Washington telegraph., 1865-08-02

"But how strange is The race Of Creole
aeg r~s-of negroes, tina is. born ost of
A:IcaI They have no c1u.trv of their
osn, We. nave they not hitherto any
country Of their aaoption; for. whether
IS >iaycs IN Cuba, q, as free laborers in
t1e British Isles, they arr In each case
s-ryile people in foreign land. They
hive no language OF tiicir own, nor have
Ties as Vet ANY language nf their adop-
ii0u; for they speak their broken English
as enrducated foreigners always speak
foreign language GHey hare no idea of
~opHtrY, and no pride at racr; for even
ameng themselves, the word niger
conyrvs 1hejr worst term OF reproach.
They nave no religion Of their own, and
ran hardly IS vet be said TO have, as a
people, religion by adoption; and vet
there Is no race which has more strongly
drvelopd its own physical Il tiuds d
iuapttudcs, lis own habits, its own tastes,
and IT. own faults.
The West Iudisn negro knows moth
ing Of fr,ca except that it is a term of
rpproach if African immigrants are
pa to work on the same estate with him,
he will not eat with them, or drink with
them, or walk with them He will hard
" work beside them, and regards him
self as a creature immeasurablv the So
perior Of the new conner. But yet he has
made no appr ach to the civilization of
his white fellow creatures, whom he imi-
'ates as monkey does a man.
physically ne Is capable Of the hard
IS bodily work, and that probably with
less bodily pain than men of any other
race bat he is Idle, nnGm;itious as to
worldly posii4s, sensual, and content
with little intellectually, he il appa-
rsntly capable Of aut little sustained et
fort; but, singularly enough. here he is
anbi ious. He burns to be regarded as
ascholar, puzzles himself with fine words,
addcts himself to religion for the sake
aiapprarauce, and delights in ap;ng the
little graces of civilization. re despises
himself thoroughly. and weuld probably
oe ecna;eut to sta We FIR a month if he
c'r'd appear as a white maa for day;
ha' yHi ne del ghts in signs Of respect
Il
always thinking Of his own dignity. II
l yop wa; 10 win his heart Tor an hour,
'fl Lin 4 gentleman; bnt + you want 10
-sdUc him to a dPspairin- 0 0bedipnce, tel
him that he a FL hy Il, sger, assure him
hut \ father and mother had tails ike
n9ak - aad forbid him to think that
De can have soul ike white man.
n g..
\ q1sn;v see either course adopted towards
4 them - thsir unreasoning ascendant
mas. rs.
Il q 20 -. think Tia. education has as
4 ye;doGa Japch for The back man in the
Western -y"rId He can always observe,
'ad c, 81 rad; but he can seldom rea-
slu. Ga not mean to assert that he is
3 ,'ssa.s-e;y without mental power, as the
III ais. tie dees draw conclusions, but
n carries them Onl lv short way think
4 @' Be seldom understands the purpose
II ~Warsry, the object of truth, or the
4 5 51u's OF honestr He is not always
.tg; perhaps not always false. and Ger
4 ~,u.{ NOT always thief; but his motives
HI @E ,ear ot immediate punishment, or
/ ,r's u Immediate reward. He fears
4 tra, d 1'o hopes that only. Certain vir-
/ - "s copies, because they are the vir-
i. - white man. The white man is
II li,,so soa present to his eye, and he be-
os,a IN nm-believes iu him with a
Il svqFsii IA III, and initiates him with a
Il .l-e9 .449 Co asrancy.
| itvi1I Al 'aas | am led to say. and 1 say
l n-pro,. sorrow enough, that | distrust the
hat ieigion What | mean is this
i aad ny opinion they rarely take in
II Of C5TS.sl the great and simple doctrines
Il aud feas ears.lIanlty, .In that they should love
their NJ; 'ne Lord their God, and love
.shOcrs as themselves
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A tunani.1l respects the nesro's phase ei
L is cor.ty differs much from that which