THE DESTINY OF THE NEGRO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 14 January 1907, Page 4

THE DESTINY OF THE NEGRO.

Public Opinion publishes tin; fobowing letter I'.v .Mr A. Cliurchwnrd. of the Unval s'ocielv:—"l so,, from your xaluab'c of tin- ldh inst. Lh.il Ccacral Ui'os expressed iin opinion in the R' view of Kwiew-. -1 •«;• t- Hi.' American 1; ,.,.r0 is d-lined 1" civilise the Alia',m Coliiiuclll.' lam sorry '" s "'' ihat any nan of ill.' standing of Ceii- ,.,•„! yiii'os coul.l .'v.'ii think, much !>•- express tl pinion i" public I"' 11 "- \,i doubt, however, lli.'vo are many, who really belie*' ll««t 'Africa will l><: i'.-.v t'ai- Africans' (negroes). J would aiTof : his' opinio". To'I ; A "bit ion. tlKu has been gradually but sleadi y going „„ .in,,,.' Ill,' commencement of Urnworld of aires. What <lo we liii'l =<»•' learn'.'-tlm'i Hi" laws o[ nature are immutable. wi:al,'V,-r may say or .1". From llu: earliest man-Uic Pygmytlicre has evi'i- been a progressive cvoU.liun on this earth. The upward march in hrain development and Mai„,v and gene, e,l.'higher moral h'l" •mil id'as of civilisation from red in vcllow, and y.'ll.iw to wliii ■ man, lias accompanied the extermination of the 'lower'as the hiejicr advances and pr 0„,,,,„.... „,,,,„.... (Icncral Miles eall ponder over the cxtcrunnntio-i of l |! '-' 'redskins' in his own eoimlry as the while „,.,„ has increased,, advanced, and un-hed him out "f existence. J low mane c-nluries will pass before there is not a 'redskin' left in North America';—all replace! hy tin: while num. Africa is only on the 'border' of a new home for the while, man today. In 311.000 years how many negroes, will lie living thero?—in my opinion, not one. Alio!her (Uaoial tipoeh will have taken place. the white man will he driven south by the cold. and. like Ihe •redskins' of his Vomitry today, so (he negroes will by cradual immigra--I'on of tire whites' be pushed out ot existence and disappoir. Nature's laws never [nil. The palaeolithic, n.'o'itliic, black and yellow man must eventually give place to the whit" man. 'there may be 'sets back' for a time in some parts, but eventually it will be the white race only on the oulv exist in memory bv the records of the past. .Xature's laws never fail."