The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-10-01
October +.

very Shepherds, whom the father Anc grand
father of Amman had been 70 long fighting
sgainit, were in all probability. the defend
ents of Ham and Mizraim. Ibid.
Thus think have fhcwn that all that
parade of anntnf learning, adduced BY Mar
iharn, is mere bubble of air, and has no
foundation In fae or truth. Which convjn-
ces US of the truth, of Solomon's OBJ,
leryation. --ss the tongue of the wife
uieth knowledge ,right Int tbs mouth Of fooii
pouretb ont tooh6n5G." But we will not
be too ievere. Let US fee whether ne has
faid any thing at all material. Perhaps bis
whole writings are meant rather as bur-
lelqueon the fuhje Ct than any vndcation Off.
The PropoGlion laid down by Masiham
is in effect this, that the paVery Of Negroes is
not rebEgnam f0fbs natural rights o mankind.
Tohave proved this, in my humble opinion,
he ought to have ibewn either that the Afri-
cans have no natural rights exiting, and 70
could not be injured in that retpe4 or if
they have any, they are OF that fort, that ieiz-
ing on them BY force, and fnatchhg them
from thei. country and rela,ons,is no VIOLATE
on Of them. But inifead of recurring TO the
common feelings of men, for the proof Of
natural right or wrong, he refers immediate
" to fcIipIure, and afirms It TO be natural to
enAave them, becaufe of diVins izJfitutien.:
So that natural law, and the precepts contain
ed in the Bible are with him one and the
fame and thence las what was Law, under
the Mofaic difpcniation, is not law under
the chriflan) we may infer that what was
once naturally right, may not beio always,
contrary TO the frf principle in metaphysics
that the laws of nature are immutable and c.
tcrnal. But MARKHAM foon found that ma.
ture would give him no aid :. And therefore
we find him, in his fourth feeiion, directly
contradiefing wha, he laid down in his fc-
cond, as the propoGton, which he intended to
prove. For fays he, in this 18th fiction |" eon-
fyary 10 eUs,y principle IF human nature, thefe
people are made flaves." Now before, he
imp'iedly told US that he intended tol prove,
tina, lavery was not contrary to the natural
rights of mankind. Again in bis 9Th feeti-
on he iays, &c lay it down As a fact, where
a whole people have, contrary 10 The esmmoa
neiions df mankind, been bought and fold as
Aaves, the eaaJ< mgR BE- Jap<vnataraL."s Give
him rope enough, and he will bang bimjsG
Well then if we have driven him Tor RAJ
Their II he has driven himfeID from the feat
of nature, let US follow him to his dernier
relort,rfvelaton. He Jays there was divine
curfe pronounced againR Ham, and bis de-
fcendents This we have fhewn TO be a dr.
rea fafhood, by the fame text of fcripture
which he cited to prove il ; and we FAY
the curl9 as il is there exprefed, has no
more relation to Ham. or any Of his children
except. Canaan, than il had TO the inhabitants
of the Moon /: So that if the preient Africans
are the immediate defendants of Ham and
A1ixroiu, as Mailman fays is faes. then they
are not the people under the curle even
fuppofng ,he curle was Lsfiag. Now for
moment we viii giant this fuppoGtion TO be
true, that the. cutie was to remain forever.
Yet that tits. notwithstanding CRIME, to
be the .inRruments of this curie,l would OBJ
fesve, thasrihere,is always diEtinetion made
in revelation, between general fat or deter
misatisa Of the Deity, and his injunctioRs
upon any particular pscfsa or people, 10 per-
form . bdrfitaI0r 0t7. by this general fiat
mean ncs the prmiD5Ue dserss 10 IearnedIy
entered into bysMainam, in his Taft publ
cation, TO no parpoie uhleis to jfem harmed.
apprehend Disines mean,by this primitive
decree, Gods necrGary preicicnce of all e
vents, not made kassvn to man Whereas
by 4 diyins fat mean Coos Indefinite
FIRE erdiaakiSsdf fomc particular events, re-
Draitd to man. The oppoite to this is, his
will'pottital1fJ opened 10 iome parti1aiar
h.r IN ~ n<shIk. In this cafe il becomes ~