Communications.
For Frederick Douglass' Paper.
"Princess-Does that man worship God?
"Biron-Why ask you?
"Princess-He speaks not like one of God’s
making." -Shakespeare.
The editor of the Richmond Examiner has announced to the world a new discovery in Natural History, an astounding fact in his ethnographic researches, that has escaped the profoundest investigations and critical acumen of all the distinguished writers of science from the days of Moses to the octogenarian maturity of Humboldt.
It seems to have fallen to the happy lot of a son of the "Ancient Dominion," probably one of the F. F. V.'s, at the present prolific period for inventions and discoveries, to have searched out, by superhuman efforts, and proclaimed the grand result, the negroes do not belong to the genus Homo, but are verily nothing more nor less than the highest rank of brute beasts; that they are, therefore, lawful and legitimate subjects of game; to be hunted, and caught, and tamed, and trained, and used as beasts of toil, and bought, and sold, and whipped like any or all other soulless and irrational animals created and set under the absolute dominion of their liege lord, Man.
Now, let Old Virginia lift up her head, rally her drooping spirits, and rejoice and be glad—for the redemption of her reputation is drawing nigh, if it has not already come.—Her peculiar occupation is no longer infamous and disgraceful to her fair fame, but is found to be truly respectable; that rearing and selling likely young negroes for slaves, by thousands annually, and selling babies by the pound, and whipping females, and truly as laudable as it is profitable; and that chains, yokes, whips, and thumb-screws are not any longer to be regarded as cruel and inhuman, as heretofore, but all right, and as necessary as yokes, halters, whips, &c., for northern horses and cattle.
Now let Old Virginny re-assert her honor, not only as mother of Presidents, and States and Statesmen, but also as the paragon of fine negro stock, both in quality and quantity; and establish her annual fair, and challenge the world for a grand show of biped cattle of pure and mixed bloods, and fancy crosses; and who can doubt that the "Ancient Dominion" will eclipse the whole sunny South in the superior quality and vast numbers of that peculiar kind of marketable cattle. After awarding the premiums, it is hoped that the learned editor of the Examiner will come in for a share of the glory.—He is richly entitled to a civic crown, braided with artistic skill, and embellished with the leaves and blossoms of the cane, the cotton plant, the rice, and the tobacco plant; and let the people shout and give nine cheers to the vindicator of the honor, fame, and fortunes of the commonwealth, and close the festivities in full chorus-
"Old Virginny never tire."
R. S.