The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-30
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ton of their race and extort from the proud and
domineerlng Anglo-Saxon the justice now SO per
sistently denied them
The opening article ia an introductory one by
the publisher, Mr.. Thomas Hamilton who sue
cmctly states the objects he has in view and the
work which ne and his fellow-aborers undertake
to do. There are paragraphs somewhat caustic
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, g Civilization-its Dependence
ON Physical Circumstances is by DIR. James M
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 tigererocousness of caste Of color is
known. 1t is an able paper, and conclusively dis
proves the current philosophy which predicates
human advancement, or, in other words, civiliza-
ton, on the innate superiority of race; but, on
the contrary, shows that it ia due rather to eli
mate and geographical position. The paper il
learned, pregnant with facts so sklfully handled,
that the deductions are beyond the possibility of
being overthrow. The doctrine of innate superb
orlty 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 barbarities,
which to-day, in these nominally free States,
| brushes the colored man beneath remorseless
prejudice and fiendish spirit of caste, command
ing him to queneh the fires of aspiration he
feels them burning in his soul, to be newer of
wood and drawer of water, mental, feeling no
manhood, to keep shut the windows Of bis 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 ply such artillery this, it is
time to pause, and ask what we are to gain by at
/ Ill
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 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 a sword, beneath whose heavy
blade letters will be but as faxen strings and OPP
pressors but as men of clay. The negro is natur-
ally patient and doeiit- raturally he abhors blood
and strife; but there are exJx- nles which emphat-
ieally 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-
| pie, he aptly learns the aphorsm of Jefferson and
which we profess to believe God ordained one
Resistance TO Iyrants is obedience to God - st.
| Domingo thunders in ears, Beware Take
| your hands from your victims throat or meet the
|
wrath more terrible than the seven walls 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 our 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 reason to believe it will be, it
will demonstrate that Anglo-Africsns stand on the
plane of progress, and not those british beings
| they have been represented to be. 1t is calm and
dignified, manfu IN its tone eounselling 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 seorn and contempt.
| The Magazine is published by Thomas Hanil-
| ton, at AZ 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 see "what good can come out
! of Narragansett. ~ Pendulum (Green,cich X. ~