The Van Buren press., 1868-03-20
The Native African 1sgrs saa ~ M.,
stincts of his 1ese, Inn -,

Sir Samnel Baksr. who has doas tia
world such. signal service by hA recent
explo rations ia, Africa, has seen ths ss,s
gro In bis native country. a,sd haa psbr,
lished hisxisws OF HE eharsstss anaGss.o
pabilities. .sa With al the prejudicee sfanA
.Euglishman agsinst slevery. nhe ~ ain
not blind to the existence Of th0ssn fset.
which make the negro IN inferies sassei
He says that, such V the, obtasapssa, or
these savagess he ~eOud snevesi siuseab
them understand the existsncs of ooed
principal, Force, mere, ,bruts eorss. waas
all they could ,nnderstAn.h the strong b
hand that could wrsss from the wsak."''r
regardless OF justice, right or sny moral
restraint ,ds qeRol b&isr4Isll II .Jaslgilias
~ wish," he Gays, aaOtinG ftum hisu
journal In April, lS6s, ~ ths black ssm.ii
pathixers in England could sea AfFisssu
inmost heart ~ Idoy-much 0( their syms,
psthy wopld subside,"sonSs Human ynp.a
ture, be continses, viewed ia, ,its ef%e,,
state, as pictured amongst African. saya-.
ges, Is quite on, . level With thai " the
brute, and not to be compared yith.i The ,
pieiee' e' the the picture, hs h .dds ;,oss TAslsk !,
ne ;her gratitude, pity, 1--we, poE po 'sIEd d.
nial;I no idea OF duty ii n9, religion hAt
coyetopsness,l lipgrstitude, selAshnep lndH
cruelty, 7, All are thieves. idle, ,enyi6ps, I,
and ready to pIundcr and cnslaye their y
weaker, neighbors.."', Such y NE tepH. =
mopy Of this enlightened man, 4, record,
cd in bis Journal IN The interior ,pk xtig !,
ca, while among these black savageh y = :
its evident to The unpreludiccd hafad,
that nothing less than All irrevocable nat
lufal law, an unchangeablc pcrnAncnce 0t
type, can account Tor such utter moral
and intellectual imbccility, and tYr ! ccn.. :,
dition SO benighted. ~ '"' ~ D,''i7hhS y
On the subject os K,nericsu slavsry.l'
Sir Samuel says that IN his own county, =
tile negro ensiavcd his brother man, aad
that, when he was ttapsfetred TO smother.
country, lie became the Victim 0f hlS ovp
system. ~" Slavery II indigcndHs to ~ "
soil OF Affica, and has not b&efi bt9ukht 7"
to the African by the white man." ~
puts the question, EnSlishman ~ he 10
/" WHY was the Negro Arst1ntroduced int
our colonies, and into AssesisAsss 1Aaa
this is his answer :ssg b1iGdr9iiid es1un nj
1.-The sun, Is the great sslttnAss ~ $
tween n the white and thcw AlasA I0asss
There are productions necessAsy ~ stvilsJ .
lied countries that can, al0ns ~ ,osAlAavsesd
ed In tropical climates, whsre tthe vAies "
man cannot 1.-Two II sxpossd tolabceiA ~
sun. !, Thus, such fertile c0Mntsias IaAAhs =
West Indies and postions Sf AWDsip hetnl
ing without. y native populations theMr~
gro was originally imported assa flssetAJ
fulfill the conditions Of q lAbOresasa Ssrs
Sir Samuel concludes this bssrShs afs
the subject with these sensiblo pb>esSs-J
tions;9n gui7d hoiilsip 9gnilA Oh iId .salos
s"Now, a. the negro wse originally .imo,
ported asa lsborer, but now refvsss -
labor, il 10 sclf.svidsnt that he, v 4 IA,
msntable failure. Either he mNst h poa.a
PEELED to work BY some stringent An, =
against vagrancy, or those beautiful isrIr
lands, (tho British West Indies, E that
prospcred under the conditions Of DsgEpra
forced industry, must yield to- ruin under
negro freedom and idle inACpend ndencs.o
For an example of.the. result. look ut 81.
Domingo! Under peculiar guidanYs,s And
subject TO certain restraints, the 'ncgSy,
may be an important and most ussfnfbS. '0
ing but, treated as an EnKlishtnah, Id
will affect tho vices, but none Of tkt VII.
tues Of civilization. tl''Va wv VI iia'""S'
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