The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-21
NASHVILLE, December II, 1867.

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DEAR SIR: sincerely thank you Tor your favor
of 10th ins,., and the enclosed elegant speech o
Dir. Winker AT Ariel"
1t is couched in superior language to any other
attack that have seen, and has more of tho tono
of gentleman who honestly believes "ArieP
wrong, and gives his BEST reasons for so think
ing This looks like honest, not partisan, inqui-
~, and should be so regarded and commended
'Ariel' has stated his propositions GEAR and
distinct; he has furnished clearly and distinctly
his proofs from the Bible and Bible history, and
sustained these proofs by existing outside facts and
concurrent outside ancient history. Now if 'Ariel"
is wrong, he can be answered; if he is right he
cannot be answered. The denunciations of d..
W., or aay other of tho assaants Of ariel" are
no arguments to provo anything, and show only
their own weakness and want Of Bible and other
truth to sustain them, OF they would not resort to
them. The question in which are allnterested is,
what rank or position has God, not man, assigned
for the negro? And how is this question to be
decided? By the OPINIONS OF men, whether leaIn-
ed or not? oy the heretofore received opinions of
the world, and because they have been accepted as
ruo by past ages? Or, on tho contrary, is not
this que stion to be settled alone by God and Lis
Holy Word? We say by GOD and the Bible.
viii the opponents OF "Arieis'' views accept the
Scriptures OF the Gid and New Testamerts as COM
petent 10 decide this question? If they will be
Wiling as he is, to be bound by what they say, it
can easily be satisfactorily settled. and its ad-
iustment will not only settle, as fact growing out
Of its adjustment, that the negro is beast, but
by EXPRESS declaration of the Divine writer,
that lie HAS NO SOUL. These points can be
demonstrated by the positive authority Of
Gods Word and by the logic Of facts which
that word teaches. Now, IT the views OF Ariel
are what Goi teaches, how dare any man
to gainsay, and begin to tell us OF tho awful con-
sequences to the negro-to the white race: to So
cety, as ensuing, if"Arel" is true? These gentle
mon, too, forget that, by indulSing in such de-
nounciatory caamites, that THEY are assuming;
that THEY could have arranged thia world much
better than God himself. This QUASI infdelity,-
which is now filling the pulpits Of the land. be-
ieying ONLY so MUCH OF Gods Word, as in their
judgments God should have done, said, OF COM
manded, and where anything is saId that does
not harmonic with THEIR Judgment or op!nion,-
must be laid aside, This is not only true ot our
pulpts, but no less astonishing. Do not such
men know that God wi Il stamp them out Cf exls-
tence for such impiety? Has not God said, that
Of every word which HE HAS SPOKEN, not one jot
or title shall fail that ALL viii be accomplished
The pulp;ts and the religious writings Of the day
are now overrunnin5 with this QUASI infdelity.
Let me ask you question Oh this point-You
understand Dr. Winl'cr as asserting that the
Ethiopian referred to in his text, Acts yi as be-
ing negro u? Yes. Do you suppose that thc
Doctor did that as an intelligent reader OF the
Bible OF from design or ignorance? Look at,
and read attontively verses q and IS. He had
gone to Jerusalem TO WORSHIP. Now: was any
person But JEW ever allowed to worship IN the
Temple? See Acts xxi, % to so. No man CAN
BELIEVE that he was NEGRO, except suc!4 rs have
Il veil over their minds, 'to believe he that they
NAV be- *ffa@ He was unquestionably Jew.
Queen Cardaco was likewise white, and all her
subjects White also. Had DR.. ". but looked into
Latin history he would have found that, at this
very time, Nero was on the throne, that Petro-
MUS had been appointed by him to succeed Gallus
as Governor OF Egypt and Ethopia-that at this
ti,oe the Roman army under Petronus was in
the actual occupation Of Tapata, the capital
then Of Ethiopia, where this Queen Can''ace
held her court-that they were white, de-
scendants Of Ham-anl had he examined his
tory further, he would have tounI that the
Ethopi. OF The Bible mot the Ethiopil OF mems
fancy, was settled by the descendants oI Liam
from Esypt-that Ell iopia extended from cyrene
south o. Egypt, and extended up the Nile TO lash
touni, at the junction Of the White and Blue Nile
{ distance oi some ESQ miles. That its first cpl
tai vas &eroe-that its ruins at this day are o. tjic
most magnificent iind-that an examination OF
their catacon.bs, ~ well a. al thcir architecture,
show that they are tie same As those
OF E4ypt-thcir gods and temples the same
their burial Of their dead the samc-the
inscriptions on then sarohophagi The same
hieroslyphlcg on opening OF hem, the
same cast OF features, VIII long straight hair on
them, Is found OIL their dead. Inc wr.;er Of this
hsd loca Of hair taken from TIC head of one OF
then queens, that was buried two huadrcl md
1ifsy eight years before Exodaa o. the nvorcvs
from Egypt uncer Noses and Aaron.