Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-03-23

! in the heather state than in aajcct slavery
civilized state. The power TO sustain that
freedom. either in individuals or the body
polite. against the power of nations, is not
embraced in the qualifications Indispensable
To freedom, if il was, the lack of il would
subject many weak nations in slavery to
stronger ones We find the Negro then, in
possession of freedom, with qualifications for
freedom and slavery is Il strange, unnatural
exception That the Negro in his wild state
is not only capable of improvement, but high
civilization is evident from many eonsldera-
tons But instead Of improving the blacks
in Africa, by their visits after slaves, Chris
tians have rendered their condition Norsc, by
exciting border warfare to obtain captives
for slaves, which christianity might have
: and in raising barrier against the cross of
Christ s. they add cruelty and revenge to
their native ignorance and hcathenism. -
White settlements around the coast, the mis-
sonary and all overturcs for improvement,
are all viewed by the Negro in his native
wiids with the kccncst LEGISLATION and as the
the most distinctive harhingcrs of his great
est evils This is the state Of things on and
near the coast. and these prcycntiyes t. the
Negro improvement, have existed for ages,
and world around him, full of prejudice
against his color and a country immense in
extent isolated from the rest of the world,
without natural means OF resources, no cX-
tensiSc inlcts, seas or lakes checker those cX-
tcusi,c regions. no great rivers disscet it.
mountains OF course through It's valleys and
plains. NJ means Of awakening a spirit Of
enterprise, and setting IN motion the i'm
proving exchanges Of commerce, no natural
advantages for conveying light, instruction
and the means of improvement TO those re-
siaus of moral darkness Here the Negro,
impris ned in darkness. is said TO have no
,. past. no present, no future, las he is, So
he was, and ever will he With these dis
advantages. especially the prejudice, could
any other race he anything else
Qualifications Indispensable 10 nation
al freedom Remarks on this subject can be
valuable. only in regard t. a future in pros
pet, the history Of the past, unless You g
to remote a.seS. furnish hut meagcr examples
of the Ncsra's statemanship The question
herr. l. not, whether the Ncsr5 can rise n,
high in the ale Of intellectual dcyclalc-
meut. as the tngla SaXlu. Int whether the
Almighty has withheld from the Nc.r1 a
capacity for Natisnality-or whether he has
a native capabiitv for that intellectual i'm
lr9,cment which will qualify him 70 inst-
tut, .ustain and execute the government of
a nation acr5rlin. to the Political. civil and
rabli, form, - CIVILIZED nations
The white race arr ACKNOWLEDGED and
known f. he .areriar. and Of course more is
expected Of thsn. and while they have abil-
.itv I, improve five talent, We think the Ne
r, has ahiIitv to imur5se at least. one. nj.
though he has wasted much If tic intclicc,
be enc had. the Nero, intellect in reality.
i mar. submissive and inactive in il. cf,arac.
,er t,.aa +. !. WANTING in cxi.,cnee ar cana.
li1ity ncyertl..I-.. w. find =, WORTHY, e,a,n.
III. ~ ac,i,i,y in ,bc Mr., .1,,... in fura
,sber,. the laws e >,ain cual5s tic .la,,.
+, ,,,r..l,o,.. their f1,~lsr !, In, been a.,,,.
ajIy tq.,r.i t6atif II VA. p4t for the influx
FRI, Uric, slavery Wild l.os,ge e4t5oc,
in Cul5a l.,..ap.. the slave. exr.,.t their fr.,
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