The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-06-07

Common te0fle were al alike Yet on the
lcOasi where ..s vices OF civilization have
been surera ldel 10 those or barbarisu. the
people are mach worse.
Eoote SAYS: "Seifshness cannot be more
.atclse. nor more exclusive Of all kindness
aal generosity. or charitable affection
than j. j. found am0nr these barbarians.
The testimony Il Canoti similar. although
be mentions some rem4rkable exceptions.
Tie patriotic aud domestic virtues nav be
s-lOI9j 4.t-.Jpel I'D community ~ say-
ages Jut beleeo.eHce. conscience. truth
fuluess gratitude generosity. AMI personal
purity viii not attain lnxuriant growth.
Blt IN reverence i1r egerything sacred
wonderful and mysterious ana il b.lll
and c0uhiiug belief .n everything that Is
told them. their development IS very fe-
matZ-tlc. They have q strong love f1i
music. al- t-at which they have been 1hle
F 10 originate Is remarkable rather for noise
than lnelO j.. The mechanical skill u the
nero - IL .r inferior or.l.r qr1 -,-l.. fi.a
loves, ~ ,u H.. ,,.o,i,i,.o ~,... r,.
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race Of four hundred vears bavo a,er
erected 81 s.n,ae honse or s.o,o hri.,- o-
framed iinler
The African alone n ,li ,b.. ..co. t.,.
existed .i1 fbons.r5 voer. ..-,,.. ..,....;,..,
amy architectural monument which rigbI
transmit lis memory and fame to f,t1re
are.. Tie nc.,ro T.. NOT 3at;ci.,.t f., r.,,.l.
ness OF nercsptiop nor IN facility ~, ,oco,
lection. aor ia readiness in conmpnics,i,o
but his nraud and fatal defect lies IN the DO
c.ded iuteriorjtv or Dr.. r.aso,ioo, r.o,,.,o,
The ability IN tlirl ~ o...l,-,, .....
pare to invent, TO draw general eonc!u-
-ions from particular facts, is that which
distinguishes man from the brute creation.
and establishes The rank Of the respective
races ia :eiereuce 70 each other. Hence
rnni'.arai ".''h 'h~ r-------. .~'-.-
.'''s '''' .''' ''' Ca TOT Inc lu'uIe' "AlcD
'''''i - S''1- ''-,e present ease ana
''' a''Ae u 'u'r'e ~U' III
'' - '-'e '0u''1-'-
- - "S @'''''''s Oo'H NA-'o'''''
l"e. "Ie i"iei'oI i" 'n~l ooH>Ifdc'-'e TAI
'"' - ""i0" '"e greatest part OF lhe
"T1''N ~ n".lO"' * pIouuceu' lAey iAcH
'n@' power ol 'housh' ana oi profound and
oi Io"5 0o"'lHueu IeAeclion' Oy "hich new
"i'u CON nlpIeHehsi'e views oi truth are OBJ
'a'heu' ana great uhlerlakinss conceived:
ana lAey especially iAil III that perseyerin9
energy anu determination OF purpose which
pursues is onJect tHrougA al opposing OBJ
s1AcleS' ana which has maa0 the Caucasian
race victorious IN It's contests With AL 9th
eIs
These views Of the peculiar constitution
of tie Aiiican race correspond very nearly
with those expressed Icy the two greatest
81 modern historians. The revolution Of
81. Domingo" says Alson. has demon
strated that the negroes can occasionally
exert all that vig0r and LerOism that dis
t.nguisAes The European character. but
there is. u yet, no reason 70 suppose that
they are capable Of that sustaining and
persevering toi. requisite TO erect the "a
bric Of civilized freedom. An observation
Of Gibhon seems decisive on this point:
Tie inaction OF the negroes does not seem
10 be the effect either OF their virtues or Of
their pusilanimit.. Like the rest OF mankind.
they indulge their passions aud appetite.
and the adjacent tribes are engaged III fre-
Quent acis OF hostility. But their rude X
nOrance has never invented any eIectual
weapons Of defence or destruction: they
appear Incapable Of forming any extensive
plans oi government or conquest; and the
obvious mierlouty Of their mental faculties
has been discovered aDd abused By the Ia
tions OF the temperate zone. Sixty thou
sand blacks are annually embarked from
tic coast Of Guinea, but they embark in
chains, never 10 return 10 thor native coun-
try; a.d this constant emigration, which,
in tie space Of two centuries, might have
furnished armies TO overrun the globe, ac-
cuses tie guilt Of Europe and the weakness
q Africa II the negroes are Lot inferior,
either ID courage vigor or intellect to the
Europeans, how has il happened that FOR
six thousand years they have remained n
the savage state, What has prevented
mighty empires from rising on the banks Of
the Niger, the Quarra. or the Congo, in the
same way as upon those Of the Euphrates
the Gauges, OF the Nile. Heat Of climate
Intricacy Of forests, extent Of deserts, will
not solve the difficulty. for they exist to As
great an extent in the plains Of Mesopota-
mia or lIild0stan as in Central Africa II
Is ia y.in to say that tie Europeans have
retained the Africans in ;helr degraded
by their violence. injustice. and the slave
trade How has It happened that The IL
habitants Of that vast and fruitful region
have not risen 10 tie government Of the
globe, and infected on lie sayagss Of Eu-