New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-19
PLEA FOR THE WHITE NAN.

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that there really seems to us to be some dan
ger that the interests of the white man, neg
lcctcd BY thee luminaries Of social science,
NAV bs more or less damaged. We have our
selyes AT times. manifested an interest in the
welfare of persons of African descent; but We
believe that we have never entirely forgotten
the claims of white folks to be considered
in the arrangement Of the body polite. We
ask Leave to remind some Of our neiehbors
that time, and newspaper space, and good ink'
which should be devoted to the cause OF the
Union, may be worse than wasted when they
are given up without. reservation to the cause
Of the slave. 1t may be very true that Airl-
cans can only fulfill their destiny in an en-
,laved condition--thst, being descended nom
Cain, as has beel asserted, they would be
quite wretched If not duly and daily logged
that their emancipation would be followed BY
total loss Of that high Christian character
which they now exhbit-that without light
colored masters they would starve-that pure
pbilautbropy and disinterested beneyoence de-
mand their continued ensavement. Tie
opinion of an eminently religious paper, chled
Tn, Herald, ia, that being descended from
Chin. the negro cannot be emancpated with
ont serious offense to the Almighty. The
opinion Of every ethnologis, whose opinions are
worth a penny, is that tho negro 10 not de-
scended from Cain at all-but thnts no mat
ter, Oar complaint against these men, who
do 40 love the negro that they cannot bear 10
see him out Of bis predestinate place, is that
taey will still be talking upon their iavoriie
subject. and are 40 enamored OF the
black man. and 90 anxious for his vel
isre. and 50 fearful that Heaven Is not
equal to the accomplishment Of its fixed
purposes, that, night and day, they rre IN a
tremor lest God-pronounced curse will not
be fulfilled, and lest Mr. Wendell Philip. nay
upset all the prophets. 10 seems to US that
this is very near to verging upou infdeliiy. II
there be curse upon the African, do our
agitated cotempcraries suppose That 1t 10 in
Mr.. Garrison's power to take it Oh ! More
over, if they must indulge in the dear delights
Of casuistry, why do they not consider the
niccties Of the subject Suppose human be.
ing is neither black nor white. but yellow
how does the curse affect him There, now,
is most interesting topic Does the yellow
man stand in sort Of seini-blessed and semi
cursed condition Does the curse descend
through the father or mother And at what
point is the system so purged Of the last black
drop Of blood that the curse suddenly ceases,
and leaves the victim to all the miseries Of the
blessed white race-no longer sustained aud
cOmforted by the primal wrath-Do longer
fed and clothed and made happy by the sins
Of Coin--no longer Christianzed through the
rascality Of the First Black Mani We wish
these gentlemen would explain such points to
u.s. They say that the slave las nothing to do
but reyel, and fiddle, aud dance. aud mast-
cate and imbibe, aud be more kindly and con-
taken care Of than any free lab6rer
and all because he is under a curse; while
the poor freeman must work from sun to sun
for pitiful wages, and must be half starved
and half clad--and all because he is under a
blessing 1t is the most eminent botheration Of
modern times. We do not feel at all compe-
tent to solve the mystery. We wish the Pro-
Slavery writer's who have taken the African
under their protection would just try their dex-
ferrous bands at it.
For ourselves, we hope that VIC are the
friends of all mep, and we cannot, therefore,
claim, like some Of our contemporaries, TO be
the friends Of black men exclusively. We
leave that One-sided philanthropy t. such
papers as The E1press and The JoSrnai Of
commerce. Admit, if you please. that the
African is under q curse Are We blessed
ight.colored people to be put to all manner of
Convenience, in order that the dark. colored
people may enjoy their cure comfortably If
,o ii seems to Us to be pretty hard case.
When tho edict vert forth, and tho words.
- Cursed be Canaan!' were spoken. did the
Divine wrath mean to say: " Cursed BIO the
United States Of America !" also What have
NC done What did our Biblical ancestors do
And if the curse fell with equal force upon
black and white, 10 the name OF common sense,
low can you deduce anything in favor Of the
uxuries and privileges which the African enjoys
rom it Was there ono kind Of curse for him
IA blessed kind-and one kind for us-a
blasting kind Will the theologians Of The
Herald enlighten us' Certainly, if Heaven in
ended particularly to bless US, it is moving as
yet in a my sterious way its wonders to per.
orm. Whatever blessing there may be in social
in tho loss OF enormous wealth. In
he existence of a civil war, in the death Of
fog'a ard. unop tNcu-plde Of our ycang meg