The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-12-11

stupidity, weakness, Ignorance helpless
ness, eoWafdiee, &c, with the extraor-
dinsfy precautions that had long been
taken to keep him in his "prOPeF sphere
Jefsrson's action was to be explained
on the ground that he knew about the
negro, but not about the Niger, and if
Jefferson had euunciated his absurd
doctrine later he would have been shot
or stoned, and eYen-noH he could not
beat John Morrissey IN running for
Congress- He then detailed the cir
cumstances under which Noah pro
nounced the curse upon Canaan, and
said that here was the starting point Of
the idea Of an inferior being, and that
being a nigger. He dWelt upon the
vast difference there would have been
IN the condition of affairs had Noah
belonged to a temperance society, or
10 any other way failed to get into that
state of intoxieation IN which be pro
nounced the curse.
We, including all conservative negro
hsters Of whateyer complexion, are the
descendants of Shem and Japheth, and
the niggers are the descendants Of Ham.
The Almighty considerably aided Noah
in inhicting the curse by changing the
complexion and otherwise adapting the
cursed one to the work that be was to
do in the future. But 10 spite Of the
strength of Noah's curse, he had been
able to find no evidence that the de-
scsadants Of Ham we're, until q CON-
parstiyely recent date, the servants Of
ANYBODY, aud he was sometimes tempt
ed to think that it might be thas the
effect of the curse passed off with the
fumes Of the wine that produced i.
The descendants Of Shsm and Jspheth
used to find slaves enough among the
weaker ones Of their own complexion
without sending off to Africa for them.
The conservatives Of the South, how
ever, have been very anxious that tha
curse pronounced upon Cahaan should
have full effect and they have done all
that they could to prevent the descend
ants Of Ham from giving the Lord the
slip and ceasing to be servants to their
brethren To secure these ends they
have piously sent vessels to Africa to
bring the able bodied Csnaanites where
they would feel the curse, they have
hung meddlesOme Yankees, and have
knocked the brains out the heads Of
those Canaanises who have dared to
oppose their wills to those Of their
masters. A good deal Of brain has
thus been disposed Of at the South, and
It was found to work beautifully.
But there are some difficulties that
appearsin making a critical inyestiga-
ton Of the subject and he feared that
in spite Of the pious selEsseri6ee with
which the Southerners had endeavored
70 enforce the carse, they had been
upon the wrong track, and he was
obliged to admit that the curse pro-
nouuced upon Canaan wasn't good for
much at the best, didn't stick to she
people at whom it was leTelled, and
that the Africans whom We have been
using as slaves are not Canaanisea after
all !, Our ancestors, however, we're not
troubled with these doubts and ques-
tons. They didn't want to work, and
were very glad to have the negro 10
work for them. They were a greedy
set, and they hungsFed and thirsted
after a life of no labor. The first
settlers of Virginia (Gen. Grant having
been the last settler Of that state)
never labofed before they came to this
country, and they were unwilling to
work here They prayed; "Givs US
this day our daily bread" and added
with increased fervency, "and a nigger
to feed it to u.s." They found slave
labor profitable and pleasant, and they
stuck to it as long as they could.
The curse pronounced upon Canaan
was never so well fulfilled as it was in
the Southern States, but Just as it got
Ito working we'll it was killed By Abra-
ham Lincoln shifting slavery under the
| 6fth rib with his proclamation Of emsn-
eipation, The sons Of Ham, inferior
as they had been thought to be, were
put into the army, and the ehivalrous
/ blood coufsiug in their veins, and their
belief in Jefferson's doctrine of equal
| ity, made them fight with great bravery.
| He did not know that the South would
not have been beaten without this as
sistanee, bnt they Were certainly besten
!, btha easier with Il
These poor deluded Canaanites
| thought they had gained promotion to
| a higher rank by their valor, but just
as they stepped upon the threshold of
the Temple of Liberty they were push
ed back. He referred to the treatment
they, had received in Kentucky-a
State which didn't rebel, but preserved
a strict neutrality-quoted some Of the
sayings Of that "blessed Saint" Dea-
con Pogram Of the Corners, detailed
the measures FesoEted to elsewhere to
convince the Canaauites that they were
Csnasnites still, and made grateful
allusion to the assistance rendered the
Southern CONSERVATIVES in this work
: by the prejudice against color which
existed at the North. He spoke oI
the various theories that have been
advanced in regard to the physiological
: origin of the negro, and with most sf
feetiva sarcasm disposed of every
theory except that be is q man.
Having proceeded thus far in the
examination Of his subject and having
eencompelled to abandon the NasbyisT
theory that the curse pronounced upon
/ Canaan was the origin and justification
of African slavery, Mr. Locke closed
his lecture with an eloquent and forcible
appeal for q practical enforcement oi
5 Fthe doctrine Of the Declaration of In.
dependence in our treatment Of the
negro. We must make the negro our
, equal before the law, and must make
him free in fsct as well as in name
= Give him the right to vote, give him
3 chance to do what he can for himself
: and allow him 10 hold office if hil
fellow citizens want him to do so. 81,
: was sure that Frederick Douglas would
make a better member Of Congress
l than John Morrissey or Fernando Wood
! and certainly a sober and inteligen
negro has as much right to vote as al
: ignorant white man too drunk TO holc
9 bis ballot. He did not ask for tht
negroes superiority in anything, bu
9 equality in everything, and demanded
e that under our flag ali men shall be men