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omi no u s que stio n By me it is presen ted in a
fo rm n e w an d s i n gu l a r b u t n ot mo re si n gu la r th an con
formabl e to th e be st lights o f t ru t h and ex pe ri en c e
T ms
! U E S T I O N has i n all age s bee n a n e n igma to the p rofo un de st
capa citie s ; and the bl acks he ld o r avoided i n ma ny w ays
un de r p re te n c e s as v a rio u s a s co nfu sed
No t u n de rs ta nd i ng
the m prope rly n or rightly co mpre h e n d i ng the i r o rigi n from
Script u ral ill u stration s the w hites a re d i v ided i nto man y
j uxta positi ve se c ts and so ma ny c reed s a n d O pi n io n s e n te r
tai n ed by e a ch s e ct a ll d i ffe re n t h a ve l e ft the
con fu s ion
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worse con fou n ded
In o rde r to d i se n gage light a n d t ruth
Hom so man y va rio u s s u btl e an d grou n d l e ss in tricaci e s I now
v e n t ure forth p rope rly to ex pose the tru e n atu re of the
bl ack s and to d i sabu se ou r cou n tryme n of a parti a lity to th e m
r ee or bon dmeu ; which c e rt a i n l y i s lik e l y to p ro ve the
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litios l de a th an d moral corru ptio n of the Un ited Sta tes
It can h e re be s ee n th at I a m a r oman m of a s ec t q uite
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an d n eve r b e fo re i n v o ue s i n c e th e d ay s of
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th e Patri a rch Noah I pl an t my fe a rl e ss stand ard i n the
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S o uth i n Ge o rgi a a nd c a ll aro u n d all th e w o rthy a n d
kno w i ng to rally A nd i n the pl an ta tion of thi s stan d a rd
I mu s t ex hibit my pri n cipl e s to be d i ffe re nt fro m e ither o f the
follo w i ng n a med politica l s e ct s
l Th e s lo w an d i mbe cil e Colo n iz atio n Soc i ety
2 The a bolitio n is ts of Sl a very a lo ne w ith a l lea v i ng n e
groes as free in the l and
3 T he grad ual e mancipatio n Socie ty
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T he A malgamation ists
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my o wn Soci ety th e E r mc mu r
E !P U LSION A S S O C I AT I O N
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Patr iots
1 go for a read y and su dde n practica bl e ex pu l s ion of eve ry
Negro an d Mu l atto fro m this Co u n try b ack to the i r ow n
Afr ica T he w hy an d wherefore —the me ans an d ab i lity to
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It may b e n at ural in an age of p rimorde al ign oran ce
which foll owi ng th e s catteri ng of the bu ilde rs of Bab e l has
in cre as ed in eve ry regio n ; an d in n on e de c re a sed ex ce pt
wh e re t ru e and p ure Ch ri stia nity and the r elig i on of the
B ible i s p re va l e n t ; th at e rro rs i n eve ry de part me nt of hu
man life a nd h u man morality has cre pt i n to th e stru cture of
all soci e ti e s
There is n o re ad y n or a mpl e v i sio n i n to the
my s te ry of h u man ity s o cap abl e to u n ridd l e a ll p ri miti ve
en i g ma s a n d to s ol ve the mo st d i ffi c u lt mo ra l probl e m ex
ce pt in the Script u re s There the o rigi n of ou r w orld an d
Th ere the origi n al of our
of the u n i ve rs e i s re co u n ted
pers on s and of all h u man be i ngs is n a rra ted Th e re S in
i s see n to c ree p i n t o E de n a nd t here a ll o ur tro u bl e s i s ex
hibi ted to h a ve ari se n at the begi n n i n g fro m the d i sobed i e n ce
to the great a n d te rri b le Gon i n our fi rst paren ts : a d is
ob ed i e n ce a pparen tly si mpl e in itself bu t te rrible a nd hor
The re th e d estru cti on o f millio n s or
ri b l e i n co n seque n ce
b illio n s of the origi nal h u man worl d and the sav i n g of one man
An d th at fa mily mo st
a n d his i mmed i ate fa mi ly is sho wn
possibly saved for the sake of the holy NOA H There is s ho wn
a a i n th e o rigi n a l o f the n egroe s in th e pe rso n o f Ham w h o
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ami d s u rro u n d i n g de sol a tio n a n d i n de fian ce of the l ate te r
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Noah and bl essed him a mo men tary i neb riation was for
gi ven i n con side ration of his n u mero u s v i rtues God then
the re fo re b e hol d i ng fro m H eave n the i mpio u s mocke ry of
the fath er of A frican s has den o un ced him a n d his s eed for
eve r fro m the face of his righte o u sness T he c urse of C a i n
w as more seve re th a n th e c u rse of Ad am th at c u rse o f C a i n
the n w as l ate ly sub merged an d an n ihil a ted i n the de l uge in
w hi ch a n u merou p roge ny of th e worthy S e th co ntami
n a ted by the evil exa mpl e s an d p re ce pt s of C ai n we re d e s
troye d
o n ly No ah sa ved T he c u rse of C ai n the n rev i ved
i n all its ho rrors a n d fas te n ed foreve r on Ha m a n d his so n
an d d au ght e rs
T ho u gh No a h sa i d o f th e m serv a nt s of se r
se rv an t s
God h at h de c re e d a stil l more te rribl e pu n i sh me n t
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on t h a t ra c e
th e i n c apacity to d o mu ch good—an d the i n ca
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n the s oci e ty of the fa mili e s o f Sh e m a n d Ja
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phe t Ha m ma de hi mse l f lia bl e to d e at h in t ha t folly Had
he d on e so p rev io u s to th e floo d n e ith e r hi mse l f n or his se ed
had su rv i ved the u n i ve rsa l w re ck o f n atu re and th e n egroe
th e n had n o ex i ste n ce to pol lu te th e e arth as t he y d o and
de mora lize ou r co u n t ry an d a ll mankin d
Th u s s pake the Bibl e in s u bstan ce T he picture is give n ;
Ther e, mo re o ver i s tol d the
an d I d ra w the co mme n ta ry
n a t u ra l e ffe ct s o f the c u rs e of C a i n re v i ved i n Ha m the
i nstit ution o f Ki ng s in N i mrod a li n ea l son o f Ham
Th e produ ctio n a co nfu s ion o f tongue s at Ba be l ; a mortal
cal a mity to man ki nd and al mo st i n s u pe rabl e ch e ck to th e
Here I mu s t st0p a
s p re a d o f the go s pe l to all n a tio n s
w hil e In spire d Book o f books ! from pages n ever p u re
d ra ughts are d rank of in falli bl e i nsight i n to th e very h eart
a n d so u l of all me n a s of thin e
T he c u rse of C ain was a se co n d fa l l A s e con d fall fro m
Parad i se i n deed That seco nd fa ll w as i n to lerabl e w h e n all
moved i n th e exampl e of me n t w ice fa ll e n That se co n d
B u t th e
fa ll b ro ught the de l uge a nd w ith it u n i ve rsa l de ath
cu rse of C ai n i s now i n Ham and hi s seed Then th e ne
groe s are t w ice fall e n ; h e n c e the i r d i ffe re n ce fro m the re st
hen ce the i r d ifficulty of ci vilization an d u n i ver
of ma n ki n d
sal savageis m in Afri ca
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chil d re n of Noah s b ette r son s are fall en b u t on ce in
Ada m ; and h e n ce more like ly to ple ase G od than the ne
gro e s And le t u s th en ce tra ce the ev il s of all men of extra
ord in ary o ccu rre n ce to th e i r lite ra l origi n
1 Wh at evi ls o n e arth most of all affe ct man ki n d more p itc
ously th an M o na rchi es ?
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i nce n ti ves l Negroe s The n slave ry n egroe s a nd mon ar
c hy a re th e t ri fol d sco u rg e an d c urse of a ll me n a n d n a tion s
pe opl e and to ngues
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When ce the i r origi n l Aye w hen ce th e ir o rigi n ? It was
n ot the de sign o f ou r t ru e an d o n ly Ki ng i n th e s ki e s tha t
manki n d shou l d be a fflicted w ith ki n gs i n th e i r bre th re n or
man lo rd ove r man T he first pe tition o f the Isra e lites to
Samu el, a j ud ge u n der God s di recti on for a ki n g w as n ot
In an ge r G od gran ted th e ir pe
well re ce i ved by t ha t God
Ye t in me rcy H e gave th em ad mon itory
rilou s pe tition
warn ings aga i nst a ki n g He c all ed Hi mse l f the ir o n ly Mon
He shew
arc h an d w a rn ed th e m to a cce pt n o h u man ki n g
bu t S atan be n t Israel to sco rn the
cd th e m th e co n seque n ce
word s from on high 1 They pe rsi sted a nd ru i ned the i r n atio n
foreve r ! Th en ce tho ugh G od gra n ted th e i r fooli s h p eti
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y et he e ndeavo ured to lighten the i r b u rde n by gran ti ng
ti on
them on l y good ki ngs Bu t the G overn men t of a Mon a r chy i s
No good man,
i n opp osi ti on to the ma n da te of the H ea v en s
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Lor d s a n oi n ted (n ot to gi ve a p re te n ce
alon e c a ll ed th e
to mon arch s to cla i m thei r c ro wn s by di vin e rig ht b u t s im
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au s e he w as an oi n ted by the Lo rd s d i re ctio n i n the
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zeal of th e Lord to e ase the b u rd en of th e h e avy pe tition of
the I srae lite s as we ll a s to sa ve the t ru e fa ith a nd mora l s of
w hich a syste m of
his Ch u rch fro m a ge n eral co rr u ptio n
ki ngcra ft and a pri vil eged n obility w as we l l calc u l ated to
b ri ng abou t !was th e on ly ki ng th at cou l d c al l forth the com
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his latte r d ays ope n ed w i de th e l ui ce ga te s of i n i q u ity and
ood of su ch corru ption fro m the chi ld ren of Ham or
let in a fl
C anaan which rema i n ed aro und Judea as to create an im
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back to the j u st lin e s of th e Patri arch s S u b s equ e n t ki ngs
almo st a ltoge th e r follo wed the ro ad of i n i qu ity , an d in des
pite of th e severe prophe ci e s of host s of Holy Seers de
nou n cin g God s j ud g me n t s th e y i n cre a s ed i n i d ol at ry an d all
oth er v ices at a stead y rate u n til th e Jew s fi nally b e came scat
b y w ord an d
tered a ll o ve r th e E a rth a w a n de ri ng t rib e a
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a re pro ach
S u ch a re the l ate n t con se q ue n ce s of the fool
i sh ki ngcraft pe titio n o f ol d Israe l th e ce rta i n a n d i nevi ta ble
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co n se q u e nc e s fro m which w o rthy j u d ge s u n d er Go d s con
s tan t s u pe rv i sio n had s a v e d t h e m to b e co me th e n oble st
re ate s t a n d mo s t bl e s t of a ll e ar thly n atio n s
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S u c h is th e ex a mpl e o f N i mrod—o f Negroe s—of men twice
fall e n I Look u pon the A frican Co n t i n e n t s c a rce ly a free
man ran ge s thro ughou t he r bo rders Th e o n ly free men are
Look at As i a ; men are
the Ara bi an s i n th e tra ckl e ss !a h ara
free r the re tho ugh man y a b sol ut e mo n arch s scol d an d tre m
bl e alte rnate ly, on th ei r th ron es Look at Eu rope th e re man
i s al mo st free an d con stit u tio n s ru l e kin gs
Ye t i t may seem
th a t th e re a re s till a bs ol u t e mo n a rchs e n oug h i n E u rop e to
q uen ch the spi rit of the pe opl e
The n this i s a sprig of the v ery same fatal example se t by
Re me mb er
tw ic e fall e n N i mrod to hi s o n ce fa ll e n s up eri or s
th at at th e b u il d i ng of Ba b e l a ll n a tion s we re a s se mbl ed :
th at h e n ce a d ive rsity o f s pe e ch i n E u rope as we ll as i n Afri
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ab l e ia colo u r an d be h a v ior !the w hit e s a s by i n sti n ct s e pa
ra te d fr o m th e me n o f Ha m a n d ra nge d mo re n o rth e rly
that th e A s i atic s de sc e nded p a rtly fro m Sh e m an d partly fro m
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w hil e so me o f both Sh e m and I a
Ha m ran ged e astw a rd ly
rea t body o f H a m s s e ttl e d Egyp t Pho e n i ci a
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policy p ropagat ed by Ni mrod of makin g on e ma n a bsol uto
master of the oth ers ha ve be e n lo st sight of l C e rtai n ly n ot
The n ki ngcraft i n E urope re mai n s as a re li que of the me mo
by
a st ai n i n c u lc at ed b y th e dev il ; t a k e n u
ry of Ni mrod
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twic e fa ll e n ma n ; and i mpar t ed to the on ce fa ll e n
What numerous harms and never end ing wrongs have been
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th e n a me an d cause of ki n gs in all the worl d ! The
origi n of king s I have expo sed The n w hat a mass of t rou
bl e s h ave n egroe s a n d the i r fa t h e rs d one to th e w o rl d from
a n ig n o ra n c e of th e i r p e mi c iou s n e ss an d mi n gli n g u n con
fllmos t ev ery war i n Eu r op e from the
s ci ou s ly w ith t he m I
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day s of Romu lus , to thos e
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Bo n a parte to de st roy million s
Ki n gc raft e mbitte rs th e
he art of ma n agai n st ma n ; an d fro m thi s e mb itte rme nt the
w hol e machi n ery of gov ern me n t an d orde r i s d i sorde red an d
con fo un ded ; so much for a ssoci ati n g wi t h t w ice fall e n ma n
or c a rryi n g th e i r i n v e n t io n s or ex a mpl e s i n to oth e r co u n t ri e s I
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As to th at co n co it ant of mo n a rchy sl a ve ry Je su s Ch ri s t
—th e God In c arn ate— hi mse l f tell s u s t o c all n o man mas
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Ye are b re t hre n ; h e th at i s chi efe st
ter ; for h e s a i d
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Taki n g thi s t hen i n
amo n g y ou th e sa me i s you r se rva n t
i ts tru e orthod o x s e n se an d i n te rp re t atio n it i mpli e s the nu
Bu t a s Chri st
thority o f n o ma n to hol d s l a ve s u n de r him
doe s n ot i n his a ll us io n s ta ke Africa i nto con s i de ration h e
make s n o re fe re n ce to man t w ice fall e n Ch ri st s ay s I am
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come to fu l fi l n ot to bre ak th e law
Now it w as a la w san c
ti fie d by hi m i n H e a ve n that the c u rs e o f Noa h u po n Ham
a n d th e ev il Go d i n t e n ded a s th e h e rit age o f hi s s eed b e un
touch ed, an d it has re main ed u n to u ched In th e e a rly part
Ada m w as
of the age o fth e w o rl d ma n w a s t ri e d to pro ve him
a h w as t ri ed a s re spe ct s the b u il d i n g o f
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u t to t r i a l a n d fe ll
p
th e A rk a n d s tood right w ith God an d had a co ven an t
made w ith hi m fo r good o r for ev il and ke pt th e good T he
thre e sons of Noah we re tried a n d Ha m o n ly fe ll fro m th e
co ve n an t of me rcy
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th e rej e ction of th e Africa n s by Ch ri st I thi n k may b e
e asily d i scove red in th e b a pti s of an Ethiopian e u nu c h by
Philip w he n th at sai n t be fo re allow i n g to p re ach more p a r
tic u la rly to th e e un u ch w as s n atch ed s udde n ly a w ay a s o u t o f
a wa
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n a ss a s s i n a n d i n th e fru itl e s s n e ss
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f
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y
of ci v ilizi n g A fric a
Nu mbe rs o f w o rt hy t ra ve ll e rs a n d
p rea ch e rs hav e gon e in to A frica on th e be st p u rpo se an d
fo u n d th e re th e i r blood y g rave s
Whil e all As ia and a ll
A merica i n h a bited by w ar like me n may be t rave rsed tho
r ou ghly a n d th e t ra ve ll e rs re t u rn ho me i n n u me ro u s i n sta n
ces fa r sa fe r t h an tho se i n A fr ica l
C a n Ch ri s t t h e n ha ve a 1
lud ed to Afric an s w he n h e s a id
ca ll n o man ma ste r y e are
b reth re n ? Ev i de n tly n ot For in th e eve n t o f trea t i ng th e
b l a cks as ou r b rethren w e o f co u rse shou l d foste r a ma lga mation
w ith the m ! I t i s i mpossibl e to e scape a ma lgamation if we
con sider Chri st as applyi ng th e s e me morabl e re marks to the
child re n of H a m A n d s u pposi n g h e d i d th en a state of
thi ngs an d d i sord ers si mil a r to th at w hich e n sued on th e i a
te rma rriage of th e chil d re n of S e th a n d C a i n b e fore th e floo d
may be come p reva l en t a t a s mon st ro u s a rat e an d ca ll as
loud ly for th e p ru n i ng and t re n ch an t han d of th e Al mighty
n
e
e
m
r
r
o
g
l Mu lattoe s as good ch ara cters as the tru e b lood
A
D oe s a child h av in g a n i n te rmi xt u re of the
e d w hi te man ?
t w o opposi te races s ho w in every se n se a n equ a lity of me n
If th e n th e ev i l of
ta l an d a rtiza n pe rfe ctio n to th e w hi t e ?
a malga matio n co n seque n t u po n t wi st i n g th e w o rd s o f the S a
v iou r to s u it the n e groe s b e co me the o rde r o f th e d ay ; s ho u ld
more th an cou n terb a la n ce th e good of a p u re u n mi xed rac e ;
who can sup p o e Chris t to ha ve i n te nded a state o f thi n gs so
appa lli n g a s ce n e of s oci e t y s o u n se e mi n g an ad mi x t u re of
ra c e s so re p u l s i ve a n d a co n fu s io n s o i n ev ita bl e ?
