The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-05

Is true that Adam was cfeafeda man III stagnre
but i i reasonable % suppose lhat nnacquainte
IS he was with the many inventions 81 ich bis 81
gacIoas posterity have found q [, Re should, iatl
llrelg, have arrived az the knlWledoe Of locome
tion thai We possess9 Adanwas. except ii eta
ture, child N every thing. 81 this be correct, \
certainly must, like all chi lAgen, have moved b
body upon ali-fours. It's foolish g suppose other
imillions upon millions II human have live
Fsince Adam, and how gradual has been their pro
gress IN IocomotioDk Fifty pears ngo, travelling
By steam would hare been considered miracle
q and not great mshy hundredsof years since, con
veyance By neaut Of carriages was an astonish
we have no doubt that, By tanalytical process.
We should Be atie To show conclnsively, thatman
could not, ii The first ages Of the world, have
moved himself from place 70 place, IL any othel
way than upop his hands and feet.
tAnofher season we have Tor suppostn9 that 0uI
lproeenitors moved upon their hands and feet, Is,
he serpent, that most loWly and subtle Of all
Beasts of the field,
tS,onat like toad, close al the ear of Eve,
and tempted her by his whispers. If she allowed
herself to listen 10 the conversation Of serpents,
she must have been III situation 10 associate with
them. If her position had been erect, she would
have stunned the approach and familiarity Of 50
disgusting an animal, and thus have prevented the
misery thereby occasioned wv are told, too, that
Cain, when he murdered AbeL srose up This is
an argument IN favor Of our theory, that none can
gainsay. These men were rough and uncouth IN
their manners. Cain, paf1cularly, was OF mos
rose and quarrelsome disposition, naturally. Like
beast he lived, and like beast he yielded 90
the impulse Of every passion. Abel Initiated him,
and he, like modern bear nfuuate, rose up on his
hind feet, and slew him.
From the time Of Adam, down 10 the deluge,
the period Of manis life was from aix 10 nine hum
dred years. Blessed days! Then ages rolled one
alter another, and men continued 10 live on land
i was only gength Of days. as the Scriptures ex-
pTesslyely teEmit, which, like sleep, silently and
peacefully removed them to that state Of forget
fulness, from which noTtals neyerrecoger. Alter
the Hood, we find that the age 81 man Immediate
IL diminished TO less than Ave hundred years
Ihis.We attribute 70 the habits acquired By the
family Of Noah, while in the ark The apart
Tint hpildng, which belong 10 THE aas.ai
SO % sit and stand ~ m upright position thus
they IN measure, acquired On erect habit, BY
nleh tier organs became disorde1eda and her
MANS disposition is such, that he would rather
pursue bad fashion, If il be new, than adhere to
one infinitely better, If it be old. Under the in
uence Of this propensity, the descendants Of Noah
continued il what we shall call the perpendicular
habit and they soon began 10 imagine that il pos
sessed very great advantages over the 70 which
their ancestors had been accustomed. AZ length,
the habit became 50 fixed, that, instead Of Indulge
ing in il occasionally, they gave themselves up
tirely tnsit, and i gradually grew into second
nature Asthe habit increased, age diminished,
sc human life dwindled down TO thIee-score and
ten wears ,.kich are now the period Of mans So
iouTne on earth. IsJlt not reasonable that such
should have been the case9 HllleAhe position cf
man was horizontal, his food was gested With
out that irritation of the organs which now exists
All the parts Of the system were free from undue
action, and the frequent interruptions 70 which
they are now liable from the pressure of food.
Doubtless there viii bea great many foolish OBJ
iectons raised to this theory, as there are to all
theories of importance. It viii be sufficient 10
reply 70 such objections when they are started
There are one or two question:, however, that now
suggest themselves, which il may be well to an-
swcr. Itmay be asked, how men could erect such
3 building % the ark, when they moved upon their
hands and feet9 1t is not inconsistent with our
doctrine that hands were used for other purposes
than locomolion. They must have been used in
tling the ground. and men either sat knelt when
thus occupied. The ark was built of gopher wood,
which was soft, pitchy substance, that could be
moulded without much exertion Of the body. Il
may be asked. also, why. iouT-footed animals do
not live 10 the great age of our first parents, If our
doctrine be corrects We answer. some species Of
quadrupedsdO live To 4 great age; Others, such as
neat cattle, are naturally short-lived; and will
ventura q say that when they ehall attempt to
walk upon their hind feet they viii not live TO .
fftieth part of their present age!
Eve have not sufficient time TO extend our aFgu-
ments farther, and Il we had, we do mol think we
need say one word more, 70 insure conviction, in
any convincible mind Of the thruth Of our doc
tfinc There IS much force In the theory, that the
great quantities of good, and the mnltifarious
fofme ii which It II used, do more Of less injury to
the human system but those who attribute disease
and death % mani folly in this respect, must cer-
tainIy Sc Il error. IL such would benefit the world
by their philanthrophy, let them return to the
ofieinal and natural position Of sheir race, and
they viii SET 90 example which will Be followed
as soon as that Inch they now advocate, and with
about much dyantnge 70 their creatures
City Of Dams. sclI
There il ID city, with Tie exception ol
Jer0s6 lem. 81 interesting as ibis: is now
III object st notice il The Christian world,
on account of the Jewish Sc ecniiDns.