Middletown transcript., 1869-08-07
Labor I'm Vain.

plants, weapons and other things, is said
to be spreading among the negroes in the
south. Obeism, or snake worship, is also
on the Increase. One of their latest festi-
walls, says a Southern paper, is dance
around kettles Of boiling snakes, lizards,
and toads. The dancers call themselves
the angles of God. These horrid heathcn
rites and ceremonies, practiced by their
ancestors in Africa, have been preserved
among them in this country, and appear
to be on the increase. The negroes here
in our midst, with but few exceptions, be-
lieye in conjuration, "spells," witchcraft
and ghosts. These are the people who are
to become participants with us in the duties
and responsibilities of self-government. as
soon as the 10Th amendment is ratified
This is an achievement which has long
been near and dear to the heart of Radi-
calism. This is part of the mission of
this /" heaven-inspired" party of 'moral
IDEAS" This is part of the 'progress"
Of the 18th century-the progress of rad
icalisn, the upheaving and overturning of
the olden prejudice of caste and class-the
levelling elownwards Of all men to one COM
mon agrarian level-the perfection and
quintcssence Of republican government,
the beginning of the latter-day glory, when
''the crooked shall be made straight and
the rough places plain" Heaven save the
mark! and vouchsafe to pity the crack
Drained utterers of such wretched cant.
But the Phillipses, the Beechers, the Til
tons, I'd genus onsie, are full of it, and
there is no telling where the wild day
dreams of the noble army of political "re-
formers" will lead us, or what new steps,
in their march of progress" will ultimate
ly be taken.
We are not impressed with the newfan-
gled notions of the capabilities of the Af-
rican. We would do the race no injus-
tice, but it is under ban from which no
human power can extricate it, and wheth-
er bond or free, it is Servant" still, and
must continue so to be! In his best es-
tate, and under the most favorable circum-
stances, the African is an inferior. This
is fact patent upon the pages of the
worlds history. Japheth has "enlarged
his borders" but Ham has not, nor is he
capable of so doing. In Liberia, colony
planted and sustained by white men for
more than forty years, he has made no
progress. He has added no territory, laid
out no new roads, made no impression, or
very trifing, upon the surrounding hea-
then, and can scarcely maintain himself in
as favorable condition as he was at first
placed by the Colonization Society. Rev.
Mr.. Seyes, the steadfast friend of the Af-
rican race, and for many years the agent
of the Colonization Society residing in Lii
IBERIA, we are credibly informed has given
it as his opinion that the colony will be
unable to sustain itself, unsupported and
unprotected by the white man. If this bt
true, in relation to the black man in Ii
IBERIA, there is no hope of any elevation OIL
amelioration Of the race elsewhere. Jam
aica and the Southern States of this Union
show what ruin may be wrought in mista
ken attempts to ameliorate the condition o
the race, but no evidence of amelioratiol
is presented, although it has cost tb
white man so much in blood and treasur
to make the experiment. No one, now
wishes torestore slavery in the South. TIL,
Southern people themselves would not d
it, if they could but these children @
Ham must ever remain servile race, pc
force of the judgement penalty and pre-
phetically denounced against them by tn
forerunner of the postdiluvian race. Br
the in6delity of Radicalism will not acceI
this view of the matter. 1t would brea
down every distinction, every barrier
which the Maker himself has put betwee
the races, and make them as one. Blu
haply, this cannot be, and time will dete
mine how futile has all the toll Of Rad
calism been towards this end. The Negro
free, and in competition with the white mai
perishes. Dependent upon the white ma
and controlled by him, he prospers. RAJ
icalisin cannot reverse the laws of his b
ing. or alter the decrees of fate. 1t ms
labor to secure that end, but its labor wi
all come to naught.
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