Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-10
CARLYLE on THE NEGRO:
HE Pound SOME. GOOD POINTS IN
TILE I,nnR RrAct- MAN -

HI FUND SpNE, GOOD FONTS IN
THE PooR BLACK Man.
lJLif wer,i or two ms yn HEs be
Thrown In as TO CarIyle's relation to
| the t::nigger question: writes Pro-
lessor TyhdalI IN the forfD i9sst,ty ffe:
uiecr. lie undoubtedly rated the
Whine man above the black. The
eapacity Of rising to q higher
blessedness and OF suffering deeper
woe he deemed the prerogative and
Id0smr Of Che while. = Hence bis
sympsthy Wits the yelIoE- col0ieti
weayers Of Lancashire as against
l'lblssek iQuashee over the seess'
|, Even among ourselves he insisted
6r In elit u Q iff.reiices.1 fM-Ise hcnl-
tsFe could make thei oablaaae q good
cabbage and tlfe. oak a goo OAK, but
culture cOeid not transform the one
into the ether. Il is interesting TO
observe how LOcke's image OF n
sheet of wh,te paper; on VYhieiTl
-educatipn could wfile everything AZ
Will. laid hold hef even Powerful
minds ) 10 5HiI -uEr1
1 had many discussions with the
late Mr.. Babbage upon this subject.
His BELLE 10 The ali -pOtepSy ofTtliv-
cation as applied TO. the indiSHiHal
| could not share. Brains differ,
like VOICES, ant the voice organ Of a
graz singer must be the git Of na-l
1IFe, soithe brain organ Of a great
man must also be q natural gilt.
NOBODY who knew Carlyle could
lream for n moment that he meant
% be Unfair, much less cruel toward
the blaekr, "Do- ! thnn hale the
negro No, except when the soul is
killed oatlof5 hifnsI decidedly like
poor Quashee. A swift, supple fell
low; a nHerry-hearted, afiectionate
kind Cf creature, with n good deal
Of melody aud amenability in his
conlpositiDn.,' 1t was not the ghilt
Of ga skin not cOlored like his own
but the deH,ulzlisinH itnsness of the.
negro among his puiitkins that drew
down the condemnation n Carlyle.
His feelings toward the idle; pam
pered Write man were more cen
teaiptuous and > uDspariRg than, 70,
ward THE black. .iAJ poor Rcgro,
Overworked on the CEha Elgaf
grounds, he Il sad to look upon; yet
he iusPires. me with sacred pity, and
aikind OF human respect is not de-
MED him. Butwitil what feelings
can Hook upon an over-fed white
fiunky, If know his ways7 Pity is
not for him, or mol a spn, kIad OF u;
nor is anyremcdyv fsi blS except stc-
lition at no distant daieSs sAIsSsr-
tori he whites. ssrRo men 7 h6nnr,
aud ss-thiEd- First, the tOil-wnrn
STATESMAN tbRy With earth-made i'm
plement, laboriOusly c0nquers earth
and makes her mans. A second
man honor, anu Still more highly:
Him who is seen tOiling for the
spinitusBy-io Indispensable; not daily
bread, but ths btad oq life - -
I Still, Il r,,rs e 4iiaItted thatEaf-i
Tyie estimated the Whites as OF
greater value than the blacks, and
he deprecated The INVERSION toward
the African Of power which might
find a more profitable field Of action
at tio.6e. Perifape hez~teoFisii-
ly, and resented too swrhl the
mistakes ssIpe.iiiies tndiie by hnsil-
thfoblsts vhesebs brett iiiercits are
couveftei into s-uc'tiea we zee at
tbs pfcsta nrohent n philanthropy,
which would be better named an in
sanity, acting in violent opposition
to the wise and true philauthropists,
who are aiming at the extinction OF
rabies among dogs ami Of IL horrible
equivalent. lydrophobia, among
men. Beas0n j. lost on such people,
and instead Of reason Carlyle gave
Them scors.