, 1860-08-15
The Unity of the Human TIace. IA Po.
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The Angus. aumher of L'e Rows r. pitw con.
tains an article entitled. Unity o: the Human
Race di*p-ovsd By the Hebrew Di le." from the
pen Of Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright CT New Or
Ieans, from which We propose to make few
extracts for the entertainment Of cur renders,
and fer th- editicatioa Ct cthroX7aphers every
whers. It may also be a source Of comfor. to
s,me Of our pro-sarery friends who just now
seem to sta7d in aecd Of reinlorcements, The
Doctor tase:
"If we AXE the Hebrew Bible fo- q guide
aud faithfully interpret it, there can be but OF
opinion On the question. That book pos;t1relv
ul1i that there ere u 1eust tn races Of in.
t-lhctucl c.caturcs With immortal s,ul.. created
ut different ZINES. Thus il I'll. 24'h verse nj
the Int cbatter Of Genesis, =" Fhc L,rd said !:
Let the r b bring tur1h intellectual creatures
with lfnMurtAt FOULS after their kind: cattle
s:d creeping thing, and beast Ct tic earth. after
hla kind, aEd it WAS s0 =
''ln cur E7glisl, version, instead of "jnte1-
leetuai creatures with immortal souls, )" ne have
Only the w2rcs, Living creatures as repre.
s-uting The Hebrew words 'naphe:h chl,y ah,'
Tn" last word n!tAns li7ing creature aai tha
word *napucsh,' which iavrs,s .ch-ivab.' or
living creatures. vi h ln:eliectual.ty and in.
mortality, ~ no: traaslared at al, either il ;Lc
DouaE Bible or to OF King James. But it
stan.s moro durable than Lrass rr Kra3i.e, ia.
vitug us TO lock at the n.2ro and The Ind.ap.
aud then 10 look at thas, aad we will under.
s!aad it.
mississippi and Louisiana are ha'f full Of
nesrte , 40 is ,hs Hebrew B.b!e. bu. ou1 Eaeish
se:sioo has not got negro IN il"
We would suggest to the !e:rrcd gentlemen
now ecgayed upon the reT version Of tn. Bible.
the importance Of this new discovery, aud vh,n
they have settled tue question how the Ethiop-
ian was created, they viii at the same TING an
swer satisfactorily the question "Wh:t is it7"
We proceed in our quotations:
"Fhy years ago. Dr. Adam C:ark. the learn.
ed conm. ntoz o, sha Bible, IRON drep ,csd:o9
IN ths fjebte~, Arabic aud Coptic lauruayes'
~ force to the conclusion that ;he c?.ature
which beguIed Eve was au animal, formed like
nsau, walked erect. aud bad the git of speech
aod reasuu. u9 believed it was an uursr1, nu
taog, and not serrent. If he had Ii. I'd in
louisiana, instead Of England, be woutI hare
recognised the negro gardener. Eve was a new
Of curiosity, the gardener .bont tie tree with
the forbidden fruit. The OIhidian Birraca BE-
gins his reply tn her questions with an ex ia
nation Of astonishmeus, rendered NE ia our
Eerslsn equivalent 10 Is it possible'-cap i: ba
that Eloh1tn has said Jou nre not to eat CT ere-
:
the dar you eat thereof you will be as Gous,
knowing good aud eyi"
This questinn being settled satisfactorily, the
writer proceeds to detcribe the reasons which
induced Adam to gire to the so.cal1ed serpent
his name:
"Ths tirst oae OF these names, enclosiur
within the name history Of the thing namei,
occurs in the hrst verse OF the third coapter Of
= l. u
the creature which be.uled Ere. The history
Of the creature il enc1oted in the name, under
caver Of busdle OF ideas, so incocg1uous ard
disconnected as not to be understood until, in
the Revolution Of ages. sufficient kno<ledge of
the tbiaK 1smed hsu ben acquired by e1peri-
eLce to iurni.7 the key to unlock the book. We
sse atouud it ths serpent-the charmej-she
etchsnte't-wa:ching c'ose1y-prying into de-
signs-mustering and babbhEx without mean
ing g-h,salnk-Hhsst1icg- Observation-Disclosures.
ters-cha:u:-anda varb iormed from the name,
which hlgn4des to be o. become black AuT
good overceer would recognize 5he pegro's pc.
cutiarities in the defa,tion Of tH1taitA, aud The
wor.s connected with it, it read to HIN from
Hebrew Lexicon"
The author now presse. New England
south slider into his service, as follows:
&C. Blanchard Thompson, of New England.
a Hebrew scholar of tile lirst class, afiez ,mn1.
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1hs t~enty-fourth rerse of the fist chapter
we're literally ard fully translated, it would save
the Necessity OF tcrturin2 Scripture and scien-
tiGc truth 20 procure white fa;l-r aad mother
for the Missouri fn.ians ard Negroes. hut
Thampson, with all his learning. Is far belitd
the pennan of the Book at Genesis in his
knowledge Of that character. ue d1 no. know
thHt the mest stupid ne.:ro is not only more
subtle than auy b=ast Of the field, hut has much
more subtlety IN many matters than tbs wisest
white neu generally have. Tae writer Of Gen.
esis knew it, and expressed the fact in that bun-
de Gf ideas ur eplton:zsd historE Of the negro
character, shut up IN lle name he gave to tho
cr=ature which Eve met in tie garden Of Para
d,se," etc.
We remember some years since hearing
good story Of two Of saese "seEpents" discuss.
Ing tbs order of creation:
Ctsar.-Now. P5npey, TIL toll you al bout
creation. Yen ste, Godamity took some mud
aud wet it aud made = & 'od looking niger Of
it, and then set It up agn the fence to dry, and
fomp-S'op there, Cesar; stop mint while
ask question Who maie that teoc.7 yaw
ya~? gaTi l say, niger, who mAde TINT
iencer''
Gtsar.-Hush; shutup. sieh questions would
spills a:l ths 'ulogiss sser mads. Go long, and
For fear Of spelling this new theory, We will
refrain from suggesting any doubts or ssking
aaJ questions. Tha American Scientific Asso-
eiation at it's next meeting, will giro thu August
number Of d. BoO's R.eit.o thu consideration
it deserves.
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