Anthropology applied to the American white man and Negro Volume 1

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 ...This man should cat vegetables and as little meat as possible, never a strong drink of any kind; he should not eat brain-food, it develops passion and combativeness as much so as brain-power. SAM CALLS UPON MR. JONES TO ASK HIS OPINION OF THE PRESIDENT'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE NEGRO AS A CITIZEN. Sam--Mr. Jones, I thought I'd drop in and talk with you awhile regarding the course that the President's procedure relative to the Negroes in the South. Mr. Jones--Well, Sam, I've been watching the papers the last few days. These papers are keeping up a great deal of noise; I do not see that he is doing anything that should not be expected by the citizens of this country that have read the constitution of our government. These dark people are citizens of this country and are entitled to all the privileges and blessings that any other citizens are. It is true the Negroes are composed of the plainest grade of matter on the globe, but the constitution does not consider the quality of matter that composes its citizens; it only regards all mankind as equals. The fourteen amendments to the constitution of this government places the Negro by the side and the equal of the whitest Americans in this country, and the copperheads, North and South, should have learned this long ago. It is true that the Negroes have been the muscle of this country, while the white man has been both brain and muscle. But if the Negro had been allowed he would have been and can be all that the white man has been or may be; he has made as good a farmer as any man. He has done as well as the average white man in proving his Sam calls upon Mr. Jones to ask his opinion of the President's acknowledgement of the quality of the Negro as a citizen. Sam--Now, Mr. Jones, just hold your point one moment; I wi...