The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-16
Stumbling the Defender Of divine" Insti-


That spawn Of the Southern rebellion WHO
has been Offering treason through the column
OF The New York World over the signature
of Druid" aud been heard from in a paper
IN this region as "Dion,I has certainly fallen
into the lower depth" If he has not actually
found the "last ditch" A few days since he
wrote long letter to the World. In which he
gave graphic picture Of the s-sufferings of the
sldces depriusd Of their masters OF the Eek
travagant ideas of the slaves,p of their .gen.
eral unwiIlingness to work" of the sidle fields
and plantations" and of the engagement of
ether laborers by the planters" and he then
discussed about plans of the planters to
abandon the negroes to their fate and starva-
ton, speculated upon the probable destiny
and wretched degeneracy of the whole black
population, and wound up with q triumphant
exhibit of what the South has done for the
African race" The last chapter in this re-
markable christian and phiIanthropic writer's
gospel of negro sLaoery is so remarkable, that
we transcribeit unabridged:
Why is it, that as century after century has
rolled away the negro in Africa has not made
any advances in civilization, as the nations of
Asia, aud Europe, and America have done2
There are torty-three millions OF pure negroes
IN Africa, not counting the Egyptians and M
plans, and the Inhabitants OF the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean. Why have
they built no cities or railroads, invented no
machinery, written no books? The negro Of
Today In Africa is the negro OF six thousand
years ago. He has not advanced one single
slep lR civilization during all that time He
70 ssul ier0cious cannibal, running naked in
~, Sns WOODS, and selling his captives for slaves.
1ne curse Of Gods upon the race. The only
su. .s they have ever received has been
oS Vn9 H"nuS OF the mueh-abused Southern
people. In the Southern States fhev have
been humanized, civilized and cbrjstisnizad
A loyal paper sneered at the Catholics the
other day because the Catholic rnIssions n
Africa had not succeeded in christ;ani1ing tho
natives. But what denomination bas succeed
cd 10 Africa? 1t is Ia the Southern S,stes
and by the Southern people alone. that the me-
groes have been made christians and bronoht
to the knowledge of the true God. On every
large plantation the negroes had their church
and heir minister. Their good friends, The
aooiitlotists, have deprived them of these.
Even the World-that first personality in
the trinity of diabolism-could not stand this,
and with keen pointed bodkin It opened
'Druid's" Jugular after this style: m xs 4
1t should be superfuous, but. to avoid mis-
representation, it may be necessary. TO saw.
that we question some OF the facts and dis
pute much of the reasoning 10 the letter Of
our our southern correspondent "Drnid" on the
southern negroes, which is published In an
bsasr column. We pint his letter, however.
tDoSause our readers and the North generally
men a. ANY ~ less e interest m kaoying what such
men az ne believe the state of >things and the
interest," ol southern whites to Nbe. than ia
knowing what their true Interests and The
state Of things about them reary are. N '
What are we to think Of correspondent
who continues to shed his Ink when bis NH.
hsher uses his articles only to crafty an ida
curiosity and to reveal their absurditv and
taxes pans 70 warn his readers against their
Misrepresentation and faIsshoodss