The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-04-19

| the family of nations; that snould the
Africans ever attain to the rank OF civ
ilized nation in the Country from whence
they came, they could justly claim ma
tional equality aud their individual
citizens there would be fairly entitled to
cnioy the equal right to life, liberty and
happiness. Then, no matter how infe-
rior white nations might regard them as
compared with themselves, the colored
nations of Africa would be equally priv
ilered. in their own conceit TO admire
black as vastly superior to white.
1t is apparent then, that what seems
TO be ineongruous when viewed from one
stand point, may be perfectly harmo-
nious when seen from another The
philosophers who prepared that Dccla-
ration. drew their inspirations from the
sources of Nature and of Truth; and
the broad assertion Of the equality Of
mankind, therein contained, conclusive
" shows that they regarded human sla-
very ~ a temporary affair, aud caused
by accidental circumstances which hu.
man nature in its upward progress would
remove.
assume then that God made all ma
tions, Or races Of people, capable Of en-.
joying the common blessings Of life,
liberty, aud pursuit Of happiness, in their
highest Development That these races
differ in degrees and capacity, some cx.
ceiling in one thing, some in another.
That the people Of Africa, being low
down in the scale Of humanity, aud una.
bic without aid to attain to the enjoy.
mcnt Of civilization aud true religion.
necessarily required that they should be
brought 10 contact with, aud serve q
long national apprenticeship to, some
more improved race. Our own barba-
rous ancestors we're taught the arts of
civilized life by being over run by more
advanced people. aud probably were IN.
dcbicd also for tho spread Of Christian
ity TO the migratory spirit then prevail
ing 10 the world Africa, however, u
shut out from contact with the civilized
world, save along the coasts; and those
seem guarded by a Gordon of lcvors, aP-
parcatly designed to prevent the iosat-
late whito man from ciicctiug n peFma-
ncnt lodgmcnt there Nothing can ever
c.yiligc aud chrlsiianize Africa except
il be by the return in large numbers Of
her c1,led children in q much improved
condition
Irit should be objected that this is
tolcrating eyil that good may come, !
would reply that the history Of tbe
lsracli,cs who were kept iu bondage to
the Egyptians Cor hundreds Of years 70
effect The intentions 81 an ovcr.rulibg
Providence. is % ease IN point God -
ever on, Of seeming oyil stIll cduclng
good The earth appears to have been
iouRcd by successive conyu!sloua .--
Storms purify the atmosphere, and pre-.
vent s'arnatiou. The dearest human
RIGHTS age born Of violent revolutions.
Moral reforms are produced by moral
revolutions. Good ever hghta against
evil la short. wc will have 20 change
tho whole frame work Of the universe,
a. at present arranged, before W. can
expect to zee imperfect aud uurcgcncraic
man always respect the rights Of others
African slavery Is coe,al with the
discovery ef America AZ that time
worry loose ideas prevailed IN the world
IN regard to lho rights Of heather pco.
pie Men were readily cnslayod for
tho good of their souls though IL Is
highly probable that if II had not been
fov the value of thcir bodies little con.
ccrn would have been iclt for their souls
When the Snuiards found the native
races Of the Nc,, Indies 10 melt away
under the hard scryItudc imposed on
them iu the mines and elsewhere, they
readily ayailcd thcmsoycs of the fresh
discoveries Of black hcathcn on the Wes-
terra Cost Of Africa. made By tho Por.
tugucsc, 10 draw from thence a supply
of laborers better suited TO the climate.
The Slave trade thus commenced, was
afterwards continued IN the settlement
OF the English Colonies and it was
not finally abolished until 1908, when il
expired under the prohibition Of our
present Constitution
At one time the most Christian Maj
estics of Europe appeared to think il no
siu to share IN the profits of the Slave
trade; now the universal sentiment Of
the Christian world is strongly against
it aud fleets are constantly kept upon
the African coast TO stop the illegal trai-
ic. This great change of sentiment has
some meaning. Men have not done
this of themselves, without heguidauce
OF nm ovcr.ruling power Men cannot
change their natural instincts and feel
ngs at pleasure any more than they can
change their natures or than the wa
ters of mighty river can refuse TO How
in its natural channel. The highest
uttcrance of the human instincts is the
best evidence of the Divine purpose
The noble impulses that have moved our
people to organize Colonization Societies
to settle the free blacks of America in
their native country, are full of promise
to down trodden Africa. The little
colony of Liberia, planted on the Coast
of Africa, is successful experiment
showing that the improved African can
govern himself, aud is sure prophecy
of great civilized and Christian nation
/ yet to rise in Africa; where the man o.
color can enjoy unmolested the highesI
human rights.
1t is true that the African mind does
not yet appear to be fully yawakcned to th'
Importance Of this subject, but this u
only evidence that the time has not ar