Daily national Republican., 1864-03-17
[From the Angio-African. ]
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Mr.. EDITOR; ! have noticed that ga little
learning" is conducive to much writing, and
that however dangerous II may be to the rest
Of mankind, II is very profitable to the paper
maker; for the finders Of scientific mare's-nssts
win never acknowledge, until they have passed
the ordeal Of the press, that what they mistook
for fact was only fancy. The emperor Nero's
exclamation, 81 wish TO heaven could not
writeip finds no echo In this age. The nine
teenth century, ethnologically considered, is
prognathous, having Jaw In excess, therefore,
addicted to babbling; hence, also,
Tenet insanible multos
Scribendi oaeoethes-
for when It cannot buttonhole us from the
platform 1t besieges US in print. Nor is this
TO be wondered at; for although the nineteenth
century esteems itself an adumbration OF the
millennium, and regards preceding ages with
lofty pity, bordering on contempt, yet 1t Is trou-
bled about many things-intricate problems
which must be solved before mankind can settle
down into millennial beatitude. Hence cere'
bral excitement, leading men OF morbid dispo.
sition to jump from seemingly rational pre-
mises to very fantastic conclusions, the illegit'
mate offspring Of Illicit processes. Take fol-
instance that maggot from the putrescent body
Of decayed notions which has Just wiggled In.
TO notice-the ephemera "Mlscegenation."
Here are few conclusions arrived at by q
miSeegTetie mode Of reasoning.
Families make no distinction in political OF
social rights on account Of color, race, or ma
tlvity. 10 .arI .....Ha
Science. religion, and democracy teach that
the whole human race is one family.
Therefore, there should be no distinction II
political or social rights on account OF color
race, or nativity in republic.
whenever Providence locates a race for
wise purpose, 1t can neither be displaceed no
extermlnated.
But the Indian race has been displaced ant
exterminated, therefore, the purpose of Pro
vidence In locating the Indian race was no
wise.
.. . .
A process that does not produce any evil ei
fects in a hundred years is beneficial.
The Illicit intercourse hitherto subslstlng be
ween the white and black races at the soutl
Is such process; therefore, It's opposite canuo
be any worse.
Apart from the impropriety OF treatinI
serious subjects with levity, have no fault :
not close his essay with the encouragement
this Is q joke"
-nIn his brain
He hath strange places, orammed
With observations, the which he vent
..L.4I a. In mangled forms:'i- ....-,
Intellectual igaes Jdtla, cunningly contrived
trick the unwAryj for 'there 10 no error tha
misleads US like the error that Is half trut
Wrenched from the other half and nowhere
such an error 80 common as when man apple
II to the Judgement Of some event In his owl
llfe"
But, sir, l do not think 1t meet at such
time as this, when, as we are credibly Informed
the negro race constitute the very spindle o
our national destiny, that any attempts should
be made to put 1t out Of countenance. ! an
aware that Virgil advises not to be over nice
in the matter Of complexion but as In my way
Of thinking the mission of the black man oi
this country is not to aggrandise 5000, ,00C
whites, but TO elevate 4, 100000 blAcks-not &c
create a negro race, but TO develope an old one
would advise that we stand by oar color. II
has ever been deemed base for soldier to de.
sert his standard, especially when II Is In
danger Of falling into the hands Of the enemy
Wendell Phillips, in his recent lecture on
DEMONSTRATION" mentioned a very affecting
incident connected with the attack on Forl
Wagner, relative 10 the heroism displayed by
Sergeant Carney OF the 54th Massachusetts
in preserving tho regImental flag. Severely
wounded-unable to walk, he tore the standard
Irom Its stat, and brought 1t safely from tn,
neld, holding It aloft so that II might not toucl
the ground. Mr.. Phillips added, "the whit
men eat up In their beds and gave three cheer
fort black sergeant" win not the Anglo
Saxon everywhere cheer the African race
wounded as 1t Is In the battle Of life, n 1t 1
seen 70 be more deslrous TO bear Its own cole
from the field than that of the enemyl
Revelation, tradition, science, corroborat
the fact that In its origin the human race is on
The tendency Of civilization, tempered /
Christianlty, Is TO recognize that origin and
acknowledge the rights 1t confers, but not
oblltorate differences which are the results
permanent physical conditions producing
dark skin In africa and fair one in Europe
But Whether beneath dark skin or "a
oue, the capacities Of the soul remain the san
Requiring only Adorable opportunities to d
yeloRe them. "The soul ls KIND OF rcul
dianiDnd which requires art, labor, and time
pOllah II; for want of which many q good.n
turad g6nius u Lost, or lies unfaShioned like
level In the mine.n r... ..ss. lH
But In conclusion, sir, l would suggest th
n u not safe nor hororable 10 heed hedoctri
sof atnnlgamAtion, come whence Il may.
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