The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-22

, seep-all require 10 be prescribed by ru
or they will run into excuses. Like CHI
dren, they are apt 10 oyer-eat theniselve
or TO eon6ne their diet too much 10 one IN
yorite article. unless restrained from dom,
50. They oaen gorge themselves with fa
meat, rs children do with sugar. ....
One Of the greatest mysteries to those
unacquainted with the negro character, is
the facility with which an hundred. even
two or three hundred. able.bodied and Vi.
gOrous negroes are kept IN subJection by
one white man, who sleeps IN perfect secu.
rity among them, generally, IN warm woa.
ther. with doors and windows open, with
all his people, called slaves at large around
him. But still greater mystery is the un-
doubted fact OF the love they bear TO their
masters similar in all respects TO The love
that chlldren bear TO their parents. which
nothing but severity or crnety in either
case can ALLEVIATE. The physiological laws,
on which this instructive aud most tnyste.
rous love is founded in the one ease, are
applicable 10 the other Like children,
when well.behavcd and disposed to do
i their duty il Is no arbitrary authority over
them that they dread, but the petty tyran
my and imposition of one another. Tue
overseer among them, like the school-mas.
ter among children, has only to be impar.
tiar and 10 preserve order by strict justice
TO all, to gain their good will and alIec;
lions, and TO be viewed, not as an object OF
terror but as friend and protector to
quiet their fears of one another
ffl,,r. ,a a a unranoo battuac, ,t,fn NJ ,,o-
rroes and infant white children; the form
er are born with heads like gourds, the fon-
tmeles being nearly closed, and the sutures
between the various bones OF the head uni.
ted,--not open and permitting of overlap
ping as in white children. There is no
necessity for the overlapping of the bones
of the head in infant negroes, as they are
smaller, and the pelvis of their mothers lar.
ger than in the white race. All negroes
are not equally bnck--the blacker, the
healthier aud stronger any deviation from
the back color, in the pure race, is mark
of feebeness or i'll health. When heated
from exercise, the negro's skin is covered
with an oily exudaiion that gives dark
color to white linen, and has IL very strong
!
robust; children aud the aged have very
! little of IL.
have thus hastily and imperfectly no.
iiced some OF the more striking anatomi-
cal and physiological pecuari,ies ofthe
negro race. The question may be asked (;
does he belong to the same race as the
4 white man Is he a son of Adam Docs
his peculiar pllysica conformation stand in
opposition TO the Bible, or does it prove its
truth These are important questions,
both in a medical, historical and theologi-
cal point of view. They can better be an
swered by comparison of the facts derived
from anatomy, physiology, history and the
oIogy, TO see il they sustain one another.
We learn from the Book of Genesis, that
Noah had three sons Shem, Ham and
! Japheth and that Canaan, the son OF Ham,
was doomed to be servant of servants unto
his brethren. From history, we learn, that
the descendants OF Canaan settled IN Africa,
and are the present Ethiopans, or black
race of men, that Shem occupied Asia, and
.Japheth the north of Europe. In the 9th
chapter and 9th verse of Genesis. one Of
the most authentic books of the Bible, is this
remarkable prophety: God shall enlarge
Japetb and he shall dwell in the tents OF
Shem and Canaan shall be his servant"
Japeth has been greatly enlarged by the
discovery of new world, the continent OF
America. lie found in it the Indians,
whom natural history declares to be oil
Asiatic origin, III other words. the descen-
dents OF Shem he drove out Shem, and
occupied his tents: aud now the remaining
part Of the prophecy is in the process OF iul.
filment. from the facts everywhere before
us, OF Canaan having become his servant
T The question arises, is the Canaanite OF
Ethiopian, qualified for the ,rying duties Of
servitude. aud un6Ited for the enjoyment Of
freedom II he BE-, there is both wisdom
mercy and Justice in the decree booming
him to be servant Of servants, as the decree
, is in conformity TO his nature Anatomy
} aud physiology have been lnterrogated' and
, the response is, that the Ethiopian, or Ca.
naanite, is untitled, from his organization
! for the responsible duties of afree man, but
, like the child is only fitted for ate OF de-
4 pcndence and subordnation When hls
tory is inteuogated. the response is, that
s the only government under which the ne
j, gro has made any improvement in mird
= morals. religion, and the only government
: under which he has led a happy, quiet aie
G contented life, is that under which he /
. subjected to the arbitrary power of ia
: pheth, in obedience to the Divine decree
/ When the oir.:ginaI Hebrew Of the Bible i
a interrogated. we find, in the signhcan
y meaning of the original name Of the negro
e the identical fact set forth, which The knif'
= of the. anatomist at the Jissecting- table ha
{ made apuear; as II the revelations of ana
y tony, physiology aud history were mer
!. rewriting OF what Moses wrote. In tn
r Hebrew word Canaan" the original nam
= Of the Ethiopian, the word stare bynat~rt
n OF language 10 the same effect is wrltte
q by the inspired penman. Hence there
d no conflict between the revelations oE Ill
z ~ t,..,ftxisso lstos orxr a Al Tho IA