The strong
takes from the weak, one tribe fights the other - do not perhaps we in
Europe? - these are the legitimate acts of independent tribes, authorized
by their chiefs. They mutually enslave each other - how long is it since
America and WE OURSELVES ceased to be slaveholders? He is callous and
ungrateful - in Europe is there no ingratitude?
He is cunning and a liar by nature - in Europe is all truth and
sincerity? Why should the black man not be equal to the white? He is as
powerful in frame, a why should he not be as exalted in mind?
In childhood I believe the negro to be in advance, in intellectual
quickness, of the white child of a similar age, but the mind does not
expand - it promises fruit, but does not ripen; and the negro man has
grown in body, but not advanced in intellect.
The puppy of three months old is superior in intellect to a child of the
same age, but the mind of the child expands, while that of the dog has
arrived at its limit. The chicken of the common fowl has sufficient
power and instinct to run in search of food the moment that it leaves
the egg, while the young of the eagle lies helpless in its nest; but the
young eagle outstrips the chicken in the course of time.
