well as of food and drink, the
same genital organs, the same length of preg-
nancy-in short, the same constitution in all
its particulars as the white man. The only |
differences in this respect are in degrees and |
unessential as for instance that the calf of tie
negro's leg is more on the side, that his feet |
ale tlater, that the formation OF the skull and |
the extent OF the larger brain are less favorable |
to high thought, Ill an average at least, less IA
vorably developed for that end, that the face |
is longer and covering more surface, the chest |
less prominent, that the face and members
have less handsome appearance, and SO on.
In Comparative Anatomy and Physiology it |
was, hitherto considered to be an infallble |
sign OF different species Of animals, when, by |
population, they produce offspringS incapable |
OF reproduction. Consequently ass and horse |
were different species Of animals, because
their baStardS, the mules, cannot reproduce |
their specie; neither among themselves, nor
win morse or ass. Accordingly, even Dr.
Low, the auCnof OF tle census, TleS 10 repre- |
sent the negro as a degenerate breed of man,
not equal to man by birth, because, as he
thinks, the mulattoes cohabting among them
selves would produce a generation that would |
soon die out. But this latter assertion is not |
at all proved to the contrary, our experience
III hayu' where the mulattoes may marry
among each other, shows at least that the |
NUMBER OF populauon seems not 10 be Ill the |
decrease mere. Inc psychologists, however,
are sun DIVIDED IN respect to what we shall
consider as decisive mark of "a different spe-
Gle. ana, even II they were not, then we
still would have to study the various species Of
men mucn more carefully before we could
make unlimited application OF what we know
OF the dlnerent species OF ANIMALS.
IL Woulu De OF importance, II IL was per-
iectly true that the history OF the world can
not furnish any evidence OF negro'S arrv-
ing at any degree OF civltlzatlon independent
OF the influence OF other races. But that mo-
rallty whlch Livingstone, FULLY unpreJudlced
ana more recent explorer, met among the va
rlous tribes OF the negroes In the interior OF
oouth africa, OF wh'ch II can be saiu with
great PROBABILITY That they never came III con
tact win the whites, or were influenced by
them, speaks Ill FAVOR OF the assertion that the
negro Is capaole OF arriving at the civilization
OF perfectly organized man. Those negroes
occupy themselves, on small scale, with ag-
nculture, the keeping and breeding OF cattle,
and nee lanlcal labor; they are industrious
and intelligent, inventive and peaceable. They
know no wars, no oppression OF the weak, no
slavery, at least, not what We understand by
that term, and their moral condition is rather
reproach TO the white civilization Of which
we boast. Nor are they idolaters, and Living
stone could not succeed IN preaching Christi
anlty to them, because they were too inteli-
gent Tor that we can not torbear to express
our love OF these simple sons OF nature, as
they are described IN Llylngstone's book and
we are as much delighted with the same as
with George Forrester's well known descrp-
ton OF tne oOuth oea Islanders OF former
tmes, lllkewlse originating rom the negro
race') on the one hand, knowing neither SCI
ence nor arr, yet on the other hand, there Is
not anything IN tneir organization winch is OPP
posed to the acquisition OF these pursuits.
But Inc wen established TACT that the negro
race mas produced some single great men, Is
nluch more important PROOF thah the above OF
inc human nature Oh the Dlack man; II the
organization OF the negro Is susceptible OF hu-
manity III tne most extensive sense OF the
worn ~ sAnSle cases. Tie same must also be
ruG Oh ''ie'ii as ci''sS 10 certain extent
we nave seen "iiite races "illch neOeF pro
uuceu siisie srpat man ~ tlieiT lnldst as Tor
:no'''iee lne III .ne husslai prov
inces aohS llie paitlc oea' tle hoihahs III Tue
uolilnl -. >, VI .ne loWer Dalluoe' ana inc
DasAs IA tl'e northwest Oh SPAN.
Name US one sing'g great man whom the
eiiaan .inpo " a" ii DanStinis we speaA 9i
sne ~ ~ . vi tle "oluj
p,t 49,, Dr.. , Inv
'loh winch they nave niSue. DuI We negroes