Now a summi ng u p of my i n d i v idu al se n t i me n t s o n thi s
a paren tly so d i ffic u lt po s itio n i s th at Je su s C h ri st d oe s n ot
p
i nte nd that th e t wo extre me s shou l d amalga mate n or that a
s t ate of b rethren ship s ho u l d s u b si s t b e t wee n the E ur op e a n s
Bu t afte r all he furth e r mo re d oe s n ot se e m
an d the A fric an s
i n the a bo ve q u otatio n, to ha ve tol e rat ed a h arb o u ri ng of the
And ha s l e ft the su bj ect alo n e
n egroes u nd er an y p re t e n ce
fact of
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i n v ol ved in t hat i nte rn a l d a rk n e s s an d d oub t which no t one
o f th e A po s tl e s co u l d p rope rly ex pl a i n
The n the c a se sta n d s
i n i so l a tio n fro m a ll oth e rs a n d l e ave s u s to a pply to p hi lo s o
phy an d mo ra l t ru th s to ex pl ai n the e n ig ma
F i rst th e mo ra l p ri n c i pl e s a n d th a t s pi ritu al p e rfe ction i a
Cu lca te d by th e S a v i o u r w o u l d be come th e s ta n d a rd by w hich
to te st th e pra ctica b ility of a ll me n to co me w ithi n t hei r p ro
v i s io n s o r pre m
i se s
2 Th e i n a bility o f the me n o f A frica to co me u p to th e se
p ri n cipl e s a n d th e i r re fu sa l t o tol e rate a nd s u pport mi ss ion
a ri e s i n th e i r re gio n s t ak e n i n co n ne x io n w i t h th e de n u n ci a
tion s o f th e O ld Te st a me n t a n d partic u l arly the a wful th re a t
e n i n g o f th e 3 0th ch a pt e r of Ez e ki e l at o n c e ex pl a i n s the
re aso n s o f th e S a v io u r for l e a v i n g t h e m a s the y were o rigi
n a lly de s ign ed
No w i f i t is v i sibl e to a n y ob se rv a t io n th at ki ng s an d s la ve s
a re fo re ig n t o th e be s t ma x i ms o f eve ry goo d an d ch ri s ti a n
gove rn me nt ; an d as they o rigi n ate i n the n egroe s ; that race o f
me n mu s t be th e pe st of the wo rl d a nd to h a rbo u r su ch in
a n y re s pe ct c a lc u l a ted to p rod u ce mu ch ev il t ho ugh tha t e v il
H av i n g
sho u l d w o r k its w ay my s teri ou s ly a n d i mp er cep ti bly
a ppe a led to th e s c ript u re s a n d fo un d th e m th e re i n co n de mn ed
l e t us tu rn a side to i ns p e ct h u ma n produ ctio n s de fe n si ve of
the m Th e re is o ne from tli e pe n of Dr S mith Pr e s ide nt of
P ri n c e to n Coll ege a n d a n othe r fro m th e pe n o f Pro fe s sor
Dew of V i rgi n ia ; the former en de a vo u ri ng to an swe r a si de
a
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Th e l atte r aimi ng to
n a t i v i ty a s hig h a s an y oth e r ma n s
ex hibit the i mpossibility of se ndi ng the n egroe s a wa y T o
—
a nd d i s re ga rd i ng all i n fide l
th e s e t w o o rt hod o x p rod u ctio ns
i n e mys e l f
s pe c ul a tio n s I s h a ll co n f
Dr S mith s mot i v e i n p u bli shi n g hi s e ssay s on th e vari e ty
in colour a n d s h a p e of th e h u ma n s pe ci e s was i nte nded to
co nfi rm the Mosaic his tory of the c reation A nd thi s confir
matio n he e ssayed to e xhibit a s i de fro m scriptu re Agree i ng
with Dr S mith that all h u ma n familie s de sce n d origi n ally
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of w hi ch t he re is testi mony and corrobora ti on in ab un d an ce
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h owever d i sagree wi t h th e lea rne d D octor in his con clu sion s
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as to th e c a u se s o f th e h u ma n v a ri e ti e s
b e ca u se i n th at light
the a id o f s t u bbo rn fa ct s t o hi m i s w a n ti n
a tu r e d o e s
N
g
not p ro du c e a ll th e d iffe re n t a s p e ct s o f t hi n g s e s pe ci a lly w h e n
i n a nci e n t ti me s mi ra cl e s a n d s u pe rnat u ra l age n ci e s we re
pr ev a l e nt T he origi n a l of a ll me n I ad mit w ith him, we re
w hit e or red— a n d th a t the bl a ck colo ur i s a dege ne ratio n
fro m th e p ri mev a l s ta n d a rd o f c olo u r
B ut o ne d i ffi c u lty
which his wo rk fail s to u n ri dd l e is the ho w a n d the w he re fo re
the African s a re b l a ck ? Dr S mith is a fri e n d to th e n eg roe s
an d he e v i d en t ly a i ms to e l ev a te th e m by a ll po s s ibility to the
st a n d i ng of the w hite me n
B u t h e e rred l He fo rgo t to a ll ude
to th e de n u n ci a tio n o f N o a h o n hi s son H a m a n d his b e n ed ic
tion o n Sh e m a n d Ja p he t : w hich d e n u n ci atio n a n d be ned iction
has exe rt ed a mi ra c u lo u s p red o mi n a n c e o f po we r o ver th e
child re n of t h ese d i ffe re n t so n s w hic h n e ith e r th e p ra ye rs n or
the mi sre p re se n ta tio n s o f Dr S mith or a n y oth e r p re a ch e r
S uc h a mi racl e w ill co nti nu e un
or c a rd i n a l can cha nge
ch an ged u n ti l the Lo rd pl e ase s by an ot he r an d co u n te r
mi racl e to re store the n eg roe s to the co n d itio n fro m w hich
i n Ha m th ey h ave fa ll e n
Thi s is fa te —a nd w ho c a n ch ange
fat e I We a ll mu st bo w d o wn b e fo re the de c ree s o f G od a n d
n ev e r att e mpt t o fi n d i n n a t u ra l c a u s e s th e cl ue to th e d i re ct
d i spe n sa t ion of th e A l mighty
T he whol e e ss ay i n te n d s me n to b e li eve th at th e i n flue n ce
of h e at a n d col d e fl
e c ts th e ch a n g e o f th e d i ffe re n t colo u rs
Too
of me n s o me ti me s i n co nj u n ctio n w ith a rti fici a l me a n s
—
a
a
n
m
mu ch h e t d too u ch col d th e first u nde r th e equ ator
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l
s
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s
an d th e a t n th e
roz e n zo e
say s Dr S mith
an d co n ti
n u i n g w i t h ve ry s light i n t e rmi ss io n fo r ma n y c e n t u rie s
r
o
p
d u ce the colou r of bl ack or d ark in a ny ski n w h e n eve r it
b e co mes con stit u tiona l in the pe rso n e ffe cted I do no t u se
Dr S mith s ow n w ord s b u t s u ch is the con c lu sio n to w hic h
—
a
e
t
s
h
l a t arri ve s The gre a t he at of A frica a nd the great
col d of Spitzbe rge n or G re e nl and cau se s a d arkne ss in the
colo u r of bot h pe ople at so far extre me s In spe aki ng of s u ch
part s of A si a a nd Sou th Ame rica th at li e sit uated in the hot
test latitude s and where the black n egro is not seen un less he
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o rigi nate s fro m A frica Dr S mith apprehen d s th at th e whole
s u rfa c e of t ho se co u n t ri e s i s higher than th e A fric an co n t i n e n t
A n d in high region s col d d o es
a b o u t th e equ ato ri a l regio ns
n eve r p e rmit h e at to e ffe ct c ut a n e o u s ch an ge s
Thi s is th e
way Dr S mith a ccou n ts fo r th e pal e w hi te or ye llo w i s h c om
pl ex ion of the A siatics a nd th e I ndi an s
Now I re fu te w ith mu ch re sp e ct to his l abo u red tal e n ts
I qu e stio n the a u th e n ticity o f hi s po s i
his asse rtio n s i n toto
tion s an d re sc ue my co u n tryme n fro m a futu re i n ev itable
a ma lga mati o n w ith th e n e g ro e s i f Dr S mith st a n ds u n re fu t
Like most cl e rgy me n w ho mi su n de rsta n d th e w o rd s of
ed
s c r ipt u re an d pi ty the b l a ck s so mu ch h e ha s a cc u mu l a ted
much that has a te nde n cy to ma ke the sc ript ure c on temp ti
ble i n all eye s
Con te mptibl e i n all eye s I say ! for i f th e c u rse o f Noah
afte r th e de l uge i s re co rded by Mo s e s it i s re corded t o n o
purpose i f Dr S mith a ccou n t for th e origi n of th e n egroe s i n
Bu t h e i s p e rh ap s ho
a man n e r O ppo s ite to the s c ript u re s
—
the n that i s n o ex c u se : his er ror is th e e rror
n estly i n e rro r
a n d w o u l d me n c red it th e
of Uzzi a h s mi tt e n be fo re th e a rk
s cr ipt u re s n arratio n of d i re ct d i s pe n s atio n fro m G od w h e n
,
yo u en d eavo u r to a ccou n t for eve ry thin g i n n atu re s opera
tio n s an d th e se a so n s ?
If ho weve r yo u look i n to n at u re for th e cau se s of u n p re ce
de nted a n d s u pe rn atu ral ch an ge s from he r ow n regul a t ion ;
n a t u re h e rs e l f w ill a tt e s t the tru t hs o f s cript u re a n d po w e r of
G od by c asti n g b a ck a n d d i so w n i n g the pri n cip a lity of the
c ha n g e
Th e n l e t u s appeal to Natu re h e rse l f to refute th e erro rs of
S mith s Ess ays It is on ly n e c e s sary to ta ke the globe in to
partitions —and to ex hibit th e colo u rs of the i n h abita nts
1 Con trast th e hotte st p art of A me rica w ith th e c old est an d
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th e sa me coppe r colour th at d isti ngu i sh
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m
at
l
es the I n d i a n s fro m Pat ago n i a to H ud so n s Bay or to G re e n
lan d
2 Co mpare the d ark colo u r of the Hi n d oo s w ho are partly
of A fric an o rigi n with th e coppe r or pa l e colou r of the p e op le
of Thi bet of C hi na of Si am ; all i n the l ik e latit ud e of heat :
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E x ception s of course made for certai n blacks carried a bout
from Afr ica
3 Co mpare the bro w n colo u r of the B ed o u i n Arab s who
re s i de e v er i n the sh ade l e ss a n d hott es t part s of Ara bi a a n d
Africa i n th e de sert s ; w i t h th e e bo n y colo u r of the peopl e ia
habiti ng the s h ade s on the Niger Nil e S enega l Gambi a and
other r i ve rs in A frica
4 Co mpa re th e rudd y co mpl ex ion s ofthe Tu rks an d Gre eks
with the compl ex ion s of the Fren ch an d Ita lian s in mu ch
more tempe ra t e lati tu d es Co mpare the A u stri an co mpl ex ion
with the S weden ; compare the fai r complex ion of man y So u th
ern me n in th e Un ited Sta te s w ith the bro w n e r hu e of man y
Ne w E ngl a n de rs
5 Comp a re th e colou r of th at n egro i n Ma i n e whose eu
cestors for ma n y ge n era t io n s h a ve li v e d i n th e col d r e gio n s of
Ma in e w ith the colo u r of th e n egro on the ba n ks o f the Nige r
in Africa w ho has n ever b ee n o u t of th at co u n try
I s t here
any s h ad e o f d i ffe re n c e ? a n y mod i fication of colo u r to ward s
the fair d i sco verable in the col d Main e n egro above the hot
Be n i n n egro ?
S o the n it appears to i n ve stigati ve philo sophy th at so me
su pern a t u ra l ca use mus t a cco u n t for th e Ethiopi an hu e Tha t
the s un s be a ms d i d n eve r make th e white man quite e bon
Th at they may h ave b ee n s o ch an ged in a ccord an ce to the
will of God re s p e cti ng Ham : for i mpi e ty after so man y an d
a ston i s hi n g ad mo n itio ns i n th e gran d de lu ge
Dr S mith ho wever i s pa rticu l arly i nge nuo u s in his a rgu
men tation H e has re ferred to th e Albino in Afr ica to the gra
dua l c bange from bl ack to white in ce rtai n n egroe s ; to a P or
tuguese colo n y a t C o ngo w h e re all w hites be co me bl a cks ;
an d to the Je wi s h vari e ty of colou r i n col d an d hot c ou ntri es
T hi s I c on fess to be a ma ste r piece of re ason i ng in the
le arne d ge n tle man ; a nd is qu ite a n on p lus to any writer in
O ppo s itio n to him ; bu t I c a n n ot con c ed e to him even in this
his master st roke
For n atu re s pe ak s at l arge a d i ffe ren t
ton e ; an d his assumption s accord ing to his own logic are un
tenable
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Le t
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te r pi e ce
1 A s to Albin oes : t hi s may a pp e a r a s some n atu ral n o v el
ty w hich o fte n occ ur i n the w o rl d a si de fro m mi racl e s b u t
w hich is a p robl em d i ffi cu lt o f sol ut ion Th e Si a me se T w i n s
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b ut t he y ex hibi t no ori
fr a
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T
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na lity i n a n ce stors of w hich the y a re type s
i
g
on e co w a t a bi rt h st a n d i n g o n hi n d l egs w itho u t fo re le gs
—
m
all a tt e sted i n p u blic jo u rn a ls to h ave
ule
an d a colt by a
occ u rred e x hibi t o n ly n at u ra l n ove lti e s but atte st n o fo rme r
sta n d a rd a cco rd i n g to w hich th e y h ave a ft e r ce nt u ri e s b ee n
born If you say the A lbin o ex hi bit the n e gro ra ce to b e w hi te
i n all b ut e n ve lope d i n d a rk s ki ns s ho u l d we not follo wi n g
su i t poi n t to n at u ral p rod igi e s a s types o f so me ob so le te ori
a l w hich no phi losoph e r w o u l d cred it a s tru th
i
n
g
2 As to th e grad ual chan ge fro m bl a ck to w hite i n n egroe s
Thi s has been atte sted by re s pe cta bl e wit n e sse s an d greeted
ou r e ars a s so me e x trao rd i n a ry t a l e of the ma rv e llo us I t al
mo st o u trage s b eli e f l b u t mu st be gra ppl ed w ith as the most
d i ffi c ult p ro ble m to sol ve in all the e ssays of Dr S mith We
h av e se en n at u re i n a ll he r ope ra t io n s gi ve a s co mpl ete a re
fu tation to Dr S mith s e ssay s as it is po ss ibl e to co n ce i ve :
and y e t h ere i n thi s si ngle s udde n or gradu al cha nge O f a d ark
to a white ski n she see ms to h ave give n him a powe rful su p
port But to the tas k I go a n d bol d ly fro n ti ng the e ss ay shall
e d u c e o rde r ou t of a ppa re n t ch aos A cco rd in g to th e rea s on
i ng of th e e s say he at a n d bil e a re th e ca u se of th e bl a ckn ess
th en i mmed i ate ly we are co n fide ntly and c om
of n egroe s
n tly tol d th at a M a ryl an d or V i r i n i an n egro l a bo u ri n g
ace
l
p
g
ii i th e fie ld in the he at has su dde n ly be ca me w hite in l arge
spo t s tho ug h a he althy man No w i f he at origi n at e s b la ck n ess
of sk i n w hy so s udde n ly s ho u l d th e bl a ck colo u r of the n e
co
e w hite eve n u n de r a V i rgi n i an b urn i n su n
m
T
e
o
b
e
r
h
g
g
position of Dr S mith wou l d i n fe r a c ou n tinance of b l ack
where heat is : but here he overturn s all his own h ypothe ses
by u tte ri n g a remark ca lc ul ated if ta ke n co mparati vely a n d
hi
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And in the back gro un d I l eave him—he is a se cret amal
u s a n al s
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mation is t
trai n s of ratioci n ation are ca lcu lated to
equa liz e th e n egro in eve ry re s pe ct wi th the w hite ma n !a nd
s ho u l d thi s equ a lity o n ce t ak e pl a c e —an d re ig n wh a t b a r o r
i mpe d i me n t i s th e re s u pe rst ru cted, to a v oid o r a rre s t a n ia
d i scri mi nat e i n te rmarri age an d con se c uti ve con fu sion !Non e I I
M ay it n ot h ave be e n th at n at ure s ome ti me s pl ay pran ks on
the gro w n pe rso n a s we ll a s on th e fce tus in th e w omb ; th a t
th e s udd e n ci rc u l ar white n e s s i n a n egro i s s u ch a fre a k and
e nti re ly d i s co n n e cted w i t h th e lon g li n k of million s a cco u n ted
for in the Bibl e—made b l a ck a s s u dd e n ly to d i s cri min a te the
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to th e Port ugue se colo n y at Co ngo It it scarcely to
b e cred it ed th a t s u ch a colo n y o f s trictly w hite me n ha s move d
fro m th e fe rtil e pl a i n s of the i r pe ni n s u l a to li v e a n d d ie in Af
ric a
B ut s u p po s i ng s u ch ha d mov e d w h a t ev ide n c e i s th e re
exta n t t o s u ppo s e that th ey b e ca me bl a ck fro m cli mate alone
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a n d n o t fro m a n y i n t e r ma rri ag e w ith th e n egro e s ?
