, 1863-03-20

i ictti:re by gentleman Of color ls a sort Of
"sEe bid on the carth and Is very like "B!ack
:""s. Rsrc rs The thing may be, however, 1t Is
.tt III lmrossibility, aB Dr. Delaney, and Il few
tt! or men Of his blood and race, have occasionally
Nrnscd, although at ratker wide intervals OF tin,u
n'a sEace. VT tu:ht not perhaps. to be surprised
asaD: unusual manifestation of talent In negro.
Trussant L'ouyerturc las redeemed the whole
'atc ef blackE By The masnI1ccnce OF his talents
and career. We do rot mean to say that DR.. De-
laEey is Toueeaint ouyertnrc, but VIC do say that
be ie Q heller specimen OF his race than any We,
for pas have seen before, and that he ia by no
means bad lecturer.
lie was not ashan,ed. he said, to be called ne.
gro. If curly hair and black face help to make
Negro then he was negro, and fnll. .blooded one
At that He had no need to be ashamed OF his type
OF origin. He has good head and an intelligent
face-juet the kind OF head which phrenologist
would tell you man onght to hare who makes
fncts.
The dress which the Doctor wore on the plat
form, was long dark cooFed robe: with curious
Bc1u}1B npon the neck collar. He sa{d 1t was
tue Wedding dress Of d Chief, and that the en-
broide1y was insignia, and had specific meaning
ws unteIetoGd tn Aff,cSn :, h,gh clEcles Ae wore
occasion.
He wanted to say what Be knew Of the negro
rare. not on &hc coaet OF A!liea put ol the int.
ritan9 ot the Niger Valley. The audience would be
surprised to hear that even tho Liberians had
saSpr Sp nss eoS pe
from them. he WAS sorry to say too. that
American School books inculcatcd. notWithstand,,
recent o the
.oi 1ol ennn5 tie .1 a pesence
vegetation the re an aa1ia s ~ aE M
the interior Of Africa is concerned. be had tray,
"a es ~ ~ sn mora, liz he1snrnaoe nfa
ts 81 ! ai1 81 * ciSitv: and ts A,ri
people Is go1a % efGed h ID from S xcd roots It Is not
af63a nd eanaGic Of EXPRESSING vide rsnyc Of
feeline and sentiment. Tue people speak clearly
and VII. without hesitation They arc yery 10
i;fc AMI make numrrous saIutations On iii 1ct:a-
sTnna Mt n,t-rong aud fn-eomipr. at bed time and
in the morning at meals, and generally everywhere
Tie stranger must not reply to each sautation,
INT tshrn he taEcs his leave he makes a lonv
ealaam by bosyins his head md body, and by !
h nornT ntoinecd crs.nsns, or the ]ancuape
and made quotations from it. Il was written byu
native African, who had also composed numerous
school books, and made t1ansla,ions from the
Disle: ,..,nsn, tne uo,,, cn,tnre =, t,s ,.on,o
e thoash dousieas dos ofena avee peeaar
ys o1s Of thu thin Fan ser the
| another, injures himself" Another reads thus:-
THE sword docs not know the hand Of the black
| E11ttl {WhQ mAaE 1[s1
Que Of the poets whist singing the occupations
~ % LIZ t ie tTsdor toape III y
| spinner her tistaff: the soldier his Shield: tho
hunter his bow and quiyer." Aftergivingus these
aEd Other EpeG1mens 81 me "ftlng talent O. me
Hnnnep' b;s weekly Iedatr who safl % IN It. Il gbiic
aeoyor allowed somebody else to say it, that the
African, having no poetic faculty. IL incapable OF
eivlIzatlon; ~ n n.s aucnGe LIZ od tne
tho pot1n xsnaanl.ane over poor Nunqo P5rk tbe
trsyeier whru IT.. sst sorrowiu" by hcf lent door
nutI whom ehe supplied, ID her womauly kindness
; with G!'lk, The truth vas tnat the African Was
natutau noe G. .an;a, an1 exPeesssu ~
md rTthmieal wor1s' H. read soms 1,rrtty Ycrses
composed by African children, which were trans
Mted py Qne o. our m!sslonases o1 iae spot IheJ
| re,v hnnefnl products. describing the pleasure
African birds. no description Of which has ap
; biology.
the.e Wae mistake apoEt II 7eff current N tnest
parts and ese"tere. " was taoueat tna. hecaust
polygamy was toieEa1ca amghEel mem mat tnc5t
arust l <ano,sho inet;fntnn o,S HI cennna ~;
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go tn,axnr @ w ,v,n nod nna,r ,,i~oe. ia no
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