Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-11-04
g2a sds From The Norfolk Journal. fg
here Are the Descendants Of the
Negro Slaves of Antiquity. &.

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WhenFRo Rome !conquered.o the q.city Of
arthage and itsadependent. territory,
ere were many negroes capturedswho
ere fslavess to the whites Of Africa
,isiesewere carried to Rome and sold
there alaAftersit that period there were
/ always numbers Of black slaves in the
atSand its immediate neighborhood as
Elong assthe Empire lasted. e ~ se
There are no data by which. we can
judgeSof the number of thousands of
these negroes in Rome; but from the
Incidental. mention made of them in
She Latin authors, they must have been
quite, numerous In the centuries from
their first importation to the end of the
Empire, there must have been at least
EAmilion brought into Italy-though
Etlns>is most probably but a very moder-
late estimate. These must have mixed
in.gathit the white race tosuch anextent
MISUNDERSTANDING there must have
beensmanyemulattoes. g. -
ES What has become of this negro blood?
fghere are certainly lyno traces of it now
tosbe found in italy, whose inhabitants
are as entirely free from the slightest
taint' of iitsas are those of Sweden The
theory that ii; might have been so di-
ldted With white blood as to be at this
time untraceable, is simply absurd for
every one who has studied the subject
of races, Or observed, the effect of mix
tnre, knows that the original type, If it
exists at all, will crop out from time to
time in most unmistakable manner
Edewn to The thousandth generation.
/ In Egypt there were also immense
numbers .ofzslaves imported from the
Enegro tribes on its borders from the
days of the carly monuments down to
tie, present lime But though there
tezistsa few am,lattoes s~descendedsfrom
1.-THE importations. of the last two hun:
Edrsd. years, yet among the bulk Of the
Inhabitants of Egypt there are no traces
iiyysnttever of negro bfood::' Indeed con:
|lsid4nng the large number ofsnegro
|sslaYes in Egypt 'at-all times this-free-
dom from aamixture IN that country is,
|IeEen much more remarkable than in the,
case of Italy, s4as aJ,s' sso;s.. -v,.s
There is one way. of accounting for
these facts, and but on and that is,,
that so different; are the Caucasian.and.
African-raees,, that they cannot-be per
naanenty mingled together, The mix
ttalre produces being which,, if enot.a'
aurtial hybrid, iseataleast 'soysubject to,
disease that t. can be prop gated to but,
w generations, when it, dies. outz We
sse this tendency intbis country already
most fforcibl shown sin. the small num-,
of lie descend ff95mulat attoes.s
Sow and sehen1 sec as uatfr01Il III m
Virginia, very seldom an octoroon, and
beyond that degree the blood cannot be
said to exist at ALL ~
tits this tendency of the n.ongfel to
die out that has destroyed, all traces Of
negro blood among the Indians and,
Egyptians. Those of them who were
sprung. fromg negroes died out many
centuries ago, leaving the original stock
as perfectly pure as if there had never
been an African. imported into either
Rome orzthe Kingdom of theePharaons.
And thus will it be,be in the South:
Not only will the pure negro race van.
ish, from the. earth in the course of a 1
very few generations, from. CAUSES which
must-lnake severy Interference disap-'
pear, but not even the, slightest admix-s
ture. of blood will be left among. us
the same efectswill result in heSouth
asin.Italy and Egypt; andH;there will
not beleft'a trace; save in history, Of
the Africarrrace having exer evisted IN
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SECRETARY asswARD's PosrT1oN.-A'
THs y. Y: Sun, referring to Mr.. Sew
ards recent visit to that city, and the
warm. greeting he metwithefrom men of
alIpartiesgremarlss :e1.s.. 's.7es 80 --
politics the position Of. Nj. Seward
is simple and characteristic. Toward
General Grant lie scherishes the conf
dence and respect due to his eminent
abilities. character an and l.. services. He1
regards him IS firm, prudent and pa
triotic man. who will administer. gov
elnment with no purpose except the
good, OF tue country The Radical par
ty.shoTeVer' and Its policy 40 not re-
celFe M. Seward s aPProoanon OF as
sent lie favored a different mode OF
rec;onstruc'tlng the Southern States q ne.
believed that'a simple adherence Y. .t9e
constitution, with the least possible
amount OF special leglslatlon, was al
that was necessary to, br1ng g their peo-
PIE oaek INTO the ,,U1lon, and 70 estap-
nc, CO. thnrOi1 nh lyy