The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-10-02

the hickory, the oak, the locust aud the
maple are all trees, but the hickory does
not spring from the acorn, nor the oak
from the seed Of the locust Nor could
change Of soil and climate convert the
Bohan- Upas into the Linden tree, or
the ebony or mahogany into the Lombar.
dy poplar or the Carolina pine.
And yet they are al trees, with trubks,
aua roots, and bark, and leaves, and
branches ; but they are Of different spe-
siss,Iand each hasli,sl separate and dis
tinctlexistence.
But / may be.told that there Is no an.
aloRy between animate aud inanimate na-
ture. Il, that true I As certain portions
Of the earth give birth 10 certain kinds
. Of trees, which originally wsro found no
whore else, 30 are there certain portions
Of the,ocean (which are the permanent
homes Of certain species Of fishes which
exist no where else, and certain parts OF
the earth where certain species Of birds
aud beasts are found, and originally we're
found no where else. Why is the right
whale never found out of the A,iic seas I
And Why 10 the sperm whale never found
IN the ,Aractic watersi Why does the
Rolden.hued dolphin Of the Mediterrane.
an psyer pass the straits oil Gibraltar, al
though he sWins with Eve times the We.
locity q ship can sailf Why is the con-
dor only found in Southern America p
Why Is tho ostrich only found in Africa
why do not elephants exist in Europe
and American Why 10 the elephant of
Africa different from the elephant Of
Asiaf Why were not the camel and the
horse originally found in Americaf Why
hn the Asiatic camel two bumps while the
the dromedary has only one and the
cameleopard none at all? Why is the
onng-outang (the wild man Of the woods)
ouly found in Asia and Africa Ard
why Ia the African orang outaDg black
while that Of Asia is brown.
And as it pleased tho great Creator to
make different species Of plants and trees,
and birds and brutes and fishes ; is il moi
different species Of men I and assigned
to one as to the other, distinct and sepa.
iato homes. Would it not be irrational
to suppose that in the creation of man,
God would depart from his universal
lawI Yesi While oil all the races Of
men are the same genius ! creatures o.
the same.infnite a7d All-wise God ; and
are atoued for by the same Divine So
yiour, the species Of men are as distiAcr
from each other, as are the species o
plants, and birds, and brutes, and fishes
And as the oak differs from the hickory
and the apple from the peach as The 60
gle differs from the owl, and the vultur
from the dove as the right whale differ
from the dolphin, and the shark from
the shad ; 50, also, do the various races o
men differ one from another.
But it seems to me, my friends, thu
there. are other facts which establish th
plurality Of the human races beyond rea
sonable doubt. Les than four c%enturie
and q half ago, there was not one singl
person in Europe, Asia or Africa VII
had ever heard or read that the Amer
can continent existed and had not, Ct
lumbus been born, our country might 70
,day be- d savage wilderness, When tbs
great philosopher landed on our norther
coast, he was struct with the fact tbs
our forests were composed Of to hin
new species OF trees (; that the birds, th
beasts and fishes were also o an
strange, and hence he was not surprise
10 find distinct race Of men, differen
from al other varieties of man. Nov
from what country did these trees, an
men, and birds, and beasts and fishe
Gomez How could they come from an
other land. when no ether land containe
Ike men, or birds, or beasts, or fishes3-
From whence then did they come FroI
the same source that similar creatures i
Asia, and Africa, and Europe came
from the hand Of God, u Father an
Creator, and they were made where the
Nero found--in America.
So, also, when Cuba was discovere,
there was found another form Of vegiti
ton and another race Of men, anotht
epee'es .! plro., I %aS. ~. q,
ano, ash vac ,s
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every new discovery. -. ";
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covered . brave and daring native rae
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