The mountain Democrat., 1865-07-01

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[ If fcopsieis in ,ths, siAtsmsllt that IRe rAIsts
baR,n IL the negro type, IL the descendeae
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oGhonaoVasv IEhat ltiSG atcassu Egypit9S
kMssA psgresse u ~ rSosasHhat Nnfjt9a
that speh a1atepsnts+ "A thiS san @ nhleae' IA
Suf4ftpeS IA The tsee, Of so much kIoHea
edge snd dintiSed ihf6fh8lIon u tht mod
! tsSn gdrld Sossssatss but tiJSFhssas' 0ad u
bwhich men. bslieVe very sAsilyoaSdi fhA
teHptatiOp, to deceive, L. very grsat. u
would be diHcplt TO prove, that the entss
dilUSitn rset Washot ! negro race-4iF GftH
lOus ebss6 y assert th1ti Il WAs@ Tor u
havS no remaining ssiasaee OnRthS sub
lject. So Of many other classes Of menl t1
| various historical periOda. But The kn0Wl:
| edge we possess Of the features. complex
Ion and physique Of the ancient EeyptiAns
is as ceGvls,t end minute. .as that We nSN
have Sf the iiRhabitsRtS Of 6umatTa Or q
Hawaii. The Egyptian nopu pumspte Aha
tombS contain Thousands OF descriptive
paintings and portraits. II iS'tntefsatihe
TO notice Among them the differences ItsIst
existed between the racsS, - loae Og0 n.
B. c. 1000 aud 1900, and eYen At ? more
remote period. The whole world seetha
to have looked to Egypt At one tinte hs
the cGnttt of light and civilization, aid Ia
the various conqueS.s Of the pVaf6kS
Kings OF Egypt, they brought, nUmsrOu.
captives TO the Nile country, and the ipor.
traits Of these various cspiiVes ere found
in great abundance on theiS m0numents ID
this day. The negro wSs slave In ESypi
them and his portrait appears CrtQQsAlly
! l,with tho same pefuliaRiIiesr which RO.
| marx IT, He isreprssenssd tns ws0y4 3
the aatitudes peedliatt6 the ti0dtfn Elli
4 0pash.. The thlck lifs, ssQollk hsit, ,RIAcl
! complexion pseGlial limbs: AZ Ars afea
FAtely represented. .!Tha.AAsyFian is' 'frt
. qUeHtly fund on the Egyptian meme
ments, and the type Of coontenanee
, aIWsys marked and unniataEkble. Th
Egy ptian race was one Of peculiar an
/ decidedly noble cOunienancs and appear
> a0ce. It was as unlike the nncieMt Rthl
opiAn as the modern Caucasian 10 unlik
!; the modcrn African. There Waspo Polp
! Of Semblance, and 1t should be ishpossibl
} for any well informed person to fab iNt
the error TO which we have alluded. Tn
numerous books nov published in whic
e Illustrations from the mOn1nAeRt are git
. en-. and the presence in this county
b. many Egyptian antiquities should preveT
D the mistake. And II the pictures fr0'
. the monuments are not enough, ws hav
1 thousands on thousands Of exampltSri
4. the identical bodies Of the aneient Eeypt
D isns, rnummied- and preserved to ChF Nv
e day. Thus any one xho.has any euti0Fl
Z ty on the subject may 90 intO,the Abbot
5 Collection OF the New York IHislUtiea
y Society. and there examine TIE lFssiS Q
various Egyptians. lAdies And kehtlemsn
q The long braids Of silkeni hair = hich %
reuiain on the head of the dead 4Rgyptial
LADY, sbundantly attest htF fFeed0MF iron
! negro blood. while the narrow font VIII
its high ,arched iHstep. inclGSed Ia. I'll
white kid slipper. speaks Of d gracO ians
beauty of form which there ia abuMdAn
other reason to believe was possessed b
the ladies Of Pharaohic times. II Is !
strange fact in history that the Hegto, al
depicted on Egyptian u.oHuuSentR thnes
thousand years ago. was the negro Of oul
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