They we re
s a i d Dr S mit h
B u t it i s n o t right to
in A fric a for ce n t u ri e s
a cco u n t a lo n e for th e i n fl ue n c e of th e cli ma t e wi t ho u t b ri n g
i ng a malga ma tion to i ts a id in all t ho se co u n tl e ss y e a rs
Th e
b u t bl acken him
s u n a n d l a bo u r c a n e mb ro wn or ta n a man
an d ma ki n g hi s h a i r lik e w ool a n d fix i ng th a t s ta i n fo rev e r on
him i s beyo n d my b e li e f to c re d it
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Th ey are sai d Dr S mi th bro w n in
4 A s to th e Je w s
F ra n ce fai r i n Ge rma n y d a rk in Spai n a nd It aly an d bl a ck
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w ho b e li eve s so ? Not I l
In deed
u nd e r the equ a to r 1
T he fa ct is tha t i n d iv i du a l s of th e i r t ribe s a re d a rke r an d faith!
th an th e rest i n some case s in all p a rt s of the glob e But
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b road a sse rtio n th a t p u re blooded w hit e
She m bei n g be yo n d de sc riptio n d i s cri mi n ative o f th e m from
I can not c red it assertion s
the bl a ck n e g ro s tagge rs mv b e li e f
made i n all the co n fide n c e of t ru th w itho u t de ma n d i n g p roof
It may be th at th e Je w s of A frica u nde r th e e quato r
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ctity of a j ew fro m a bl ack s e mb race T he fact t he n
a mo u n t s to a thi ng q u i te co n t ra ry to th e re marks o f th e re ve r
e n d Ge n tl e ma n
Je ws i a Ita ly and Fran ce are as fa ir a s t ho se
o f G e r ma n y a n d eve n th e b ro wn o r A s i atic colo u r i s th e
u n i ve rsal colo u r i n ge ne ral of all th at extraord i n ary peop le in
eve ry p art of th e wo rld
A fe w re ma rks fu rthe r a n d I ha ve d o n e w it h Dr S mith
That a uthor e n de avo u red to a ccou nt for th e d iffe re n t te mpe
As i atic A frica n a nd So uth A me ri can for fi n d i ng
ra t u re s
the c a u se o f colo u r i n the fa ce of e ith e r co u n t ry : th e highl an d s
or st e p pe s of A si a the mo u n t ai n s of So u t h A me ric a a ll i n the
tro p ic a l a n d s o me i n th e e q u a to ri a l l a tit ude s Dr S mith as se rt s
tha t i n Africa th e s un shi n e s w ith a gl are of he at u n kn ow n i n
othe r co u ntrie s ; th at the de se rts i nte rve n i ng the l eve l a n d s te
ril e regio n s o ve r which th e hot e a s te rly w i n d s pa s s i n all th e i r
fury i mp a rti n g a s co rchi ng bl a st to e ve ry thi n g mu st gi ve
gr e a ter h e at to A frica than a ny other la n d or conti n e n t
T h at in A s i a thi s w i n d i s like a ge n tl e z e phy r ; a nd on ly a c
qu ire s its bl asti ng e ffe cts from tra ve rsi ng the who l e equatori al
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r
part of A frica f o m e ast to we st th at it passe s o ver the
o c e an to So u th A me ric a b u t i s fi rst cool ed i n the s e a whe n it
i s aga in a mild cool z e phy r i n So u th A me ri ca ; an d n ev er
tou che s the colo u r of th e n atives Thi s may b e a t rue t rad e
w ind But before i ts effe ct on d iffe re n t q u arters of th e globe
i s beli e ve d it i s nec e ssa ry to u phol d a fe w mor e fa cts to o h
It i s k n ow n th at thi s w i n d is cool ed du ri n g the
s e rv atio n
c o u rs e of the n ight a n d th at A frica n n ight s eve n i n !a h ara
s Na rra ti ve! are chilly
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w i n d is a cqu i red i n the d ay ti me a n d its fo r ce i s b rok e n
Be s i de s A frica i s n ot on e exte n ded l eve l
i n th e n ight
pl a i n T he mou n tai ns of th e moon u n de r the eq uator
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co ve red w ith p erpe t ual sno ws a t the s u mmits would a rre st
the hot bl a s t s a n d cool i ts t e mp e rat u re b e fore i ts co urs e
re a ch e s th e n egro i n h a bit a n t s on th e w e s te rn s i de o f th e c on
A n d a ll th e co n ti n e n t fro m !a h ara on th e we stern
tin en t
s i d e to the l a n d of th e Hot ten tot s an d w e st of the mo u n ta i n s
of th e moo n to th e A tl an tic i s co ve red in v ario u s pl a ce s w ith
hea vy ti mbered fore sts an d a beauti ful verd ure ( see Mu ngo
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a ti s ts d i ffer fro m ea ch other very gre a tl y
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Mr Dew s a rgu ments may , I suppo se , be s u mmed up i n a
fe w poi n ts an d co mb atted i n partitio n
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i n effe ct u a lity of the colon izat ion soci ety to thi n
I gra n t thi s 2 Th e i mp rac tica
the n egroe s i n a n y w ay
bility o f fi n d i ng fu n ds to sen d the m awa y an d th e i mp racti
c ab ili ty of fin d i n g the po we r to s e nd t he m off ; b e ca u se n ot
possi ble to d o so an d th e wan t of a good coa s t to colon ize so
re
t
a n u mber i n a s a re i n the U n it ed St at e s for w hic h
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Liberia i s b u t a pig pe n too s ma ll 3 Th e spi rit of l iberty
i n a co u n try whe re d o mest ic sl ave ry i s tol e ra ted w ith ce rt ain
re marks from o th e r w rite rs
a n a l lu s ion to h a bits on the
pl an tatio ns & c
S o mu ch for M r De w
T o his first o f co u rse I a ss e n t ;
as I a m oppose d to th e t ard y i ne ffi ci e n t sn ai l c ra w li n g pa ce
o f th e colo n iz a ti o n so ci e ty ; a n d o n ly re q ui re a s u dd e n an d a
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ra
an d e ffe ct ua l e x pu l s io n t o t re at w ith the
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n eg ro e s
Thi s s udde n ex p u l sion coul d alon e be effic ie n t ;
n o ne oth e r l an d th e p ra cti ca bilit y and the in d is e n s i bi lit of
p
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it I s ha ll n arrate as I tak e the othe r two position s of th at
a u tho r i n to th e e sti matio n
To his se cond I u n qu alifiedly d is sen t It is on ly i mpracti
ca bl e to d o any proj e ct when the p eopl e be i rre sol ute d i v ided
an d ge n e rally e i t he r op pos e d t o o r l etha rgi c o n th e meas u re
A n d such i s the a spe ct of th e b e s t of thi ngs an d on e mo s t of
all w o rthy to be n ear e st an d de a re st to the h e a rt s of A me rican
p atriots T he people of the Un ited States a re d i v ide d i n a
Th e n orth w ith a
he terogen ity of eve r ri si n g d i ss e n tie n ts
free b l ack pop u l atio n—sa u cy a n d ign o ra n t a ud a cio u s and
b la c kgu ard ic ; aspiri n g to st ation i n ci v il life and to amalga
mation a s the ir fonde st hope s ; an d for which thei r ex ertion s
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e s pe ci all y to
are u n re mitti ng a n d t ro u ble some to the w h it e s
—
the me ch an ics and l a bo u ri ng white s an d a s fa wn in g and
sycoph an tic to the wealthy merch an ts and ban kers in perfe c t
k ee pi ng with the un i versal chara cter of n egroe s ! th e n orth I
say w ith s u ch a popu l atio n han gi n g on her gre at citi e s as an
in c ubu s o f d eath a nd of a contin ue d de mora lization ey es
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o th with env iou s an d d istra cted eye s and forget the ti e
o f rela ti on ship i n the u ns ee mly des ire to se e the bl ack a mo ors
free like thei r o wn a udacio us and te meri to us coloure d me n
T he so uth n ot be hi n d the north in eg re giou s folly a n d one
ste p beyon d all prude nc e n e a re r to the g at es of pe rd itio n
looks at th e n orth with eyes flashi ng maliciou s fire of rage
an d c o nsid e rs he r s l av e s as a t a li sman of h appi n e s s which
the n o rth w o u ld wre n c h aw a y
Thi s sou th of which I a m in
sorrow a son
with a h ard y a nd h arden ed an d still co nst antly
hard en i ng by labour ban d of scattered Et hiopi an s gen erally
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an d b red a s fast as po ss ibl e to
nu rsed in i n fa cy an d d isease
in cre ase the wealth of th e maste rs—(for ne ver mi se r se e ks his
in crease of gol d or n u rse it wi t h more ass i du ity an d care th an
i mmo ral a nd de mo ra lizing to
a plan ter d oe s hi s b la ck moors
the l ast degree ; an d though ap pa re n t phys ica l good b ut reall y
phys ical i nj ury to the whole so uth fro m Pen nsyl va n ia to
—
Te x as withou t mora l be auty an d i n cap able of much moral
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t
re ctit u de i f i n h lea s t at all : b uffoon s a nd j es t ers
afra i d to
s ho w the i r na tural d i spositi o n to en d l ess riots be cau se of the
Thi s south I say
rifle and the co w hi de i n th e pa tro l s han d
an d say it wi t h tru th an d so rro w n ot k n o w i ng w ha t th ey may
d o to me i s th e l east po rtio n of th e u n ion i n her p re s e n t a tti
t ude of which an Ame rican he art ca n be p ro ud
T he n orth we st e sp e cially O hio In d i ana an d the Te r rito ry
of Michi ga n grad ua lly i n c rea si n g in pop u l a tio n w e a lth i m
rov e men ts an d i n t e l lige n ce in mo ra l w o rth an d t ru e pi e ty
p
fo rm th e v e ry bea u i deal of w hat our coun try o ught to be
With O hio I must not forge t to cl ass u ppe r Massach u se tts
Ne w H amp shi re and V ermon t u ppe r Ne w York i n d etach
men ts a nd almos t all u pper Pe nn sylv ania The lo we r an d
s eaport part s with v ol u ptu ou s citi es of the n o rth ca n n ot n ow
be cl assed w ith the bea uty an d the hope of A me ri ca
Th e ir
to l e ration of the prese n ce of th e fungus of ou r cou n t ry of th e
in cu b us on ou r hOpes h ave red u ced to a con d itio n almost s i mi
Ex ce ptio ns i n these cities may be
la r to th e Baby lo n of ol d
found but e ncircled by a de n s e ci rcumfe ren ce of h orri b le
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lity : that ci rc umfere n ce i n creasi ng for future cent uries
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phi a to one v ast sin k of vi ole n ce an d a bomi n abl e i n i qu ity
T he so ut h we st w i th Te nn e ssee an d Ken t u cky w ith v ery
few ex ce ption s are in the pitia bl e politi ca l a n d mora l con d i
tion of the s o u th
Now it is an d mu st b e ev i den t to e ve ry man th at amid a
hete roge n e o u s po p ul atio n as o urs ; of d iffe re n t ha bits o f keep
i ng the bla ck s an d of oppo s ite opi n io ns co n ce rn i n g th e m the
d i ffi cu lty or i mpractica bility th a t P rofesso r De w spe aks of of
getti ng the n egroe s o u t of our l a nd w hich th e i r presen ce b y
n o mea n s a d o rn or be a u ti fy n or add one feath er to ou r mo
ra l ca p —
b u t de tracts mu ch the re from—i s i n the d iffere n t
e v e r cl a s hi ng an d e ver d i ssonan t opi n io n s o f ou r A merican
p eopl e I Were that opi n io n th e opi nion I che ri sh a l mo st
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a lon e
a
l
p e culi ar to l thi s A lpi n e d i ffi cu lty w oul d soon an d
i mp e rce ptibly d wi nd l e to a mole hillock T he pos s ibility an d
practicability of ridd in g th e l an d of the State s fro m th e ne
groe s and to sen d th e m back from when ce take n by our
so rd id a n d ign o ra n t t rade rs of for me r ti me s i s ev i den t to a ll ;
Th e su pin e wi s h
eve n th e mo st i n vetera te na hob of the so u th
fo ste red from i n fan cy to age i n the he art s of the sou th ern
pl an ters to wi sh for a pe rpetual se rvile depe nden cy on n e
—
groes a depend en cy on those crea t ure s for bread water for
li fe for e very thin g ; i s s erv i l e i n the gen tle st term ap plica ble
to it Thi s w ith th e h abi t of th e w hole body of p eopl e of
both sexe s of be i ng ever u sed to li ve by Africa n l abou r has
cau sed th at great bod y to s u ppose th e y foresee u tte r wan t
w retc hed ness mi se ry an d utte r redu cti on of state smen t o
p e as a n ts if the n egroes be se n t a w ay The y are in this ig
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w i t hout sl ave s de pe n de n t on pe rson al exe rti o n s in a ll citi z e ns ;
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and
i n pro d u ctio ns frozen a grea t part of e ve ry two y ears
whe re accord i ng to sou thern logic made to prove it se l f in
practi ce the people ought to pine si cken starve and die
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The i nte llige n t and hardy yeo manry
of Ne w Hamp s hire a nd V e rmo nt , h ave
as little i de a or p ro s pe ct of s tar v atio n , a s th ey h ave of hol d i ng
n egroe s or s la ve s, or fo st e ri ng ki ngs
T he d iffic ulty or i mp ractic ability, Mr De w, of sen d i ng the
But it i s a vapi d logi c
of the gran itic St at e s
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way i s in the con tra ry and con trad i cto ry fe e lin gs
a nd sen ti me nt s of ou r pe opl e
1 de p lore thi s
It is the ce r
tai n offs pri ng of ign o ra n t de l u s io n ; an d o f a n i n v e t era t e an d
ignoble pass ion for i nertion , for ple asu re re mote fro m b usi
n ess for d alli an c e in a sse mbli e s u n d i s tu rbe d with s e c u l a r ad
mon ition s and for a l av i sh prod iga lity of mea n s i n p u rse s ;
and a l s o i n th e ol de r men for a ho rd i ng on ho rde of we a lth i n
all the i mag in a bl e
ra vi ty of the mos t as tu te mi se r
F
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maki ng the most of thi s poor hu man ch rysolit e life—an d
for dyi ng s oon i n a pparen t pe a ce w ith the con se c u ti ve and
n ev er e n d i n g en t ail me n t fore ver on our worn down coun
try , of th e n eg ro race l l 1
Now there can be ex hi bited the poss ibility of sen d i ng off
the n egroes and th e practicability there of It is u n i versal
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con sen t e q u a l to a param
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ag ree to s e n d off her free co lo u re d pop u l ati o n as w e ll as c er
tain sl a ve s i n the St at e of Ma i n e ? Wou l d the sou th sou th
wes t Tennesse e and Ke n t u cky agre e to s u bs crib e to a po
hey s o sa l utary Then l e t i n u n i versal resol u t ion be the ada
man tin e i rre si stable impu l se and stable order of the d ay to
the fin a l ac co mpli sh men t of th e e n te rp ri se so fraught and r ife
with hope to ou r beloved cou n try Le t fa shion d ec re ase and
uity
Let u s w ea r whol eso me
conve n i e n ce s u perce d e su pe rfl
clothi ng by all se xe s a n d in all e stabli s hment s h owe ver
opulent Let the mi se r be come liberal a n d the wealthy mer
chan t for o n ce tru ly a ben efa ctor to his coun try Le t all cl as
make a lo ng, a
se s and a ll occ u patio n s for s av e vm n s o nu
Let
stro ng an d an u n d i v i d ed p u ll to cle an se the A uge a n sta bl e
t axe s b e acc umu lated i n to the treasury to thi s v ie w and wh at
a su b li me man i festa tion of hon o u r to ou r co u n try an d of a vast
an d i mmense revo l u ti on for the be st w o u l d b e con summated
in sendi ng of all Afri cans to t he ir own continent
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Bu t, alas I how far n ow is our c o un trymen from rea li zing
an amo u n t o f goo d so mighty , th e po ssibili ty of whi ch i s
certa in He i s a st upe nd o us political and moral fool, who
doe s n ot see th at to reta i n the n egroe s is eve r dear to the
heart of Thos R Dew , an d th at th at au thor k no ws that in it
is the oppo sitio n alo n e which the pl a n o f e xpu l s io n wou ld eu
co un ter from hi s o wn s ou the rn n e ighbours , whic h i s the ia
trin aie ca u se of his i mpra cticability and he e ve r hop es
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cause may p ro ve a barri er i n su pera bl e
A fri ca n coast has n othin g to d o w ith
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We can gi ve them leave to wa nde r
a
ll u sion
ou r. r e r un s
or r a n ar
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fro m Lib e ria
or
in to
to
AN D
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the i n
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the m i n Egypt ; on the Bar
bary C oasts ; a n d they can find e mploymen t from the kings
I f a ll A frica is too wa rlike an d too
of a ll th e se co un tr i e s
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tha t i s the pred omi n an t characte r
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eff r
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i sti c of n eg roe s o f t w ice fa ll e n men and we c an no t help that
E ven it may be s afely a ffi rmed that i n puttin g our n egroes
in to Africa they will find thei r conge n i al ele men t i n the tur
moils of that country for it is e ver the pre dilec tion of that
race for v iol en ce a nd c arn age thoug h ca rrie d on i n so man y
petty and ceasele ss co mpasses of coun try Not with the
far fe tche d stri d e an d wid e pl ans of a Napoleo n—who him
—
s elf was a d i sgrace
ou
n
to r ature but in the pe tty broils
of so man y s ma ll co mmu n iti es c arry i ng de at h eve ry w h ere
an d u nce as i n g fro m i mme moria l ti me : gi ving the li e t o Ho
”
me r s assert ion of h ar mless E thiopians
T o Mr De w s l ast po si ti o n of the s piri t of li bert y be i ng in
the sl ave hold i ng co un t ri e s st ro nge r tha n i n the n on s la ve
at tru mpe t to n u e d de n i al
at a v ery fl
hold i ng I give a fl
I
t
g
is t horough fal s ity in total and in de tail And I s h all prove i ts
bare face d va cu ity oftruth Does the s pirit oflibe rty glo w b right
e r i a V i rgi ni a i n the mo st de n sely n egro i n h a b it ed regi on s, in
D o the
the w h ite man s b re ast th an it d oe s i n Ne w York ?
