M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-08-15

montAlllie5 VI Iuc peOpio WHO h"NS
them. The European race shows its
mentality in its civilization, imprinted
upon its institutions, and its instinct
in the guards which it throws around
its liberties. But all Africa, from the
Sahara to the stormy Cape, shows as
a country OF slaves and masters, with
an intellect so low in the scale Of hu-
manity as to be in some instances,
scarcely a grade above the brute Gre
alton. Here we find the tendencies
Of the negro's intuition, the plain Of
his mentality, and, as q consequence,
the kind Of government to which he is
by nature adapted. He Is incapable
of comprehending the various work
ings of governmental machinery
which intervene between the owner
and the owned, and as a consequence
can appreciate no other condition than
that to which he is adapted. lie
belongs to the lowest plain Of
mentality on which government can
be constructed. But even this is his
highest African condition, for below
it we find an order OF humanity
The Bushman, and some other species
OF Africans are said to be too stupid
for usefu! obedience, consequently
they are below that point Of mentality
at which man, in the ascending order
becomes capable Of occupying the
slave condition. But this degrcda-
ton is not alone to the inferior tribes
of Africa, but is found to eX st alike
in tribe Of California Indians. They
are but barely human, and like the
Africans, wear no clothing, and sub
sist on bugs and roots.
With the Caucasian, whose nature
is above the plain servility, slavery
may be the opposite Of liberty, but il
is not so with the negro. With him
slavery is the mere relation ofproper.
ty and proprietor, Of dependence and
support, without any of these stings
which the condition inAicts on a LOTT
erinstinct and higher mantality.-
He delights in his dependance-re
ioices in the supremacy OF his master
and feels his own consequence in tina
of his owners. Charles, the bod,
servant ofthe late Henry Clay, woulC
not have exchanged his position 70
that of any freeman's in America. =
He was not only pleased, but delight
. ed, with his condition OF appendant
felt himself nearest his master, be
cause he belonged to him, and founc
his own true measure ofliberty in be
ing at liberty to serve. That servic
f too, procured him support-food
clothing and habitatior, without labo
of mind-the only labor which to hin
was oppressive slavery. Here we SCI
the instinct of the negro, and per
, ceive how directly opposite are it
. workings, from the workings of tn
e same principle in the white man.
e One is happy in supremacy, the othe
G in dependence: one delights in mer
t tai labor, the othercan scarcely endur
t it; one is by nature slave, the othe
= by nature free man. You canno
5 by education, change this condition
= No culture will induce the duck t
|, shun the water nor the goat to desil
f from his climbings. Education ma
3 improve nature, butnever can chang
4 it. We may not see the wisdom
5 Omnipotence but we err when we Of
: pose his laws, and are as wide of prC
| priety when we enforce upon pee
f pie a liberty in excetS of their nativ
+. acquisitions, as when we deprive thel
G of what their natures demand. M
t groes may be free whilo upheld /
: whitemen's institutions or by whit
: mems assistance and energies as
o now the case in Liberia, but when le
S wholly to themselves they will SOC
!. lapse into slavery-their only trt
IS and natural condition. Q.