Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-29

abode Of the black race Wherever the other
race entered IL ard gained foothold. il was re
deemed from barbarsm. Egyp, was the mother
of European wisdom and civilizations The
Pentapolis vas rich IN temples ano palaces. and
glorious works Of art Here and there in the
northern part Of the INTERIOR adventurous travel
ers like DR.. Barth. have found the splendid re
mains OF Itslan ART. marking the footsteps Of the
Roman. But from the day the black man pos
sessed the soil he has never advanced one -tep
in civilization, never built but more convenient
than his forefathers built thousands of years ago
never invented a written language. never made a
coin. never hewn statue or column, never
erected temple, never Learned that III. world
moved around, never constructed a ship. or even
rude bark, 20 navigate the great rivers of
Africa. In shoT. the race lift possessed the arts
which the other Descendants of Noah possessed
in the earliest periods. lost them all reapSed into
barbarism. and for thousands Of wears has never
made one step in advance. but steldily plunged
deeper and deeper iuto the lowest forms of jegra
dalton. In Asia the HI,doo temples and palaces
date from remote ages, and the Chinese civilizl-
ton seeks its origin IN the earliest years In
Europe Greece and Italy attest the earliest ad-
vance of man. and England. Germany, Russia
and France are all the growth of civilization from
barbarian origin. In America, a country more
thinly peopled than any other, and probably in
habited at a very late date, grand relics Of art
attest the existence of a civilization which has
no apparent origin in European or Asian teach
ing. La Africa, no man finds one solitary
memorial which TO found a theory that It's
negro race was there ever other than now, a race
OF barbarians. There is no alienation OF civil
iziton and barbarism in the history of Africa 1t
Is one long, barbarIc stagnation.
We DO not pause argue from all this an in
feriority OF race We state the great truths of
history, and leave others TO form on these facts
such theories they NAV.
But out OF it we propose TO derive a lesson OF
good for the black man. He has had in Africa
for thousands OF years every opportunity which
the white race has possessed, but he has failed 20
improve them. IL may be that the wisdom Of
God designed the system of American slavery to
bring millions OF blacks into contact for some
generations with the white, and thus introduce
new clements into their character. The laws of
Nature, which are the laws of God, show that
ANAL gamaton with the white is impossible
IL Is apparently not intended that the two races
should ever become one again. But it is our
duty to try the experiment faithfully of giving
this portion OF the race, thus civilized and in
measure refined, the opportunity OF attempting
now. in some country, the experiment of Inde
pendent civilization. Ii out of u colonization
plan like that of Mr. Lincoln should grow a civ
Illzed and refined nation, which in turn would ex-
tend It's influences back into Africa. or WHICH in
course of time would invite the Africans TO join
IL, while the white race takes possession of that
country and brings its vast resources into the
worlds uses. then it would be apparent to future
generations of men that American slavery was
not after all dark spot in history as some are
disposed now TO regard il. Let no man say il is
too great a thought to be realized. We are all
working out the grand designs OF God Oar
time on earth is brief, and we may we'll call our
powers small. But great changes in the destiny
OF the human race proceed from small begun
nngs. We shall not live to see the effects OF
what we do earth The enthusiasm OF the
Genoese sailor gave America to the world and
changed the future of hundreds of millions of
men. We ought now to work if we were work
ing for the ages To come, and not for the few
wears that we shall the result of our labors
Our footsteps on the earth echo through cent?
rles of human existence, our voices will ripple
the waves of air among the remotest generations
of men. Let us not despair Of great results from
good works well begun in our time--N Y Jour
Commerce.