New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-04
ANOTHER LEAF FROM DE- BOW.
Cartwright on Snake Charming
THE MAN WITH A WHIP.

tDl5 morning:
NEGRO FREEDOM AN rMPossIBILrTY UNDER Ma
TURE's LAWS.
The following article s go peculiar that We print
it almost entire; it is from the pen OF DR.. Cart
wright of New Orleans who considers it necessary
for the salvation Of the negro that he lie closely
looked after by man with whip"
IL There are no free negroes in the Northern
States, Canadas, the West l die', or Africa. They
al in the service Of Satan when deprived OF the
guardianship of the white man. In Sierra Leone
aud Liberia, they have white guardians to pro
teet them from Satan than the negroes OF Louisiana
have.
"a few weeks ago, in an article on feticism and
serpent worshiping, announced the existence Of u
law Of nature compelling the negro TO be the slave
OF man or the slave of the serpent fetch, or some
other embodiment Of the evil spirit, known IA
Satan the devil. l endeavored To prove
that the Cauca,ian and Nigrilan hold similar
relations to each other as potassium aud oxygen.
The one possessing a positive electric energy, aud
the other negative. Nothing change these rcls-
tons in either case. Facts prove that potassium.
under all circumstances, Ia positive III regard 10 oxy-
sen, and that the Caucasian is no less ia regard TO
the Nigriian when the two are brought IN juxtepo-
sition. 1t was also announced mt the sane lime that
the eerp ut is positive in regard to the negro, bu,
that ils power is relstiye-not absolute as thai of
tie white man over the Nilritian The empire Of
the serpent over the Nigritian tribes is abrog,ed
and reversed by the pres nee OF the wtie man with
The whip, eiectualy as the positive electric power
OF copper tin Is ahrogated and reversed 10y the
pretence of ammonia in the galvsnc apparatus.
Mofean de Saint Merry, III bis history OF 81. Do
ungo, cites "a number of Instances amply sufficient
to prove that tue serpent aud negro united To-
gether by mystic ties. The precise nature of the
sympathies exiting between TEN be- does not at
tempt to explain, but sGpposes that they are mag
pelc. His facts chow, IA we'll M some lately nd
~, of ia Qit q a.
the serpent il supposed 10 be positive and the negro
negative. MORGAN dc Saint Merry ai4o proves tia'
the magnetic empire OF the serpent over the negro Is
instantly nbrogUted by the approach Of the white
man with tie whip. The historian declares that the
involuntary gyraiions, spasus, commissions, ond
serpent worshipers Instantly ce"fo when the
white man makes bis appearGnce with The
,ymbd of authority. With NigritianS the
display of the whip has q similar mystic power
over them that the display OF the national banner
bias over Caucasians. There is a difference between
tho Iossession Of power and the exercise of that
power The exercise of the white mans positive
bower in abrogating the emf ire OF the SERPENT, a
fetish, the whisky bottle, or any other embodiment
of AN evil spirit or ihluence over 4 negro las been
beautifully e&pre-od By the phrase, 6'uSiRg ne
head Of tie serDerf. The evils Of failure TO exer'
ci,o that lower nre ,ummed up in the expression,
L,Visiag he hc,i' The spiritual sense Of Inst re-
markAbe verse OF the Pentateuch, 20 lar from beng
r.arled dlGynied or altered IL rendered more ccai
and intelgi IL by giving to the language used IT.
eral ne vel rs spiritual siguihcation Commentator
ard tLeol' ans have rot been able to peTcei'e any
literal renee la that highly important text, owing ~
their acquaiutanoe wiih the negro character and
he physicbl law now under confederation. Indeed
the spIitnnl seuse they correctly gave TO H. losi
much of It's force for the want OF literal sense W
stand on. We informed hy the great ii-tofian
Norean dc Saint Merry, that when the white mAi
of efru Al Two
cose to exercise Lis authority the demouiacsl oTge'
iutntly eeas.d end that the influence OF tie terIeui
over the idOlstors was brought 10 speedy terminus
La ner woids wlan bs cOre toeNcrci,c he tfurt o
guardian over race oil people, every a',h"u'e "
whose character" 10 ute the beautiful and cxlres
,iye language OF tie Rev. DR. Palmer, " hts them
COR derendence ard seryitude," "he bruised the
head OF the servant" but II lie neglected his duty
and did not exercise his tust o guardian over then
and LEI Limself down from lis high misson OF guar
dian and rrot ctor TO an equality with them, that
he too. would DO drawn under the influence OF The
onbite cod and would be afflicted with similar
gymtions Of an involuntary Kind Gs tie negroes
themselves The historians gave Instances Oh whiie
p.onle assOcating with Africans on terms OF equal
ity. beng afflicted like them with uncomfortable
consult on, RyratiOls and howhnRs; thus demon
stratinC the power Of tie serpent ~ TniN M
s,,L" f. il not necessary however, TO 90 go lar
hack ~ the events recorded by Morean de saint hoy
10 ee. pOeitiNe evidence 10 tie same elect
The daily Journals Of New-Ofleans have, from
time TO tine pgbhshed instances, some OF them 20
Iofe "a, lat Ocioher, If the white man, armed with
tbs wbp. or with au,hority Of which the whip j. the
emblem speedy destroying The influence OF the ser.
ent over assemblies ed III the mystic riej OF
The Nnndous in and near ttis city, In nearly oil su .
sssemhIies, "A few d, based white persons. VINO had
lei thems,i ives down TO an equality WIN The negro
race were found among The idchfors u The
opAi'e rcrtile, and like them, its slave The
wor,hip Of The serpent, under the name oil
VaI,doir. WINS introduced INTO Ncw-Ofleanc
and lie older parishes Of Louisiana at very
early period ~ imported Africans. In some oi
the pafish,s con siderable number Of TIE dark 'kin
iunig grants from the south OF Europe sia'eu 80 iar
with the Africans as practically to dirregaid IN n
ueat degree the natural distinctions OF race. MANY
Turned irom the worship OF the true God ana be-
came the idOlators Of the serpent. lhef heei nus
peen radly bruised thereby ~ they nave uihie no
progress ia civilization Ihey have re'io4raoed IN
TIE uDirnprovable Creoes Of Louisiana are not the
Creoles generally, but only that portion oil them
WHO have been cianed by their master, Tue fefien'
whom they worship in the darkness oil ignorance
and superstition.
during the present month received letter from
an intelligent phyrican Of unimpeaenaDle neraIiy,
who prlciced medicine many years III the fersh OF
81, Lundsy, ID. a. q. T1ornton, AN esteemed inebd
of fudge OvenOn, Of OpelOLsas. lie TOOK excop-
ons to the doctrines advanced III my last lecture on
Feticism and Serpent HOrshipng, and enimefa'ed
a number Of facts which had fallen under BIS own
observation, calculated as lie supposed to overthrow
instead of strengthening it. His facts went TO snow
that in circuit OF eighty miles, in that region OF
Lou.iana, there are many nen-progressiVe se'tie-
mepts in which serpent wOrs5ipin2 IL not connned 10
the negro population, but 10 even prevalent among
the Crroles of tho white race. Many OF We
French Creoles,' be says, worship the snake.
They believe only in the snake ns Cod 'ihey
are an exceedingly ignorant people They trans
port that reptile in g)urds, and profess 10 TAX 70 W.
and find ONT their enemies through its means and 10
lsarn FROM it low to punish them NO one VINO
has not lived among them could ever dream OF snch
ignorauoe and degraded habits
20 M. D.. LII. ~. l,u.r Of Liz cifY In an AdmIra-