The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
IA New View Of the Difference
2 !, Between the African and oauca-
| sian .Racasr Ia. l.a aaaaa 80.

f. We extract the following from a com
llmupleatisn to the Anzeiger des Westens.
1t is evidently the result of close observa
ton. II h5Hdira y3ii5' aa9ii
immediately after the birth The difference
IbetWeen both races il very little, and ia
making abstraction Of color, and Of the for
nation Of The body, and id examining only
1.-The .utterances Of the spiritual life, the diff
lferences are almost reduced to nothing
Even ia the latter development OF child
hood, .esSentiM differences are scarcely re-
inarkable, as anybody knows who has oc-
lcasion TO observe the ability TO learn, the
Eviyacity Of apprehension. the force of menu
osy among children of-either Of the two
races. In their external appearance also
1.-THE differences are not very great. GER
tain elegance Of form, a certain .,sprisghtf-
Epess and sdeSterity, and comparatively
licIptser coler OF skin strikes US the more IN
beholding negro children, as we are gene
rally inclined either by prejudice or q natn-
frai antipathy to look anthem as to inferior
beings. But in regard to all these things,
1--we discover a most remarkable change at
the timeof puberty the traits ofthe tea
lures of the negro and the whole torn OF
THEIR bodies at once. lose the spiritual
| stamp, and become of a rough, senuousl
Eappearanca. whilst from that same period
1.-THE white mans faee acquires the fullness
of its mental value and grace, The intern
al life corresponds with the external ap-
Ipearance; among the negroes their intel
Electaal capacities not only become sta
(tionary, buttheyeyelf go backwards, whilst
among the whites the mind develops itself
and acquires its full strength only ait + the.
fage of puberty. 4''''' 800.
"A similar process has been observed by,
modern nataralists among the higher spe-.
cies of monkeys. !, The younger monkeys
are elegant, lively, Of great deXterity and
very easily tanned; but very soon all these
qualities are lost, Just if their whole vitali-
| ty had turned into the reprodpctionoftheir
muscles and Of their sexual life. ize.
+ It therefore seems that q certain, fund or
4 excess of vitality is inharent.in either race,
Z which in the Juvenile age ID exclusively
absorbed by the formation of the body and
Ibg the physical and mental growth bEecconl--
/ ing free only at the time Of puberty. From
/ epoch it turns exclusively towards the de-
Fveopment of the smuscles AID sexual re-
production withhenegroes, whilst with the
other race it fertilizes the blossom and the
| fruits of intellectual life, creating thereby
aria sciences. education and morality
! The faculty Of generalization belongs ex-
clusively to the white race; it is intimate
LIZ connected with the age of puberty
Children do not generalize, neither does
the African at any age. and yet it is just
this faculty which is the very condition Of
|all that which we call progress and eivilIza-
ton. ly8 z4s&}8 " s3aiT a4aa
/ We think the above extract is sufficient
fora fail understanding Of The views of the
writer. Is it not avery remarkable fact
4 that from whatever standpoint the negro
question is viewed, except from that OF
Radical partizanship, the ruling policy in
regard to the colored race is condemned
Whether the psychologist. or the ,psycholo-
gist, the historian or the ethnologist, ex.
amine3the matter, everybody except iRadi-
calls or dogmatical fanatics arrive at the
conclusion that equality Of the two races
IS impossible, and is rejected alike by, sci
ence and morality Its very hard indeed
that the, American people must pass
through the ordeal fssuch a'palbable mis-
take as negro equality ;abut we deserve .
punishment, perhaps, for ioursggreat re aa'l
ness to lend our minds to. the most shallow
schemes, when they start from New Eng
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