Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-03-10

nsa With black skis, " and 'itss fruisfa
Consequences. uesdaeity, decspsi0, frau
and deissios On the part oil undrsd If shoa
sands wso are -.svsaished from tbeyssn D
men and iss calanisoss usnssqucncs.
upon the Iising. iwiihose feslis q, vishua
cempassien, without philan.hsopyb j,
10 said that truth and error stand % pre-
kemisensly opposed % sch Loshcf. rshai
nethin 9 more thaa tlie1 juxtsposition |.
requisite to indieate their i,.maAabls hos.
tiiity. Yet there is no 6aes in history
that 80 eonstrucsiveiy proves that trutl
may DO so diluted. so mixed ap With false
hood by designing. ambitious Iindividn-
ale sad unpriacipled and corrupt poiiii-
cians. so presented under the twilie ht il
fusion of fa,sehood a. TO cnslave thous-
auds and tens Of thousands Who never
thiak or reason for themselves, examine
or analize what ever is presented for their
acceptance or adoption But, Mr. Edi-
tor, have strayed inconsdera.sly from
my intention when took up my pen to
essay to remove the &c mysterious -
antagonism between the white and
the black man. do not propose to dis.
cuss your views 30 far as expressed. as
our difference is only apparent, differ
snee without distinction, but to support
them and carry them on: to their Undue
two or logical conclusions BY fae,s and
deductions. 4 To assume that there il only
a physical difference of color between the
two races. will, not stand the .Sfouch
, stone" Of historical aud snalyticL exam
nation. Your religious friend referred
to in your editorial will pardon me when
| assure him bis perceptive organs must
be at fault il he has studied the negro
historically, his instincts and habitudes
not to have perceived that there is a psy-
Geological aud moral impossibility to subiu-
gate bin to the Law Of Christ. apart nom
the hiatic distinction aud difference be-
tween the negro and the Cancasian and
Mnngolian races Of men, which anatsuni-
caiiy, rhysiolog ically and chemically dem.
onstrate u scientific difference AMI die
tnetlon as great a. exist between the
horse and the ass. evcn where we fad
h.m in q scmi-civiiissd state, but more
apparent in his native wilds. Sup ,rficial
and unpbilosophieal must be the psrecp-
tive and reasoning faculties Of the man
who has not discovered that the negro
has but one natural faculty in comm IN
with the white man. the faculty Of ia.ita-
ton. That faculty, though common to
other animals. he possesses to high de-
gree. With the exception Of this .facul-
~, Ill his instiuCrs- aud habf.ucts are
purely animal aud sensual. He has no
distinctive originality Of thought, no in-
ventive, no intuitive or moral facu!tics.-
In what then does he differ FROM the
brute creation in his normal state?
can perceive none. This conceded and
recognised instructive (imitatiou) faculty
gives him high rank in tho scale Of ami
mails. Therefore in his normal or semi
civilised. moro properly speaking. in his
domestic state, he can only hold rank
(his habits and instincts being purely an
imaD with his kind or class. Has he ad-
vancei or progressed in the least during
the last four thousand years? History
says not. He is the Identical uuchan gcd
negro in Africa now that he was fur
m'u'aHd years ago. Beyond that period
We have no account Of the negro, | be-
lieve, yet all the races of the Alamic
stock have greatly advanced and progress
scd in the acquisition Of knowled sc.-
There is no reference to the negro In the
Mosaic account of the creation. Then
from whom is ho descended? Not from
Cam. Genesis says not aud history veri-
ties the assumption. Blu. nevertheless i.
has been asserted that he is the dcscen-
dans Of Cain. though ignored by Genesis.
land Cain knew his wife and she brought
forth Enoch, and he built q ety.
Where is the historical proof Of the as.
sumption that the negro, not the dsscen-
dants Of Cain. ever builta city, unless W,
call. huts not over ''six feet high, bull,
With tho bones Of their slaughtered enc
mics, brush aud mud, ei!ies." since ,he
antediluvian age? Therefore the negro
could not have been the descendant oil
Cain prcsamp;ivsly, or in fact, for Moses
in Gsnesis assures " all the psstsrity Of
Gain we're destroyed by the food. with nil
the Adan,ic family except Noah and his
family. But others assume that he il
the dsscsadaus Of Chsn. alias Ham. Then
who are the Mopgoliaas Chinese. ia
pauese, 81. )descended from? Both sacred
and profaue history assarcs US they are
the descendants Of Cham and Ham
Again. the book Of Genesis makes nc
mention Of the negro. not even limiting o,
any ether race OF men preserved In the
/ Ark other than Noah and his family =
Therefore he caunot Dc Of the Noean fami
F, ly. Ii the uegeo existed at, that time and
was in the Ark during the food, he m US.
have found adnittanee there anon. the
beasts that Col Commanded Noah 10 take
in for the future propagation Of their .pc.
cies. IT he vas not in the Ark as b asst.
then be was second creation, the mos,
rational belief. If :hese facts With other.
xhich l shall state eau be coutroye,,ed.
viii '.your religious friend, I" wh.m | hav,
no dcub, is learned in Biblical kno sledy,
A. wen as historical lore. please do 90 -
We ask fos light. VIII he not give it t,
Ia what respects do the Caucasian auJ
the Mcngolian offer except in color. or,
auge. the curse in par, Of bis father Noah.
Physically. anatomically, ,hysio. sg isall,
and chemically they are Homogeneous
bu, as widely different from the ne
gro as Che horse irera the ass. I, is .,
inIis7u.ablc aud scieuti6s fact ,ha, eve
~ 'hing " objec. in nature. of evrr,