Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-12


,n..Enronran world had emerged from the savage
>Ia,e has oi,en been invoked By The iiiebus =
,nma,;,y 10 sustain the mental capacity U' 'n'
nr.yo rare Eyyp being The rich fountain "nenc'
;" ;1;,i,a,;on eowed first upon Greece, then Naiy
sni soollv over Western Europe, ii has been Oh
auo ihat we who beast our Caucasian oiooc
- ,',hi,e color. are indebted 10 the sable sons o
africa for our mental illumination, and rescue
nom the profound darkness OF mere hoHaui1
tribes ,L:
the present lime, by some lrlenus senulnS iiie
New York paper containing an account OF lne
celebration OF The anniversary OF the African I'd
uca,ion and Civilization Society, which has re-
Gently taken place in that city. IL appears mat
learned and eloquent divine OF the city OF Rich
mond addressed The meeting, and in his effort 10
SUPPORT The high capabilities OF The negro race
he is represented 10 have SAID, tnat lne ahcien'
"Esypliaps were black ]" 'that Herodous dis
timely says they were blacks, and had Woody
hair" The reporter remarks, I'VE should ike 10
have been referred to book and page. lhe learn.
I'd speaker wen, on 10 remark, THAT il was well
known there was no, whl'e lace among the'n
until The period which succeeded the fefsidn
conquest" that Origen, leftuiiIan, CyPiidn, ano
ST. Augustine were Africans. am ny no il'ean'
snrnrised Al these statements The worthy ora
Tor could easily give The book and page OF Zero
do,us He might also introduce other high aulho,
ritv. The celebrated Volney, in his "Voyaste,"
sustains The same opiHion. II is not improbable
Ina, The common impression OF those, who have
NOT investigated this subject very profoundly ana
recently. may incline to the same side. Much IS
10 bs attributed 10 The influence OF fulfley, lor
his work has been SORT OF textbook on lhe SUD
iect of Eaypt, has been generally difased, and IS
much more learned and philosophic than most OF
the works OF travellers. lie informs Us, "taat me
mojern Cops are the descendants oil Inc ancient
Egyptians; that they have ruHed yisase,
sWriied eve crushed nose, (ecrase IN the ffehch)
and lip thick as a mulatio's; that they resem-
bic the Sphinx otthe Pyramids, which IS very
characteristic head OF The negro race maj !he
Egyptians were genuine negroes OF The same Kind
as all the nations Of Africa" q quote from
Esytte par Champollion Figeac)
The investigations OF the last thirty years have
SO extended our knowledge OF Egypt and Egyptian
history that the world is probably letter acquaini-
ed now with these subjects, than ever before
Since The reign OF the present Pasha, Mehemel
All. travellers have had Tree access 10 every part
Of that country and they visit il with as much Ia
ciiily and sae.y as any district OF Europe OF
America. Thousands have proliled by this pr.
yiIege. and the antiquities, The physical features
ihe geological character OF that interesting lane,
have been described again and again. From me
South OF Europe, tour 10 The pyramids may he
made with l,llle more effort than an excursion
Of a Virginian TO The Cataract OF Nia2ara.-
Steam has brought near Europe and Asia, and
even old Nile now echoes with The roar OF the
beating wheels and Kissing pipes OF Fullon's ma
chinery. In addition 10 these advantages, or
rather as a consequence Of them, Inc discovery By
Champol.ion OF the Hierngyphic Alphabet has
: no fHS l,nu. al
EGYPTIAN civilization. Stimulated by the di>cov-
eriss France sent another commission 10 his IN
,esesing ami excited arena, where Eagish and
F,cnch genius hei already engaged in al ardent,
Jealous and even cmhiuered contest. The Crane
,Duse Q! TUSCANY. The liberia patron Of arts anu
letters despatched also IA This attractive neld IN
able commission. al The head Of which was ,he
learned ard accomplished Ros>ellin And now
he King III Prussia has deputalon on the shores
OF the Nile. al he h:aj OF which is the iustri-
Gus Leipsius. Thanks 10 these explorers, we
NAV now not only STE the great monuments OF
Egyptian genius Which have been visited as an
Iiouities for more than Two thousand years, some
perhaps four, ana which have been looked on for
Inc most part with wondering gaze and Ignorant
admiration, regarded with mysterious awe as The
antique Ir0disies OF genius whose OBJECT anG MS
s1ry were unknown, bW We may declpher the IN
scripiions which cUTer their surfaces, read iEcf
purposes, learn their builders and the period Of
their construction. An eXtnet literature AMI Ian
guag pc are now revived, and ancient Egypt may
be studied in he language ard histories OF her
own sons. The wonderful discovery OF Cham
in view ol the difficulties
overcome, and equally SD as regards The great ob
iec attained--has brought 70 light, unlike thai oi
Columbus, an eli weird. The dead recorcs Of that
venerable land have been drawn forth as from an
o;her Pompeii, and have received al his hands
The vital spark; and they now speak to US OF The
achievements Of heroes, OF statesmen and oil
moralists who lived many centuries before Greek
and Roman fame. Indeed we now learn the
history eli civilization, of legislation, and
IF religion, before the great Hebrew Lawslver
received the commandments amid the thunders .!
