The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-09-12
A southern CoIored Orator ON
the Northern Dem0crats-nIe
Reads The Bible from the
Original Hebrew,

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Reads The Bible from the
Original Hebrew.
From eight to ten thousand persons
held political gathering III Macon,
Georges, on thu 9th nlt. Among the
principal speakers was the Rev. III. NJ.
Turner, eoIored, who, in the course of
his remarks, expressed himself as fol-
lows
"Thc Southern whites should hate
the Northern Democrats. They fooled
them into tho war, and then deserted
them 10 take Big Offices against them.
These Northern doughfaees were heavy
on the fat Offices. For himself, he
would as soon take sides with the devil
us with these Northern Democrats, and
hated them because they had fooled the
Southern people, and be had no sympa-
thy with these Democrats. Turner then
proceeded 10 rebut the Governor Perry
objections 70 the eolored man, and also
to show tho fallacious reasoning of Prof.
Agassix, who asserted that the negro
vase distinst race from the white man.
he would be glad 10 think so; for if
that were the case, then his Adam had
never fallen and his race were not sim
ners, aad there was no noed for churches
among them. If this was so, then is
the Bible a lie. He then read from the
original Hebrew to show that there had
been but one race created, and that 10
the express image of its Maker; and
then went on to demonstrate that the
anatomical structure of the white and
black races was identical Governor
Perry conteuded that the negro occu-
pied she same position TO the white man
that the jackass did to the horse, or the
owl to the eagle. He then traced the
genealogy of his race according to the
Bible aud history, aud showed that to
that race the Greeks and Romans were
indebted for learning and civilization. I"
We are not jealous of the colored race,
aud it gives US pleasure whea any Of
them manifests learning and ability 1t
gives assurance that sometime they may,
in a country Of their own, show that
their race is capable Of self government
and high degree of civilization. The
colored preacher from whose remarks
the above extracts arc taken, INDUCES
in some fiilacics which We will briefly
refer to
His charge against Northern Demo-
Gratis, often repeated by white Radicals,
| is untrue, There were few, like Gen.
Butler, liable to the charge; but the
Southern people well know that the
great body OF the Northern Democracy
adhered tcnaciouSly to the compromise
ground on the slavery question, and
parted from their Southern brethren
with tears when they discovered that
they had become as ultra as the North.
orn Radicals, and that war between the
sections was inevitable. 1t is against
reason and the truth of history to talk
OF the Northern Democrats foolipg the
South into the war; and even an intelli-
gent colored man should lie ashamel
10 repeat it.
In rcgardto TIE diversity and distinct
origin Of the races of men, he reads with
great ingenuity aud force from his He.
brew Bible. lie knows, as we'll as his
white political friends, that if any per,
son should advance ideas contrary to
/ the commonly received doctrines Of
Scripture they will have an uphill bust.
ness to make people believe them. Yet
common opinion and prejudice do no,
always eonstrue scripture Alright, as was
proved IN the case of Calico, who was
required by the Church to rccant his
views of Astronomy, now accepted b,
the whole Christian world, because the,
were then supposed to DO in conflict
with the Dible. Divines have had nc
great difheulty( when they chose to d,
lit,) to reconcile the Holy Scripture,
with the truths established by the new
discoveries Of science in Astronomy anc
Geology; neither will they have any
more trouble, we believe, to make them
agree with the fact, now evident to tn,
senses Of all men, that the different race.
of animals now on the face Of the earth,
man included, did not spring from the
same pairs. From the same greatly,
Hand they doubtless did proceed, GU,
OF the dust of the same earth; and, il
Christ can be accepted as the grea
Spiritual Head and Saviour Of all races
why may he not, in the same mysterioul
way, be understood as spiritually the
grcatFederal Head, or Father, of al
races Of men, without rendering It uoc
essary for each distinct rpce to have III,
same natural head OF origin. II is or
fthodox doctrine to say that all thing
were made through Chris. Gin the deep
estspiritual sense and that without hin
was nothing made that was made I