New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-17

Cation appears to 6sve been struck BY an noi
that he was talking little recklessly, and say
ing little too much, and 90, before be go,
down, he qualified his remarks "Tha
Negro, though, upon an average, extremely
base" explained Mr.. Gallon, "was by n
means q member Of race lying ct dead
level" And very kind it was in Mr.. Gallon u
admit this: because it must be evident to tha
reflective that he tumbled topsy.turvy into one
grand logical medley oil his previous speculas
tons. If the race does not occupy hopeless
"dead level" then the race can be raised. Ad'
NIT the capacity, no matter how Limited ~
mere accidents, and are not all your theone
scattered like chaffl The difference between
the Black and White, it is then phlosophical)
apparent, is no other than the difference between
the White and the White-diferences occasioneq
by the accidents of location, and susceptible o.
removal by the opportunities Of culture Inc
truth is, that With the admission, however 9ratt'
ily qualified, of the simple humanity Of the
BLACK all this talk about natural inferior.
ity becomes worthless and impertinen&
There r. no philosophical middle ground
between tho Ape Theory and the Humanity
Theory. Yet loosely as the apologlsts for
Slavery suffer themselves to talk, there has
never been one Of them, to our knowledge, VINO
permitted himself to say that no thought the
Black to be an Ape, or to be descended rom
Apes-and our honest opinion is, that If there
had been no Apes in Africa, to furnish the con-
yenient suggestion, men would have as soon
thought of deducing Blacks from Buflalocs
And yet, in matter involving the FRATERNITY
of Mankind the advance OF Civilization, ana
the triumph of Christianity, men suffer them
selves to guess, to hint, TO insinuate IN away
which ia equally disgraceful to their heads ano
to their hearts
Fortunately there was present at thus meenns
TO which we have alluded, a certain Mr. Cratt,
a colored American known to many Of our read
ers By the interesting circumstances OF his
escape with his wife, Mrs. Ellen Craft, from
Slavery. Mr.. Craft, is not, as he stated 70 the
Association, Of pure African descent But his
grandmother and grandfather were both oil pure
negro blood. SO there he stood, before the assem-
bled wisdom of Great Britain, q living, breathing,
concrete refutation of the theories Of ethnolo-
gists-therc he stood, intelligent, cultivated
gentleman and very respectable rhetorican-
there he stood proving how utterly speculative
were the surmises of the learned Doctors abous
him. Here was an Ape for Dr. Hunt Here
was Semi Man and Semi Beast, but one who
in his struggle from Bestialty (before the Law
to Humanity (bciore the Associaton) had ex'
hibited an Intelligence and an absolute manli-
ness which would not have disgraced the most
colcrless cpdcrlnis in the whole broad world!
1t was demonstration as absolute as II SR
Charles Lyell had taken a mastodon into tho
hall TO prove ono of his admirable physical
theories Well may TIE London Daily Ners
say:
Mr. Gran the eoorcd gentleman who replied to tie Paper
with ready wit pointed argument and nuency that sur
prsed BIZ, hearers belongs TO the so swecprgy COZ
iencd hold forever position scarcely above the orues
lie il almost Of pure negro blood. Ia only removed by one
s,ue alton from the native African snd himself
FOR many In the Southern States He only 60
oyed the Advantages Of c5uc,ion ard liberal culture saer bis
ecspc and subsequently his arrival this country fse
mos, In the Eino.osal Section Friday WIN
p-ooaby admit tina, l.. showed incory OF to any
.p.sk-r who took part in he debate Such en- addre
fro such man il the i'ree, and r.scc reply TO d.
Hunts theory well the bes, possible appel against ne
sentence eli social accommodation tc would prorounss
against the negro