Sinai. Noes was learned in all The wisdom oi
the Egyptians and 10 that source, may be now
traced some III those wise principles OF govern
ment. some oil those admirable maxims OF life
which have made the basis of all our social o.
oaoiza,ion since. This much may certainly BE-
said. without infringing, in any way, upon the
sacred attributes Of his mission.
Under these circumstances the enquiry which
We now propose, becomes the more Interesting,
N lerias for lis solution more abundant, and the
results more important. II il can now be shown,
that the old Egyptians were Negroes, The eau
ca.ion race may forever hereafter hold their
nes &c on the subject Of the interiority OF the Ne
gro race. Indeed, they must be acknowledged as
our predecessors in lofty civilization, and we
their debtors for that which We enjoy
There are now, and have ever been, from the
earliest rcriuds OF which We have any historic
knowledge, three races OF men in Africa, perfect
H. distinct the one from the other: Isl, the Negro
;ind, The Caiires, and Sd, tie Moors. The first
inhabit The centre and western paris of that con-
tinent. and need no description. The Cafires &C.
cupy The southeastern coas, and are distinguish
ed from the former by head formed like that OF
the European; an acqueline nose; hair irlzzled
but less woolly Than that OF the Negro and
brown, or iron-grey, compleIion-difering from
the shining black OF that race The Moors are
rhe same in statue, in physiosnomy, and hair as
the natives OF Europe, and only dilisr in the color
or the skin. which is Drowned BY climate. To
This class belonged the ancient EgypianS-the
white. or Caucasian race. Fortunately we have
evidence on this subjec, OF The si!onges, charac
Ter. We have The ancient Egyptians themselves,
il thousands and hundreds OF thousands, in tho
nummies which still remain Notwithstanding
The millions which have been destroyed. These
Nummies may be seen, not only in Egypt, but
in HE Museums throughout the world have
seen many, and do not recoliect 10 have seen
one that belonge.i 10 the Negro race.
One ut our Counirylnen, III. morton OF fniIaueI-
phia, obtained, through the assistance of our Con-
sui in Egypt, MIR, Gyddon whose lectures have re-
Gently ioslrue ed del GIFTED many American au-
diences, one hundred crana from seven OF the an
Glen, sepulchral localities OF these crana, Or.
Morton found only one TO be that ola Negro, eight
10 be those Of Mulattos and FIVE in which there is
trace of Negro and other exotic lineage, eishy-iour
caucasian or white and two ldols.i Eighiy-iour
Caucasians in The hundred much larger pro-
portion than would be found in the cemeteries OF
Virginia or any Of the Southern States OF this
country. The conclusions which DR.. Morton
dcduces from these and numerous details are,
''lhat The valley of the Nile, both in Egypt and
Nubia, was originally peopled BY branch Of
The Caucasian race. These prmeva people
since called the Egyptians were The Mizraimiles
OF Scripture, the posterity Of Ham, and directly
affiliated with the Libyan family of nations
The Aus,ral Egyptian, or Meroite communities
were an Indo-Arabian stock, engratted on The
primitive Libyan inhabitants.
"Besides these exotic sources Of population, The
Egyptian race was, at different periods, modified
BY the influx OF the Caucasian nations OF Asia