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orally however, it has been conceded
that the Phenicians, who at very
early day swept the seas with their
cruisers, and were almost the sole
nation of that early day,
colonized Rome. If this be so, then
we have an unbroken chain of history
h e predominance of
Ham, for 5000 years after the food,
if not. even to this day. The Romans
all southern Europe, in
Guiding Britain. And they put into
all posts of honor or power, their own
men, Romans. The governing classes,
lords, dukes, and marshalls, were
Romans. These doubtless intermar-
ried with the principal families, and
constituted to be the great men of
all those countries. Many Of their
descendants, still retain the ancient
name, and birthright. And even in
England, those who would establish
an undoubted and clear record of
nobility, trace their ancestry back to
julius Caesar. If they succeed in
showing they were Of Roman extract
ion, they prove themselves to have
descended from Ham. And if the
upper, or ruling classes on the CONT
nent have not changed, the civilized
world has been under the rule of the
descendants ofHam, until this day.
so much for the facts Of history,
touching the inferior racer Instead
of being the inferior, history shows,
that Hams descendants are the 'supe-
rior race Indeed it must be that
there is as much of the Roman blood
in our veins, as there is of the Latin,
in our language.
The descendants of Ham have also
been the greatest warriors and heroes
on the worlds record: n imrOd
| SpmirmaiS. SCnpcherib. : OStrS
Cheops &c, &c, not 20 mention the
Greeks and Romans. Nebuchednez
zer was the greatest warrior anC
monarch of which history gives us any
account. 'Wheresoever the children
Of men, or the beasts of the field, OF
the fowls of heaven dwell, the God o
heaven gave him a kingdom, and mad,
him ruler over them ALL Daniel, ?
- 80. So also they have been the teach
erS of ; h en- and Japhet. Jethro
= Moses tather-in-law, was a Cushite
and gave Moses much information il
= regard to the government of tn
Israelites. See Exodus IS chapter
The Egyptians were the most Learned
of any of the ancient nations, 50 tina
= in speaking Of the wisdom Of Solo
: mon the inspired historian, to shoy
that he was the wisest man of tn
; times said, his wisdom excelled al
2 the wisdom of the east. and all til
wisdom of Egypt 1t is also notice
f able that those historians who den
f that Egypt colonized Greece, sa
that Cadmus came to Athens al tn
time specified. and taught the Greeks
| introduced a higher civilization anon,
/ them. The PhHnicianS were the il
l yentorS of letters, and the countr
= was called not only the cradle G
5 commerce, but also Of Civilizations
, so we see, without mentioning tn
t Greeks, and Romans, who were c
i the same descent, the descendants {
+ Ham we're the wisest, as well as tn
t most powerful, of all the nations c
!: the earth; their wisdom only eXcelIe
:, by the wisdom of Solomon. If, Their,
, fore, it be shown that Africans ar
e the descendants Of Ham, it is ais
e shown that they came of the super
}, or, and not the inferior branch of tn
e family CT Noah. And if Noah curse
e Ham, God tnrned it into blessing.