Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-27
TIE NrsrEsr OF xsoRoPuLlsN.


Under tba cap.iou the New York Times publishts he
folio wing editoria-a very remarkable emauatiOn from
journal which has devoted It's influence to the culva-
ito Of negrophism
OF all topics uoE engaging the thoughts OF gods and
N ~ the American negro Is unqu stonAbiy the chief -
Fsom the owesS place in the of human exseuce
has reached the hghes and even yet the interest In
him seems undated To What neE honors he is res rVed
to what rtm4ikahe be s predestinec-it would
be a rash prophet tbas would attempt 70 io.etelL Bat
tue Gvdscces are ABUNDANT that he 10 the central figure
o. tho nations-the unit Of existence around which
the res. of mankind" parade themselves as mere cy-
phera ..
l. would be hard to tell wherce this extraordinary in
terest in the has l. does not srse IRON hs
beauty for no writer hetcs has ever pretended 10
ind either beauty grsca in the shambliDg African
cannot be b.clue OF his ustriOus or romantic history,
as race or az naol for clIssc literature is extreme.
~ barren Of the records of orators Statement phOso
piers warriors Of gro origin Il cannot be becRusr
Of any Dhyscs affinity oetSscn the white race and Il e
black for the black has always been declred unsayoIy,
and naturally beSeI by azness aud yermin And lastly,
cannot be becuse Of tie sympthy ct the whites With
weak toEu.rcdden and euslaved race; for the negro
Of Africa From which the American negro Wss tsken,
weaker day ard mere oppr s3td end nearer bar
1ar4n and c4nniba than his American cousin has
been Aud yet no Anglican Du chess, nor America n
Greeley is heard vaihng the soTTows Of the
So Astantee.
Th3 passion for The American negro most DO cons d.
cred therefore, rely shlorna-a pheI neuoa which
def led orcs by Western pioneer as something
tat Liver had happened beioe and never would hap
psn again" The AFRICAN in America is an txo'ic-he
Il ho;house plant, and Ike al eGoIol, he IS valued
10 proportion to the required IN DIS cultivation
he iGtgus.c VAlue Of the paut never being considered
& all aid PEI epic nurse HIN 10 their dollhouse as
thCugh Aflca WAS not teeming with millions Ike him
like him. truiv b1. with thousand u tracuve varis.
ton negroes that hunt negroes that tuy negroes that
sell Legrces, that kali negroes, aud thai eat negrors
nsg,oes that go rsked through lie, aud negroes that
cJthe their shame with beads the Lecks and rings
On taCir fagcrs Thee hundred years ago We got
Airica, IRON that unfortunate continent which, NJ
Seward oroe very aplly ss d, "ESuro had fort G.d
against civitz,tgn." We Iook them naked into 0us
lad and l.! they have come in tho end 10 eothe the
ole world
Il surprising that oar Southern States wish
20 eep what o,Ees cou1Gcs deem so valuable and are
:ryrg 40 had g. z Has 20; The South iaugbt tby
vera the valuo OF African labor, aud ia no. mankind
b-tter ID to-day than II this discovery had never been
mad?
1h Sc sptculs.iona, however, are prcf'as What is
Il 40 Dot our American negro that recomme.dI bin To he
a5,orting and passionate attention OF tic woCy WY
are macy thousands ianAcS about him, and more thou
ands fools abt hiGg l. it possible that black il tbs
. ms, 81 ani regal color OF the rac5--thgL Adam was
b sck mAu, ss well as Gain and Ab,l; aud that Cain
turned white only when caught 10 crime driven
De 3 vag .boud on the card! This know ia the fats
Of the dusky ggspslrIs Of the South, and doubtless,
thew sre rel icing 10 tie cas- returning when HeR.
' rs isvos will triumph over The white WsI's ccme
re bl OK man viii again gather fruits in tropical Nj,
unirouotd by visions OF shovel or hoe.