Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-06-20

Aueriean n@gTp~s fer the uassf part
e1me trum fhe West oa4st thsy arr
tfalne4 bkaeS-. thr easy prey ansl heresi3-
tary hssnti-nlrn of other sarvs nafasus
AH Al-torEans AMI sxFAsrer- azrsr "a a.
-i~nln- Z" thcrt the tswe-t p-s-ifssu IN
tie -esi- OF Equatorial Africz-<xrrus
that Of the bashHan- Trav~ier. sus
missionaries tsslzy i---rlhe IN nozs -
tol,ing terms the-e nsszru-- a. bouse
They are naked csnnihat-. -elIlnx th~ir
aSa le>h and haao-l whsa tA~y Do ~
eat It. precisely what the Afrs-AnaerSran
voter would he had b hs~a left u ~
own device-- And this j. tae tvp~ L.
which. from all histoFicai @ySienr-. th.-~
same Afro-Amsriean voters uoaLl sF-..I
lily revert if the enforce.l civilzatssa of
the white man were saAdenly r~ussEs-l
Instances of this reversioa night b. an
definitely quoted upsn the hs-Arsc au-
thoTity. Why should the negro revert :
Because he has not teen bag ensuzh q,
OF his natural state TO create for kira a
second nature strong snou.h ts over
come the first- Twenty thous4nd yszr.
OF jungle habit eauno, - Graduated N
dav.
With him there has b..en NJ voluntary
transition Left TO himself. b. has n-ssr
done anything for him-elf-ha. m%ver
shown the slightest inelinatiaa 10 h@s-
ter his condition R5dPath says. ~The
black peoples OF Nixrifisn stock Do rot
choose to exert themselves bevonE the
range of purely natural wasfs-
When the strong kand vhieh essnsrsls
the negro TelAxeS IT, grasp Ike the r.
i~ased pluEnus@t. ke aFops by ~heex fore
Of gravity into his natarai heTel Th.
Wild hor-e Of Texas must - kepf un.ier
wallowing IN the mir~.- TO quote Pr
fes-or BarriRS~r.
The Congo native has not aslvaneeI an
inch In civilization fram osntaet wifh
the Portuguese: in >en-gai h ha- szine5
nothing from the FTruch. CesSi Rhoslss
built an empire az the Caps-ansl the
naked negro i still the servant Of then
all There must - reason for thi>
In nc place upon the bread giob< has -
met a more kindly protection. better
teaching and a more tolerant charity for
his invincible limitations than IN the
Southern States Of AmsFha- These pcs-
pie have taught him all he knows.
/, IL Is very clear that. by himself and
of himself. the negro has no aspirations
Where all of his neighbors live in mud
huts and feed upon human nesh, mud
huts and fat friends are good enough for
him. He is initiative. but his imitation
does not reach the basic virtues Of his
model
In isolated instances this imitation
NAV sueceed to all external appearances
But beneath the skin remains the change
less savage, without real foundation
upon which to build cultured and moral
gentlemen, as Judged by Anglo-saxou
standards.
The reason Is not far TO see, both in
his jungle history and present mode OF
life Hear the testimony Of John Clark
Ridpath:
1t Is not far from correct to say that
marriage a. an institution does not exist
among them In - far a.
nature produces family. to that exteu;
the African social system had founda-
tion. but no further In no
other race II the fidelity of the man to
the woman, or she 10 him. 20 little re-
garied. IL seems impossible
for them 10 realize the profousd immor-
atty and shocking consequences that
must follow. Domestic in
fidelity Is characteristic of the whole
. race, yet they do not feel even the in
convenience of an ever-brOken family
tie
The American negro remains under
dominion OF the old race impulses In
the United States, notwithstanding the
impact of civilization and the force Of
strongly homogeneous people. the in
quirer must still be struck with the al
most universal deprayity of the marital
and social estate Of the African poPuia-
item The American negroes
still follow the blind instincts of nature.
and remain unable even 10 understand
the higher Laws of virtue and fidelity =
The searcher for tuth must pursue
this subject further Ia Ridpath's Great
Races of Mankind, Vol w, pages 63s
et seq.
To this the writer must add bis per
ssonal testimony as to present conditions,