Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-26


the tiv,uae o. soldie: ard a fea.ber bed, can be
b, trInsm' grifed into q uegros II | believe with
yIu, mi Pu nen, and Prich I'D | must eoncsde that
the regro Of to-day is, all particulars, similar TO
the negro OF 5000 years ago; nay, cir, but will DO
fJrted - confess that every variety Of existing
now existed then-2rimordL types OF our genus, which
Is fra alton OF my doctrine Of creation In specific
groups. We know that the Greek of twenty four hun
dred years ago was fne pers ,n6cati,n of cur ideal
spiritual utelec.ualist and also kaov that the Ghoul.
ike Faa is good specimen Of the normal negro Of all
time-yet how will you convert the one into the other
Y,1 must not here fall blk upon the Bible, (which Is
against you) and advert to the mark put upon Cain,
or the curse upon Ham for Nsbuchadnezzr and Pha.
rIah were equally sinful yet God ssv the latter, and
seat the former to dine with cattle, but did not disturb
the unique harmony OF His design by ransf'rmng either
into a negro BIT, sir, from the scrip:ural purity Of
Pdchard no ess than that Of Bunssn, must be allow
ed to dissent for the former also denies the geneaoges
Of the Bibe-Gnss that hoses wrote Genesis-ssserts
that no one knows Who did write IT, and scos at all OF
il, scientific and historical data All Ssul Saul, Why
dos. thou kick against the prckss Ne thinks, cir,
thA, CanI aud Contrast would be ess dangerous to hs
J s,ianity Of the South" than the writings Of your
teachers and friends.
positions" let few Of your historical lessons
:" When Nose, oclaimed the moral law from Sinai
you assert, that there Slaves in parts Of the
sorlL tn, great body Of the slaves at that
period we're the capres taken in the of Europe and
Asia" Ttia sir ia new reading Of history, drawn BY
you doubtless from tbs wonderful pages Of Professor
Cabsl and the Rev. Pend,ton. II reliable, however, It
Is mirlculoa, confirmation Of my position. For It Is
A. H. a. Ia in
C. 1900 This was long before the sack of Troy. 1t
lntedaed doubtless the migration of Cadmus. It was
earlier than the occupation OF Europe by any branch Of
.hs Araa fAmy-the Indo- -GsrmaDc race had not yet
crossed the BophOrus In fact there was a. that tine
no immigration of alteiiuvian, post diluvian, peo
plp to the shores of the Mediterranean, much less 10
the Pillars Of Hercules. But II, as you argue there
~ers slaves in all parts of the world theu "tie great
9ody Of which were capiyes taken in the odr' OF Eu
rops"-t the beligerents, slaves and masters, were
neither Adamites Abrsmids. 10. the children Ct
single pair, but distinct aud specific orders of the hu'
man species That, sir, is precisely in harmony with my
yess.
l.. pity this. you did net read CI,as dHd Contrast
With mere care aad caudcr; it would have saved you
from the commission 10 speak tendery, OF some sipgu-
ar errcrs You seem ecry in the fact that not
orge. that perhaps oEe-thouasndth part Of their
| asmbers were Of that rsce-Jsedas Negroland offer
cd 10 temptation to conquest aad the negro had been
regarded with feelings of oahins and repulsion by
aOns Growing Desperate in your s'.es Of the blacks,
and IL your 0ggressign upon the whites you say that,
even in Sparta one in stven Heot slave but not
ncgroes, and probiby The same proportion existed In
acr Ahenian States ?" hope SIR that you have been
/ II. 4 k1a. al.
Ja,sics for here III short sentence, you fall into
hree errors o! fact By locking over the chapter on
i:Cecp in my essay, you will learn that sputa was
Ooric State-thst Athens an Ionic state-thst both
we're respectively sovereign, dsticc and Independent CT
zach o.her-that in war; each Sp citizen was at
tended bv seren Hcots-ard tha, when Athens boasted
| VI sc, ,OOu frs,men, she hal population OF 100000
,sves hope sir, tha. d.. Cab'll and your friend.
Dr. PendetoD, have at els, bcen faithful HISTORIANS
,nd we're not he sources OF the,e brpisrs. But your
acIt error IT, in asserting ha. "Pru aad Ezram, the
5ots OF Ham setci ia Afi;s" The mos. lus.rious Of
modern cthlagrlphsta, icng them, Me- L'us, deny
his. Those who aad1 the S.puagint translation Of fe
Bible had no warrsnt for n.ng the Hebrew KUSH
into tbe Geek .E.hoDias 7 It, ct OF land, bounded
by the river Eupbraes, the Per ian Gull, the sindan
Indian Red Ses part OF IL 4, diterranean, call
Iz,sre, Arab by its inhabitants put trlba by Amtf-
cans AID Europeans-. country which Yaar.b, thu
son of Kahsn, and contemporary, perhaps OF Abrs.
ham, gave it. namss pretty generally conced d to re-
prssent the Nus Of III; Bible o; course tbI 10 con-
lecture for such rsmes as Kush, Enoch Phutt, hiz-
ram &C., are all symbolicil aud the countries or peo.
pies which they intended to represent in tie alb
sence of specific PARTICULARS must ever remain kind
of battle. ground foF scholars.
Ba, criticism and probability point to Mauritania az
the chosen residence Of friend PIutt for is net
rational to suppose that eitie- he or Hzran travelled
over regions that aowed with milk and honey eater
distance than that which cost Moses forty years. imply
ha: they nigh. settle bssel:h the burning sun, and
apon the arid sauds Of Afc', TO breed negroes. This
after purpose ives, according to your own ad sscr,
.hey could not have accomplished, "rls" s'ded TO
5laek soms. and all humsni!y-if we adopt ths uni.
ary idea-uers then pure Adsuites ( aorid peoflsl
sds Of ebony have been exceedingly rare, not
wholly unknown. Admitting that, in consequence Of
heir ances or's uansgressionq, zraim and Phut re
Of sEsrthy hue-a this conclusion, even, must DO
based u2o1 pathological implication, rather tha upon
nv historical or philosophical da.athere is no Bibc
ground wi .tever for tupposing that God 50 partial
r unjust as to punish with dsforniy any numSer Ct in
accent f,malcJ.
have now, sir, tora from under your feet ev-ry
plank Of the pa form upon which you assumed to stand
In nv former letter. Ipropounded to you fourteen inter-
rogaories, any or either of which deisd ,oI to an.
swer aud there they ii remain unanswered and ire
utabla now again. chsllsnee yoi - show, free from
Il suppostous special pleadngs tnat my scripturh
Ieg IS. in this letter, Il fail ci-u aud without founda.
ion, Sem will no! d.; nst.er will misapPhed
,olati o the Pagan page Of Virgil. Thes', sir,
.re the ususl resort blled mel, conveniently chosen
% shied the im?otsn-y OF weak cause behind the
..,.L af irnny. Rnt II is and not