| Show GENIUS IN THE COLORED RACE the war in dahomey Is likely to result in the overthrow of the dusky monarch and the scattering of his hie dan berous but valiant amazonian body ru guard ard Behan zin Is a graduate of A french institute he be speaks that language as well as an ethiopian caland reads it with the greatest ease his hia case OR se I 1 is fe but another illustrative of the aptitude of the negro tor for mental cultivation va tion and receiving impressions from external sources there being now it ft great many such complimentary mention to is now made of general dodds who to is leading the forces against Behan zin our dispatches recently contained the information that he had been promoted to his present rank from a colo colonelcy nalcy for meritorious service and mashinic das hinic exploits he is says the springfield reau lioan what we would call la in the united states of america a negro that is he is of mixed blood one account asserts that he to is a quadroon another that he to is a mulatto but it is in agreed that he is african on the mater maternal naJ side aide he is in a graduate of the great french military school of st cyr and saw service in the franco prussian war his distinction and promotion will not seem in guy any way Pec peculiar tAlar to french military men nor will they startle french public opinion the french do not understand the Int intensity enst of anglo saxon color prejudice A man of talent is to frenchmen a mart man of talent never mind what is the color ot his hie skin if he be can serve the state letham let him serve it and reap the rewards of his service to is the french view frenchmen do not mind in the least that the elder dumas was as much of a negro degro as frederick douglass and that his father who was a distinguished officer was more african than european being the sou son of a frenchman and a colored woman formerly the display of either genius education or enterprise by a negro was looked upon as something approaching the wonderful and the possession of such rare gifts made the possessor famous throughout the land if not the world A most conspicuous instance was toussaint LJ louverture Ouverture the haytian patriot and finally dictator whose fame during the last generation dwarfed that of all arles arias for a time he was treacherously seized by napoleon and conveyed to an alpine fortress where the rigors of the climate climata speedily ended his career the frenchman doubtless considered that one dictator at a time was quite onu an enough gh |
