The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-23
Popular Southern Fallacies.

New ORLEANS November 2, 1867.
To the Editors of The Irish Republic.
GENTLEMEN To believe that change could so take place
in any given family father three and grandson
that by the drunkenness and crsng Of the grand
father like any other old sailor after cruse the grandson
could become the negro of the present day. the rest Of his
relations preserved the seedlings of Southern chivay
That the curse which should have fallen Cham,'
Ham," SHAM, which latter believe to be the pro-
per pronunciation and Of the word and slipped to
his Chanaan" one-hundredth part bad
the of Southern Slavery nasmuch words cannot
be bad endless unrequited toll blows and death. Or
that the assertions of many Southern that slavery
blessing under their hands, civzng the Chanaans to
tain safe extent while denying them education making them
too ignorant to be worth curse.
That after years of with their families and the
blessings of Southern culture surrounding them, to make them
have a little of their owners and morality said
think it creditabe to hold up the ignorance of
their sers laughing apsh white followers by man.
uacurng canards about their voting for their hreling
journals Every specimen of the slaves Ignorance they show
they ought blush for it their Cowhde logic and
the black code secured that ignorance which their
made plea to hold them in bondage.
Noah or Noe must have cursed until himself grandson
got black in the face Drunken men, nowadays and Chris
tan that who have not only Noes God to help them
but his Son WE'LL and who out-drnk and out-curse
any relative of Ham Sham "ke dam Yet we never
see it take effect any except the curse and he will be
set down vulgar bruteJ he poor 1t cursing
and drunkenness do belong inspiration now they did
then.
Noe have cursed the thermometer far above his own
fevered temperature, and surprised old Aa with the
freaks he made the odchemst Climate" up around his
swampy base. Climate has curious knac of dyeing, and
when Noe the effect of his crsng his grandson it is
supposed that he emigrated to Siberia, the Arcc
where like the white bear white WOLF dog fox etc. he would
be free in color from the reco Of his own ea his only
safety being in cooling locality below zero-Ehiopian
sketches in charcoal being very around the North Pole
Historians who lived before Du Chae Dr. No say that
Noah went Cha and founded the celestial empire If So
his noble race furnishes coolies for California and
almond-eyed fishermen to Grand Isle.
And when think how the captain Of the Ark transmit
ted his blessing and pgta to the brown-skinned dog
eaters and his curse the wooy headed blacskinned
NEGROES it's sort of hang choice between the blessing and
the curse and we ought thank stars don't belong
either of them we who do much in fuddling and pro-
fanitv bu that is the safe side of the question 1t is the
editors of papers who make the indecent exposure of
little weaknesses by putting poor fellow in their plllory
of tvpe and having the priest of Sanhedram to his
pockets ont of acertan amount of national saes thereby
taking the blessings of Ham and potatoes away from his su
fering family.
1t is fallacy to think that it is in the power of man to
change the laws of nature and natures God by crsng
that Gods laws fragile or fooshy made as to