Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-04
RICHMOND WHIG.
aoAUSE AND CONTRAST.
RICHMOND, January l, 1851

RICHMOND, January /, 1901.
10 fhs Raifor of tie Whig: .s
| was greatly amused BY the somewhat kind, ard, in
fact 10 particulars discriminating notice, which sp
pesrsd ia the Dpateh Of this date relative to Mr. Mac
Naboa's remarkable work-"Cause and Cop;ras!"-re-
Gently published by Messrs. West Johnston. of thi,
city.
am constrained however to dissent from the ''od
fashioned" theology of the DISPATCH and sgree With
the views Of the author Of the book iu question. II is
quite clear that the critic of your cotempor4ry regards
himself and the negro the equal progeny Of the same
the children of Adm I'D Eve7-Ehs fra.ernal
Ofprng not only Of common race, bat ct the same
identical family So far so good every man according
TO his own peculiar tastes eihicAly and R tbeticay
Bat on the cor Gy agree with tse author Of o4uss
and Contraslr; aud being mere Icshmen-nOthng more
perhaps may be pardohsd for refusing to believe
that We are Ike the E4ltorOf the Dspi!eh Materially
related to- the. negro l. at least fully convinced,
that myself aud the race OF which am a cypher
distinct from the lstterthat constitute sl,ogether
separate and diff rent branch Of The human ,psfisS.
"Gause aud Contrast" clearly demonstrates ha. the
negro Is no: black white man is nO:ss CauOasian is
not Of the same lse with you: or me- or the Yankee
even bht that he is endowed by nature with apsclar
and distinctive organism physically aud; mentally Il
defy any man TO overthrow the arguments of tho author,
IN these particulars Thaths Is prepared for a rational
and scientific oontroverJy if met In scholarly and gen.
temany manner do not permit myself to dOub,i but
if he is not, am. ;'''r
The Editor OF the Disp1,eh processes to be contsn,ed
With the 'old.iashioned reading OF the Bible" AN
never eonteuted with the darkness and misery Of
For Instance The oldtashioned" chronology Of the
Bible Is in eternal and ridiculous enmity with the sci
eace Of Geology, where smps harmony should pevail.
The Dispatch, in its "oldfashiOned" manner will
tend that Creation WAS the work Of SIX dGUs We insist
that il was the wOik Of many eyss or revolutions Of
tine. We measure one dsy by the rsiag aud setting
Of the SUM- by the durnal rule of the greater light
But il was not until the fourth ioan which has been
translated "day) of Genis that God ssii LET there
be lights in the ornament Of the heaven, TO divide the
day from the night" three cycles Of Creation havog
passed ere tte,wo great lights" and "the stars ap
peared 10 give light upon the earth"
The Haio,pai,a of Moses-whieh translate cycles,
revolutions, or unlimited peHods-src in beautiful har-
mony wihthe language Of science, and overthrow the
shallow skdpdcism Of it ieliiy w,l as the no less
dauVerousignorAnce of stupid Olifashioned" bigotry
Aesin: hGod said L,t us make Nan in our image
and after our likeness, and lt TEEM (not HIM have
dominion S,; hereby establishing that Moses regard
ed-ss does the author Of Cause and Contrast"-the
genus Man, Ike the beasts cf the forest. birds Of the
air. and E,hts Ofth seas cumpreheadng distinct and
dIir 'Teug gpJtIos. -;'---' ''-- ,-''--' h --r~
This is the NOR ear, from the fact that when Cain
slAys Abel, aud The Iignent Of Cad follows the muf
dsref pleads 81; stall come 10 pass that every ihat
6nIsA we shGR STA, me-" Now, Cain being their only
living child II Adam and Eve we're the only progentors
Of The human rAce--of WHOM did the former stand in
.uch terror Aud why did God 'set mark upol CAIN
lest a,v adiEg hius should kiihim' - But Gain vent
out from the presence OF the Lori, aud dUe in the
Land Of Nod.'i where be 'knew he wife" Who was
lnis lady So far Cain and Abel we're the only chill.
drsn spoken OF by Moses having been born of Adam
a. Eve; and Abel had fallen tho uatimely vicim Of
the vagaboud fratrcide. OF whom, We !repeas was
Gain afraid aod Who and what Was bis wife
We propoupd these questions 10 those excellent pso.
pls who read III, Bible "n the oldfashiontd way" To
Us they are easy of foluou-they partially answer.
ed by the author OF Cause and Contrast" Ga the last
fyels Of Crea;ion God cHa,sd the genus Man, in va
rous and distinctive speeies The Adam ard Eve OF
Moses we're the progelOrs Of Abraham Ind Isaac and
Jacob and David, sHd Joseph but surely OF Tous.
amt Louvefiure Eley had white skias, waving hair,
delicate org usn, aad intellectual superiority They
gers the founders OF corqueling, governing and ,r-
,h4c branches ofthe human family but by means
Dy anal gspa ing with anir1sl' otherwise
ore OF the Negro race which is perhaps the eest
from corruption or collaboration 10 exisierca.
ST. AUGUSTINE.