Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-19
COMMUNICATION.
ON THE ABORIGINAL RACES OF MAN.
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ON THE ABORIGINAL RACES OF MAN.
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.we need some emancipation from the tyranny Of words !"
According to the history Of the Book of Genesis CAIN the
first born SON Of ADAM mingled his blood with that Of some
other race quietly indicated by the speculation Of Nod"
"Ths Wandering" which term appears designed by the
Hebrew Scripture to distinguish the primitive character and
habits of different people from Adams family. These In
habants Of the earh thus multiplied wthout the intermar
rage of any rcatsns-a practice known to have i'll
effects upon the mental moral and physical character oil
mankind and therefore afterwards most carefully restrict
ed in the moral law.
Through Cain his brothers and sisters born long time
after him, and the people of the land of the wandering
of the Genesis the primitive inhabitants Of the earth gradu
ally increased without the necessity Of mems taking wives
to, smear of KIM which rule originally instructive, and
afterwards plainly enforced as written moral law among
the Hebrews.
We have read The works "upon the unity Of the
races Of men, formerly alluded but agree with the
idea entertained by Of them Of the rapid increase Of
kind at the beginning for Adam is described in the history
as having only three children during the space Of hundred
and thirty years although created perfect in hiskind
We much prefer such mathematical basis Of calculation to
an imaginative for by the first we have truthful
appreciation Of the length Of time between the generations
which enumerated Noah, the Of the second Lamech
who descended from Adams third SON. Se,h was of Adams
blood on side only. We do not learn from what origin
bis mother sprung, from what stock his wiis
what kind Of women bis married. The Scrptual writer
considered there sufficient explanations in the facts that
Noah had mother and wife that his had wives and
children BY them the simple, but distinct mention Of chill
dren being impressive indication Of wives and mothers
without idle repetons In the natural order of creation
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they were already prolific, have had child Of age
inermay with Cain. They could not have resided any
great distance from Adams family, by whom they appea
from Gains expressions. to have been well known, and may
have been introduced to Adam for their name
The word Adam has been translated red haired, sired
complexionsd," "red booded," and his family de-
scribed cipized in the beginning" While the wan
dsng people," who found in the region Of country
designated by the river Euphra,es "on sde neither
white nor red. @ .ea .
The drysities Of the human consider clearly
expressed in the Hebrew writings. Man originally
ated of oo kinds at least 1t is remarkable and delicate
trait Of the Hebrew writer that although many generations
are passed without the wives appelaons yet when
children show pre-emnent talent in art or knowledge the
mothers names mentioned. t@I
With regard to the generations Of men after the dhge
is not necessary vary the opinion Of the general inter
ingGng of the blood of Adams descendants with other abb
original race If that food universal
kind four distinct families described have been preserved
in the ark which may have included among their numbers
as many original species Of the human
II is now yielded by wellnstructed theoogians that there
exist numerous to doubt the Hebrew Scripture
intended believe that the deuge of the Genesis
general universal whole globe. In article
written by reverend professor of geometry in the Unverry
of Oxford great latitude thought allowable with regard
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subject The supply Of stand all the globe
the heghh Of five miles above the ordinary level Of the sea-
the mountains and the collection Of myrad
of species Of living things pairs to be fed according to their
different Instincts ,cthn limited space ,oheh gipen
offer themselves conspicuous objections. The effects Of
wind and distinctly noticed in the history and the
whole described by the Hebrew writer to have
been quiet, gradual and partial without authority for the
pictures mems ginatons have since offered Vegea
appears to have been uninured during this food for the
olive tree retained its leaves from which the dove brought
ga token, explanation, that the waters bad subsidized
These circumstances thought bear strongly upon the
probable nature and extent Of this event.
Among the Peruvians Mexcans and South Sea Islanders
well by the Egyptians Chaldeans Creeks and Celtic
tribes narratives rery similar those Of the Genesis have
been given and if can be explained that they all bad similar
means Of observation, from similar facts apparent the
and tradition Of such facts gave origin to the narrative
from all these diversified These facts the appear
Of deposes Of marine Shells forming solid rocks, found
upon the heights Of Of the most conspicuous ranges Of
mountains in different parts Of earth. These mountains
provided by that superior intelligence who does nothing
a. in vain" for the purpose Of dversyng climates aord
ing springs Of water and concentrating vapors for rains
supply the Of rivers and currents in the The
of wind also which regulate of inerco-
muncation upon the depend these differences Of
elevation, which also supply vaes Of animal and vegetable
life. @%
II is natural for obsevant and practical simple minded
but imaginative people, not yet instructed in the deli
details Of physical powers constantly acting around them
height which they have But the mountains had beer
elevated their present positions before the earth pre-
pared for the habilaon Of men, By the powerful pressure
Of steam, understand from undenabe proofs still
existing Of its influence in the bowels Of earth, sail
shells have been filed with mud driven through the
pores, and solidfed in These found different
elevated ranges Of mountains equented intervals by tribes
Of people who also visit the plains and the ocean. There
they similar shells, and readily conclude and explain
others that the had covered their native mountains
Which, in TRUTH it had for the mountains have been elena
ted from the depth Of the in order vary the face of
earth, prove the gradual progress Of prospective calculation
in the CREATOR in order render this habaton Of man
the magnificent labor" of Almighty wisdom perceive