, 1888-03-28

! ! Is lMpOSSlOle to penetrate either bY the
East or by the West without traversing a
belt OF unhealthy aud febrifc country.
All European travellers carry away with
them perniciOuS miaSmaS; their nerves
ser out OF order; their bile is deranged,
Ihey fall into a state of listlesSnesS. or
anxiety preyS ON them, and their iudg-
meht ON the natives is tinged by the
lncurable melancholy that they have in
LheIr hearts and i'll their eyes. 1t is
Livingstone himself who has said it. Mr..
Blyden further remarks that Africa com.
prl<rS an immense variety Of blacks, very
unequally endowed, different in humour
ami in habits; that it is not permissible to
speak of them en- bloc, to cOnfOund the
Felilta'I, who inhabit the region OF the
HIgh.Nlger with The Nubians of the regi-
OnN OF the Nile, OF the M~andingOeS; the
HnuSSas with the AShantieS the IDAHO
meyanS or the YOrrublS with the tribes
OF Lower Guinea and Angola.
Besides, the vices imputed to the blacks
are IN a great measure the work of Euro
peanS. Why have certain tribes contract.
ed The habits Of pilIage? Why do they
prefer to ali other trades that of the traffic
OF nen8 Because the negro Mussulmans of
KordOfau or of Darfur and the negro
Christian of Europe and America have
taught them that the merchanGiZ that sold
best was man, an that ebony always found
a purchaser. Why do certain tribes.
plunged for ever in tOrpOr, let their fields
lie fallOws Because to work one must pos
SeSS security and they are sure of nothing.
Doctor Barth found in Born0u ruins
OF fallen towns, and he aScertained that
that co tntry OF thick forests and impene-
trable jungle, abandoned to the monkey,
rim. ~ ArNR .4N a-l tlA-1 .-
covered with hundreds Of villages surround
Ell with cultivated fields. But alas! the
CaucasianS wanted slaves they encourag.
ed raids; thu TouaregS Invaded B0rnou
and made it l desert. The negroes, Raynal
has said, "are narrow minded because
slavery breaks all the springs ofthe heart
they are simply miscellaneous, they are not
wicked enough towards you" (whites).
Mr. Blyden reproacheS the enemies of his
race with their injustice, the haste and
temerity . their judgments and their
wilfll ignorance. But he still prefers the
most h trdened n%egrOphObe to certain no.
gr0phll-S such as he met in Great Britain
an thu United States, who combine AFRO.
ganCG with compassion, contempt with
pity, ami carry INTO their philanthropy the
kind OF sentiment which belongs to s0cie-
ties instituted for the protection of animals.
These phillnthropiStS declare to the negro.
with eyes moiS and Il smile unCtuous with
tenderness aud cltmeucy, that they consi-
der him II brother, but they exact that to
recognise tn" great honour they do him,
he should confess humbly the inferiOrity
OF his species, and should show them
whenever they meet his Difference and
sincere veneraiion. Before the war of Sc.
crSSiOn hal em%ancIpated the blacks of the
South, most OF the missionaries spoke to
them thus ''YOu have a soul like ours,
and one day you will taste the delights of
parddis wherr you will he treated ~ our
equals. To merit this happiness that is
promised 10 you, accept your chains, your
servitudc, your AFFECT condition. God
has made masters, and slaves to obey them
in all things. Your lot here below is la.
bOur, poverty, obedience which never
reasons. Your body does not belong to
you. Are unjust chastisements inflicted
on you? Consider them just if you wish to
please your saviour, and remember that
our colour is that Of all that is beautiful,
of all that is worthy of respect and
admiration, of all that is noble; that
yours is the sign of all that is low, de-
graded and deSpicable; that the Devil
is black, that God is white"
The Negro ended by believing it. Mr..
Blyden heard a black man who was admit.
ed to play his small role at a prayer meet.
inU at Nav. Work ask God GLtO sOrood oror