The Washington bee., 1896-09-05
OUR WOMEN.
Mrs. E. V. c. Williams, Editor.

me through your valuable column
to add few thoughts to what has
already been said relative to the no.
menclature Of a certain class of
American citizens.
Distributed over this entire globe.
and, constituting the population of
the five great continents mainly,
are many peoples of various tongues,
manners and customs, each CLASH
fed by distinguishing names be-
cause Of these marked differences.
In considering the human family,
but three great classes or races may
be named viz: the Caucasian, the
Mongolian and the Ethiopian.
The number corresponding with
that of Noah's sons, who peopled
the earth after the deluge. The
descendants of Japheth being the
Mongolians ; of Ham, the Ethio-
plans, and of Shem, the Caucas-
ians.
In peopling the globe, it was
Shem to give it to the mighty
Caucasian race, the abode of which
was Europe. Japheth planted the
Mongolian in Asia, and Ham, the
Ethiopian in Africa.
In the natural order Of events
and consequent movements toward
civilization, these three great fami-
lies were scattered, thus becoming
identified with other than their
own localities. By this course of
events the population of Europe
embraced the Mongolians and
Caucasians, Asia the same two
branches, and Africa the Ethiopian
and Caucasian.
Growing out Of these great races
are many nations 1. To the Cau-
casian may be assigned (a) the Gel
tic race, including the Scotch, Irish,
Welch, etc. (b) the Teutonic race
including the German, Dutch, En-
glish, Dane, etc. (c) the Slavon-
ian, belonging to which, are the
Russian, Poles, etc. ; (d) the
Greek (e) the Latin within which
are the Italian, French. Spaniard,
etc.
2. The Mongolian race like the
Caucasian has many subdivisions
prominently the Turk, Lappo Finn,
Japanese, Chinese, etc.
3. The Ethiopian race, the de-
scendants of Ham, comprises among
other types, the Negro, Egyptian.
Berber, Rabyle, Bantus, Hottentot
and Bushman, etc.
Now, America, the New World,
was peopled by these many nations
from the Old. These immigrants
do not lose their identity upon
reaching this their adopted home,
but are distinguished by the same
nomenclature as they were at home.
A German immigrant is no less
a German upon reaching this o,
any other country. Since he has
adopted America as his home, by
the naturalization law he is an
American citizen, and is clearly,
therefore, a German-American.
His children, born on American
soil, are Americans pure and simple,
otherwise the constitution of the
United States is wrongly con-
structed. Now, what is true in the
Germans case is equally true in
that Of a Frenchmsn, a Hottentot
or Negro, under the same clrcum-
stances.
l have showed that all the inhab-
itants Of Africa are not Negroes,
any more than all Europeans are
Italians or Asiatics, Chinese. This
being fact, why should every i'm
migrant of Africa be classed as a
Negro? Negroes are but one of
the many types found there.
In the slave traffic is it reasonable
to presume that only the one type
captured =? ! think little research
will show that Ethiopians irrespect-
i've of types were secured to further
this pernicious trade, and so if a
Negro was brought here and en-
slaved, he was a Negro-American ;
if Bantus, a Bsntus-American ;
while the children and descendants
Of these captives were and are
Americans for the same reason that
all other natives are Americans,
unless some other rule must be ap-
piled to them.
Why there is a constant inclina-
ton on the part of malcontents to
lose their identity and be anything
but what they are is pitiable state
of affairs.
And pray since we are Americans
pure and simple, because born upon
American soil and know no other
people or language than that about
us, why must we be reaching out for
some handle by which we may be
known? Do we require more to
distinguish US than other Ameri-
cans? Are we met with such terms
as Asiatic-American, European
American to distinguish the other
two great branches !? If not, why
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