Sou th C aroli ni ans wors hip mo re sed ulously at li berty s altar
than the freeman of Ne w Ha mpshi re ? Is a n ahob in Loui s
iana without se lfish partiality a better lover of freed om
am
ong the white s of all the eart h than i s a wealthy lan d
terior,
a nd s
e ttle ;
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lord
V
mon t ? Who beli eve s
th e old
red n a h ob hi mse l f
T he s pi rit of pri moge n it u re y e t glo ws in
V i rgi n i a, u n known in Ne w Yo rk !Th e pride o f oliga rc hi c
b i rth co n n ex io ns a n d e mot ions ye t re mai n s of ma gica l v ir
tu e i n So u th C aroli na, an d u n fe l t i n New Ha mps hi re !T he
ha ughty i mbe cil e b u t opu le n t Lou i sia ni an wo u l d sco rn to see
hi mse l f addre s sed fa mili arly by a pea san t i n Lo u i si ana
wo u ld s col d to see th e p ea sa n t s w i fe fro m her log cabin
vis it his s ilken a n d ga u ze d re ssed w ife in a n y colo u r than as
”
a whin i n
en
st re s s a n d M aste r
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p ron oun ced to hi m or he r wi t h a most tort u rou s a nd a bj ect
h ab it of de fere n ce a nd reve ren ce througho u t Thi s system
of ope ra tion s b e t ween n e i ghbo u r an d n e ighbo u r i s lit e ra ll
y
u n k n o wn on th e mo u n t a i n s or in th e v a lli e s of ro ma n tic an d
pict ure s que V e rmon t Th e spi rit of libe rty i n the Sou th
a ll u de d to b y M r Do w is tha t boi s te rou s due l fighti ng an d
vol a tile spi rit which i s at any rate re mote fro m calli ng the
whit e peasan t a bro th er though the e pithe t of u n cle an d
”
da dd y i s us ually a pplied to a l mos t every old n egro on the
pl antations (I beg pa rd on fro m the Plan ters for t hi s defa cto
I mu st combat Profe ssor Dew as fe arl es sly as he
all u s ion
hi mse lf co mba ts ; or ou r we a pon s on my part will n ot be
e qu a l ! Wh en ever a politica l mee ti n g ta ke s pl a ce th e te rm
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fe l low citi zen s i s frequen t i n the lip s of ari s toc ra tic l a wy ers
But those
an d hig h bre d gen tl emen C a n di da tes or so s o
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fellow citi zen s have no i de a of e ating any
sa me u tt e rers of
whe re with sai d fe llow citizen s e x c e pt at a barbe c ue The y
wou l d take it as high mi sdemean or for a poverty stricken
”
fe llow citiz en to i n trude wi t ho u t urge n t busine ss u po n the
j apanned and varn ished secl usi on of thei r d omicil s
Mr De w a ll ud e s to th e sh ak i n g of h an d s A peer may
shake han ds wit h hi s h anger on witho u t i ntend i ng an y fu rt he r
”
con cession to the spirit of liberty
The masters o f the
And if
so u th o ften s h ake h and s with their b lack servan ts
that amoun t s to any sacrifi ce on liberty all the negroes woul d
be fre e , a s th ey h av e all sha ken hands with their masters on
d ivers occasions
Let it be re me mbered that a system of slavery tOIcratled
of
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in either aspe ct
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serve to so me d egre e at a ny ra te to i nj ure the spi rit or love of
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It was n ot a de s ign of God to ma ke on e man
u n n at u ra lity
It
mas te r over or a n other man se rvant to his fellow ma n
ong white men I t is the exam
w as n ot th e o rd er to e x i st a m
e x amfl
e of H a m s son Nim
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rod has as I h a ve sai d prod u ce d the d e plora bl e con d itio n of
T he mo n ar
the E u rope an wh ite co mmo n s or vassa l age
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chies of E urope are monstrou s offs prings of Mol och an d the
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the
battles that ha ve been fo ught to tai n or ga in crow
They mu st be p ut d o wn by all
sa c ri fice s on hi s ho rri d alt ar l
means ; un like th e C hora ssan Bon aparte e ith e r by some mo
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n
s
s o me co nsci enti o u s re len tiv e
ch
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op
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an e i n
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ean
ral
a r so me mig hty mo ral an d p hysic al revol u tion !
i n ki n g s —
T he stain o f H a m mu st n o lon ger del u de an d curse Eu rope
The offsprin g of Ba bylon mus t be b uri ed u nder a Pelio n and
—
E u rope mu st be fre e an d A meri ca also free
an O ssa l
from a st ain t oo ig nobl e an d de ba sed to b e good free man
too p rone to riots tu rb ulance an d rob beri es to be pe rmitt e d
to re ma i n as free i n our coun try and too i n d i cati ve a nd in ce n
ti ve to a lo ss of ou r spi rit o f li be rty whil e we retai n th em
w it hu s even as s l ave s or bon d men Havi n g d o n e with Profe ss or
La n d now enter u pon
Thomas R Dew I bid him fare well l—
an an a ly si s and syn thes i s of the h a bit s of th e A fric a n ra ce so
far as I have bee n e n abled to j u dge by o bse rv ation of t hose
in th e Sou th ; a n d of the fixtu re consequen ce re su l ti ng from
reta i n i ng them fo re ver
What is the pe c uli ar habit of the negroes that can serve as
The ir u n i
a ty pe of th e w hol e ra ce with man y ex ce ption s ?
formc haracte r is t h at O f me n fa ll e n lowe r t han the white man
o f pro verb i al ign ora n c e ; s u bj e ct to pass ion s s t rictly b rutal
withou t moral observan ce ex ce pt where u rged by fear to con
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a t to d i sregard chastity
co d ct
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j ests unthi n ki ng starers at eve ry p as sing obje ct—a nd scoffers
at every moral acti on w he re the perso n i s p oor or a hater of
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an d
in early li fe th e ch aract e r of the futu re ma n an d
i s fixed , a s w it h a magic stamp
Wh at then s ho u ld
that
wo ma n
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b e fan ci ed of th e ch ara cter of a ny pe ople livi ng on remote
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cie ty a good s p a ce of ti me
an d w he re al s o b ruti s h a nd oh
sc e n e n e gro gi rls are e n t ru st ed wi th the n u rse ry of chi ld ren
A n a ppa lli ng fan cy
Afte r edu cation c an ill re ctify e rrors
i n st ill e d i nto the first con ce ptio n of a little chil d A n d su ch
a chil d g ro w i n g u
n i ng o f
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a n d gro w i n g w ith its gro w th
an d s tre ngt hen i ng w i th i ts
stre n gth a n d be co mi n
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s t u rn a pare n t a n d p u tti n
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or her o wn c hil d to the sa me ro u ti n e o f n e ro
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n u rsery to
r
g g
which h e or s he had b ee n s u bj e ct w o uld give the reade r s ome
ide a of the mo ra l and de e p l ai d de p ra v ity of many a Southe rn
fa mily 1 Which n e ith e r a ll the ad mo n itio ns of th e pe d agogu e
n o r re ligiou s l e ct u res o f the p re a ch e r ca n a l te r for th e b e st I
Thi s is an aw fu l pictu re bu t a t ru e one The a ppa rent hot
a n d e as ily ex cit ed t e mpe ra me n t of So u th ern states men an d
So u th e rn mid ship me n stu de n t s a n d cad e t s a re bu t effe cts of
rse and
f
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h
l
ho
a mi s gu i d ed i nfa n til e ma n a e me n t
a
g
—
The
hal f a lligato r braggad ocio o f Ke n tu cky is the sa me
lou d ran t of Nu llifiers pred icti n g d i su n io n or an A ce ldama
are b u t like e ffe cts
A n d th e e ase w i t h w hich negro Wenc he s
w ou l d p art w ith ch asti ty O pe ra ti ng as i n du ce men ts on men
pu t in e a rly age to a n egro n u rse ry i n thou sa nd s of i nstan ces
w ith i gn ora n t mothe rs c a re l e s s o f j uve n il e v i rtue and e ven
n e glige n t to co rre ct fro m ti me to ti me con ta mi n a tio n s i n t he i r
child re n li v i ng and raised u po n i sol ated pl ant ations cau se
su ch me n to th e co mmi s sio n of n u mbe rl e ss fo rn ica tion s of
s
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i niqu ity more i n the ne groe s the msel ve s th an i n the whites
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W hat pat riot h avi ng the fear O f G od i n h s
what sta te s
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He re is a place wh e re i n fidel ath ei sts may re v el i n all
thei r horrible a n d s a ti ated ph a n t asy i n w i s hi ng the n egroe s
He re the love r of on ly b ruta l prope n sitie s
foreve r h ere
may find his ep he me real parad i se Th e re is ta lk en ou gh in
the sou th aga in s t n o rt he rn n egro ama lga mation
I too w ith
the so u th e rn pu b lic a bhor n o rth e rn n eg ro amalga ma tion ; but
b re th ren of th e so uth ! look at yo urse l ves ; wh e n c e so man y
mul attoes ? Yo u n ow see tha t y ou yo u rse l ve s tol e rate a mong
you a sp e cies of a malga mation con fin ed to the w hite males
whi ch in my eye s is sca rcely l e ss to b e abhorred and re
b uked th an th e n egr o amalga matio n at th e n o rth w ith w hite
uen ce of thi s ex a mple is to in crease
fema l e s
T he mo ra l in fl
th e callou sn e ss of the white s to v i rt ue a nd hen ce ho w n u
merous in ou r co un try are ill eg iti mat e white child re n
uen ce of kee ping n egro e s i s of a n
The de moralizin g in fl
oth e r typ e a l s o b u t a s sy no ni mou s i n i n famy with l asci v io us
This type is b u llyis m and bla ckg u ard is m l Sce nes of
p a ss
v iole n ce n ot alway s co n n e cte d w ith d ru nk e n n ess and ev en re
mote fro m grog s hops p rev ail i n all co u ntri e s w h e re n egroes
Th e n egroes the msel ve s do not sho w
are k e pt i n n u mbe rs
un i ve rsa l v iol e n ce be c au se th ey a re k e pt in che ck i n pu b li c
—
place s and a ny whe re el se bu t e ve ry pl antation can ex hi bit
the pre v a ili ng lov e of th e bl a c k s i n se cl u sio n a nd se cre cy for
But in p ub li c as se mb li e s i n a de n s e pl a n
ri ots an d d i sord er
tati on n e igh bour hoo d or whe re mos t of the peopl e are l arge
plan ters —the re v iole n ce will ha ppe n the re qu arrelli ng will
p re vail th e re so me ti me s and often in so me ca se s the farce is
close d in a t raged y O f mu rde r !Le t any p u b lic state sman of
the s ou th re colle ct how man y case s of murder or man slaugh
ter hav e occurred the re n oti ce d in p u blic gaz e tt e s or u n n o
—
e
s
a n d of th ese how man y took
e
ar
ti ced for the las t t n y
plac e on a d ispute con cern i ng p roperty i n n egroes and he w ill
find an en o rmo us n umber i n the sou th th at i s wit ho ut p re
ceden ce in the n orth, wh ere the p op u l ation i s fo u r ti me s as
mu ch as in th e sou th ! Ne w H ampshire has a free whi te
pop ulation more in n umber o r equal to the w hol e white an d
colou red inhab itants of Sou th C aro li n a p ut togethe r In
New Hampshire then let our state smen examine the re cords
ric e
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J ticiary Co u s
e pro cl amatio n s of Go vern ors
for the l as t te n ye ars ; an d n ote down the a mou n t of mu rd ers
and ma n sla u hetrs
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a
m
es
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n
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m
ne
a
g
the re cord s of co u rt s in Sou th C arol in a the p rocl a mat io n s
u b e rn at ori a l an d cou n t d o w n the n umbe r of mu rd ers an d
g
ma n sl a ughte rs Afte r so d oi n g let our state s me n con tras t
the Oppo s ite n u mbe rs a n d look a t the re su lt ! Le t hi m con
t rast in t his w ay Pe n n syl v a n i a w i th V i rgin ia ; M assach u setts
w i t h Ke n t u cky ; Co n n e ct icu t w i th G e o rgia l I C a n yo u re
fe r to the frigi d i ty of n o rth e rn cli mate an d the s ultry cli mate
of the so u t h a s a n ex pl a n atio n ?
I a cce pt no s uch expl ana
n at io n
T he sou th of Fra n ce i s as pe ace
I t w ill not me et
a bl e as the n o rth o f Fra n c e an d mu rd e rs a re as freq u e n t i n
Be lgi u m a s i n Au stri a T he cli mate has n ot hi ng t o d o with
you r baser passion s ; the i n fl uen ce is fro m you r n egroes It
i s i mperce pt ible b ut sat an ic ; u nse e n b ut fe lt
It a ppa ren tly
s e e ms t o co me fro m the w hite ma n s ba d h e a rt alo n e , but is
the co nse q ue n ce a s ce rt ai n a s d a y of a mi spl a ce d n u rsery an d
egroe s o n pl an tatio n s w here i n ter
a co mp an ionship w ith n
ch ange s of opi n io n occu r mu ch to the warpi ng of one white
’
man s fe eli ngs aga in st an oth er T he n egro can d o n othi ng
offen siv ely w ithou t a fea r of pu n i sh me nt b ut at home unseen
by a n y w hite hu ma n ey e bu t yo u r o w n an d yo ur family s he
ca n poi s o n yo u r he art ag ai n st yo u r n e ighbo u r, he c a n i n fu se
i nto you r vei n s a fe ll a n d C ai n i s h s pirit An d you gi ve (i n
spite of st ro n g s t at ut es !v en t to fee li n g s th u s i n fu s ed an d
th u s n ouri sh ed o n the c ou rt ground the mu ste r gro und, & c
Hen ce the re ex i st so ma ny en mities bet ween ne ighbou r and
ne ighbou r in ou r s l av e ho ld i n g s ta te s ; gre a ter in p roportion
to the den sity of a n egro popu l ation and greater also in su ch
part s of a sta te w h ere the coun ti es are fu ll of n egroes l O ther
i mpercept ible co n co mitan t c au ses connected with keepi ng
r
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con se quen ce can be metaphysically shown in b old sun beamy
colou rs of trut h But the un lettered an d the i ndol en t can
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I
cau se
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m u nerring i n this
i n the U n io n fro m
a
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mark ab le ill ustration
Of
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all
the ri ve r St Lawrence to the
cities
western c o n fines o f Lou i sia na w hich on e or member con tai n s
the mo st v iole n ce an d w ith a l the st ro nges t poli ce ? New
Orlea n s 1 There combats d ue l s are sa i d to b e d aily at an y
rate we ekly ! Ne w Yo rk w ith a popu l a t io n n early fiv e t i mes
as
as gre a t
Ne w O rl e an s i s c o mpa rati v ely a pe aceabl e
a ce ; Phil a d e lphi a i s the same
u t Bo sto n , fre er from
B
l
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n egroe s th a n bo th Ne w York an d Phi l ad e lphia i s mo re p ea ce
ab le th a n B a l ti mo re w hile B a l t i more free r fro m n e roe s th an
g
Be twee n Bos
New O rlean s i s more o rderly tha n the l atter
Boston is large r than
ton and Ch ar l eston how s ta nd s it ?
