The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1867-06-28
Helper Oh the American
Negro.

! '"'A AOo"Sh IASApOl, UiC HOOoi
ous author of the "Impcnding Cri,
Sis has issscd another book whicl
will be likely,to convince his radica1
admirers that he is the precious ras,
cal which the democratic press years
ago judged him to be. The following
are extracts from his last production
in behalf of God and humanity"
A few years ago while temporari
lyresiding in the city of New York
[ frequently accepted the invitation
of a youthful relative who was there
studying medicine to accompany him
to the dissecting room of the univer-
sity medical College, on Fourteenth
street, where, from the first to the
last, | saw the corpse of great
many persons of almost every age
color, and nationality. Among these
was no small number of negroes, to
whom. as rule, the peculiaritics of
extreme attenuation of limbs, and
general gauntness and imperfection
of frame, attached in such manner
as to excite my particular attention.
At sundry times, while looking at
them, / was impressed with the con
viction-a conviction which has since
been greatly strengthened-that,
especially in communities of white
people, there is an over-obvious and
unchecked tendency on the part of
the black, when put entirely upon
their own resources, as they ought
everywhere to be put, to decrease,
to die, to disappear; in a word, to
to retain vital foothold upon the
earth. So may it be!
strikingly apparent is it that the
ncgrois a fellow of many natural
defects and deformitics. The
wretched race to which he be-
longs exhibits, among it's several
members more cases Of lusus natura
than any other. Seldom, indeed, is
he to be seen except as preordain-
ed embodiment of uncouth grotesquc-
ness, malformation, or ailments. .-
Not only is he cursed with black
complexion, an apeish aspect, and
woody head; he is also rendered odi-
GUS by an intolcrable stencil, thick
skull and q BOBBY brain. An accu-
rate description Of him calls into
requisition a larger number Of un-
complimentary terms than is necrs-
sary TO be used in describing any
other creature out Of tophet; and it
is truly astonishing how many ofthc
terms so peculiarly appropriate: to
him arc compound words of obloquy
and distraction. The night born
ogre stands before us; we observe his
low, reccding forehead; his broad
depressed nose; his stanmering and
suffering speech; and his general
actions evidcnciug monkey like
littleness and imbccility of mind
Among other monstrositics Which
shall be herein arraigncd for casti-
cation, is a high-handed asscmblage
of conspirators against public right,
public morals, public safety, public
interests, and public dcccncy, now
Cor but recently organized in the
good city of Westinghouse section
al and seditious asscmblagc, which
shall be everywhere stigmatized and
dctcsted, in all future time, as the
black congress. Without an open
and complete announcement of all
past errors conjoined with full and
solemn promise of better behavior
hereafter, few members of the black
congress, whether senators or repre-
sentativcs, should ever again be cl-
evated to. al office, whether nation
al or municipal, or of any other grade
or nature whatever, within the gift
of the American people.