New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-17
BLACK AND WHITE ONCE MORE

IL certainly seems 10 us that II We had been
by birth identified with the Black Race, we
should now regard with certain degree OF com
placency the extreme embarrassment of paler
people which our own tint was so impudently
occasonng. An Inferior Race which is potent
enough, in its struggles toward superiority, to
disturb the diplomacy Of the world, has no oc-
casion for despair, and may well console itself
by the reflection that there is no particular hap
pness in being Superior if only thereby are you
to be bothered, and beggared, and bereaved.
II Inferior Race possesses the faculty OF insert
ing itself into your social system TO the extent
of real disintegration, the philosophical
solutely Inferior and that these osseous, capll-
larry, and Cuticular distinctions may have AS
sumcd an exaggerated Importance We cannot
help feeling that in America, at least, Su.
it. If Superior Race is not Superior enough to
so order public affairs that political equlib-
rum and commercial prosperity and social order
shall be preserved, we do not see why il il not
a legitimate deduction that Whites are little
arrogant in their pretensions. In this matter OF
Superiority, we must fall back upon the facts:
nobody ever had q better political change in
America than the White Man. From the very
beginning be has had everything his own way,
in church and in state, in all the facilities for
the acquisition Of learning. in all the opportuni-
ties for moral cultivation, in all the means of
pccuniary accumulation, and where is he now
TO how much purpose has he turned all these
Are We not white and why should we be in
this fearful strait Are We not white and
why should not the current Of our political for
tunes glide quietly and smoothly Are we not
white and why should we thus bunder into
the very troubles, which, except that we call
them by finer names, are tho troubles
of standardization or of rude and barbarous
ages Has Africa, taking lis opportunities into
consideration. ever presented in all her history,
a wilder instance of reckless rebellion, of gra-
,uitous hostllities, and of objectionable blood
she'd than this which slayeholding arrogance
and audacity have contributed to the darker an
mails of the world We appeal 10 the common
sense of our readers. Did the tom-toms of the
ood-smcarcd Majesty Of Dahomey ever sum
mon his Infatuated tribes 10 more thoughtleSs
aud lunatic enterprise than this into which the
frenzy of the Confederate leaders has plunged Il
people calling itself Christian, and claiming to
be of the Christianized brotherhood of the ma
tons
These reflections have been awakened by the
report which has reached us of dobatc which
occurred at the last meeting Of the British
Association, which was recently held at New
castlc-upon-Tync. Upon this august assem-
blage of the cruditc, the poor Black Man in
trudcd A certain learned Doctor Hunt could
find nothing better to dlate upon than e" the
Mental and Physical Character of the Negro.
Doubted Black Mans capacity, did DIR. HUNT
Black Man il limited to imitation SAID d.
Hunt! Black Mans prevailing impulse Is tor
sensualty and rest" quoth DIR. Hunt worry
carnal, the Black Man is. Gets drunk Also
CANDLES. Ornaments his body. Allows MS
PASSIONS "to explode" which White Man
mayor does-ah never Then came q MIR.
Gallon. Black Man "abject and SuperS'itlous.
Also an Apo. Also this, that and the other
but nothing particularly good. But bore MI