Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-31

p!eSses you. Singuhrly enough however, you sdd-'h
tbs reader wishes to see Coordination Of the horrd
character Of Of the other nations Of the world
he NAV fad 1t in the 2ls chap SO9h psge ola volume
entitled The Bible and the Classics which (you pub
lshed last year So that where you orthodox 81.
Pal and myself are heterodo1. But sir, your logic
and your foresight have been equally defective; for in
your book you have undertaken to establish the inpra
ton Of tbs Bible by the literature Of those very cations
whose horid character" you have endeavored to dsPc
yet line, written BY Negro enriches the super
nal beauties Of "rhe Bible and the Classics" Besides,
you have been long living at the South and identified
with her welfare and instead of having printed in Rich
mond you carried the Ms of your work to New York,
and gave to one of the meAnsst Of Yankee publishing
houses in the "Od Union" eqasnty the people Of
Virginia are now debArred from enjoying perusal eft
there are no. dzn copies oft for sale in this Market
and il will not pay to advertise it. at the cost Of
cause and Contrast"
have been more fortunate, Bishop. l have had
book pubshed in the South relating to the South and
printed BY Southern publishers, which, even you con-
ceds won "hgh sulOgoies" from the press and eItrao
binary public popularity. Let me hope, however, that
on this account there sense OF envous rivalry
in your composition when you sneered at my less than
years residence in the South Al any rate, sir, am
sensitive upon this point and must insist that is
you and not 1ho "hAs cast nre-brand" 10 midst
a, time when unity Of sentiment and action is most
desirable" for think can see your figure, family re-
ysaled in the prOsctpye shadow OF the Dark Liat'r
Or am mistaken aud did you use the phrase rhetori
csy, as the symbol Of mere presily wrsth' 7dH6 ne
an aa.s e ssti6HS ire 10 your Episcopal robes, you
have approached me AhAb did his friend, and like
him YOU have sought to smits under the fifth rib
But unfortunately for you, sir, the question at isue-
whether or not the msshApen and norssthetie negs
legitimate child Of ID al Eve-is not Southern,
but uoiversa question: which ust be solved BY reason
science, and philosophy, rather than by dogustsm.
Aud now, Right Reverend let US not sport with the
creduty of our readers-et not appeal to their pru
dces or past predictions Of thought opinon-rathr
let Us discuss the disputed topic, nationally and scentf
ear7 am Wiling -ay book shall stand fall by
the result bu, assured at the outset that your love
od admiration for Moses and the Propbes not great
er than nas-and that whatever may be he Issue Of
,his controversy, when both of forgotten, sy
will live in the hearts Of humanity
First Then, have asserted in Cause and Contrast"
that the negro race Is destitute Of genius without glory
non.s thetc, uuprogrsssive sensual stold Indifferent
20. creative plastic not homogeneous" challenge
yo,.. ar, 10 shoE that his is nor 50.
Second have shown that he is as old as the Pyrs.
uds nd csAe IN eontas, with ali the great peoples Of
spdouty but that "he never Invented reasoned thso
logical system, discovered an alphabet framed gram.
maiical language nor made the Least step in science
art and tia; be has "eyer bean the servant but never
tie ruler o! Other races. Pure yOu do.y thjsi
laird have esNbshsd that the Caucasian race ca
pAbe Of the highest order Of progression and ascend
Of their own yoion from the night Of barbarism, to
the ful spsndor of meridian civilization. defy you
az, % Ihos ,ba. this "a JIliaey.
Fuh, have illustrated that 10 his normal condition
the negro ia feiehe-thAt DO Worships ants frogs,
snakes and insects-and that these with wat s earth
spontaneously Osers, constitute his ordinary food /
rs,ose.hy iagits yOp, IiT, to "sAOs 1p" fabE-
giI..
FJtL, have shown, upon the authority Of Somnsr-
ing sOuueret, and Barrow, that the BIissnsn women
are marked BY an slongation Of tbs nympts ncrsAS
iGg ui.h nAtuy, until it reaches the length Of five or
seven inches wa goa yOG, SIR, AaSs The t'Srity TO
deny tLiI trsih
Szl A the llustriops Ouvieg has established, they
have snar PrOtaberAnse OF the baisoctS reaching to
aboa. an equal eagth from the aPsI Of the spine. ID h
fec, sir, or 81 - faHes'
Seventh, have informed you that DIR Soemmsring"-
the greatest Of living forty sI
instances wherein the anatomy Of the negro differs from
that Of the Caucasian" ASGia Sa,s yOu cir to shoe
hot ;lI & no: -.
Aiy,i, have established as Mr. Llursncs hAs, II ct
in over fourteen particulars the structure Of the negroS
head is different from that Of the Caucasian. IehaisHss
you TO prsvs TIA, an igHOramI' aud Jsls.'sr.
NiEh have shown you tLAt the "brAin Of the white
man averages nins,y-tuO to nnsty.avs cubic inchss
While that Of the negro often falls lOv
I'D rarely exceeds eighty dfy yOU sir to o!a5l'G
hs contrary.
Tenth have asserted that the 'inguAl interiority Of
the negro marked and decisive and that be never
spoke civilized tongue correctly" II yea rsfute
aly;hng you may be Ibie 70 TSfute this-yst here ia
P,rginia dare you TO ths trial.
Esvsn6. have shown from the researches Of Seem.
merrnE and DAubenton, that the head Of the negro
Is placed farther back upon the vertebr column than
that Of the OauoAsAn-thAt the s6iG and fbGla forming
the segment Of the leg, in ths nssS-and,
tina, his feet and hands instead Of being archsd fat
While his legs are 50 high a. to eneroaeh upon biz
hands RsH you, Bishop, deny hs's iHdi'pGta5is
facts'
Tsslrh The Pelvis Of tbs mae negro says DR..
vrOk, n the strength and density of Its substaI
and Of the bonts which compose it, resembles the pelVs
o. wild beast" Pray, ,ir, siH you ATTEMPT 70 reftn
A,, Jact "a the very tsh Of practical kHo'SIedgs
TRrisntL Nalpighi FIRST then Fiourens, and Henle
n,1i, scoVered in the negro membrane, vlieh
foreign 10 the organism Of the white man. but which
Is the seat Of celebration in the skin Of the black Pray
d. ar prove thar AiI 4, so, and G0t hag' not
chat thy seem
FtstJeHth Peter v Browne has established that the
pile Of the Legro rot hair but Wool-hst il is alto
gsther different from your hair and mins-and that bis
crisp eIcrsscercs will fslt which will not. Is hi'
fact or fancy BiAop2
Aud nov, sir, in conclusion, allow to reitsrAte
fu questions from cause and Contrast If negroes are