Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01
RICHMOND WING.
BISHOP hEADE's SECOND LETTER TO HE RICH
N0ND wBIG, ON BOOK ENTITLE1 "oAUfE
AND CONTRAST" a

To the Egitcr of the Wig:
lIn former letter. adduced some passage from this
book, exhibiting its uoscrpturL views Of "a origin OF
the African race making it different to th time and
place and grade from tha. of the white CAUCASIAN,
and denying that he Adam and Eve Of the BILE were
the ancestors Of the negro. Ga this innate dfsrence,
which he declares to be fixed and unsterabe hgrounds
tho justification of negro slavery as benghus Ppointed
by God himself That the christians Of the south will
resort to this plea aud thus themsevesfor hold
ing four millions Of negroes in bondage, viz because
they received from God inferior grade in animal sI
is.encs snd approximate to the most disgusting, tho
cunning of animals the "ourang" or monkey Is repe
cd with indignation That their difference Of color and
degsneracy from the FIRST and purest state Of stand
opposed to amagamstion a1d to the raising them, by
emancipation, to political equality With the white popu
Ation Is most true; but difference Of color aud infer
orty, by of degenoracy from original state
are things very distinct and distant from innate and
unateraoe deficiency, which mus. exclude them from
those csveDAntpromises made to the children Of the
nrSt Adam, through Christ the second Adam. Where
do Aud any promise Of redemption from sin here and
suffering hereafter to any of animals, such as the
monkey, or to men a little raised above them The
christians of the South believe with the Apostle that
God made OF one blood all nations upon earthp They
believe that in his providence God has permitted var
natural TO produce, in the course OF time,
dvsrsities of color in different trbesa nations on
portion Of Africans a deeper dye; and 70 permit nam
Der of them to become servants the white men, In our
Southern States, but they still regard them as brothers
Of the same human family descended from those who
were made in tho image Of God himse, and as having
immortal souls bo saved lOS II there were only
two coors to mcu those Of pure white and jet black,
and only two Characters those Of the highest civilization
and lowest bSbarism, there might be some show Of
psusbility-spart from scripture testimony-n the the
ory OF two distinct formations but when the whole his
tory of man esAes that the world Is full OF tribes and
nations Of various shades Of color and grades OF clvi
IAtiou, how shall we determine upon the number OF
original groups upon which made Or as some say,
sorang up at dFereut times and in Different countries
and how shall we decide what shade OF color grade Of
civilization gives one race right enssve its inferior
Oo this pont the advocates of the unscrptura theory
are all a. issue, differing TO the number Of original
groups from three t~enty according aAhey hI upon
the number OF eolors and other dverses belonging to
man. How difficult, nay, impossible, then, to decide
when It is lawful hold fellow creature In bondage
this being the rule Of Judgement The scripture knows
nothing Of lhs II recognizes ssrSitude IN every shade
o, color snd grade OF civilization. When Moses pro
claimed the moral law irOn Sinai, which was ad-
dressed to masters and servants, there we're slaves
IN al parts of the worldwide, tswney, black and
every intermediate color; fewer, We doubt not, Of
the black thAl Of any other, at that time The
great body OF the slaves at that period were the
captiyes taken In the Of Europe and Asia, aud
these we're the aWnoy and the fair The same was the
case in the tins Of Lord aud the Apostles, who
sanctioned slavery then existing We are told that
in the Roman empire, when in ia utmos extent there
we're, at one tins, not less Than sixty millions Of slaves
II Ia-ge portion Of these had been negroes what has
become Of her desceudAnts3 Where DO read Of the
million, Of negroes now in Europe or Ass descended
from them, Ia about two hundred years, the few
brought out to America have increased to four or Ave
millions We believe that If estimate could be made,
il would be found that not onetenth Of the human race
Who have been made slaves werc from Africa. Even in
Sparta, one in seven vas Heot slave, but not ne
groes and probably the proportion existed in other
Athenian States.
H. then, 1t vas the purpose of God, in making the ne
gro an Inferior race aud fixing darker color upon him.
tha. he should ba for the srVice of the white man.
| tbs lower animals aud that the whites should be the
lords OF all creation that purpose has in this respect
most sgnAy failed for large proportion of the human
family Of every shade OF color and Of various degr, e
of ev1 ltion have been in different ages bondsmsn to
he rest
-Four millions Of the African are, by Gods Prov
d,nce thrown upon the care Of the christians Of the
Southern Confederacy and trust they will be treated
As children Of our Father in Heaven, and regarded as
the descendants Of the one pair whose birth place vsi
Eden. II thus regard and treat them, as placed un
der our protection especially for religious instruction
we may expect Gods blessing on that contest in which
~e are engaged sud in which verify believe their vel
fare il mere deeply coUcsrasl taan onr own. II, on
the contrary in opposition to his holy Word, we'dsny
them the same ORIGIN Srd regard them only as higher
order Of brutes according tLs theory am opposing
We may Justly expect the wrath Of an efsndsd God
We have hitherto and most l'iy made it an objection
to the Abolouist1 of the North that their syssm tend
cd to irGdeity. Uaabo to deny that the Scriptures
,ctioned slavery, Lot ieE @! them have declared that
s0usr than relnq ;sh that system, they would reject
IN. Scriptures According gy not only Individuals, but
societies among them have openly discarded tho holy
sc,io.ur.s But wherein do tho advocates Of tbi
theory which deuies the unity OF the human race dae
from the unbsevers Of the North The latter deny The
Scriptures, because oousdictOs their fsvorte doctrine
The former deny them, By rejecting great historicA
fact 90 nerwovsn with the Scriptures, and the most In
DOrt.nt doctrines thereof that it impossible to rsc
the one without denying the eredbility Of the whole
A,king leave, NJ. Editor, TO send you another bre
communication on this suit jec',
remain, yours,
WILLIAM MEADE.
F,o,. ~, Y,,O OrI.rn, PisSyun.