Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-02
CASTE.
Hon. Charles sumner, a. In,t,,ute uo,

Hou. CHARLES Sumner, at Institute Hail
Inc third lecture Of the Grand Army course
was delivered In Institute HalI, Monday evening
~ hos; Chas. Sumner, to as large and intelgen,
Wil nuience as ever greeted speaker from
wilmington platform. Mr.. Sumner, 10 opening.
SAID That as often as he had passed through WI,
mnington, In his journeys between Boston md
uasninBton, ne had never before stopped here.
OF nad the honor of addressing q Wilmington
ahuucncc, nc then took up his subject, Caste.
showing me origin Of the word, how 1t had first
been applied by the Portuguese to the rigorous di.
VISION Oh the people of India into four OF ders of
men, and had been Incorporated from their inn
guage INTO every other civilized tongue as cx-
pLessVe o. class distinctions, especially those
when come or continue by inheritance from
iather 70 son. Mr. Sumner described tho castles
ehlstlng u India and traced the same distinction
.n'ougn the Darbarlsm of the past and the feudal-
ism Oh tne middle ages, and then, coming to our
term. aay and nation, he depicted in glowing
and still exists here, shutting out The
=: and tho Chlnaman from testfyinp
IN the Courts and refusing them the rights which
,uppersain 10 men as men. He took up the cues
a.,n a.. alefior and superior races. which men
attemPt 70 base these class distinctions, and nrgt
20 ~ length the essential oneness of the race. aid
us common origin. He went to the Bible and
snere found testimony In Genesis that God Ind
o crSasea man, male and female. in bis own image
ana after bis own likeness, and bade them mnlfi.
ply and rcplenish the earth; under tbe new Ms
pensatlon he found st. Paul declaring in bis great
sermon 9, a. Athens that God had created of one
Dlood al the Nations of the earth If men refused
Tue testimony of the Bible and went into science
le would follow them there, and treating this mn
oienee as jury he would charge them as a Judge
olieiing them the arguments of both sides thnt |
tney might Judge for themselves Having pre-
sented These arguments he cited In behalf Of The
uea OIL the unity OF the race, the opinion of Ina
great philosopher and naturalist, Alexander Won
humboldt, and that of his equally great elder
ofother, william Won Humboldt the greatest |
pRlilologist Of the world. He quoted Shakespeare.
NeWton, La Place and others Of the great Ipbts
d literature and science, and allnded to the new
i ~ OF common origin presented in the
ieyeopments of modern philology.
RAISING away from the subject of common
origin, he alluded to tho common cbaracteristios
,apaolilties hopes and destiny of the race as eyi,
fences OF It's essential unity, be its origin what il
hay,and said that whether we bo descended from
!, common earthly father or not, we were The
,hlldren Of one Heavenly Father and SO arc
,rolhers, children Of one family-in higher
ense than can follow from any mere earthly
'esccnt The lecture, which was splendid piece
y oratory throughout,wa eagerly listened to- aud
interrupted by enthusiastic bursts OF
AT the close of the lecture Chaplain G. C. Me-
, y was introduced, and sang the BATTLE Hymn
! the Republic" the audience Joining In the
Glory, Glory Hallelujah," of the chorus.