, 1861-04-09
An Illinois Work on Ethnoloxy,

An 2a00a6 "oEA On EaaQo10&ys
From the State Journal.]
TEE THREE GREAT RACES OF MKn: their orfxin.
character, history and destiny, with ,apeciai re:
il the United st.tes: By. 3. Tuzner: spring
dsld, Bailhache T. Baker, 1861. Pp. liz.
lean tbs as't osfbaesas s aoph1 e e
insufficient Of Ita aaility aaa Inter.
/ est, We of1a1oia hare be&as s{or sd1xte ysara
1 past gradually beoom1ng someWhktt tamiliatt
With the STURDY and rugged ndepe1dence Of
Prot. Turner's $ltyle-the: ttrongg,, ringing
the profound and analyzfhE thought which
I tnspir1ts bis utterancea. B94feW naEn can 80
well combine strength and e1egance;; K1a style
is peculiar to himself, thoug h sometimes, re-
mlndlpg us Of caElYle,e IN IL ozfte and etaKt=
t-1as expressions aud-fn ofken embedJfnE a
*he West have been in the habit Of reading
hfs occasional contributions to current Htera-
Ssa 6 n ssa1s ssafs sa (4R'pss
.fore sonae lyee1m or literary institution. But
e sneat,1 DO not thin think thst Frof aI9et has eyer
reputation; thai, ,thare eaEe manF people IN, the
East Who knaM fha1 ii ii Jacksonville, Illinois,
resides 8 man Of SO varied attainments, or Of
an intellect SO vigorous and orfginal1 ''!331 L
= The book under review, as It's title indicates;
treats Of the origin, character and dcstIhT Of
the white and BLACK races Of men on; this CON
tinent, the yellow raeee being lightly passed
over, as ofno great significance Ia the western
hemisphere. The chronological views are foT
the most part original, and. will de- termed
fancifnl and visionary by many; but Tie esf-'
dent sincerity and earnestness Of the authoz,
thesvigor Of his Language and the strength a
MS ARGUMENT, should. secure for hfs ideas r
respectful hearing. He makes equal war upon'
the dogmas Of Helmer and Van EVrie-upon
the aboIitioaist and the spologist tor slavery;
+ and the book Is therefore equally tcaIcnlated
for Northern. and Southern distribution; fW
partisan, but philosophic. - =; 7
=. The human family is divided into three great
races, each Of which Is perfectly fitted for reai-
denee between eeftain geographical tand iso~
thermal parallele-the white, or polar race
equatorial The geographical peoaliarities Of
their original location are described and COM
pared, and their physical, Intellectual and
moral Qualities noted as important elements
10 dssialng the question "Where are they to,
the unity mi: IN variety" Of Gods proYidencea, .
something. = :! T.
He devotes chapter to the consideration Of
the questions H.. 4".tWby DID the black r4ce come
here, and. how, and where shall they go?'
and the Prolessos's opinion given very EN-.
pbafcA1ty in the following sentence: - :.
: Now, L these and all iaccordant tacts do
not shoW tie finger, Of. God lin this whole
matter, ,ftph HaGq,s 9s tay down to our pwn, and
intimate the final destiny Of the black man
know What could shoM it !. In; my IyieH, It
takes nomore Of prophet OF: sRisd man to
see that That the black man will 20 to the val
1ey Of the Amazon,. whether: we: viii or no, =
than #: does to zee that the white man will r.
Will run INTO the p: Page 81 = > =
t'In review Of these facts" Prof. r, inquiries,
what shall we 'do?" and opens his chapter 1
On the subject TINS: -. -. -
:. q We lnsy, il general, like Christian free
men, ~ al. the means God has put in our
power, instruct and comfort our eab1S brother,
in his pilgrimage toward the far sohth, and
thus prepare him for his new home and final
destiny there II so, our own destiny and Our
OWN glory will be nnrivaled past all power of
human speech to express, 't'- -: -
"On the other hand, we may abuse, crush,
trample and tortpre him as he goes: deny him
all natural rights, simply because wehaye the
power; scourge5 the race and deeQlate the
earth, and explode the volcanoes of eternal
justice beneath our own feet, Hill our
oWn freedom is . hopeless wreck our
own strength and wisdom strength for sui
cldeTan infatnation that armsthe race Of man:
at Hast this .once patient but now phreueied
and despairing man, skilled in the ats OF his
foTmentors, and aided and abetted By all the
monarchies Of the globe, shall burst forth to
reek upon our Institutions, and kindred; and |
homes the unutterable vengeance Of his own
uore1uited wrong-the justice Of the eyereltv-. !
ing God For God still reigns !; not AWAY up
among the stars, and the eteruities, and the
dogmas, but down In the rice swamps and cot
ton fields, over those sable souls, that still cry,
from beneath the altar, How long, ph, Lord,
Messrs. Bailhache d Baker, the pnblishers,
have faithfully and creditably attended to she
typographical execution and general T Get up"
Of the work, and SO far as iooks are concerned,
It is publication which no publisher would
be ashamed TO Owl. The fact Of its being The
production Of an Illinois author, given to the
world BY Illinois publishers, should doubly !
commend it to our citizens. :..s.-.. =: -
1t may be had at the booksellers in this city, 1
az and also At the 5ournat countfng-room Price;
25 cents for single copy. Newsmen and deal
ers may obtain terms by the dozen or hundred |
y: addressing the publishers, ut Sprihfeld.