Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-03-30

f lived retired. his country furnishing no iaeil-
titles for travelling or roaming, anu 50 he has
made use of lizards. snails, and all KINDS OF
insects of the most lazy, inactive and torpid
character for food. The exclusive retirement.
too, of the Negro has confined the marriage
relation to the same family circle, Of no dis
tant consanguinity. which the laws Of phys
iolagy and psychology show, tend greatly to
waste and destroy intellectual brightness and
energy With these traits Of character the
Negro has greatly dcgenerated; but reverse
this order Of things, and the Negro ut once
begius to improve without any resort 10 let
ters and with no Advantages or privileges.
We have proof Of this in the improved state
of the free Negroes in this and other coun-
tries and also in many Of the slaves, even.
But the Negro is not an isolated case Of de-
graduation, for laying aside the nicer distinc-
tons which may be drawn between civilized
nations, different grades, or degrees of intel
lectual energy exists only by comparison.)
we find many nations, trites, and families
not of the black race, who are As low, and
lower in degradation and lack Of intellect,
than any Of the tribes Of Negroes, among
which are the Chcnooks. Nootka. Diggers or
Snake Indians natives Of Terra del Fuego,
and the dirt eaters of the Orinoco. which are
sunk in degradation, even below the Bush
men and Iottentots Of South Africa and if
lack Of intellect independent Of color is
test for slavery. they are as well suited fos it
as the Ne-ro.
Again, notwithstanding their exclusion
from the schools Of every country. and the
repulsiyc prejudice on every hand. there are
some illustriaus examples OF Nero intelli-
senee. both in the male and female depart
ment, Of which Frcl Douglas may bc given
a. an examplc-anl was acquainted with a
fdli-blgoded Negro, who for Wit. quieknes,
Of perception and sudden application Of
reasoning power, could hot /. outdonc by
Yankee boys another came on board Of my
vessel in Eastport, black as a eeal an accom-
plishcl gentleman. His eve srarklcI with
intelligence. gentlenes- beamci in his c5un-
tenancc, and clo4uenec famed from his
tongue, he spoke the French language with
fuency-all which show Us the intellectual
capabilities Of the black man, The state
men; that the Improvement ofthc Negro has
It's natural limit. until he is rs9rsanizei ty
his Creator, Is i bare, naked assertion. With
oat precedent, and cannot H. supported, and
the admittanoe Of any improvement a; all. Is
4 contradiction Of the statement The Nc
gra,s mind, enec on the rad II improve
lnent, has heundlcss immensely fsr IT. sIaee,
and eternity for lis limit, like all other
minds, and like all other minds il mus, haye
the privileges, and adsanta='s, which its ne
eessi,y and it, improvement demand, for
progress to X permanent must BE- in ae-
cardancc with his viii VIII male the Ne.ra
and Caucasian.
We are informed by history, that >,lJm5n,
King Of Israel was the wis.-t man the world
ever saw, and his writings show it. We are
all informed that solomon was black, that
he married enc black woman at least, the
Queen IF >heha. by whom he had son cali
Il Menilck, who -ucttrdcl his mother in the
imperial dignity. and for in3tto the Az
sinian kings in the hereditary line from 81
onion. adopted the lion Of the raee Of al
ONION and trltc Of judah hath overcome. =
Menilek was king Of the blacks and during
the onward Ai5ht Of ayr his numerous po>-
terity srrzrd through the race, consequently
there arr two things drawn from this history
which are very pnrtentous. !. The black
race has furnished the Wi>c>t man the world
ever did, or ever viii 81. > That modern
slave traders have been stealing and selling
the posterity Of S5l5m5n. the king Of Isra-
Il. into mean, abjce, slavery. and present al
yeeatcs Of slavery endorse the business. and
sustain it, and the sentiment proclaimed i
at the bottom Of the whole business. TIC A.
a.g5ty intended The Nsgro for a slare.
The foregoing remarks show the causes Of
the Negro's degeneration, and his remedy
and examples Of Improvement, and state
mcnts which show the intellect, although in
itrior in its present. Development, yet not -
Tar interior a. many suppose, and that the
remedy applied will restore the Negro to an
honorable rank, if ~; to his original e9uali-
" with the white race.
\, it Is in raising any portion Of the white
or ether races. from degradation = ciyilza-
ii IN and refinement - II must h in raising
the Ne-ro the enlightened must carry in
and practically apply themcans The prom
ise3 brcyity seem, almost forgotten. > Bur
We hasten l. say, that the idea that the free
dom Of the Nesro ie-rai,s the white lab5rer
i = me- really ridiculous it !. stern con-
tradietion Of siarin- facts which arr staring
everybody in the ace-how dos and how can
the rrrence Of FREE blacks, laborinc in the
various departments Of industry degrade the
white hl,5rer. either in the trec or slave
S,lty>?
again, the coalition Of white labJrcrs Or
whites in England. would tc the zane that
Il now is, if there was not Negro in the
kingdom the Negro ha- lis freedom in the
kingl On, he does not harm the white man,
and wha, !, bright mark for England, the
white man on her sill docs MOI harm the
Negro