Charle ston has more peopl e but con fu s ion re ign s mo re
powerfully i n Charl eston In Ne w O rleans an d Ch arle ston a
v ery st ro ng an d wa tch fu l police w ith b ran chi n g p a trol s i n all
d irections are ever an d co n stan tly ale rt to arre st the slightest
Bu t there d i so rd er will re ign in all its hi deo us ne ss
d is orde r
an d the citie s of Bost o n C i n c in n atti and P itt sbu rg a lmost with
b le a d o rd e rly in
out a n y w atch are a ft er all the mo st peacea
b
e
e
n
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f
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re e from0 0
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loured people how peace fu l wou l d she be w hat a savi ng to her
—
a
a
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ad P hil d lphi
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itto
e i n e x pe n se of a poli ce
e
p
Ne w York n ot be i ng so overstocked as Charleston an d New
O rleans l eave s so me d ifferen ce to her cre d it S t ill s he i s qu ite
a
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places to inspect the in flu en ce of n egroe s on the mora l cha
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T he white man who was a ll his early days a mong brutal
n eg roe s , whose p a re n t s le ft him to the i r ig n o min io us gu i da n ce ;
w ho, a fter goi ng a w hile to s chool i s glad t o q u it the h a ted
ce , a nd g ree t ag a i n like b ro the rs the e bo n b an d on t he pla n
l
a
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who wa s tra i ne d by s o me l arge negro , for w hom the
ta tion
o
u t h has obd urat e p red ile ct ion , t o fig ht e v e ry other p a ss in
y
g
lit tle white boy , a nd w hip him too who is fon d led and land
e d for bl oo dyi ng a n o se i n an oppo si te w hi te boy ; w ho ear
p u be rty is pl a ce d to the ove rsee in g of the
e b o n ga ng at la bo u r i s hi mse l f a n eg ro in heart an d a mon
Wi th po wer i n p u blic s u ch a fello w wo uld
ster i n rea li ty
o
v
e a C arra ca lla o r a Ne w ! Bu t w i th a p ri v a te p o we r
r
p
o ve r n egroe s o n ly he would p ut to pra c tice lesso n s ta u ght
hi m by thos e s a me n egroe s w h en youn g ; he wou ld b e a per
an d w o u l d b ru ta lly a nd ma lig
son ification of b ru ta l pa s sio n
a chin g n egroes ; and if en te re d i n to
nan tly whip o ften sa i d m
s oci ety w o u l d s ho w the negro i n hi s d ee d s
Co ward ly he
wou ld e nde avo ur to bu rt in s la n d e r ; an d th at fo u n d ou t to
hi s cost he w o u ld pla y the bu lly w it h all the fee li ngs of a
sc o u n d re l an d witho ut p ity o r me rcy act the pe t ty ty ran t a s far
If e n trus te d as a gaoler a s
a s he ca n d o so with w hole bon es
a tu rn ke y in a state pen ite nti ary as a k ee pe r of the si ck or as
a kee pe r i n a lu n a tic asylum w it h ce rta i n d is cre tio nary po w
e rs he wo u ld pl ay the d e v il i n ca rna te a n d wit h his sp eec h tell
S uch
n u mbe rl es s and fooli s h l ie s to j us tify his p etty ty rann y
I know by e xperien ce an d obse rva tion
Su ch i s the man wholly give n up to n egro tu ition l And
man y a one of thi s de spe ra d o kind I fe ar i s i n this cou ntry
In some c ases more th an o ne su ch bully o f the l as t d eg ree of
Me n of more pallia ti ve c haracters bu t
v i ll ain y is i n a v illage
s ubj e ct i n s o me me asure to t he i n fl ue n ce that I here re p u di
a te an d ab hor are fou n d i n n u mbers in e ve ry part of the
or of a fre e n e r o fos terin
o
to
ti
r
l
e
ra
s l avery region
n
g
g
g
cou n try D i scon ten t in politics a restless love of c ha nge
n umero u s ba ll s p a rti es of pl eas ur e an d eve ry v a ri ety of fas h
ion a nd art i s tried to do away the en nu i w hi ch i d le ness from
wan t of e mploymen t brings on them ; or wi th w hich a com
un ction of cons c ien ce harrasses the m
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y believe und er Go d s mercy the wealthy plan ter of
the So u t h or of any coun try w i t h a gang of h u n d red s or thou
sa nd s o f Afri ca s
e
a ro un d hi m is i n hi m
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l
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f
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se
h
s
e
f
a
m
p
his all the mos t mi se rable obj ect on e a rth e xc ept the t wice fall
en ne groe s
In v a i n he look s on hi s gre at mass o f solid gol d an d
imagi nes hi mse l f ha ppy
He ca nn ot re main at ho me and
look i n to hi mse l f ; ti s too appall in g and he forth wi th h urries to
the p a rty to his n e i hbo u rs to d ro wn his s o u l in the bo wl an d
g
w hile a way the s pi rit w i t h c o n ve rsa tio ns ; he tra ve l s far and
w i d e ; he ru s he s t o the e l e c tio n g rou n d a n d trans formi n g his
trou bl e in to a bu rd e n fro m the s la n der ed Ta rg he pours out
his bile i n d en ou n c ing F e d e ra l e n c ro ac h men ts he ra n ts a bou t
I nd ia n Land s ; he l a ug hs he joke s he swears he s ta mps w ith
a ll the fu ry a n d h a ll u ci n a t io n of on e d on e to p ie ce s by hi s
mode of li v i ng with a s ort of pe ople aro u n d him th roug h
w ho se h an ds a n d v ie ws his v e ry blood a nd fles h in his food
ha d passe d before he cou l d t ak e the sen s ua l co mfort ! Poor
man ! E ven tho u n ow c urse d s t me long a nd lou d for te lling
thee of thy trou ble s ; may God in his i n fin ite me rcy rescue
the e from t hy folly an d d elive r me from thy murderous i ntent
That the infl ue n ce of n egroes on the l an d is de leter iou s n o
one c a n d e n y : a t l e a s t n o o n e i n hi s s en se s t ha t ha s an ca re for
y
t he good of our i ns t it u ti on s T he me re mise r the ma n of mere
bus i ne ss the l abo u re r w ho has n o t ime to e x amin e for hi mse lf;
the bu lly ; the bl ackgu ard who wallow s e ve r i n n egro es s oci
ety ; the mea n e s t w hite folks of the l and the rogue s the broth
e l keep ers the con ti n ual j e s ter and the co n t in ual c h e ri s he r of
malice these alon e s c atte re d all o ver our cou n t ry but more
e sp e ci a lly s o uth o f the Poto ma c ; th e se a lon e will fo rm a so
lid p halan x of u n comp ro mi si ng d is sen ti e n ts from my creed !
T he wise the good the piou s the mora l of the l and—
from
these I have n othi ng to fea r I s houl d be p ut u pon my guard
by a Pygmalion but from a !e no I have n ot hi ng to app re he nd
T he hone st hard hand ed self worki ng and se l f t hi n ki ng y eo
man ry of our lan d may w ell be called in conj un ction with
man y good plante rs fa rmers merc han ts an d me chan ic s who
belie ve or show me ch ris ti an tole ra tion the cho sen of the
coun try From su ch the re pu b li c has muc h to hope wh enever
I
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these men w oul d in the spi rit of benevol ence but more of
an x iou s i n q u i ry re a d c are fu lly a n d stu d iou sly refle ct an d me
d ita te on my expo sition T he w orld i s a d ark a venue of criti
—
s
e
tru th is n ot e ver with men free fro m errors
cal e me rge n ci
if on e great e ffo rt i s mad e to bru sh away the d u s t of erro r
e n will s u ppo rt the Pion ee r of truth u n til the b roa d
oo
d
m
g
—
the e v e r bl e sse d an d gl ad beams of t ru th nu
an d e verl asti n g
s ca led of erro r s b ark bu rs t forth as e tern a l a s p arad i se
TH E Lo a n 1 8 r oa n v s n s oon T o u s We ou rs elv es i n ig n oran t
r ou bles r om
t
a nd s ordi d a n ces tor s ha v e en ta i led on ou r coun tr
f
y
whi ch I beli eve God hi ms elf wi lls u s to be f r ee
My i ngenu o us an d ac u te o p po n e n ts i n t ryin g to con fii te my
premi se may refe r my atten tion or the p u blic s attention to
t he follo w i n g fe e bl e po s ition s :
l st Why i s all S o u th A meri ca so full of broil s an d tu r
—
moils having n o slaves ex cept i n B raz ils ?
2d Why a re I n d i ans so warlike so u n peaceab le with ou t
kn o wledge of n egroe s ?
3d Why i s E urope so warlike fro m the re motest e ras ?
4th Why was Greece Pe rs i a a nd Ro me so b e lligeren t ?
5 th Why was an d wh at i mpe lled the d estructi ve ba ll o f the
Fre n ch Re vol u tion ?
6 th Wh a t i mpe lled Ch arles the 1 2th of S wed en and the
Russ i an Autocrat to deed s of war ?
Now th ese so appare n t mou n ta i n ou s o bstacles perp en d icu
lar an d i n s urmo un ta bl e to oth er e yes than ma n may d i scou r
age a ny othe r w rite r b ut a pro fou n d thi n ke r
I am not at all
d iscou rage d Every one of sa id position s I can immed i ate ly
re fu te
It is i n d i spe n sabl e to ofl
er a fe w p re li mi n ary remarks on the
orde r of mora lity from the c reatio n By this the d ire ct an s wer
re fu ta ti ve o f po s ition s re pl e te w ith sophis try can b e forth with
I h ave in the beginn i ng of this book e xhi bi ted the
e x ten ded
This
fatal erro r which in ki ngcra ft e ma nated from Ni mrod
e xa mple i s a n eg ro e xa mpl e an d i n morali ty it matters little
w he ther y ou t ake the n egroe s the msel ves or follow the i r pre
c e ts or e xa mpl e s
It
i
t
e
n d ed i n the c re a tion to ha ve
n
w
as
p
man kin d a moral and ord erly ran k of be ings and p i ety was to
Satan for ou r
b e the preceden t gu i de for all moral actions
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mpl e of Ni mrod the
o ki ng Me n scattered T he n a
r
e
s
r
n
a
ns tigato rs to the B a b e !b u il d i n g re ma i ne d mo st
o
o
igi
l
i
g
ly t h e re o r wen t to the fe rtil e pl a i n s of E gypt an d t hen ce p e o
pled Africa T he bette r me n mo ve d far a w ay fro m soci e ty
tha t had ca u se d th e m s o mu ch e vil an d peopl e d the regio n s of
Asi a a nd E u rope B ut the d etach me nts ma y not h ave bee n
co mplete w hite me n re ma i n ed a bout Afric a to d we ll in Ba by
lon Ni n e ve h Ty re Sod o m a nd G omora h i n co mpa ny with
the child re n of H a m
T he Ni mrod i an scien ce was too o sten t atio us—
too au gu st
too se du c t i ve to the st ro ng a n d able in a ny pa rt of the hu man
fa mi ly w hom t ho ug h chi ld re n o f Ja phet an d She m of ble s sed
memory had y e t the poi son of S atan ra n kli ng i n t he ir vei n s
though n ot to the deg ree of the childr e n of Ha m ! They
ra
s y s tem of which
t
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had its fo un dation a mi d the horro rs o f Ba be l
They con
struc te d mo n a rchi e s ; an d we behol d t h e m n o w su ffe r i n
s
a
g
i f t hey had negroe s a rou n d t he m Ki ng s aro se i n ho rri d ma
e sty i n se du cti v e be a u ty i n fa l se gran d eu r i n amazi n g military
j
a n d for c ro w n s a n d fo r s pite ki ll e d i n bat tl es t he ir
a
n
c
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a
;
y
p g
brothe rs each ot he r s subj e ct s by the i n fin i t e w hole sa l e T he
pas s ion s of me n i n pow er u n ch e cke d by a ny law had free
impu l se Thei r men i al brethre n groa n ed in oppression or
all e v i ated the ir t ro u bl e s e i t he r by a faw n i ng syco ph an cy or
b y b lood y re be llio n s
G o v e rn me n t be i n g on b asi s o f the
Ni mrod ia n s oci a l li fe took s u ch a ba s i s though i n a ci rc u m
—
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African s have i n copiou s streams b ut as co
piousl y n egl e cted T he Ind ia ns are n ot ho we ver su ch exter
min ating w a rriors a s some hi sto ri ans s ay The i r w ars are
petty bou n d ary d ispu te s and soo n over The i r sl ai n a re few ;
an d t h e y are t ru ly a ra ce h a v i ng the s pi rit o f the w hite man
They like the C almuk Ta rtars rove abou t with
th ro u ghou t
out se tt l e d h a bi t at io n ; tho u gh i n Me x ico a n d Peru gre ate r
ci v ilizatio n can be acco unted of the m G i ve the m ci v iliza tion
re mo te fro m the grog se lli n g h a u n t s of ne gro ma ste rs a n d y ou
will soon see a po pul at io n o f w o rt hy fre e men ; far b e tter citi
zens t h a n you ca n make fro m the negroe s
I sha ll make u p my fact s w ith a nothe r mo re pote n t i n the
e ne rgy of tr u th
I h a ve a ffi rme d that n egroes i n fl u en ce so me
way v iole n ce an d c ri me ; th at w he re th ey a r e den s e ther e
A nd I n o w a sk ; how many
cri me a n d ill n atu re abo un d
pirat ic v e ssel s h ave been see n w ithou t a n egro or mu l atto on
bo ard
A nd in w h a t co u n t ry a n d a bo u t w h at n e ighbo u rhood
d oe s pi ra cy abou n d a nd i n w h a t coast find re fuge ? O n the
whol e Africa n Med ite rra nean co ast man n e d by a mix tu re of
Africa n an d white blood—moors ; and on the seas a n d shores
of the West I n d i e s man ne d by ill e d u cated n e gro lov i ng
Sp an iard s an d mu lattoe s or bl ack s Had it not b een for the
n av al arma me n t of a ll n a tio n s t h at st a t ion e d i n t ho se seas
ex e rt s a w atch fu l gu a rd i an s hip o ve r the i n t e rest s an d li ve of
trad i ng compan i es the whol e Me d iterranea n and We st I n d ia n
s ea s w o u l d b e al ive with p i rates ; an d so s wa rmed w i t h the
less on s of the n eg r oes t hat n o n e cou l d arrest the m wi t hou t a fu ll
fleet S u ch i s the effect of n egro i nfl ue nce on white society
—
E ve n in Africa the con fus ed cri mi n ality i s fu ll no t rave ller
—
e
x
plo
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a
the Nile u n til l a te ly w a s an e n ig ma
an
r
c
and a d i sco ve re r of i ts co u rse ha s i mmol ated hi mse l f to hi s
love of African soci ety for b e it kn o wn the wi n ni ng s mile of
a n egro or n e re ss co n ce al s a v ipe r u nd er i ts v ie!
L
d
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call e d th e m a mi a bl e ! a n d to th at a mi ability he i s fa lle n a
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v icti
No pr ch ca t ach ch ri sti an i ty th
the cli
mate is a s mall b ar b ut the malic e of the n egroes the l argest
obstacle A long li ne of cl ergy me n and travellers have d ied
i n Africa b y the cunning and v iolence of the negroes Mango
tion , which the
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—hi mself and his son
Pa rk loved the
both at d i ffe re n t ti me s h a ve d i e d by Afric an malice ; acco rd
O f M un go Park, a ut horities are
ing to the best a u thoriti e s
B ut wi t hou t co n t ra d iction a ut ho ri ty n u
con trad ictory
d ou bte d ca n be gi ve n t o t e sti fy the n e gro butchery of man y
travellers an d cl e rgy me n Ask a Mis si on ary to tra verse
Be n i n Congo G u i n e a an d the i n te rior o f Africa and he will
te ll his a ppre he n s io n of ex traord in ary d ifficu lties an d his lia
b ility to e ncou n t e r u nfore see n d ea th
A sk him t o go to Pe rs i a
to T u rkey to p rej u d ic ed T u rkey highly i ni mica l t o a ll re li
io
n s s av e Ma ho me t s ; to Chi n a to T a rtary to I n d i a and he
g
is re ady to go a n y d a y I A sk hi m to p re ach to the I ndi an s to
the fie rce the terr i bl e I nd i a n s ; the mu rd e ro us the maliciou s
the w il d I n d ian s—the In d i a n fie rce a s a n a rmy of p an t hers
a n d c r ue l a s any w ol f—c an n ib al s and w ar lo vers (so says
sc a n d a lo u s hi story p arti a l ra ther
n e roe s w ho m she ca ll s
to g
b a rb a ri a ns ; bu t the In d i an s s a vag es I!
; a n d the mi ss ionary of
the gos pe l will v e n tu re th ro ugh t ra ckl ess fo re sts to greet the
chil d re n of the wood s an d b e hospita bly t reate d an d un mo
les ted Le wis Clarke and Lo ng ca n te sti fy to th is T he
I nd ian cou n try has ofte n been t ra vers ed an d its face and as
—
w
hil
e su ch e v e n to thi s da
e t s n arra te d to a mas s
can
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e
p
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be sai d of the n egro i n terior p art of Africa
T he phys ic a l i nj u ry w hich ou r cou n t ry me n su ffer from thei r
be in g kept he re i s an other of the t ro ub lou s li n e I am d es
We k no w tha t the sou th as at presen t culti
c an ti n g u po n
v ated by the n eg roe s is fas t b re aki ng u p in t o gu lli e s an d fas t
T he p ri me va l fo re sts
we ari ng d o wn to l an d of a poor q u ality
w ith rich l an d s h a ve gi v en w ay to the red cl ay gro un d s on
which a very scan ty v egetatio n can b e re ared And pl a nte rs
after s o wea ri ng ou t the l an d s i n s te ad o f t ryi n g to bri n g it
b ack to a s t ate o f c u lti vatio n move a way an d l eaves the
S
u ch
ater part of the ol d state s i n su ffe ra n ce and p e n alty
r
e
g
Kentu cky
i s the fact con cern i n g Ge orgi a a nd the C aroli n as
—
i s full of gullie s Te n n esse e i n proportion T he ign ora n ce of
ag riculture , i n me n ma n agi n g l arge e s tat es ; the con st a n t p ro
h
e hi h pre ss u re d i st raction of
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oli ti ca l matters ; an d re ckl ess mod e of n e ro cu ltiv ation ; all
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mbined presen t
of
thi ngs tru ly di st racting to the
more so th an all tari ff l aw s or polici e s
so u th
B ut the phys ic al i nj u ry re ma i ns n ot a lon e i n the soil
T he
poor of ou r cou nt ry s uffer the pern icious e ffe cts of the syste m
of s la ve ry
As in a mora l l ig h t a co n t ami natio n is d issemi
nated fro m a n e ro to a w hite man a nd fro m sa i d w hite ma n
g
to an ot her w hi te man w ho has n o d e ali n g w it h the bl ac ks ;
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so in a phy s ic a l v ie w w hil e a pl a n ter
!
kee ps n egroes an d lo ves his poor ne ighbou rs the le s s for it he
wou l d not se ll a n y part in se parate p a rce l s of his exte n s i ve es
H is pro v e rb ial motto is to se ll a ll or
tate s to the sai d poor
”
n on e !
