The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29

alive a. the fitting penalty for strongly
suspected rape But. while sympathy
Is still imperfect. even among white men.
IL has yet to he born In Asia. Neither
l. IL to be denied that among Asiatics
cruelty. and especially cruelty In put
ting tn death. eXc.tes a certain kim of
admiration. a. an u~nmi.takable exhi-
bition Of energy. This kind OF adj
miration -eefns 20 he an element In the
Sikh feeling for fuinjeet Singh, and the
Afghan feeling for Abdurrahman Khan
After making thare admissions. however,
our author insists that something still re-
mains. II II this The Asiatic substitute
for law is tho will ~ the ruler. a will which
he. believing that power comes from God.
reverenc.s even In his thoughts. We ara
APT TO think that he only submits to q
tyranny which ho cannot help; but. as a
matter Of fact. when he can help IL he does
not do IL. There have been more revolutions
in Asia than In Europe. but there has never
been a case Ia which the brown man or tho
yellow man has deprived his nsw ruler %
tho power OF INJECTING death by mere per
sonal fiat The brown man or the yellow
man regards his rulers will sA law In its
true sense and IA no more offended when
his ruler orders executions than Frenchmcn
used to be- offended when traitors wers
broken on the wheel or Spaniards were of
fended when relaps'ri herstCs we're burnei
or Engllshinen wer. offended when criminals
were hanged for larceny or breaches Of the
revenue laws, The law. ~ the Asaiio
understands II. has sentenced those whom
the sovereign dooms. and the A-iatic 10
satisfied, even though the Law in its severity
or capnciousne~s should threaten himself.
81 may the lightning or the smallpox. all
such visit atoms are the manifestation %
a will that csnnot err. resistance To which
is futils and Ia some caHcs impious.
Why the brown mar and the yellow man
thus enalts the rulers will IL. our author
confesees, a mystery. IL IL not altogether
because he IL Aslatic. for tho Russian, Who
IL purely white. used 10 regard Ivan The
Terrible az a monarch OF ngula force 81
character. Nor In IL from any deficiency ~
Intelligence. The Asiatic Restraints hIs
sovereign completely upon such points az
religion and general taxation. and he noe
only c~omprehends "A regime Of written law,
hut readily takes advantage Of II. lie
never likee such a regime, however, and
whenever he accepts a kim he wishes the
Hugs authority 20 he unreetrained. The
ruler may be changsi, but he Ia never
CHAINED. though he could be chained easily
and forced To respect his subjects'
lives as well a. their religious ceremonials-
W ~" ." Nh- ~ 80
great Asiatic thinker say a times
That a regime OF law ~ a regime 81 injustice,
tpCaus.. fret, no law can meet individual
casee, and because, s~econdly. no law can
he 80 Constructed A. To reward the good.
which Ia half the work 10 be accomplished.
our author points out that the religious
law |, open 70 precisely the Same objections;
vet the Oriental r~everenc.s that and re-
iuoes IL 10 writing, and In most countries
invents a -ca-e book FOR it, application
and explanation Mr.. Townsend surpeC;s
that the Asiltic Il much more influenced
In his strange practice OF toieruting, and
even admirns, cruelty on his rulers part
bv a with 20 make the State a. like the unit
worse as he can the universe which Ia con-
ROLES nv eome irresponsible, self depend
ing daily. or spirit, on fate, whose will, az
--en Ia acton. II In often IMPOSSIBLE 10
g explain. TIE holt STRIKES the tiger or tina
lamb: and. as Is The holt, 40 u the will ~
tho ruler who |. strong enough 20 keep his
throne We all scknow ledge In theory
that tho fAnt that the lamb ia dead IA no
ar g,rment against the system 81 the uni
vprse, but only a proof that We do not UNDER
stand the system With the Astatic his
IL a practical guide In life. and he no
mor- considers he rulers cruelty immoral,
unless, indeed. ~ be specially directed
or . food.
VII.
OF r~arttpdar fneerest % American read.
m. In the too short e~av on The Future
Of the Negro The author concuv with
thoas American observers who maintain
the negro, II carefully Observed. 10
found TO Ia exsctly like everybody else,
wi.h the same pa~~iors. the same asptra-
i1ns and the anne powers. with ono re-
exemption He cannot rise. they
.av. ia tho scale of fertilization beyond n
point. The originating power Of
IN European and the initiating power a
the modern Aratio are not In him, or not
IN the same degree But FOR this white
man he viii not advance, and but for the
man he would reoede. Under all
circumstances hs rrmAins morn or less Of
, child. bad or good. like other children
but never quite a man.
Mr. Townsend holds that history besr
,ut this view OF ths black nce. In the
,~ncient. as in the modern. under the most
liver-e circumstances, no negro OF this
hull blood has risen 20 hrt class eminrncs
among mankind. Not only las there ben
no negro philoeop her. or In ventor, OF artist,
or builder, but there has been no negro
,~onaueror, nor any negro General sbovv
he rank Of a guerrilla chief. For this
failure 90 rise 10 emineno. Mr. Townsend
find no reason except race. People
~ Ia. eeclusion Of thu negroes: but.
- a matter ~ fact. he has ALWAYS bern
n contact on the Nile with the Egyptian.
" the Cirsk, or IN" Roman, in South
america With tho SpauIard. and, IN North
America, with the Enghsh-sIeaking Teu-
yet hs has harmed very little. IL
nay IT, r~njoin"i that the negro has been
a slave, but ~ was everybody
-, IN 'ha Roman period. most modern
Italians. for example, being the dcscend-
,n'z Il the whit" lavcs Of the Roman
Why. moreover. queries our au-
nor. does the Negro put NJ with he pos itiuu
" a slave, when the t~hIuauIn, tho red
and even the nativ" of India, will
gts A. fpr thN supposed cN,Ct 81 an
which. ~ We hsv" ~~n. did not
,.1liy exist. whr', asks MIR Townsend,
ould n sirgularlv healthy race, armed
a constitution which ~rn-l>ts the sun
Ind deh-s malaria, Wt-h fur lsti"r than
% IT, stated IN tr' Nile, Or IN" Cpagu.
" Va" Niger, in ntuut-'r~ amply sufficient
u execute any H,-si'd work, from the
q forests and the making OF roads
~ ~ ~" building 81 citi's'
tn" Negro has never l'Fn NOR" secluded
han was th" Peruvian. never more shut
~ than Wa the Tartar II Sauarcand,
ono dav shook himself. gave up tribal
rnds and mastered tho world from thu
~ Okho'~N g. the PIlIr WHY las
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