CROSSING OF DIFFERENT RACES 169 



From the many crosses of the negro and 

 white race, there have come some strains of 

 mixed breeds, which are an improvement 

 over the negro. Other strains have resulted 

 from the cross which gives society reason 

 for deep concern. Eeference is made to the 

 half-breed, who exhibits in his disposition 

 the baser qualities of both races. When the 

 horse and the ass are crossed, the hybrid is 

 stronger, tougher and meaner than either 

 breed of his parentage. The mule is the 

 pack or work animal of civilization, just 

 because of his toughness and of his base- 

 ness. The white race and the negro are as 

 far apart as the ass and the horse. We do 

 not understand why the mule is so tough 

 and so mean, neither can we understand 

 how the hybrid man is so apt to have con- 

 centrated in him the worst of the two races 

 which produce him. Knowing the evils of 

 the cross, society has done nothing to pre- 

 vent it outside the bonds of wedlock. Any- 

 one who has studied the two races knows 

 that if you want a very reliable servant 

 you want one that is either all black or all 

 white. 



