The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-09-03

considered as degraded and inferior
class. Indeed, it was admitted, as if it
were an axiom, that the native born Amer
lean vas in nothing equal to his European
prosenitor; and, so far from the fact being
disputed. many philosophic dissertations
were published, endeayoring to account
for the alleged deoasement The only
doubt was about the cause of ii. "Nobody
the native born Americans were really an
inferior race" Nobody dares to say so
now, and nobody thinks it. Let it, then,
be recollected that you have never yet
seen the negro educated. An English
traveller through Brazil some few years
ago, mentions having known a negro who
was priest, and who was learned, pious
and exemplary man in his sacerdotal
functions We have been lately informed
of two negroes being educated at the
Propaganda, and ordained priests, both
having distinguished themselves in their
scientific aud theological course The
French papers say that one of them cele
brated mass, and delivered a short but
able sermon before Louis Philippe. 1t is
believed they have both gone out with the
the Right Rev. DR.. Baron on the African
mission.
We repeat, therefore, that 70 judge
properly of the negro, you should see him
educated and treated with respect due to
fellow creature, uninsnlted by the filthy
aristocracy of the skin, and untarnished
TO the eye OF the white by any associations
connected with his state Of slavery.
TEE NEGROES GOOD AND KINDLY RACE.
We next refer to your declaration that
the two races. viz the black and white,
cannot exist, on equal terms, under your
Government and your Institutions. This
is au extraordinary assertion to be made
at the present day. You allude;
indeed, to Antigua and the BERN udas -
But we will take you to where the expert
ment has been successfully made upon a
large scale-nanely, to Jamaica.
There the two races are on perfect
equality in point of law. The law does
not recognize. the slightest distinction
between the races. You have borrowed
the far greater part of your address from
the cant phraseoiogy which the West
Indian slave-owrcrs, and especially those
of jamaica, made use OF before emancipa-
ton They uSea to assert, a. yoc DO now.
that abolition meant destruction chat to
give freedom to the negro would be to
pronounce the assassination Of the whites !;
that the negro. soon as Tree, woUld
massacre their former owners, and destroy
their wives and families In short
your prophecies "f the destruc-
tive effects Of emancipation are put
faint and foolish echoes OF the prophetic
apprehensions OF the British slave owners.
They might, perhaps, have believed their
own assertions, because the emancipation
Of the negroes was taan an untr'ed cxpe-
rimcnt But you-sou are deprived Of
any excuse for the reaSsertion Of dis
proved calumny. The emancipation has
taken pIace-the compensation given by
Epgland was 10. given to the negroes, who
were the ouly persons that deserved com
pensation. iu was given to the so called
s'owners" 1t was an additional wrong-
an additional cause Of irritation to the
negroes but, gracious Heaven !. how no.
bly, did that good and kindly race the
negroes-falsily the caiumnious apprehen-
sions OF their tas&-masiers Was there
one single murder consequent on the
emancipation Was there one single
white person injured either in person or
property? Was there any property spoiled
or laid waste? The proportion OF negroes
in Jamaica to white men is as 800 20 go,
or 50 per cent. Yet the most perfect
tranquility has followed the emancipation.
The criminal courts are almost unemploy-
ed /; nine tenths of the jalls are empty and
universal tranquility reigus. Although
the landed proprietorS nave made use OF
the harshest landlord power to exact. the
hardest terms by way Of rent from the
negroes, and have also endeavored TO
extort from him the largest possible quan-
tity of labor for the smallest wages, yet
the kindly negro race have not retaliated
by one single act Of violence or of veng
eance the two races exist together, upon
equal terms, under the british Govern
ment and under British institutions.
AN APPEAL.
Have you enough of the genuine
Irishman lett among you to ask what 1t Is
that we require you to do 1t is this:
First We call upon you, in the sacred
name of humanity, never again to volun-
teer on behalf of the oppressor, nor even
for any self interest to vindicate the hide
Gus crime of personal slavery.
Secondly. We ask you to assist, in
every way you can, in promoting the edu-
cation of the free men of color, and In
discountenaHcing the foolish feeling of
selhshness-of that criminal selfshness
which makes the white man treat the man