Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-21

! The tawny Moor, with proud port
and flashing eye, remembers the glo-
lrious record of his race, and even now
in his burning home the memories of
! Granada and ofthe Alhambra are told
| in story andi in song.
All, alIspcak of scope for develop
ment of capacity for progress.
Let us turn to the home of the negro
Their land il most fertile, md feed
! for man is produced with but trifling
labor. Its vegetable productions are
almost spontaneous, the domestic ami
mails so essential TO the comfort and
existence of man, have always been
possessed by themin greater numbers
than in most oth,r sections of the
world. For four hundred years they
have been IN communication with
Christian nations of western Europe
and from time immenorial with the
} nations of western Asia, upon
the cost and upon the Nile. With
greater opportunitiesfor advancement
and progress than those possessed by
, the most favored, they are yet sunk
in the lowest depths Of barbarism; /;
Licentiousness, brutality and all tho
heather rites ofpaganism, are the dis
tinguishing marks of the people. No
evidences exist that they have ever
been better. Implements of agricul-
|, ture and for manufacturing purposes
are rare. In all their broad land no
hewn stone or sculptured tablet, no
, manufactured brick or monumental
, structure appears. No arches, bridges,
tombs or pyramids speak of power in
: the present or capacity IN the past I;
, but back thro ugh the vista of centu-
: ries their land and people present a
, monotonous and unbrokcn aspect of
stupidity and barbarism. Thee evidences
. of capacity for progress, apparcp' in
, all the world beside, are here wanting.
: Captain Burton, recent English
: traveller in Central Africa,in his work
c thus graphically portrays the charac-
, ter Of the pccr,e.
Di "The ssudy ofpsychology 10 Eastern Africa
? is the study OF Mans rudnental mind, when.
subject to the agency Of msierial nature, he
neither progresses nor retrogrades. He would
appear rather 4 degeneracy from the civilized
} man than savage rising 70 the first step, were
IL not for his apparent incapscity for improve
ment. lie has not the ring Of the true metal; there
: Is no rich nature as ia the New Zealander for
education TO cultivate. He seems to belong to
one Of those childish races which, never rising
TO mans estate. fall like worn out links from the
great chain Of animated nature. He unites the
: incapacity Of infancy with the compliancy OF
. age; the frtiiily olchiithood, and the crcfulity
: Of youth with the skepticism OF the adult and
the s,ubornness and oigotry Of the old. lie has
, beaten lands and seas. For centuries he has
III benin directintercourse with the more advanced
people Of the eastern coast and though few have
: seen a European, there are not many who have
! not cast eyes upon an Arab. still he has
{ stopped short at the threshold Of progress he
shows no signs Of Development no higher and
more varied orders Of intellect are called int o
; being"
: ThisIs the evidence of traveller OF
a undoubtcd authority, he too an Eng
: lishman with anti-slavery proclivities
: and desirous Of elevating the race.
f And, sirs, ] affirm that whenever and
!, wherever, in all time past it has been
] attempted to arouse these people as a
Q people to development and progress,
the result has but served to demon.
strate the truth of my position.
OUR OWN EXPERIENCE.
i / cite to you your own experience
= in the North. | do not desire you to
: take exceptional cases, either of low
# grade or of high grade, but to look al
J, them as rule Deal with this ques
I ton as statesmen, as men who desire
d the benefit of their race and of their
o country, looking at the whole subject
!, not at exceptional cases. As rule
n let me ask you, are they not dependent
= upon the white MANI Are they
$ not servile Can you ever get then
:, to work unless at the dictatior
'f and under the control Of the white
: manY Did you ever learn that ne
) gro had invented anything! Did you
+ ever learn that he had improved any
Q thing ? l never have, nor do believe
that any man ever has. They are idle
: improvident and liccntous. OF course,
! there are exceptions TO this, but the
= exceptions are rare.
! THE MULATTo.
t My friends, the Senator from Erie
d and the Senator from Bradford, both
talked about the mulatto in the South
e aud said many ofthem were sons Of
s Congressman. The Senator from
n Bradford [ Mr.. Landon1 dealt in gen.
Y eralities. desire 20 rcfute some OF
!, the general arguments that he advanc.
9 ed, by special reference to facts and
n statistics The Senator from Erie
d Mr.. Lowry said that those colored
VI people should have the right TO vote
and that, If allowed to have that tight,
Q some of them would elect from their
own class the sons Of Congressman.
:, The Senator from Bradford { / cannot
o give his exact Eords) said very nearly
4 the same thing. Now, let me show
you from the pages of the Compendi-
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