T he poor ye o man ca n n ot bu y a ll t he re fo re he ca n h ave
n on e ! The hope of the poo r w ho s e l a n d s are w o rn ou t from
long and constan t tillage—e xhau s ted for wan t of ma n u re a nd
the s cie n ce n e ce ssa ry to agric u ltu ri s ts—is to move away to
w estern fore sts and h e n ce the con stan t tid e o f we s tern e migra
tion whic h man y ofthese very na bo b s deplore They deplore
what th ey were i nstru me nt a l i n effe cti ng ! T he wea l t hy,
the refore reta in i ng v ast t racts of fe rtile l an d the major por
an e r w ill n e ith e r
tion y et in ti mber like the d og i n the m
g
cl ear thi s fo re s t t he mse l ve s n or let it b e clea re d by selli ng it
to the poo r
If the poor can no t b uy all the rich pl an ter cares
n ot for it
His n egroes are his s u pport a n d he has n o de
pen den cy on hi s penuriou s n eighbours He fe el s himse l f the
sli hte st w an t of the mo n ey of the poo r in e x cha nge for an
g
He n ce thi s policy of the
ac re ou t of his te n thou san d a cre s
weal t hy i s in effe ct to i n crea se the e migra tion of the bon e
”
fro m the C a roli n as a nd G e orgi a
In deed the
and si n e w
rich es t tract s of l an d s an d e v e n l an d s w ithou t cu ltu re in p ri
an d lon g u n cul ti vate d a n d a pp aren tly fore ver
mary fo re sts —
debarred cultivation remai n i n the po wer of the rich plan
t ers—monu men ts of the p ern icious n ess of thei r slave polity
T he w ealthy plan ter e n grossi ng
An d an other pictu re
—
b
l
d
bri ngi ng to the a id of the c u lt i vation o f a part
e
th
e st an s
of s ai d lan d s a ll the i n te llige n ce of jo ur n al s d ev oted to agri
cult ure—w it h w hic h his po verty n e ig hbo urs is not c o n ver
san t a nd havi ng hi s p rodu c ts abun d a n t an d st oc k of di vers
co
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ttl e many is abl e and ve ry well doe s fee d his bl a ck moors
His poor n e igh
wit h the fatn e ss of the l a n d i n a bu n dan ce
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ve e a
a n d fe e d i ng hi mse l f a nd fa mily poor ly
c i a te d c a ttl e o r n o n e
an d t hi n ly ; li v e s in hi s ow n cou n try a t ho u sa nd t i mes wo rse r
for foo d a nd co mfo rt t h a n the n egroe s of the opu l e n t n a bob
Eve n s ai d n abob is s o me ti me s hi mse l f a thi n e ma ci ate d ma n
e ati n g bu t s pa re ly ; a n d t h e n w h a t d oe s the w hol e ra n ge of
his v igo ro u s co rn fine c attl e a n d fat hogs co me to ? Why
th ey b ut feed the negroe s ! a nd thi s is the pl ace on ly to fa t
Mi se
te n n eg ro e s to the d e t ri me n t o f the w hite poor man
rabl e p la n ters y o u a re yo u r co u n t ry s g re ate st d e te rio ratio n
—
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th i phy ical co d ition y ou make
s to re s o f s ci e n ce t o b tt
the m li ve a l aughi ng li fe of phy sica l p a rad i se all to li ttle pur
po se to you rsel f a nd p al e s ick fa mily ; and to the i nj u ry and
de rogat io n of you r poor n e ighbo urs —of t h o se n eighbo urs on
w ho m y ou rely i n d anger to re s c u e y ou fro m the i n s u rre ction
of the v e ry n egro es t h at y o u so fe e d high an d p a mpe r !
Thi s sou t h is with a fe w se ve re e xce ptio ns the pe cu liar
home of the n egroes Mo re the p arad i se of the n egroe s th an
of the pe n u rio u s
bon e an d s i ne w
a nd if the pre sen t as
of thi ngs co n ti n u e n on e b u t r ich men and n e groe s ma
t
e
c
p
y
T he h ard y and l usty n egro ke pt
re mai n of the u n e migrate d
c o n s tan t ly at l a bo u r t h at i s s i mil ar to hi m to r ecr ea ti on an d
the h ard y we n ch e s ke pt i n the s a me li n e ; we ll d octo re d i n
s ick n e ss ; we ll fed to rob u st fa t n e ss
li ve in a state of phy
co
d
i
t
io
s ice l sa ti sfa ctio n fa r be tte r t h a n the pi n chi n
n of
n
g
the whi te pea san t ; who a s I sa i d fro ma s c anty soil d ra ws a
s ca nt y s u pply of foo d an d fe e d s a n d li ve s h ar d ! No lo v e r
of hi s poo r co u n t ry me n ca n like to co nte mpl a te t hi s pictu re
No lover of his cou n try c an h ate or d i srega rd his poor coun
try me n who are the mos t n u me rou s bod y of the p e opl e
He
i s n o patriot then who n ot wi th stand i ng hi p rofe ssion n e
l
cts to co n si d er it b es t to atte n d to the we ll be i n g of the
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g
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word our coun
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These ha rdy a n d rob u st n egroe s a re n ow stronger th an the
mi se rable c apti ve s fro m Africa t h e i r an ce sto rs Th e y gro w
grad ually st ro nge r a nd co me li er ; a n d in abou t a ce n t ury or
two h e n ce t h e y may by so mu ch e x e rci se i n bot h sex e s an d
s u ch good an d co n st an t foo d
be co me mu ch stronge r t han
—
e
th y n ow a re a n d fit for the w o rk of carn age and in su rre c
tio n if s l a ve s : an d for co melin e ss a nd v igou r for spee dy
a ma lg a ma t io n w i t h ou r so n s a n d d au gh te rs i f free
To j u st
s u ch a s ta te of thi ngs wo u l d the te n a cio u s hol d i ng of n egroe s
co me at l a st i f c upi d ity st upid ity i n terests a nd folly p re vail
i n ou r co u n t ry to negl e ct my w ar n i ng
Li vi ng so lo ng and so mu c h w it ho u t l abou r the so n s and
d au gh te rs o f pl an te rs a re ge tti ng feebl er an d feeble r e ve ry
ge ne ra tion u n til at last t hey s hall te rmi nate i n ran k i mb ecil ity
o r a l e th ar y a n d i mpote n ce o f bo dy a n d mi n d
ur v i o ro u s
O
g
g
a n ce s t o rs fro m E u rope a re n o lo n ge r s ee n i n the d wi n d l ed
an d e ffe mi n a te pe rs o n s o f the ir gre a t gra n d child re n
Fi re
a rms i n thi s fe e ble fu tu re gen e ratio n can li tt l e cou n terv a il to
re s i s t or re p e l —o r c a rry by a s s a u lt— the v iol e n t on s e t of d e s
perate an d ha rd y n egroe s a n d to take t he m p ri soners
The La ced aemo n i an s w hile follo w i ng the l abo riou s pl an of
Lycu rgu s w e re migh ty men ; t hey after a w hil e be came by
i n e rt ion qu i te u na ble t o re si s t Ro me T he Ro man s were
a bl e cha mpio n s fo r the i r ci t y u n t il t he y t ru s te d ra t her too
much to slave s a n d beca me p ue ril e u n d e r the E mperors
Thi s pict ure is by n o me an s ed i fyi ng to the he art or bright
to the co n ceptio n of a n y re fle c t ive an d co n si d e rat e A meri
An y on e cl a i mi n g a p at riot s n ame a nd who is
can p at riot
—
w e ak sy mp athy with me i n thi s
co
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co
c
ptio
e
n
n
mm n
of
cau se of re ady e xpu l sion ; and carele ss of the sta te of coming
thi ngs i s a bo ut as w orthy of t hat t itl e a s a boa r ravaging a
garden i s wo rthy to b e calle d its guard i an What I i n qu ire
w ill e ven t uate fro m ou r pl an ter po licy to thi s rep u blic in fu
ture ti mes ? T he physic al resou rce of ou r sou the rn an d west
”
bon e and si ne w i s s wallo wed u p i n a gre at me asu re
ern
by thi s sl ave ry toleratio n ! T he o nly v igou r an d hope of the
—
—
poor w hi te man his re al in de pe n dence is i n the n orth and
n ort h we st ! T he stronge st h0 pe of Ameri ca is there al so
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O n the contrary, the whole sl avery cou nt ry is littl e v a l uab l e,
w he n the mas s o f i nj u ry ev e n t u a ti ng from he r pec u li ar h a bits
Ev e n were the sou t h to se n d
a n d o rga n iz a t io n i s co n s id e re d
fi fty ti mes as mu c h i n t o the Nat io n a l Treasu ry, the v al ue o u ght
.
to be e sti mate d in a vu lgar sati sfa ct ion of brutal se n s u ality bu t
in a mo ra l a brig ht a bo ve e a rt hly co n s iderat ion the whole
so u t h i n many v i e ws ma y b e liken e d t o a d e se rt w a s te ; wi t h
a gre a t ma n y e x ce p t io n a ry c ase s b ut whi c h a re too fe w con
side re d wi t h the ma s s to re s c u e o u r mo ra l re p u ta t io n fro m
deg rad at ion Th ere are i ndee d man y brigh t mora l cha ra c
ters in the n egro hold in g sou t h But the con trary is pro d i
m
u st n ot I w ill n ot
F
I
e llo w citiz e n s o f the s o u th
ou s
i
g
flatter y ou My a im is a g re at moral re formation a nd mu ch
phys ica l i mprove men t o f my cou n t ryme n : thi s I can n ot d o
No !the d u ty of a
i f I flatter a nd a ppear a fra id to offe nd
mo ra l re former like a Luther a Pa trick He nry an Era smu s
a M e la n c thon a S t P a u l a n d a S t Pe ter i s t o te ll the tru t h
fe arl es sly b e ago n izi n g ma rtyrd o m the co nsequ en ce
I now
tel l you the trut h my bre t h ren an d bow to the will of
Heaven a s to the d i sposa l of my bod y i n your ha nd s I tell
ou are d oi n g a g re at erro n e o u s t hi n g ! You a re lb ste r
o
u
y
y
i n g the e ve rl a sti n g p erd i t ion of yo u rse l v e s a nd you r s urrou n d
i ng co un t ry me n i n thu s hold i n g the Afric an s in our l an d in
wh atever light or p re te n ce ! You are fe ed ing—e xerci si n g
p amperi ng—a n d e levati ng gradu ally the African ra c e to a
d isti n ctio n in t hi s cou n t ry which they c an n e ver attain in A f
The i r we l fare t hei r bod ily stre ngth the i r robu st health
rica
a n d t he i r r a pi d b re ed i ng a s w e ll as t h e i r gi a n t g ro wth a re
You ye arly se e t he m i n cre as i ng
e v e r d e ar to you r he a rt s
ou d a ily v i ew t h e i r gre a t mu sc u l arity— you fre q u e n tly see
y
th e m as fat a s the white ye o man ry a re poo r an d y ou rejoice
a t it : for y ou look on t h e m a s yo u r p rope rt y an d the i r i n
c rease a s you r i n cre a se ; whil e i n fa ct y ou a re bu t s h arpen
—
o
f
f
e
ur
a
n
un
s
e
k
i
yo
co
t
r
y
d
th
e
orfe ed i n g the v e n alit
i ng th
y
Yo u amass all
of you r own chil d ren s child re n co rru p t ion
the I n d i an s l an d for the p u rpo se of fatten i ng your n egroes
You mo ve abou t a n d w i t h a mpl e fu n d s p urchase
on th e m
—
—
s
s
an
d
h
e
e
t
r
f
b
t
l
d
e
b
ar
p
o
o
ro
n
e
e
m
th
o
acre
an d leav ing
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,
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b ut genu i ne
child re n
love
u
g
,
i de d b y
a
tru e foresight
i n behal f of their
.
do
hasten n ow to u nscale ou r long abused cou n
tr
e r oe s
t
e
ou e v e ry y ea r i n c re a se the d ifii c ult
h
n
o
f
g
y
y
y
of the ex p u l s io n ; u n t il at l as t the i mpra c t ica b ili t y b e co me s
s u ch a nd the bo t he ra t io n of the n egroe s so i n tol era ble that
a ge ne ra l an n ihil atio n o f the m i n hot or col d b lood s h all be
c o me the i n ev i t able la w of u na voi da bl e ne ce ss ity
Fel low C itiz en s o f the Ne w Engla nd and Mi dd le States !
Ha d you be e n w i t hout the fre e colo ure d pop u latio n t h at
i nfe st yo u r citi es a nd comp etitate wi t h you r own w o rki ng
me n ; o ften rio t i ng agai nst t hem bo wi ng to your Opu l en t
me n , a nd sco w li ng on yo ur me chan ics a n d b y t hi s bozo se
d uci ng the affe ction a nd gu ard i an s hip of yo ur we althy men
a nd by t hi s s cowl i n c ur ring t he j u s t ra ge o f the pe n u riou s
u pon the w hole b ri ngi ng i n thi s man n er of gu ard i an s hip on the
o n e h a n d a n d a tt e mp te d p u n i s h me n t on the o t h e r the two ex
t re mes of you r w hi te popu l atio n in to d isaflection and be llige
—
m
a
e
u
e
s
e
s
r
e
e
s
t
re
a
i
e
r
y
l
o
h
colo
d
p
r
ob
t
i
v
o
r
s
a
e
n
a
d
h
n
e
re
f g
a n d to
n ot as pi re d to a ma lga matory re l a tio n ship w i t h y ou
offices and hon ou rs a s if t he y had al so foun d ed fou ght for an d
e
a
s
f
h
e
e
s
n
en
t
n
d
chi
v
d
i
d
p
d
c
U
it
St
t
I
houl d
e
o
e
n
e
e
h
t
e
e
;
a
m
u
r
c
e
e
e
d
i
n
m
h
h
v
i
d
o
thi
u
h
to
yo
o
pl
t
e
or
c
fi
ce
m
s
s
e
a
a
n
e
t
g
tion
—
e
u
a
m
e
a
o
a
r
e
bl
bl scarcely less so
But as the ca se st an d s y
tha n the Sou t h ron s By mi ngli ng so mu ch w it h negroes on
n
a
i
a
s a nd l abo u re rs are de
e
u
z
ur
ar
t
y
t
q
lity
yo
f
o
m
e
s
a s
a
n
n
i
e
i
e
r
o
w
n
u
r
e
s
n
t
d
d
th
i
d
o
y
h
e
t
ti
r
e
a
c
i
a
e
s
i
e
ra
y
g
g
w
a
r
s
s
t
m
c
e
m
e
e
o
a
e an
o
t
oo
o
d
ly
th
l
v
k
dd
s
su
e
r
e
n
e
n
e
Th
y
g
—
e
o
u
a
r
n the white p e opl e
ght
though
a n d co n t i nu ed o n se t of sl
s
a
n
s
m
l
e
l
ca
w
i
e
m
e
a
a
r
t
i
g
h
a
v
t
phy
i
lly
p
ki
i
p
e
d
m
e
h
u
t
c
h
n
v
a
h
g
—
a
n
a
s
o
u
n
e
r
t
r
d
a
th
ll
pi
it
yo
u
pop
l
t
io
t
h
y
l ways find
f
e
i
r
e
f
o
rs
s
i
n
t
h
r
t
e
n
u
n
o
e
e
o
h
t
a
i
n
t
e
h
I
i
c
o
gh
i
s
h
a
a
d
n
er
d
u
a
r
w
th
e
a
re d y
q
h
T
e
s
a
v
n
a
n
e
s
t
h
t
e
o
m
r
u
h
bit
to
oi
d
c
t
i
na
t
io
d
cti
a
n
o
o
r
e
n
e
th
g
—
a
e
t
s
v
e
n
t
h
e
e
o
o
n
n
!
e
Ch
l
to
c
t
v
r
y
iot
E
l
cti
e
n
r
meet
s
a
r
e
h
t
of
i ngs atte st the pe rvade nce of a negro s pirit I ndeed what is all
b
b
i
n
a
an
u
t
o
P
il
lphi
a
u
t
B
a
byl
ns
i
i
t
u
d
r
o
m
n
r
e
e
k
h
or
a
d
Y
w
e
,
N
If you
n ot
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,
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e
levated above New
d
tu e
Orlean s and Charleston
,
in
a
moral
atti
.
