The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-01-22

worse than That OF any other in whom,
the individual, at the end of some months
is what he will remain through life, and |
the species, after thousand years, just
what it was the first year, contrast the
results ofhnman industry and invention,
and the fruits OF that perfectibility which
characterizcs both the species and the
individual.
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"ln the point of view Which T have
just considered, the man stands alone
his faculties, and what he has effected
by them, place him at a wide interval
from all animals--at an interval which
no animal hitherto known to us can fill
up. The manlke money. the almost
reasonable elephant, the docile dog. the
sagacious beaver, the Industrious bee,
cannot DC compared to him. In none of
these instances IS there any progress,
either i'll the individuals OF the spe-
cics.
When "Arel" shall produce go.
rllln that can compose an editorial and
set it in type, he will have proved. not,
indeed that the negro is beast, but
that the gorilla is a man.
g. But while it is admitted that tho
negro is man, distinguished, as we
have said, from all the brute creation, 1t
is nc less true that lo has always cxhib.
ited marked infcriority to the white
races OF mankind and that his advances
in civilization beyond its very first sta
ges have been Induced generally, in
deed compelled the influence and
authority Of the white man.
The author. already quoted, in discus.
sing this ,noral and intellectual interiors;
ty, says :
in all points which have Just been
considered tho white races present a
complete contrast to tho dark colorcd
inhabitants OF the globe. Willie the
latter cover more than one half of the
earth's surface, plunged into state of
barbar'sm in wlicl, tho higher attributes
of human nature seldom make their ap-
pcarancc, strangers to af the convcnien.
ccs and pleasures OF advanced social life,
and decmins themselves happy in cs-
Gaping the immediate perils OF famine ;
tho former, at least IN this quarter Of the
world (Europe), either never have been
in 30 low condition, or, by means OF
their advnnccmcnts, have so quickly
raised themselves from it, that We have
no record of their existence as mere
hunting or fishing tribes. Tn the oldest
documents and traditions, which deserve
any confidence, these nobler people are
seen at least in the PASTORAL state and
III the exercise OF agriculture the prac.
tlcc OF which is so ancient, that the re,
motcst aud the darkest accounts have
not preserved the name of the discover.
cr or the date Of lis introduction. No
European people, therefore, has been in
a condition comparable to that Of tho
present dark colorcd races. within the
reach OF any history or tradition.
v u
III do not mean to assert that all
individuals and all tribes Of dark colored
men are inferior in moral and intcllec.
tnal endowmcnts to NIL those Of the
white division. The same gradalions
and notifications Of structure and pro.
pcrlics exist here rs in other parts. -
Certainty wo can produce examples
enough in Europe Of beings not superior
to Hottenlots and New Hollandcrs and
individuals Ct considerable talents and
knowledge arc met with il, savage
tribes. There may not be much differ
cnce between the lowest European COM
muni,y and the highest in some dark
variety of man. lI&les of indivd.
nails aud of small numbers will therefor,
prove li,tlo in this matter.
II am aware also that all the white
races have not made those signal ad~
vanccs in knowledge and civilization OF
which l have spoken rs indicating their
superior cndowmcnts. Their organiza-
ton makes them capable orsuch distinc.
lions, II circumstances arc favorable, or
rather mo obstacles exist. In. tho
dark races, on the contrary, inferior or.
ganizalion renders it VAN to present
opportunities or to remove difficult
tics.'
We believe that the foregoing
views present The truth, in regard to the
status of the negro in tho scale of hu.
manity ;'his capacities. and his defects.
We find them to correspond with all
hat we havo observed and all that we
know OF the race so latcly set free in
these States. We think that they fully
sustain and Justify us in our opposition
to the measures which would invest him
with political power, or enlruat him
with the duties Of govcrnmcut--at at least,
until there shall be suct proof of his
fitness tor such employment. as the wcrld,
has not yet seen.
But wo think that the southern pco.
pie and tho southern press owe it to
themselves and to the world-to their
sclf-rcspcct and their reputation for in.
telllgence aud humanity--to repudiatc
and disown such weak and false prcten.
cos as those which have been put forth
by "Aricl." Such allies impair, instead
OF adding to, our strength.
SLectures on Physiology, &C., by W. Low
rcncc, +, II. s., delsvorcd at the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons, London