| Show AMONG 1 tike TITE padra CORRESPOND correspondent tNT ent of the cincinnati commercial has had a conversation with an intelligent delegate to the colored convention which held a session not long iong since in washington city the coti conversation differs but little except on one out point from those which have been held and published BO so frequently of late with other intelligent freedmen that point however is an important one as if this his colored colored manya manly mans statement b be true the negro race in this country is d doomed to speedy extinction the correspondent remarked in the counse course of conversation to the delegate you have a right aright then to anticipate a bright future for your race the question made the delegate pause a moment and he then said sadly no sir I 1 have no bright anticipations in a few generations the tho colored races of america will havo have disappeared wo we haye baye taken the vices with the virtues of the stronger race and they aro are fatal to us 1 this remark the corres cornes correspondent ondene did not clearly understand ani ans and the delegate added weil weli well sir it is generally believed that the black race is a hardy race this is not so the average duration of life under th the 0 whip on the plantations was wag only ten years the supply was kept up by the masters care in inbreeding breedin g it being his in terest 1 now this is not the case and while he th diss P tion llon tho the increase through population has as f fallen failen len ien off painfully and in neighborhoods lle ile I 1 where ere before the war chil dren swarmed almost you scarcely find one now 1 11 V upon on being aked asked how he 5 for atiat that and also aiso what be bedaine carne caine of the children he answered jifca ithe tho the mothers have learned from england how to kill them you know sira giri that new now england Is dying out from a jac lack laek out dut of yankees and the poor colored people I 1 have not been slow to learn but while the jhb whites receive a fresh supply ibl ibb tion the colored race has s none I 1 sr tf if this statement be trueland true and it s r wears an au appearance of proba ability it is easy to perceive wh atthe destiny of the negro will be b but ut is it not a frightful commentary on the tho social system of the ebu country w wen en t the probable future extinction ot of th negro race can be ascribed bi by y ana nna an i in intelligent member of that race to the vve influence of the crimes which flourish i 1 unchecked in the midst of the most vaunted civilization of the republic here is a field in which the most exalted can rin nind find d room for the ohe 1 exercise of all its powers new eng ladd laud orators have used their eloquence wih with powerful effect in the denunciation of slavery and its innumerable wrong wrongs st adf hee hote is a new theme on which they can canta ra dilate at great length the negro j whose freedom has been chieff chiefly y gained through their tireless s exertions knows no better how t to 0 use his hig newly found 1 than thana to imitate their vices j |
