172 SUPPLEMENTAL HISTORY OP MAN. 



general, characterizes the native American, the Afri- 

 can, the Mongole, the Malay, and the numerous 

 tribes of Australasia and Polynesia. Want of mutual 

 sympathy, want of pity, want of principle, belong to 

 them all. Their barbarous tyranny over the other 

 sex just alluded to, their unrelenting wars, horrible 

 cruelty to captives, and practice of cannibalism, are 

 lamentable proofs of the truth of this. 



However, it may be remarked, that there are 

 many exceptions. The inferiority of the dark races 

 in intellect is much more strongly marked than in 

 moral qualities. Many of the Negroes are remark- 

 able for goodness of heart and affectionate fidelity 

 in a very high degree. The empires of Mexico and 

 Peru prove that the Americans are not incapable 

 of civilization, and the successful efforts of the 

 Araucans to mainta in their independence, prove that 

 some tribes of this vast continent are fully equal 

 to any of the old, in the noblest attributes of our 

 nature. The Indians of America are, many of them, 

 remarkable for unshaken fortitude in suffering, and 

 unparalleled fidelity in friendship. 



There is considerable difference among the Mon- 

 golian tribes in intellectual and moral character. 

 The Chinese and Japanese have made a considerable 

 advancement in all the arts of civilized life, but the 

 fact of their having continued stationary for so 

 many ages, seems to indicate an inferior capacity to 

 the white races. 



The Mongolian nations of central Asia, have re- 

 peatedly sent forth hordes of warriors, who have car- 



