Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-26
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ssS ss SS5 The Negro.
fsfon a Volume gocohtlypublishod bysSam.
Mol bito Baker, entitled, Great Basin of
tha Niloss Sohroes,a waSsinake the following
s 81 Stact. ME- EIhkor is an Englishman, and
sys h9x g oyad such 4sbaaaans opportunity
~ ShIs yels lin Africa Of forming an
plnion, bissim partial estimate deserves to be
s ssss gLed
4 blacA manisSa q curious anomaly, tho
! ss good aad bad points Of human nature burst.
( ing forth without any arrangement, like tho
q n9wors and thorhs Of his own Wilderness. A
SSH creature of impulse, seldom actuatcd by re.
,s aectlon,f bl,ok lnian astounds by his com
photo Sobtusoncss, and as suddenly confounds
II sou by an uneSpoctodt exhibition Of sympa-
4. Siy. From louS experience with African
sseyages, Isthink it is as. absurd to condemn
Qegro i,s totoyas il is prcpostcrous to com
4 pare his Intellectual capacity with that Of tho
u white man. It is unlortunately tho fashion
forono party to uphold Itho negro as a supo
ioh g. tho other denies him tho
common powers Of reason. So great diff.
ference Of opinion has eyor existed upon tho
~ intsihsic value Of the negro, chat tho very
Il X sssSSity Of tho question is proof that
W. dthee Aistinot variety So
:,s,sa gnsidcrod that tho ne
snd tho white man dro to be governed by
same laws md guided by the samo man
sganent, SO long wll the former + on,aii
IA ID the sido ofeYery community to whicI,
9$ ,iahappilyi belong. Whom the horse
u md The ass shall be found to match in doub-
I 3ieharness, tho white man and tho African
blackwill pull together under the same regime.
at IS the grand error Of cqualiziug that which
Bs lis UNEQUAL, that has lowered the negro char
\: actot, and made the black man rcproach.
In tho great system Of creation that div-
s!ded races aud sGbsdivided thom according to
mysterious laws, tho varieties of the human
VI sace5exhibit certain characters and qualifica
tions which adapt thcm for spooiGo localitios
/ The enataral charactor of those races will not
alter with a; change Of locality, but the in
- W sssvs will be aerelopaa in any
/, .ntryawhere they may be located. Thus
as fEnglish are as English in Australia, In
S and, America as they are in England, and
q iety IlocSlityt they exhibit tho industry
horgy Of their native land even 50 the
,,snswillf romain negro in all his native
rs, although transplantcd to other soils;
"a pso natural instincts being love of
Nd IS and savagcdom, he will assurodly
|Y ss: Ia. .aaidlc and savage state, unless
ISL p'sus ;ra.;ons a and forced to Industry.
lSA unard What ! d GRsgro has proved the
R@ spa.u' ~ - assa 4s. ,S. In no instance
ssh.ne te9 the PREY 'isss|S1,@', hor.e
I|s 'saass s Sstss'19n @ ESns vila ;Sas siss he bu
& hl3esgd 1Knimal is moro useful. Unfor
tssnste, ,khiA 4 II contrary to public opinion in
s. IS S3 5Afsf diqtation upon matters and mon in
III s tsl,ss ~ had no experience The Eng
iAysrfr~7S upoR 5hcir own Weights and meas
els Sire scales for human excellence aud
= SshSkscn dccrcod by the multitude, mex
"a Ngtea in tho negro personally, that he
SbRn1a badly treated brother; that he is
S Hhy member of the human family, placed
# gsHg iIfcrior position through the prejudice
83 Il 4 ignorance of che white man, with whom
& IA 1S|sksnld be upon equality
Ieaaspeasa l4a been and stills, thorough
2gss& 8m's,snderstood. However severely we may
YEA Sn3omn the horrible system of slavery, the
ssalt YNof emancipation have proved that tho
docs not appreciate the blessings of
odsq, nosdoes he show tho slightest feel
5s} ing of sgtatitudei to tho hand that broke the
siiycts Of his ifetteIs, His narrow mind can
not embrace s .hsi; feeling III puro phiianthro.
ny that first prompted England to declare
safsalE. .asainst slavery, and lie only regards
Z IS ss sle anti-slaVety movement as proof of his
J, 95wp importanco Ip his limited horizon, he
himself Tho important object, and as So
S5ace' to lis self.oonceit, ho imagines the
ss,s world 81 is at issue concerning the black
o.nogro, therefore, being the impor
O t,srseH; ard lie conducts himself accor-
4Bss isa too great man to work..
gss ,aQint his lnaturah character exhib-
81. Y mIhoaly, accordingly,
sSss rsslsts ahy attempt at coercion being
his titst impulsee is to claim an equality
IS kht those whom he lately served, and to
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