The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07

| country wore foremost in their thoughts
Immediately after it was known that slG-
very would havo to be abolished, l express.
| cd the opinion that it would be Wise and
prudent to permit negroes, who had acquir-
| cd n property and educational qualification,
to vote in all tho Southern Slates. |
| thought this would DO safety valve for DO.
litical society. 1t would crafty and ap-
pcasc the int elligcnt and most iuhuental Of
that class, and make them good citizens,
instead of being disturbcrs of the peace.
1t would hold out an inlucemont TO all, who
had any disposition or wish to rise above
the common herd And no evil could result
from it, rs supposed worry few, compare.
lively, would ever be ablo to attain tho prl-
vicgc, and when they did, they would nj
ways vote with tho higher and bottcr cduca-
ted class of whites. expressed similar
opinion many years ago, in regard to recap
turing slaves. thought it we'll for society
That when II slave had acquired such love
for freedom rs to prompt HIM to flee to The
Northern States, and possessed intelligence
sn'iccnt to make his escape, he ought not
b. brought back In this way, the bold,
| daring and rccklcss-thcy who were most
| likely TO disturb the public peacc-would be
| out # the country, and there would bc
greater safety from those left behind.
But my opinion thus expressed was dc.
|
| vcrsal suffrage for tho negro, or at least all
vocating suffrage for the negro, or at least
! advocating the call Of q convention, by
which universal negro suffrage is to bo cs-
| tablishcu. l likewise advocated, at tho
same time, the propricty Of permitting nc !.
grocs to give Testimony in all cases in our
courts of justice. This, too, was stcrnly
resisted by those who arc now willing to
confer on the negro tho right of holding
Office, to get back into the ';glorious Union,"
which they once hated and dispiscd so corr
daily.
In one of my previous communications,
stated that Professor Agazziz had proven
conclusively that the negro was of an info
rlor race TO that of tho white nan, md had
different origin. In saying this, did not
intend to insinuatc, rs some Of the negroes
seemed TO think l did, that God was not
their "fnthcr," as we'll rs the white mans
father. They arc certainly both creations
of the same Almighty hand. They are
doubtless, too, equally under the projection
OF the Almighty, and equally dear to him
IN their respective spheres spheres in
| which he placed them and for which he
made them. Tho horse and the jackass arc
both alike the creations of God He did
not create them of the same typo, or make
them one and the samo animal. lie gavc
to one beauty of form and symmetry, spirit
and fcctness and TO tho other strength,
endurance and other valuable qualities
SO hc has distinguished between the negro
and white man. 10 the former he has Civ
cn black skin and a wooly head, grcntcr
strength and less brain. lIo has adapted
him TO labor, and given him pores which
defy malaras and fcvcrs. TO the other he
has given white skin and head of hair,
less strength and larger brain, adapted to
higher thoughts ana grcatcr intellectual i'm
| provcme,is.
But God loves his whole creation equally,
| and it is to be presumed that hc has tho
same regard for the owl as he has for tho
eagle, and 80 with the horse and iackass,
| the white man and negro, provided, always,
that the one is rs faithful in the discharge
Of his mission on earth MS tho other. IT is
] by no means crime or fault on the part of
| the jackass, Tint he cannot run rs swiftly as
the horse. lie was not created for such
| tiectness; and so with the negro; he has
not been endowed by God with tho same
volume of brain that the white man has,
| and he Is not to blame for being unable to
| compete with him in science and knowledge.
| lle is nn inferior being to the white man
God made him such as he is for wiso pur-
poses, as he made tho ass inferior TO tho
horse. II is rs foolish to think Of making
poets, artists and statesmen out of negroes
| as 1T would be 10 make n race horse or q
spirited charger in battle out Of q !jackass
You may give tho negro tho right Of su(f-
rage and the right to hold office, and mako
him legislator, and so you may enter tho
ass fol four milo heat with tho blooled
horse, or you may mount him in battle for
charge on the enemy; but both would bo
equally unwiso and disastrous, for you arc
attempting to pervert nature and tho laws
VI God. ,.
Professor Agassiz, of Harvard College,
Mnssac husctts, tho most learned and scicn-
tifc naturalist the world has ever produced
declares most confidently, nftcr lifc-timo
of thought, and observation OH the subject.
"That tho negro and The whito man wore
cucated rs specifically different rs the owl
and the eagle They were designed to fill
different places in the system of nature.
Tho negro is no more q negro by accident
or misfortune than the owl is tho kind Of
bird he is by misfortune. Tho negro is no
moro tho white mans brother than tho owl
is the sister Of tho eaglo, or than tho ass is
! tho samo great authority, "over ono hun
drcd specific differences between tho bonal
and nervous system of tho white man and
the negro. Indeed, their forms arc alike
in no particular. There is not bone in
tho negro's body relatively of the same
articulation or chemically Of the samo com
position, as that of tho whito man. Tho
ncgro's bonos contain far grenter per.
contage of calcarcous salts than those Of
the white man. Even the nogro's blood is
chemically very different Auid from that
which courses in the veins of tho whito
man. Tho whole physical organization of
Tho negro differs quito as much from The
whito man as it docs from that of the CHM
panzce--that is, in his bones, muscles,
and fbres he chimpanzoe has not much
further to progress 10 become negro, than
tho negro has to become q white man.
This fact science inoxorably demonstrates"
1t Is agreed, by all scientific mon who
have turned their attention to this subject
that "thc capacity, by measurement, of tho
skull of the white man is ninoty.sov
cubic inches, that is, in tho average of ono
thousand, u, or any greater number Of skulls.
Tho negro has sixty six cubic inches tho
North American Indian has sixty. three
cubic inches; tho native Australian has
nfty-six cubic inchos." Sir Charles Lyall.
than whom there can DO no higher authori-
~ says tho feet and hands, tho arms and
legs OF the while man onl ,,nnxo -. :