T he
however in the n orth as wel l as in the sou th
—
are e ve r in che ck
be i ng howe ve r mo re in s tri ngs in the
sou th
than in the North th e y can not act ive ly e bu ll ate in
the se regio ns and o n ly a ct i n cid e n tally by the i nfluen ce of
ea rly e d u ca t io n or h abit o f a s soci ation at the a e of p u be rt y
g
on the w hite s
They are as I believe a d irect age n t of Sata n
to the d e s t ru ction o f o rd e r a n d the d i st ra cti n of the mi nd
g
Be ca u se free at the North they act b ad ly enough so far as the y
ca n an d e ve n b eyo n d the d i s cipli n e reg u l ati n
e re
em
th
W
g
—
t
n
r
f
o
o
it
a police
for cert a in riots u po n the m by the poor
w h i tes the i r d e mo ni a c p ass io n s w ou l d c o n tro u l a ll Ne w
York to a depth of i n i qu ity a s n ove l as n ow u n forese en or
fore see n in the d i m prospe cti ve
Look at the u pper town s of
—
Ne w Yo rk free d in a gre at measu re from n eg roe s soci ety at
the tow n s o f Ne w H amps hi re e xce pt , o f co u rse Portsmo uth
a t the to wn s of V ermo n t of the l a rges t s ize
and t he n say
i f th ere be riots there s u ffi ci e n t t o ru ffl
e the t e n de r sens ibili ty
of a t i mi d w o man ; ce rtai n ly n ot : the re th en the re i s n o
or no
f
l
a
s
u
a
r
d
an
a
tch
N
ity
c
l
t
z
e
c
e
s
s
b
d
u
a
ro
w
d
w
g
y
—
a
gu rd the mora l atmosphere is pure and u n i ve rsa l christian
peace re ign s S uch to a grea t degre e cou ld have bee n sai d of
New York had she on ly bee n free d fro m n egroes ; an d had
pilferi ngs
a prope r s pi rit of con te mpt for n egro d oi ngs
been i n stilled i n the
s we ar i n gs b u rglariers,
an d r iot i n gs
mi n d s of her a nd other seamen E ven were thi s d on e the
w hite ro bbers or assassi n s wou ld , al most to success i ve cer
tain ties be n ative s or long re sid en ts of the West I n d i e s or
so me Sou th A merican pla ce
T he citiz en s of Ne w York Phil ad elphi a and Boston cannot
d o the mse l ve s n or the spi rit of the age j u sti ce withthe tole
ra n ce a mong them of a cu mb erso me i gnoran t a n d pe rverse
African pa pu lation T he emigration of free n egroes i s very
s te ad y to the se th ree Americ an c i t ie s
They float hither on
e v e ry w i n d fro m the so u th er fro m the u pl a nd s, i n scat te red
parties They seem to hold these citi es as thei r own and
so i t appears to me, i t is i n s ome s en s e
They engross trade
ne
roes ,
g
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they
—
m
f
e
m
di
ploy whit e ale s they fill the
phan an d fe
mal e ben ev olen t asyl ums w i t h a pop ulation of n eedy w hite s
t h at but for the m had obtai ned goo d and l u crati ve s i tu atio n s
They i nsu lt at every step a w hite man w ho d ou bt s their vir
tues the y d i spu te the posses sion of ch apels the y d ispute
other possessi o n s—th e i r h ab its stro n ly tend to a loose las
g
c iv iou s b e h a v io ur
the ir pre sen ce in every colour , i s detri
me nta l alike to the p ros perity as to the p eace of tho se ci ti es
an d d i spa ra i n to the i r mo ra l s
g g
In s hort fello w citiz e n s o f the n orth !The spri ngs of a bro
therly lo ve be t wee n ma n a nd man
the tende r regard of
fri en d for fri end th at more p ure a nd e xa lted e stee m w hic h
w he n o n ce se t in motio n b e t wee n n eig h b our a nd neig hbou r
is a pledge of perpe tua l—o f n oble—o f e n d ur in g atta chment
a nd sa c re d pri n ci pl e s of be n e v ol e n ce an d j u s tice ; a ll thes e
v to ab i d e i n the bre a st s and soc i e ti e s of
se e m mo re
f
l
u
l
o
w
e
r
p
the fa r i so l a ted to w ns o f the mou n t ai ns an d vallies of Cin ci n
n at i t h an of New Yo rk a n d Phil ad e lphi a
T he forms and
—
—
n
a
s
the e l ega cies of f s hion
the e ti qu ettes the heartl ess eti
u e tte s o f li fe
e
a
w
e
e
e
e
o
r
e
N
i
v
a
l
li
t
p
e
v
d
e
m
n
o
u
rs
n
i
n
n
q
Yo rk Philad elphia Bal t i more No rfolk Wilmington Char
leston S a vann ah Mobile an d to glow w ith more fervour in
th at v ast si n k of i niqu ity Ne w Orleans These a re n o solid
rocky ba si s up o n w hich to bu il d u p the e x terna l pri n ciples of
—
—
e
pure a mic ity Sord id ca lc ul a tion s a love of nov lty a Spi rit
—
v
for soci ety may hold i n u n ision a n y Ty re find Nin e eh b ut
the v es tal pu rity o f the h e art withou t moti ve s of rec reation or
i
T
h
e w hol e see mto ass i mil at e nea rer to the
n i s w a nti ng
a
g
n eg ro h ab it s th an to wh at ma y b e p rope rly name d the w h ite
ma n s o wn custo m A nd s uch will be the gene ral characte r
of Ne w Yo rk and Ne w O rl e a n s w hil e they re ma i n a s t he y a re
Thi s I most a bsolute ly de clare and most un equ i
at p re sen t
v ocally
—
Fe l lo w citizens of the n orth can you will you co nde mn
me a n d still practi ce on the old system? Will you con si der
you r w hite sel ves as the p ro pe r masters of the soil ; ej ect the
blacks fro m you r bound ari es —se nd th em to thei r own Afri ca
o
a
ne
e
o
e
e
e
w
i
e
an
t
s
h
lo
b
lo
e
St
a
t
h
t
p
p
l
l
t
h
n
e
d
e
n
a
o
u
To y
;
g
t
t
L
e
m
ve
rn
en
o
n
o
d
an
d
ns
t
i
i
f
l
r
s
o
v
e
e
a
u
ne
h
e
n
e
are th
g
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se
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probative—the d iv i ne co n demned negroe s fe ster
your cou ntry to the eviden t d i stu rban ce of the hea rt the h ead
a n d the ext e rn a l soci e ty o f the i n
h abita n ts Ri se in you r ma
j esty a nd frown the n egro rats back to the li mits of the tropi cs
Then will y ou beco me a great an d a h appy people a nd i n
your happine ss then will ne ve r mis s the co mpa ny of the
A nd if the sou t h w ill follo w you r exa mp le the mora l
b la cks
re v o ve ration o f the white ma n wi t ho u t a ki n g and wi thou t a
sl a ve an d w ithou t a fre e n egro ma
i
a ll the ra d i an ce
r
i
s
e
n
y
of G o d s me rcy
T he soil fro m the Te xas to Ma i n e alike on
the se a sho re a s on the mo u n tai ns will be k e pt in con stan t sc i
en tific c u l ti v a t ion by a h ard y an d v igo ro u s free y e o ma n ry
T he co mme rce of the lan d w ill flo u ri s h as the gold fe tching
s hip s o f Solo mo n
r
s
m
ct
u
ill
n
t
e
o
t
p
os
t
h
an
f
a
res
w
i
h
m
b
e
e
u
;
pero ns cond ition ; the mechan ic a rts will move on in su c cess
w ith a n i rre si stable i mpe tu s ; i n d u stry a nd trade o f e very s or t
w ill ra i se t hei r d roo pi ng he ad s a n d co ntend i n emu l ation for a
mas te ry whi c h cann ot bu t add to our po wer at ho me an d
d ign ity abroad And from C an ad a to Texas and from the
Atlan tic to the Paci fic wi t h a re servat ion for co nte n ted In
d i ans we s hall all move and bl en d as one mighty band of
pea cefu l A me rican b rot hers
I s h all now con cl ude thi s l abo u re d a ppe llation to the pe ople
of the U n ite d S ta tes by a ppea li n g t o the Cle rgy o f t he l an d
G en tleme n of the d i v in e p rie s thood ; I may h ave su rpr ize d
R
e me mb er
ch
n the re mark s co n ta i ne d by thi s book
u
i
ou
m
y
if so th at it is n ot a l way s by yo ur me an s alo ne th at the G od
of our sa l v atio n w o rke t h ou t the re ma rk ab l e d eli ve ra n ce o f
his people from moral poll ution s an d fro m physica l d e a t h
Mose s wa s n o pri est bu t called of G od from a shepherd life
in the wild s of M id i a n Jeremi ah wa s n ot an ed u cated p ries t ;
”
he was
w he n G od to uc he d I sa i a h s h a llowe d lips wi t h fire
n ot from a mo ng Le v ites ; whe n God s pak e to E z e kie l a mo ng
the ca pti ve s that p rophet was a bo ve all pri es ts thou gh n ot of
—
a
s
Ch ri st sen t Joh n the B p t i t the
the regu l ar in s titu tion
e a tes t man on e arth to te sti fy to his co mi ng i n d e ed o f the
r
g
prie sts l in e—but Jesu s hi mse l f called to the min i st ry poor
S t Pau l in li ke ma nner was
u ntutored Gallilean fishermen
n ot
the
re
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the n it i s n ot a l ways that the best policy is c on
G od i s the mas te r of the u n i
ce ive d by the p ri e st hoo d
from a n u n t u t o red pe a s an t he c a n ra i se u p a grea te r
ve rse
man th an an y p riest or pope i n e xi ste n ce A n d e ven so ha th
B e sid es though p reache rs y ou c an n ot al ways ex
he d o n e
pe et th at the glory of the p rie st hood ha s a l ways been the
e Oppo s i t io n s of Lu t h er an d C al v i n of
h
T
lo
ry of the Lo rd
g
Knox a nd We s le y to esta bli s h ed gove rn me n tary pri ests for
b id s a su ppo s i tion t h at a p re a che r i s i mma c u la te a nd i n fallible
E ve n w he n we recoll e ct th a t the Jes u its a n d the Popes i nsti
tu ted Africa n s l av ery : the fo rme r i n s ugg es ti ng a nd the l atte r
in g ran ting i t : togeth er w i t h the tol eration of ki ngcraft s o
ev i d e n t i n the R o ma n se e we a re d i spo se d to look upo n the
C atholic chu rche s as a bo u t a s fallible as oth er chu rches
w he re too mu ch of the hu ma n mi n gle wi t h the di vi n e and
poll ute the san ct u ary Then I s houl d be lie ve e very man has
a s mu c h ch ri s t i a n rig ht a s a re gu l arly i n s ta lle d mi n i ster to
preach—to cal! to repe n t a n ce—to p ray w ith the pe opl e in
pu blic a s any ot her man h av ing p assed t h ro ugh the process
The d i vi n e gov ern me n t on e art h was ce rta i n ly
of o rd i na t io n
prede stin ed to be o f the !uaker system Eve ry man of n u
d ou bted an d s ou nd mora l habit s a nd true piety cou l d speak
for the glo ry of God as the pr0 p hets ; a nd every man tha t
conce i v e s an y policy of i mpo rt an ce to p ra ctice like myse lf
may freely gi ve his opi n io n s I f the priesthood then in a ca s e
like mi n e ra i se an u n i ve rsa l den u n ci ation aga i nst hi m or ful
mi n ate an athema s agai n st a ll joi n i ng the n xp u ns ro n STA NDA RD
to l e ctu re thi s bod
as the y might t h en it be co me s my D U N
y
on the ir ow n pas t u n i fo rm n egligen ce of the mb st card inal in
terest s of the church
Thi s n egligen ce has bee n pe nd i ng ever s i n ce the d ay
When it w as arrested
Afri can sla ve ry w as d e cl ared a t ra d e
many years had i n terv ened to its con ti nuan ce before a clergy
man rai se d his pul pit v oice agai n st the concern T hen the
disc on ti n uan ce of sl avery be ca me the watch word o f on e por
tion of the cle rgy and its con ti n u an ce the watch word of ano
E ven pl anters are so meti mes prea che rs And many
th er
a clergy man i s op posed to s l ave ry bu t fearful of pains an d
ll d
ca e
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penalties i f he speaks against it Afraid of that martyrdom
w hich the Lord co mman d e d his d i s ciple s t o d are a nd co n fron t
rathe r t ha n n ot te ll the whol e t ru t h on a ll su bj ect s c o n
n ec te d w i t h the s a l v a tion o f ma n— his mo ral s a n d hi s pi e ty
A nd are clergy me n a nd a ll p re achers n o t p ro fessed d i scipl es
Apo s tl es a nd Evange li s ts of the Lo rd ? A nd i s not the pabu
lu m o f morali ty the pill a rs o f the a rch o f pi e ty ? A nd i f t hen
the p ab u l u m of mo ra lity i s s o co n se rv at i ve an d i n d i spe n sa ble
to ge nu i n e re pe n tan ce fo rgi ve n es s a n d e ve n t u a lly t o a li fe of
pie ty how co u l d cl e rgy me n negl e ct to t ake i n to con sid eration
the g rea t d ra wb a ck w hich a n eg ro po u l a tion e xe rt on the
p
moral s o f the co u n t ry a n d con se c u t i vely on the religion o f the
S av iou r ? C an y o u fin d a good ch ri sti an in a b ad moralist ?
C a n y o u fi nd a good mo rali st i n a b a d ch ri st i an ? C e rt a i n ly
not in e ithe r ca se
R E LIG IO N rs r a rr rr n s r n s m mr o n r a n
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F AI T H .
When t he n y ou a re a fra id to d en ou n ce sl ave n egroe s i n the
so u th a nd ash a med to fu l mi n ate a a i nst fre e n egroe s i n the
g
t o i mmora li ty ; you are
n o rth the i n cen ti v es a s th e y are
a fra i d on the one h a n d t o s uffe r ma rtyrd o m fo r Ch ri s t s s a ke ;
a nd on the other a shame d to l abou r p r op er ly for yo u r d i v i n e
maste r
B u t su ppo si n g my po s i t ion s he n ot viol e n tly oppo sed an d
mysel f an athe matized by cle rgy men : s uppose th ey s eek tr u th
i n a polite co mbat o n my argu men ts a n d ill u st ra t io n s th en it
be hoves me to a s su me a softer tone and to speak i n a spi rit of
christi an philosophy
T he en qu i ry of the op po sition ary cle rgy men wo ul d b e
base d u pon two ge ne ra l pos i tion s con ve rt ibl e i n to on e
—
a
prove the n egroes
T he pl an te r cle rgy ma n w o u ld s y
w ere not i n te nd e d for s l a ve s (as Noa h sa id !fro m the O ld and
Ne w Te st a men t
e x hibit fro m s cri
T he n o rt hern cl ergymen gi ves thi s
p
tu re t hat negroe s are a more re proba ti ve race t h an o ther men
in ge n e ra l
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f
e
n
My ri d of the d a rk south D id God say to Moses at the
deli veran ce of I srael from Egypt that the pe ople s ho uld kee p
servan ts ?
On the cont rary is it not the fault of Jos h ua w ho
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God s in spi ration made sl aves of the cunn i ng Gi be on
ites p rede sti ned by G od to death Tho u w ould st say—look at
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Noa h s cu rse on Ha m ; at Abra h am s an d Isaa c s great ho u se
hol d of se rva nts ; a t St Pa ul s l e tter co n ce rni ng On es i mu s ;
at c e rt a i n e x p re ss ion s co n cern i n g se rvan t s from S t Pe te r ;
Woul d st tho u
a nd a fter all a t Mose s s l a ws a bo u t se rv a n t s
pea k so l ea rned ly a n d wi th so much a ssu ran ce old man ?
Thy le arn i ng sha l l be con futed a nd made e vanesce n t like a
—
d rea m of the Ma homed an Hou ris and thy assu ran ce s h a ll be
b at te re d to pi e ces
Le t us n ot look to w h at man ha s sa id though a n a po stle or
p rophe t ; b u t to wh at God or Chri st hat h hi msel f di rec tly epo
T he c u rse of No a h i s be tter ob se rva ble i n its ope ratio n ;
k en
i n the i n a bility o f n eg roe s to co me u p to the st an dard o f moral
d ign ity o r of i n te lligen ce They we re n ot i n te nded i n the o ri
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the te n ts of Jap het an d
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nnl w
g
S he m Th ey we re reprobate d by the Lo rd and nothing
b ut a n u tte r and e n t ire n e glige n ce of the m w ill eve r an s wer
T hey were marked
to the mora l fo un d a tio n of t rue re ligio n
to be forever se para ted fro m ou r peopl e And so it is that
w he n e ver w hi te folk s ha bi tu a t e th e mse l ve s to the ha rbo uri ng
o f th i s s ta i n ed ra c e t he y su ffe r for i t i n phy sical mo ra l an d
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in i n te lligen ce a l so
Bu t it i s on ly i n the c a
religio u s v i e ws
ac ity o f se rv a n ts if a mong u s th at n eg roe s c an e ver li ve
p
Here the n the re mark of Noa h accord i n g t o its most sen si
b le a nd ge n u i ne i n te rpre tat ion mea ns th at the chil dre n of Ham
s ho ul d n e ve r t h ri v e i n t hi s li fe lik e the s o n s a n d d a ughte rs of
Jap he t a nd She m th at if the y sojou rn toge t her the H amites
s hall n ot be fe llo w b re th re n w i t h the J a p hites a nd the S he mi tel
This i s the i n terpretation How true
but se rve as servan t s
to n at u re a nd to a ll hi story ! B ut God has e xte n ded the cu rse
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e
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w as
on H
d ark a nd d e adly ; a n d the maj e sty of He aven highly d is please d
a t s u ch a v ice a fte r so ma ny d i v i n e man i fes ta tio n s o f venge ance
And
a ga i n s t a like i n i q u i ty a mo ng a ll i n the a wfu l d e l uge
all hi sto ry p roves t ha t ou r holy G od has se pa rated the white
a nd bla c k race s fo re ver ; the firs t to be the bless ing mnd the
l ast the curse of the earth I t wi ll not do for negroes to live
without
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Moses ; Abraham s history wil l satisfy a ll Taken from the
ree n past ure s of his fa t h e rs yo un
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n ot knowi n g w hither he we n t
and
in the habits of hi s fathe rs he ke pt a re ti n ue of bond pe o
l
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s wa s of the i n sti tu tion of Pa ani s m
Thi
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te n d ed by A bra h am to ra ise u p a pe c u li ar pe ople with
l aws e man ating from hi mse l f A fe w di re ctions sufficed for
A braha m for I saac a nd for Jacob The y we re not at
length i n iti ated i n to the mu l tifario us l aws w hich as a peen
liar pe opl e p rej ud ice d agai n st Afri can Egyp t God des ign ed
to i mpart to th e i r proge n y by a futu re Mose s
Bu t even i n
A braham s d ays the rej e ctio n o f the son s of Hagar an d sa bse
e
n t ly Ha e r s e x pu l s io n , s pe ak a l e ss on as te rribl e as a thu n
u
g
q
derbolt l I sh mae l w as p rop he cied a fighti ng ch aracter a n d
his Ara b ians are a fight i ng peopl e ; plu ndere rs and robbers ;
though fro m A brah a ms loi n s be ca u se the y w ere spoiled i n
the bloo d o f H age r of Ha m ! A fig h ti n g an d rogu e i ng n ation
i s d esti n e d to a n n i hilation or n o milleni um wou l d co me Also
it is re markable that sl avery i n Abraham s family de creased
un til i n Ja cob or I s rae l the grea t Compan y of Ab ram and the
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Prev ious
son s th at mov e d i n to Egypt d uri n g the famine
to thi s removal Jacob s son s the mse lves brought corn from
Egypt We read of no se rvan t then Accord ing to the cus
to ms of our A merican Sout hern plan ters sl aves i ncrease in
But i n Ja cob the scene
n u mber as the y go fro m s i re to son
see ms to hav e ex p eri e n ce d a rev ol u ti on un ac co u ntable !
