Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-26

smpsoysd there. This
means, Of ecsrss. The pitsinR OF raes
leaina ssss, IN sxpesimsat which. hsv-
uvss desisabls n may Be 70 put into
practice, u fssaaht With issoss Of msss
than sppeas on The sasfaes.
A. - nan and . brother" the son Of
Afssea hes mseh noes 10 rseoOmsod
hin 70 the siIsctioss Of The white rscs
han be Of Asia, bet II the former b
10 Be invited 70 settle himself on the
Pseias slops, having regard 70 the A.
legged feoandtsy Of tho black sses In the
soush, il y veil 10 concides shat are
the characteristics Of the negro strain
In general and how ito members are
sdapsed for fusipR sith Q western civil
ixstion In particular.
There In no good In blinking the
truth that the descendants Of Ham To .
future eeuesaiion promise to minRle in
the ssrueRIs for existence in . pumeRical
proportion hitherto unknown. Statisei
clans and mage zine vritess have re-
peatedly voiuteA oas the large total
which the colored folk threaten v swell
to In . few years IL permitted 10 multi
ply q their present rate Of progression.
Az yet the ebon tide hiss confined itself
within comparatively naFros bounda-
riee, and has shown no disposition 10
expend its foods on tRaots Of country
far removed from the cotton helds ard
of the soathefn states. How
long. however. IL may keep to its present
bounds, it IL impossible to say, and for
those Who arc neither feasfol nor apprs-
bat only ordinarily thoughtful,
the Recsrd- Uaios's report Of this mass
meeting 10 pregnant With meaning.
What are the poteutialities Of tie
black race a. Q whole, and how, judging
from the past, do members Of Il exhibit
for minaline With the white
race to the latter's advantage? To un-
derstaud the capabilities Of race right.
ID 10 necessary to view il, not only under
exotic conditions. BY which Of course ID
meant the transplantation Of chshoots
Of the stock to new country. bat more
particularly under conditions which
from long and persistent inseraction
have largely combined TO shape lite
character. Oonsidered ~ social fac
tor, opinions about Unole Toms fitness
are By no means agreed. Some assert
that hs is mildly inoorrieible. and that.
while pie stie and doeii. under humsnix-
ing Influences, be ID still q rake at heart,
whom u 10 impossible to sean from the
innate perversity Of his ways. Tnvel-
ere. and philosophic ones too, are at NO
pains to conceal their contempt for him,
while enthusiasts like wilberforce do
STARE the shortcomings Of the negro TO
be due to unfavorabls elimstsl in
fiuenses and not 70 any organic infeFi-
GRITTY In she race as whole. The form
or point With pride 10 such examples -
Bishop Osovther and Mr.. Blyden. In
RECITATION of the theory that the negro
cannot be civilized.
While, however. the friends Of ebony
would be sorry to think that in this
case erespsio prob1f reguiam, there IL no
deny ing that the blacks, collectively,
are wanting in those higher character
ississ which are the Distinguishing
marks Of the Aryan family. Deeply
tinctnred az hs is With the social viz
sues, q fsitfnl husband and . loving
father, the negro has bot an imperfect
conception Of the tremendous respons'-
bi,ities OF life. The latter, for him. IL
q holiday. at which. IL cakes and ale
prepopderate, veil; IL not. objective
deficie cies shalt be atoued for By sab
isesiye lisht-heartedness. His virtuss
are a. much impsdiments In his up-
ward progress as his vices, to both OF
which be exhibits q csnsiancy which
neither transplsuts,ion or e1perimsnt
can shake. Buried for centuries IN the
mos. "mNsive" cf tie four continents.
tie negro. to borrow . phrase from tbs
London Spectator, has been "lost to ho'
mapisy." srd much OF bis behavior
under present cordilious msy be trace
% tie irhaeuees shich have sctsd
banef-liy on HE stock in the pas,
Making the ampless allowance, bow
ever, for unfsyorahle erviroruent, thi'
csa.e alone 10 not Sufficient 20 account
for his extraordinary unyrosressiveness
His seclasion has not besn more CON,
pssse than ths, Of masy racss which
eoald be naEed, including the Tsr,srs ol
Samucaua and tie PsfnviAns, Who
rising Superior TO obstacles opposed b
physi,si conditions. have lest ins5seea'
bic inp.ints on The sands OF history.
why says tia authority qactst
aecvs, has tie negro. vso IL brave 81
nan may be. alone Of mankind nevel
emerged from bis jznsles and saoeaed
nsis hborirs racess Why has lie nsvsl
Invented a ereed Of tie slightest spirit
aAi of moral merit, never 10 fast riser
above ftiisnisns Above all, way has b.
remained in A.rics for three tooassnt
years. q, least. withoas forming empires
OF hoii1inS cities OF empioyirs = ccm
uaon medium Of nserconmnnicatioaF =
These are hard qss siiScs fsr even Col
en.s to answer. AID While pSiianshropiI
yeople eoali visit that they we're caps
be of a soi3tiou more 10 she credit o.
TIE Negro family. II 10 very mach 10 b,
feared thai tie esseess Of this branch o.
ID. eemaa rise are inbarn. shich Il,
ir naecees q civilization usy sometimes
oesears bat ear never really modify o.
soften. Two esnss, and too esases only
agpeAr 10 have eject in inprovtre 10
ooe Of vkice to cress breeding snd ths
sshss tie absorption ss ss1psrios sai'
or erexd. A 70 cfoes hroe<atro. vhAtxvu1