The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-07-04
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no expectation Of elceating the negro
in the scale Of civilization. Their bias
toward lower, indeed, the lowest phase
Of life, is constant and constitutional
They have made no advance; they never
will make any IL is not worth while
TO accept the premises Of prophesies of
the Abolitiouists about what they do
not understand
| We subioIn an estract Of u lecture
at Cooper Institute, by the famous Du
Chaillu, to cliuch the matter:
"During all my travels ! have tried
in vain to find ruins or remains Of bull
dings to show that the negro was form
erly more elevated than he is now
Travellers in other parts of Africa have
not been more successful, so we must
conclude that the negroes are ia the
same state as they we're in ages that are
past. The question naturally occurs to
every one, how such state Of political
disintegration as the one ] have des-
cribed to you has happened. We must
come to the conclusion that Africa has
not escaped many political commissions,
followed by great wars and migration !;
the same migration laws that have gov
erned Us have prevailed in Africa. AS
among ourselves, the migration has
prevailed from the East toward the
West, SO ! never found a tribe or
village pointing toward the West as the
place they came from. ] should recon-
mend to every traveller TO note down
words, SO that VIC may see the links
which the languages will show ] found
few words from the East similar 10
those Of the West The population Of
Africa has never been so dense as to
| Gil up this immense tract Of country
tribes scattered, migrated in every d.
rection, and were lost 10 each other in
the great forest; others followed and
came between without knowing it, until
gradually the country become more
pcopled, and then they came in contact
with each other A very striking fact
is the different state OF society between
the East and the West. By the &C.
counts Of such travellers as Burton, Liv-
ingstone, Grant, Spoke aud Baker, we
learn that most of the Chiefs are cruel,
hayin. the right to put to death their
subjects at will Villages are coutin-
yaily sacked by the stronger, and the
people carried INTO slavery; and if there
is no slavery, the people commit raidss
burn villages, massacre the inhabitants,
aud then plumber their cattle, In many
countries they do both pluudsf the cat
tie and carry the people into slavery.
"ln the country have explored, no
village is large enough, no clan power
ful enough, to do so. ! have been much
surprised to note the steady decrease of
the population; and first. let me raise
my voice in defense Of the white man.
He is accused Of being the cause Of il
--wberover he settles the aborigines
are said to disappear. | admit that
such is the sase, but aver that the de-
crease Of tie population had already
taken place before the white man cane;
and the white man, in coming, notices
it, but cannot stop H. populous villages
aud tribes | saw for second time had
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