The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-10-15
From The Journal of Commerce
The Black Race


barbaIism, the rise and fall OF nations, the
occupation of countries in alternate centu-
res by the arts and sciences, or by The
| wild beasts and The water fowl.
But in recording the progress OF The bu-
man race, il is melancholy fact that one
large portion of the race has 40 part IN The
history OF that progress, has no history OF
advancing civilization for itself.
We race the existence of the black race,
as distinct people, TO very early period.
Some persons imagine that the ancient
! Egyptians were negroes, This notion has
gained ground from the persistent falsifica-
uon o. history by Abolilionisis. We know
more OF he ancient Egyptians, in regard TO
| form and feature, than any ether ancient
! people, from the thousands of coemporaTy
! paintings which remain on :heir monuments.
| The negro il found on the ancient Egyp-
| tian monuments, but always as a slave
| The Egyptian is very different parsonage
! We learn from these monuments that so
long ago the period OF Rameses H., and
| perhaps much earlier, nearly or quite B c.
| 500, the negro race was found as a distinct
type, wholly differing from the white race,
having The dark complexion, thick lips, and
woody head as now, and then as now ap-
pearing among the other races only as a
servant. No record in Egypt assigns the
black man any higher position than This,
| nor is he ever represented even among the
upper servants, who appear 10 have been
admitted TO confidential relations with their
masters
Al this period therefore, it is evident that
at least some paris OF Africa were III the
occupation of the negro race, and from this
time we may commence a view of the his
tory Of ,he two races, down to the present
date How widely different The history =
In Africa itself, the one race building the
gorgeous works OF Egyptian spIeEdor, elab-
Grating a civilization whose relics remain to
this day for the astonishment of man, the
other lace relapsing, even on the upper wa
ters OF the same great river, into low bar
barism out of which they have never
emerged
The white race in every part oflhe world
advanced in all that we call re efinement and
civilization Oue who desires TO trace this
advance might do well by Studying the his
tory OF language, the invention OF the al
phaeet and written language in general ,lhe
Improvements in papyrus, parchment and
paper, the new forms OF letters, and finally
I the printing press and modern books ard
new papers. But sweeping glance over
the world will suffice TO show what we
mean. In Asia The remains OF ancient glo-
~ abu1dantly show the works of various
branches oslhe Caucasian race. In Europe,
we have he highest evidences Of their ear
( Is aud progressive civilization as we'll as OF
/ their reformation alter relapses into barbar-
+ ism. In cold or in warm climates, nnder
1 governments OF any and every form, by the
( sea or in the interior of the continents they
! buill cities, temples. churches, palaces they
/ carved statues, they invented arts, they in
vestiaa,ed the secrets OF nature and elato-
I rated the grand sum OF human knowledge
! which the art of printing has finally gather
/ ed into thousands oil BOOKS Wherever the
white race wandered there civilization
seems to have attended their efforts al self
1 culture and rewarded their attempts at i'm
provemeut. Even lit China: Japan and the
/ wilds OF Hindoostan time improved the
race, and without Christianity, without any
direct guidance from superior intelligence
man worked out ;or himself path to a Ger
tain degree Of knowledge, refinement, civil
! lIzaiion II il be said thai ihe race was not
originally barbarous, that the immediate
} descendants of Noah were possessed Of the
arts aud sciences known before the food,
still the Truth is plain that the white race
( preserved the benefits thus received, and
when in the coarse of time, as in the heart
of Asia, aud throughout Europe. they re
apsed into barbarism, there was still re-
Operative power which broughi them up
out OF that slale and restored them always
and everywhere TO civilized grade. II is
vain 10 charge this to climate. In all cli-
( mates the truth remains the same, and the
hottest regions of India give abundan, evil
dence OF The wonderful advances made by
men, no, by negro blood, II arts, sciences,
philosophy and general civilization aud re-
finement.
In contrast with all this, the history oi
( the black race i profoundly sad. We know
tha, tina, is country capable of evervthine
that man needs for comfort or luxury. II
has great rivers, mountains and valleys
rich soil and seas that wash It's shores, which
would carry an adventurous man 10 any
portion o. The world. 1t had within il the
richest sources of commerce, mines of gold
and jewels, birds of gorgeous plumage
spices and baIms for the luxury or the
wants OF mankind 1t stretched away into
temperate regions. and had every variety o
climate aud soil Alas for Africa, that II
the wisdom OF God il was given TO be the
abode Of the black race. Wherever ihe
other race entered ii and gained fooihold,
was redeemed from barbarism. Egypt was
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