The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-08-07

thesnegre; or atleast, advocating
the:ealkof.a a Convention by which
uniyersalnegro suffrage is to be es
tab1fshed. likewise advocated, al
the same, time. the propriety .o1
permitting negroes, to- give. testi
mony:in, allscases In our courts $e1
justice. This; too was ssternly re
sisted by those " no .are now viii
ling to confer on the negro, the
right Of holding Office, to. get bach
into the GLORIOUS. Union Whief
they once hated and despised sc
cordially. ~. e.-ss.r,> \ ;: 80 :
: In one of my previous seommu
nieatierrs,EI stated that Professor
Agasshrhad pseEen conclusively
that the negro was Of; an; inferior
race. to, the white man; and had7s
different origin: IN saying this, ]
did ;nots intend. to >insiHuate,; as
some Of the negroes seemed, ate
think + did, that God was not
their stfather," as we'll as the white
mans father: They are certainly
both creations, Of the same Al
mighty hand, They are doubt,
less, too, equally under: the pro,
tection ofthe Almighty, and equal.
~. dear to-him.in. their respective
spheres IL, which be
placed them and Tor which he
made, them. The horse and the
.iackass are Both alike the crea.
tiions ofGod. He did not create
them of the same type, or make
them one and the same animal.
He gave to2,onee beauty of form
and Symmetry, spirit and feet
ness and to- the other strength,
endurance and other valuable quail:
ties. So he has distinguished be.
tween the negro and the, white
man. - 20 the former he .hasgivep
a black skin .anda a woody, head;
greater siren 9Th @snaaless brain:
He has adapted Him to- labor; and
given him pores which defy mala-
rias and feYers. To the. ether he
has given a white skin. and q head
ofhair, less strength and larger
brain, adapted to higher thoughts
andgreater intellectual Improve
lnents: 'ssssds 't'~-. a-4:Z -
But God loyes. his ole ere:
alton equally, and it is to be pre-
sumedsthat he has the sameVse-
gard forthe OWL that. hes has for
the-eagle, and so with the horse
ana the jlaekass, the white man
and the negro, provided. always,
that the one is.as faithful IN the
discharge ~ef his mission on earth
as the ohef.-s It issby nc. means q
crime ersfaalton the. part: of the
iaekassss thas.,ghe seaHpot sruaA as
swift = aszthe horse. He,was mot
for such 4feetness55 and SO
with the negro; he has not been
endowed by. God with the same
of brain Ethat the white
man has tandihe; is, nots to- blame
for being unable. to. compete With
him in science and knowledge.
He is. an inferior. spimal to: the
Whte man. God :madezhim such
as he-is.fae~ wise, purposes, sas he
tnadg thesass inferior to the horse.
# fsna as foolish think of making
poets, saet artists aud statesmen out of
ne gfoessas It would be to make q
faee. horse or = spirited charger in:
battle out Of a, iackass: You. may
give the negfesIthe right~of SUIT
fsage and the rfght,toFsRold Office,
ana make him a alegislate ter5 and so
You may enter thesass for "a four
mde heat with the blooded horse;
Of You may ! mount him, in, battle
for a charge on. the enemy; but
both Moald be equally unwise and
disastrous, for YOU are attempting
toperTert nature and the laws Of
God. ...,-.
Professor Agassiz, of Harvard
College, Massachusetts, the most
learned and scientific naturalist
the world has ever produced, de-
elares most confidently, after a
lifetime of thought and observa-
ton on the subject. 'That the
negro and the white man were
created as specifically different as
the owl and the eagle. They were
designed to fill different places in
the system Of nature. The negro.
is no more a negro by accident
Or misfortune than the owl is the
kind of bird he is by accident or
The,negro is no more
the White mans OrOtner than the
owl is the sister Of the eagle, or
than the ass is the brother Of the
horse @'There are" says the
same great authority, cover one
hundred specific differences be-
tween the bonal and nervous sys-
tenn of the white man and the ne
gro. Indeed, their forms are alike
in no particular. There is not a
bone in the negroes body relative
" of the same shape, size, ,sarticu-
.ation, or chemically Of the same
composition, as>that of the white
man. The negro's bones contains
! far greater per centage OF calca-
ceous salts than those of the white
man. Even the negro's blood is
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