Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-03-05

iii the Book of books that there was a
period when "the whole world was of
one language and of one lip Gas the He
brew has it), and while they were engaged
in building lofty tower, as common
raljying point, for the purpose Of pre-
venting their own dispersion, this design
of theirs being opposed to the designIof
the Creator He came down, and, by m
eXertion upon the whole race ut once,
of that omnipotent power by which lie
first made man out of the dust of the
earth, divided them up u into tribes, and
nations, and races, and scattered them
abroad over the world giving to each
division different speech, and probably
at the same time, n speciicIphysical type;
for that great changes were wrought in
mans physical constitution about that
period is proven by the fact that previ-
ously men lived nine hundred years.
while ever since then the measure of their
days is three score years and ten. But
this is a depression, and this is not tie
time or place to follow up the idea. If
we were in g lyceum discussing ethnology
| woul1 enlarge upon and fortify it.
Here | merely throw out hints, to be
laughed at by fools, but to be pondered
by those who realize the mystery and Gas
Carlyle says) "the deep tragedy of
human life"
But, sir, no matter how the races origi-
mated, they do exist and are not alike.
| The negro is different from the white
man. In some things he excels the white
man. He has much music i'll his soul.
lie can outsing, Guidance, outlaugh, and
outfrolic the white man. He is more
docilc, more sef-satisfed, more initiative,
more aftectionate, more passionate, and
perhaps more naturally eloquent than
the white man. Hc is the worlds "mer-
ry-anGrew." Heis the worlds star actor
on the comic statse Suoh are the en-
tiomriIonts !. ,,s ao1,,n. af
them are noble qualities, and by no means
show that the negro may not fill useful
and important place in the worlds future
civilization. But when you come to the
grand tragic and heroic parts in the
drama of humanity, where will, force,
courage, forethousht, the sense of mas.
terdom, ard the instinct of dominion are
required to shine, the negro fails. Des-
pitc all that we have heard on the subject
the negro is no fighter. To prove that
he is, We arc pointed to thcrecords of the
recent war between the States. Yes; in.
iurated with whiskcy, he was brought to
the scratch n few times, only to be sac.
rificed without result.
Mr.. Walls rose.
Mr.. Robbins.--I do not wish to be in
terrupted.
Mr.. Walls.-Did you ever meet the
negro OH the battlefield?
Mr.. Robbins. Yes, sometimes; and
whipped him easily, too. 1t was nv
business for four years on the battlefield
to meet all comcrs without regard to
"r'tce color, or previous condition of
scrvitude."
+ The gentleman from Massachusetts,
MIR. Butlcrl has given us glowing ac-
count of how he sent in column pfthree
thousand to take redoubt at Newman.
ket Heights, protected, he says, by two
lines of strong abattis, and manned by
one thousand of Lce'sveterans RELYING
solely on the weight of his column and
the energy of the charge, he says lie un-
capped the muskets offhis men to prevent
their firing. And he says they took tho
redoubt with loss of five hundred and
forty-three killed, and that the thousand
rebels were SO frightcned--o course they
were not hurt, as his men had no caps on
their inuskcts-that they did not stop
running for four miles. Now, fur be It
from me to charge that gentleman with
intentional or conscious exacceration. j
have always thought it was cruel and un.
just in Prince Hal to accuse Falstaff of
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