Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-06
THE nR1G1N OF SLAYFRY

oG,d shall sllys Japhsth and he shall deHin the Of
Sisg and Canaan shall be bis seryant'-Generis p.
To the Editor ofihe Wing:
Whilst couversiug on the subject OF slavery, few
DAYS since quoted the above well known passage from
Genesis On consulting the Bible find if had repeat
ed the text correctly, and reading it carefully, was
struck very forciby with an idea which had be-
fore occurred to me, and which produced by con-
sderug the second prophecy Of the verse viz He Ja-
nb,tD shall ,l,-sH in the tents Of Sbsm' Have YOU
never thought, Mr.. Editor how literally that has been
ulGleds The Indians are, undoubtedly, the defendants
of Stcq History gives no other account Of them, than
tha, they are Aslcs and therefore, of his tribe Has
no: JIpAsb then, dst in the tents Of SsH, and is he
no. 1r dwelling in them Certainly be is for the Flu
romans are his descendants and these descendants
dwell i'm the homes of the Indians. The entire
was prophetic and has been fulfilled in "a remarkable
manner for 10 God has enlarged J0Dhsh and he
Irll, in the tents Of Slsn' and Canaan his ssrrdnt
The European nation has spread itself the face OF
the earth and doubtless, Noah, with prophetic eve,
gared upon the waving forests aad the mighty streams
of the second promised land the, then, unknown
world Of the West where dWeit the children OF Sbem,
long centuries before the idea ot il discovery found
birth in the fertile brain Of Columbus. There he behed
remnant Of that tribe which il thc old world had for
so many centuries held all the and hc blessings OF
civilized life within their own domain; who had dwet ia
the mghtiet palaces Of the EARTH ard been kings and
rriacc- Of nations There he beLe,t them Swelling in
their tents meath the calm shadows OF tie towering
mountains and by Che margins OF Tie yery lakcs OF the
western continent and the passed in panara-
mic succession before him, be saw the children Of ia
pheth enlarged by the hand Of him Who then declared
il through hs prophet landing these unknown shores
and dwelling IN the tent, OF Shem And as the last prophe
cy fell from his nsp..ei los be the whitewiugrd
vcses that bore the degraded sons OF Canaan from the
burning vii Of Africa TO be civilized by the enlarged
brain o. Japheh for God enlarged him mentally as vel
physically.
Thus tha. which was ,poLeu Of a curse by Noah
has by the wisdom of Jehovah, proved blessing 20 hi
descendants for look at Africa and ia miserable inhab
iants See there 10 parts, toe thicElpped black
skinned aud vooI!yheaded negro, 10 state Of barbar
ism more degrading than that OF the brute creation; for
he has neither the ingenuity of the beaver nor the in
dGsry Of the bee o7 he provides neither food nor shell
ter for himself but guided by brute instinct alone, fee
for protection from wind and rain TO the branches oil
the nearest Tree
Would TO God that the fanatics of the North and
elsewhere would read the Bible Tor the truth alone
Then would they See the finger aud hear the voice Of
Him. who coming declare peace and good will to man
said also "reuder unto Cesar, the things which CR
sqrs" In conclusion will add, may the whiie-Winget
dove Of peace fold hes shining pnious this hereto
fore great and glorious Republic may the North recog
nize the rgLts of The siqgsto'dag South may the
want obey bis MASTER az the Jjis commands and the
master protect his slave and may the broad bright ban
uer Of stpcs and stars which toalcd above the head o.
the slage1oldrg Washington, still proudly spread IL
united folds TO the breeze from every mountain and hill
tod from Maine 20 California MAMIE GREY.