Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-10
ABORIGINAL RACES OF NAN. xwoonsnAs.

Thing: hard to be understood which they that an
learned and unstable wre they do also the other Scrip
lures, unto their destruction PETER
Mess EDrroas Having seen in your paper of last week
article under the above CAPTION and fearing the deeercus
effects Of such upon the minds Of the many hundreds
Of youth who are regular readers of your journs have
thought rejonder necessary. As the last article only
to my notice. say nothing about the s though de-
sired to see that also.
The spirit Of the writer is much calculated deceive
the halfmasked is to msead. That spirit to be
candid take the Bible its guide whe in fact the sacred
record only used decoy aay suspcon and to allure
the unwa The writer understand very well that
neither the vugary Of Voars the obsceniy Of Paine
is 50 popular in this day, even among nGdes the pre-
tended fairness and mpaaly Of Gbbon relieved by
easiona Of skepc, and pevaded by the malignant
spirit Of nfdelty.
Backwoodsman" assumes two positions which are the
Of his specuatons. When it is shown that bis
data FALSE his deductions will be acknowledged to be false
also. We shall follow the snuoses Of his for
TRUTH like light in straight lines and is only refaced
by the density Of the media through which passes Indeed
his objections much older than his great grandfather
though he has tcked them out in the fashion Of the latest
impoations of British and Continental skepcs, in whose
terms he now presumes to interpret the meaning Of the
original in accordance with the improvements Of
age"
n When :. .Backwoodsman' speaks Of "well-insruc,ed
theoogians eminent clerical writer Of modern
pshments" ga modern ecclesiasc he does no. tell
always whom be means but the intelligent will allow
themselves be deceived for they know that in Established
Churches pa,ronizng eevaes the sacred
Office successful scientific literary man, whose knowledge
Of theology as contemplate his for souls is
may say nor does theology sanction every thing that doctors
and reverends may assert .nce its "Geat Teacher has
long ago uttered the warning "bewae Of false prophets
and by his chief APOSTLE has counselled the church to
lest any spoil you through philosophy and vain
Deceit after the tradition Of men, after the rudiments ee
ments] Of the world and after Christ" The history Of
sheoosisns unfortunately, would furnish quite gallery of
paintings strongly resemtling Hogarh's Churchill.
But now proceed to the consideration Of Backwoods
mans dissent from the Mosaic account Of the aboriginal race
man. and the General Deugs As be appeals to the Bbe
shall hold him to It's eaching pesuming Of course that
be admits its authority; for if be does not our difference
would begin step further back and the first question would
be Is the Bible authentic ~ But this contest has been
fought and every oottep Of indely this ground razed
10 the foundaion shall fight these battles but
turn to the vaunng foe in different guise, and
upon other grounds.
"Bsckwoodsman asserts that, " according the history
Of the Book Of Genesis Cain, the rs-born Of Adam,
mingled hs blood with other race quietly indicated by
the appeaton Of Nod, The Wandering which term
appears designed BY the Hebrew Scriptures to distinguish
the primitive character and habits Of different people from
Adams family" Here sImos, as many errors % lines.
And these basees declarations made in ignorance
tempt Of the nearly consensanous opinion Of the mos learned
and best heolpsans Of sages The Book Of Genesis does
not say Cain mingled his blood with some other race
This the language and the meaning b. bu, not Of Moses
Nor any such idea quiety indicated as that there
any such people the Wanderers Of Nod Here il the plain
and comprehensive language Of that Book: And Cain wen
ont from the presence o. the Lord - he was the pondr
and the land called "Nod because ne wandered there
and dwe in the land Of Nod on the cas-, Of Eden And Cain
knew bis wife, Now, should any homes, man read the pre-
cedng portion Of this history, and learn that God had made
man. and that after he had from portion Of this
man. made ,goan: tha. 10 the image Of God created be
him male and female created be them !" that in accordancs
with the command Of their Creator to be fruitful and null
tpy and pensh the esrb and daughters were born
unto them the Of Of the sons being given and
those of the dsughts well their history being with.
hed and then should declare his candid opinion that he
frst son Of this first man married wife of different
people from Adams Jamiy," the friends Of such esde,
could make bu, Of two apologies for him-eher The, hs
d.creded the history, capable judging Of smple
facts II We were called upon decide in the present
We should ssy that The hstofy believed and below d
error Of The bs.d hes The dark profound Of an n6d, heart
For the inference just satisfactory The scenr his.o,
being admitted that Cain married Of his sisters and ,ha.