The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-05-10
LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1860.
GEMS or WIT AND ELOQUENCE.
From Mr.. Corwin's Speech in the House Of
Represeatdtives on jan. 23 anil "a.

From Mr.. CorwiV's Speech in the House of
Representatives on jan. % anil "a.
think that when the bonGwoman Ha- (
gar left Abraham, with her masters con-
sent, there Deing some disturbance in his
domestic relations, Gmuch laughter, the
boy Ishmel. not being The child of prom
ise, and being in the habit of making i'm.
pertinent remarks about the conduct of
family affairs, laughter was sent of with
his mother into the wilderness. with
loaf Of bread and bottle Of water. We
are told that Hagar. being exhausted and
famshed by hunger. laid the boy down
to die, and that the Angel Of the Lord
came there. II remember Alright, it is
so written in tie Book. And what ad-
vice Gid he give to this bondwOmau and
her son? The Angel told this woman that
che was in very bad circumstances, but
not 10 be discouraged: to pick up the boy
and hold him in her hands, for he would
become great Glibuster Roars Of
laughter.
That very able man who was the father
of that boy, had another family, and
they, in q generation or two after this,
we're sold into Slavery, and so they re-
mained, we are told, for four hundred and
seventy years. At the end Of that time,
God abolished that servitude and repealed
the Fugitive Slave Law. very much to the
dismay and astcnishment Of the pursuing
masters, and greatly to The qualification
of those owing labor and service 10 them.
Then he allowed them TO go home-'o
their Africa, or to speak without figure,
to the home Of their fathers. The repeal
of the Egyptian Fugitive Slave bill, on
the shore of the Red Sea. with all its IN.
cident,,is worthy of some notice now and
at all times. We hear much said of wo.
, men taking part in politics now a.days.--
r Something very like it occurred on the
occasion to which / refer. Just as the
, bubbling death -groan Of the Egyptian
host had risen to the surface Of the sea,
} and was borne away upon the hot breath
, of the winds, a woman, notable woman,
4 then and there broke forth in very re-
1 markable triumphant song. Miriam, the
e sister Of Aaron, with all the dark-eyed
g daughters OF the Hebrew slaves, shouted
out. "Sing ye TO the Lord, for gloriously
r hath he iumphed; the horse and his ri
der hath he cast into the sea-" ThsI
was their "Hail Columbia" Sir, tha
o song Of the prophecies has rung in my
ears in day, and often in night time, too
a In nv dreams Of the ultimate destiny o
1t man, 1 have supposed i. would ring it
the ears and agitate the souls of men, til
d the words "kings and subjects, rulers ant
ruled" should be los! in two words
10 "brothers-sisters.
id Mr.. Clerk, wish to look for one nc
is ment at some other facts found in tn
ID historical portion of the Bible, having
curious bearing, at least, on this questio
lie of negro Slavery. We are told in thu
ey same Book that the. people of Il
globe, except eight, were destroyed in
Q; deluge. Noah and his family only wei
preserved. That old patriarch seems
Id have been remarkable for nothing, so Fl
as | can find out. except for his stror
o. faith in the word of God, and his remar
at able nautical adventure. Noah had thr
py sons, from whom have sprung all the Pc
pie now upon the face of the globe. v
he are told by sacred, and l think pretty ful
too, by profaus historians, that Japhet
he the father of our race. We, then a
he all children of that man. We have. it
ur, true, to go far hack to get at it. He
not our original propositus. Shem is the
lie. ther OF the migratory, wandering Assia
lite family. Ham, it is said, was the fatl
rn. of tie negroes. This, think it will
,et found, is shown by our accredited hiSto
aas ical bodks. Some have wondered how
happened that Japhet, born of the sal
She bother, son Of the same father, shot
af. be gentleman with lectures and CO
i'm plexion like you and myself, shem, y
dge low fellow with high cheek bones; a
wer Ham, negro, with black face. a
,,ch crisp, curled hair. This difficulty is s.
hee. mounted BY one class of ethnologi'
this by altrbuting the difference TO- clima
And influences. in which I think there i
,den great plausiblity, BE this as it may,
that relationship is the same Japhet il
wed said, had large acquisitiveness, andhe
his superiority, and it may be said v
re- equal truth, that his children are not
fcient in this caI ital virtue, for such
" 10 held to be in our times by us in this N
el Republic. They also, it is said, L
he quick and powerful faculties for nu
rails; and regard, in theory as we
prac t @ g, the multiplication
as the acme of human knowledge.
let us look at this family inibrogio.
4rs." are the sons Of Japhet, and the Negro
the son of Ham; we are, the sons,
spectively, Of these two brothers,
soon consequently we, the sons Of Japhet
That cousins to Cuifee. he being the son o.
vered uncle Ham. have often thought til
hun the negro, as seems from this accoul
us to be probable, had really that
know tionship to US, that we certainly hat
lower treated our cousin like gentlem'
we'd Renewed laughter.l .s.
adore, Now do they suppose that John b
otion, had not read Jelterson notes on VI
ex- ia and all other things which JEFF
! such had written about slavery? Do they
Please pose he had not seen the declaratl'
Of my Washington that If there was any
lot re- by which Slavery could be abolishe
ng my would render to Its CORDIAL co'oper'
Your Do you suppose he had not seen th
Do YOU suppose he Lad not seen th