sgrace of British gentlemen, nay, even of those
titled members of the "black sheep" family--bankrupt peers! As we have
seen, however, ample contradiction and refutation have been
considerately furnished by the same objector in this same volume, as in
his praises of the governor just quoted.

The cavil of Mr. Froude about English gentlemen reading messages penned
by black prime ministers applies with double force to English
barristers (who are gentlemen by statute) receiving the law from the
lips of black Judges.

For all that, however, an emergency arose so pressing as to compel even
the colonialism of Barbados to practically and completely refute this
doctrine, by praying for, and submitting with gratitude to, the supreme
headship of a [186] man of the race which our author so finically
depreciates. In addition it may be observed that for a governor to
even consult his prime minister in the matter of preparing his messages
might conceivably be optional, whilst it is obligatory on all
barristers, whether English or otherwise, to defer to the judge's
interpretation of the law in every case--appeal afterwards being the
only remedy. As to the dictum that "the two races are not equal and
will not blend," it is open to the fatal objection that, having himself
proved, with sympathizing pathos, how the West Indies are now well-nigh
denuded of their Anglo-Saxon inhabitants, Mr. Froude would have us also
understand that the miserable remnant who still complainingly inhabit
those islands must, by doing violence to the understanding, be taken as
the whole of the world-pervading Anglo-Saxon family. The Negroes of
the West Indies number a good deal more than two million souls. Does
this suggester of extravagances mean that the prejudices and vain
conceit of the few dozens whom he champions should be made to override
and overbear, in political arrangements, the serious and solid
interests of so many [187] hundreds of thousands? That "the two races
are not equal" is a statement which no sane man would dispute, but
acquiescence in its truth involves also a distinct understanding that
the word race, as applied in the present case by our author, is a
simple accommodation of terms--a fashion of speech having a very
restricted meaning in this serious discussion.

The Anglo-Saxon race pervades Great Britain, its cradle, and the
Greater Britain extending almost all over the face of the earth, which
is the arena of its activities and