O f Mose s on ly one illustration and tha t fro m the mouth of
Hi m w ho i n looki ng u po n the w orl d sa w his flock in Ja p het
and She m sa i d su ppo s i ng a cas e of n o p rese n ce of n egroes,
who are mo ra lly u nable to kee p fro m pollutio n ; ca n no nu n
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A I O NG YO U ,
Thus spake the s u n ! Rs
sp ake the GO!! o r ou t m m
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w ell , what d id
S av iou r
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llu sion to Moles
Laws ? Speaki ng of d ivorce Chri st sa i d to thi s efiect t h at
i n no case shall a man p ut away his wife excepting for this
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”
d ltery l The Lord was in terrogated as to
the reason of the Mo saic pe rmi ssion of d i vorcing for far
s li h te r o ffe n ce s—an d the n did ou r on ly M aste r a nd our on ly
g
Monarc h u tter this re marka ble sentimen t that thoroughly
solv es the w hole e n ig ma of the Mo sa ic s lave ry, a like as of
the M osa i c d i v orce
Mose s k n o wi ng the hard n ess of
your hearts permitted you to d ivorce you r wives bu t it was
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n o t so fro m the s no w ma n l
That i s fro m God s w ill
Now apply t his to sl avery
Mose s kn owing the stubborn
frailty of yo u r hea rts allo wed you to hol d s l aves b u t it was
”
s is
n ot in te nde d o ri in a lly or fro m the beg i n n i n g
Thi
g
cmt ts r u nrr v man i fe s ted by i ts Fo u s n n a ; an d a re buk e ex
hibited for a ll a ssoci ation with negroe s of a ny ki n d or of
T his i s in keepi ng with sacred
e nsla v i ng our w hite b re th re n
hi story
The w hole C an aan i ti s h race was d e sig ned for
slaughte r
God h av i ng on ce spoken revert s his wo rd s n e v er
more ! But to thei r own inj ury and dest ru ction I srae l kept
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Gi beon ites an d v owed awfully on the m ke pt
ali ve
ali ve surro un d in g n atio n s tha t be came
thorn s in thei r s ides
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—
see the
a nd wa s re b uked for it by the A nge l
an d eye s
book of J udges 2d chapter an d from on e to five v erses l l I
So then slave ry as w e ll as ki n gcra ft is the i nstitu tio n of v ile
man hi msel f I A nd the c o mmi n gli ng of the child ren of
Ha m with be tter men the e ffe cts o f ign oran ce or of d iare
ve nan t of A l mig hty
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co
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g
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A s to the re marks of Pe te r and Pa u l : Might th ey not
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f
n
o
t
the n they con tra
have meant hi re d w hite servan ts ? I
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na
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ct
m
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no KI NG
a
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d iet the gre
g
;
It i s enough to li sten to Ch ri st and let Pau l
H A V E no sm vn
Le t G od be t rue
and Pe te r an d a n y man bes i de s b e li ars
and ev ery man a li ar
To my b rother the learne d clergyman o f the n o rth—the
fri e nd as he e ssa ys to app ea r of the Afri can s I n ow tu rn
Fri en d it i s dange rou s to deal in thi s very en igmatica l matter
w i thou t kn owi ng the will of G od c on ce rn i ng t hi s peo ple
If
t hou thi n kes t w i t h Dr S mith that the s un o n ly bl acke ned the
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n egroes an d t ha t the y are as
o
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as w hite people
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D w tha they can not be sent away and with Mr Tappan
si ng e case of
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Messrs Garri son and Lloyd th at they s hould be free d and
e l e va ted to a ll the p ri v ilege s a n d e mol u men ts of the w hites
thou wil t be i nev itab ly a s c er
w i t ho u t a regard to ca s te
ta i n as the su n s hi nes i n a clou d le ss sky con founded in thy
c ogita t io n s
T he n egroe s ca n n ot be fre e man here with dig
n ity pe a ce a n d hono u r
They have gene rally more of the
b rutal th an man ly p ro perti es
The y a re e ven sl aves in
fre ed o m be cau se y ou ca nn ot n or c a n h u man l aws co ntro
vert the p rophecy of Noah They i n a ny se n se are i n l arge
majo ri t ie s the pest of w hite men A fe w bla cks i n d ee d may
a ppe a r or be v e rily ho n e st fe llo ws b u t too fe w i n con t ra st
with i nnu merabl e w icke d fello w s and w ench e s th at eve n
these fe w be st of the m can n ot be allowed a p erpe tu al re
ce pta cle i n ou r cou ntry a s th at ma y ope ra te a rgu me n tativ e ly
to the conti n u a n ce of the rest i n thi s ou r cou n try But my
frie n d thou lookest to the s c ript ure for the el u cidation of the
Shall I poi nt
d i sap probat io n o f G od aga i n st the A frica ns
u to a fe w ch apte rs a n d v erses and wilt t hou ca ll u pon th
o
y
y
acu te an d a st u te s pi rit of in terp re tatio n to wi l e a wa y the so
li d plai n t ru ths of the Bible comprehensive to common alike
T hou mayest but the w ise and
as to p ro fo u n d c a p ac iti e s ?
the good kn o w be tt er
T ho u wishest me to prove from S cripture the n egroes re
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i
s
f
m
the cu rse on
p robation l Hast thou forgotten the n o Ha
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e
o
s
m
f
a
e
I h
l the deli verance
hi m and hi s alone the rej c tio
of I sra el fro m Egypt w hich w as mo n itory t h a t a white man
can n ot w ell be e n sl a ve d by the tr ibe of Ha m or the mi ngled
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e
o
f
e
r
m
s
ith extre e the destru ction of Egypt s first
n atio ns
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h
a
d
n
t
e
e
bo rn n
R d S ea afte rward s o f Pharaoh s h ost the
e ne ral i n te n d ed o f the Lo rd d estru ctio n of all C a naan
t
h
e
g
n e glige n ce of Israe l to a n n ihil ate all—an d the u pb ra i din
g
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n
h
i
e
t
the re marka ble p ro
e A g l n se co n d c h a pter of Ju dge s
of
t
e
e
s t ru c t io n of A fri ca n s i n the prophe ci es espe ci ally
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d
h
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rzca i n the 3 0th C H A P T E R o r E z n x mL
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ast verse
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of a ll fl
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of the l ast ch apter of !e cha ri a h a ai n st the C a aa i
g
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t
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U pon the whole:spirit of th at S acred
n g o
h mille niu m
O racle th ro ughout, agai nst n egroes or Afri cans D id not
Morse s Ge ography and Gazetteer have a remark in allusion to
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they in sc ribe d on a rock of their having
n oto rio us
es c a pe d the mass a cre of C an aa n ca llin g Jo sh u a a
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th u s i mplicating the d i rect co mmu n ication of the
er
ro
Canaan ite s w i t h thei r broth e r bl a cks or moors i n the African
An d u pon the w hol e d i d C a ms r a broga te the d e
interior
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No
h
un
c
a
t
i
o
f
or nu lli fy his own lo ng co n ce i ve d rage
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i
n o
a
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t
which con si d er
for a gro ss i n i qu i y
aga i nst Ha m an d hi s
e d i n an en lightened v i ew w as s c arce ly l e ss gro ss t h an a se
con d ta ki ng of the fo rbi dd e n fru it
a n d too w i t h e ye s a ll op en
to the l ate p u n i s h men t of the first i n i qu ity !Is thi s in i q u ity
—
—
e
pallia t d gone d ow n forgive n an d mercy spoken to A fri
can s t ha t i n the loi n s o f Ham d erid ed a n d con te mne d the
s c offe d at the i r F a t h e r G o d s o w n
od
G
vi si ble wr a th o
e
p
f
culiar fri e n d mid surroun d in g a po s ta cy a nd ho rri d i mpi e ti es ;
and for w ho se sak e a lo n e wa s Ha m a s goo d a s d ea d sa ve d
from a watery d esol ation
If God w o u l d kill all man kin d
an d save Noah ; w o u ld he e v er p ard o n the pers o n or chil d ren
for who se sa ke sai d pe rso n was
of the d i re ct scofl
er of Noah—
savedj n mercy from a mo st terrible d estru ction of w hich sa i d
Ham had ample an d most aw ful ev id en ce Ne ver ! How
va in the n far ou to en deav our to e e v ate the bru te to the d ig
y
l
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n ity of ma n
How v ai n to ele v ate S at an to an Ange l the
n egro to soci e ty a bo v e hi s con c e ption or ca p a city
to make
—
Chri s t the S av iour of twice fallen me n w he n all who fe ll in
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Ad am alon e not agai n d eepe r i n Ham can through C hri st
With p erh aps few e xce ptio ns
b e made ali ve
T he character i n d i v i d ua l a nd gen eral of the n egroes in an y
part of the w o rld i s exac tly like the man i fe station of Hams
T hey w ould la ugh an d report abou t all ove r the ir ci rc u it of
lan d an y foible t h at may ex pose the n ake dn ess of the ol de st
They w ould contemn any man i festa tion of eu
whi te man
perior love of white man for w hite man They w ould stig
matize more th an any other person any man th at takes a
b lo w from an othe r an d d e clin e return i n g assau lt for assau lt
While in fact negroe s the mse lves are the ve
as cowards
—
hav i ng the wi ll to d o all malicious
riest cowa rd s on e arth
deed s b ut not co mman d ing the sp i ri t They de light most in
lascivious talk and obscene j ests this is the ir un i versal cha
the
C arthagan ian s, that
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In short they
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r acter is t c.
are
perfect
re
presentations
of the
d Ham
rrora te thi s book wi t h b l ess in g God that he in me rc y
e
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to the w hi te pe opl e an d to myse lf has so far su p ported me
i n p rod u ci ng a w ork calc u l ated t o re d ee m our co u n t rymen
to d isenth ra l t he m of mu l t iplie d e v ils of the s ou r ce of w hi ch
they have be e n too long ign oran t Me n can make tolerable
physical comfo rt s by n egroe s to t he i r bod i e s ; bu t mora l
beau ty n ever belo nge d to t hi s ra ce a n d ho w ca n r elig i ou s
They are too fe w in moral s too fe w and in d is tin ct in r ea l re
an d too man y i n e xact oppo s ition of pri n cip le s o r a c
lig i an
tion Their ve ry s ight is an n oyi ng to ou r eyes The i r ve ry
pre se n ce deg rad e the strong i mp u lse o f our moral feeli ngs
T he
O u r re ligion wi th the m i s a n i mal more than sp iri t ual
—
d
y
the fu n n y la ugh i s eve r burst i ng fro m th e ir mon ths
re a
a la u gh th at imp e rce ptibility o pe ra te s on ou r sol e mn ne rve s
as a kn e ll to reaso n able e motio n s an d as a n e u t ral iz ation of
eve ry d ee p tho ught t h at re q u i re s the most seriou s con s i d e ra
While the bla ck s laug h fro m n o motive of affe cti on
tion
b ut from the mere i mp u lse of a j est—
o f the ri d icu lo u s the ln
i mp arti ng such a turn to every state in the Uni on
d i ct ons —
—
tha t h arbo u rs the m i n l arge n u mbe rs as if d emo nology
was pre va len t an d my stic ally wrought all
G o o be t han ked th at the day of moral regeneratio n can not
The Al mighty b e than ked fro m ou r i n mo st
be d i s t an t
so u l s that he h ath gi ve n ora cl es to u s w hi c h i f scru pu lously
philosophical ly stud ied and religiou sly con formed
regard ed
to wou l d e l evate us al most to Ange lic pe rfection ; wou ld
sn atch the Khoras si n ve il fro m the b row of H am—
a nd poin t
—
i n habited by n egroes mu lattoes
as to a first vi ew of Babe l
and white men min gli ng i n affi n ity
an d co n cl u de the w hol e
with the re mark able ulti mate vi ew of that Babylon whic h
the l ast book of the o ra cl es o f light a n d li fe den ominate
Mvs rs a r B A B YLO N r u a c a m r m s u om s n or ti m e r s
”
AN D A B OMI NA TI ON S o r rn r E e a rn l
Fi nally ou r country men have to con tend agai nst two evi ls
of great magn itud e ; e ither an d both of w hich are dea th and
mi sery and e ither and both of which must at all events he
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from ou r land Thei r action i s i mperceptibl e , and
k no wn on ly i n effe ct
To the eye s t hey both appear har m
outroo ed
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t en de n cy alone they be co me horri d
We can n e ver beco me h appy Chri stian s as a people w hile
they con tin ue They are n egroe s an d i nte mpe ra n ce l if one
on ly i s go ne the v ictory is b u t h alf a chieved ; and never
c o mple te u ntil bot h are co mpl e te ly go n e
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Sin ce w riting the above book and on my way to Ne w
York for its pu blicatio n I fell in with a book entitle d D is cu s
sio n s be t we en B a ch elo r a nd O we n on the au then ticity of the
Scriptu res In this an d othe r p ublicat ion s Owen the i nfidel ,
has d one wh at may ren der his case for He aven utte rly hope
less He is so bl asphemou s th at n on e but a brother i n d is he
lief ca n re ad his re marks w ithou t feelin g gl ad for hi msel f an d
th anki ng God that he is n ot in the ho pe l ess s it uation of thi s
At he i st I n su ch a w ork an d n o d ou bt in v ario u s others
O we n has a dv ocated a s pe cie s of w hore mo ngery or illicit
withou t the p re li mi n ary i n d i s pe n sa ble
se x u a l i n terco u rse
A pro mi scuou s or single conn ex ion in
forms of marri age
”
P la cemen ts as he call s the m i n d efian ce of all re gu l ar law
—
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o
f
t
e
m
n
n
co te pt
h Bibl
a s i f the h appi n e ss of
an d i n Ope
n atio n s h u ng u pon r etr og r a di n g fro m i n ste ad of app r oa chi ng
”
”
oracl es of light an d li fe 1 T he blood y su n se t of the
the
Fre n ch Rev ol ution when un der the au spices of i n fidels —its
sub se qu e n t mi n i stratio n to the p ri de an d amb itio n of Na po
leon Bon ap arte hi msel f an i nfi del an d fatali st—who m n oth ing
cou ld u rge to spare the live s of the h usban d s an d fathers of
w ido ws and o rphan s save RE LI G ION bu t whi ch he ha d
—
the horri d rite of p agan i sm an d the corru ptio n s of the
n ot
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s
o
f
m
an
n
ce
i
v
iliz
d
ki
d
e
ra
all th e se are u n h eed e d by
un c
O wen an d he seeks i n total i n d i fferen ce to the best nights of
any age and the wi sest moral code of laws to acce lerate the
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min
an d
de sol ati on
of hu
man ity I It is well I d id
i n thi s
a nd I a ll u d e
lou d an d long
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n ot,
b
lic
a tio n , pay a ny atte nt io n to i n fid e l wo rk s
u
p
to O we n , me re ly to ex hibi t his ch ara ct e r a s a
”
In all ud i n g to
panegyric of the negroe s
place men ts ,
O we n poin ts, i n a sort of d i a bolic tri u mph , to the fo rn ica tio n s
.
Hayti an s l
of the
Now, the p la cemen ts,
illicit con cu bi n age of Hayti w hi c h
Robe rt Da le O wen felici to u s ly say s are ten to e ve ry l eg a l
marri age an d i nculcated by the Pre sid e n t a nd bead men o f
—
a re b ut st ro n g a n d th u n d e ri n
c
o
r
the Hay tian s by e xa mpl e
g
robora ti o ns of the re marks o f J Ja cob us Flo u rn oy a bo u t
The ir gen i u s aspi re s to cri mi n al
the n eg roe s a nd mu la t toe s
d oi ngs an d the i r p rop en si tie s to i ni qu ity B e hol d Hay ti
They are agai n ret u rned to pagan i n stit ution s —a n d such i s
ever the de s t i n a tio n of the bl ack ra ce witho u t w hite g u i d an c e
O we n i s not the only i n fide l write r that at on ce e ndeav ou rs
to d e se cra te the Bible a nd e l e vate the n egroe s above the i r
He i s n ot the o n ly high p ri e st of Ath e is m who curse
n at u re
religio n a n d bl e s s the A fricans
But blesse d be the Autho r
it will pervad e fa r an d wi d e
of o u r D i vi n e Holy Re ligion —
u ntil the whole earth b e mora liz ed to Hi s Ord i nan ce s
Amen
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