Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-27
THE NEGRO.

a. AtAeN " sESu ia SreattOn What
IS his Relation 20 the white Race?
This is the title Of new pamphlet which
il creating a great sensation in reading
circles. The whole theory on which the
argument is based is SO new, so different
from all former speculations on the same
subject, that It will address itself 10 every
thinking mind As a matter Of more
curiosity, We viii make few extracts TO
show the animus of the book. The authors
first proposition is to prove that the negro
Is not the descendant Of Ham. He takes
two Of the sous of Ham, MIRIAM and
Canaan and follows them in their wander
iags for hundreds of years through Egypt
and Asia, to Thebes, Lidon, Tyre and
Carthage, and shows that all Of their
descendants were white-skinned and
long haired. MIRIAM, one of the sons of
Ham, embalmed the dead Of his family
for long time, and the author has as
sisted 10 unrolling the body of young
lady who was a descendant Of Ham, and
had been buried 1888 years Her hair
was straight and more than a yard in
length. We quote from the author on
page 20. He says
As the negro is not the progeny Of Ham,
as has been demonstrated, and knowing
that he is Of neither family of Shem or
Japheth, who are white, straight haired,
etc, and the negro we have now on earth,
is kinky-headed and black, by this logic of
facts we know, that he came out of the
ark, and is a totally different race Of men
from the three brothers. How did he get
in there, and in what station or capacity?
We answer, that he went into the ark by
command Of God and as he was neither
Noah, nor one Of his sons, all Of whom
were white, then, by the logic of facts, he
could only enter it as a beast, and along
with the beasts This logic of facts will
not allow this position to be questioned.
But we will state il in another way
equally true, from which the same result
must necessarily follow, that the negro
entered the ark only as beast All can
did or uncandid men will admit
that the negro of the present day,
have kinky-heads, fat nose, thick
lip and black skin, and which we have
shown is not true of either Shem, Ham or
Japeth's progeny of this day, and conse-
quently il is impossible that either ofthem
could be, or could have been, the progeni-
tor of the negro, at or since the food, for
each race exists now, the one white and the
other black and then, as it is impossible
to believe that the negro was created at or
since the food, therefore, he must have
been in the ark. This being so, now let US
see what God said to Noah in proof Of this
position. He told Noah that he intended
10 destroy the world by food but that he
intended to save him and his wife, and his
three sons and their wives. These we're all
God intended 10 save, for they had souls
and beasts have not God told him he must
prepare and ark, into which, besides his
family, he must also take of every beast
after his kind, and all cattle after their
kind, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth on the earth, and every fowl after
his kind, and every bird of his'sort, and food
for their support. Thus did Noah, and
thus by Gods command he entered the
ark with his family. God promised Noah
to save him and his family-but God did
not promise TO save the beasts, etc, although
he preserved them in the ark but besides
this preservation, Noah and his family were
to be saved-why, we will see presently.
Then, Ham, not beiDgthe father ofthe negro,
the negro must have come out ofthe ark with
the beasts, and as one for he was not one
of Noah's family that entered it. This is
inevitable, and can not be shaken by all the
reasonings of men on earth to the contrary.
Now, unless it can be shown that, from
Noah back TO Adam and Eve, that ia some
way this kinky-headed and black-skinned
negro is the progeny of Adam and Eve. and
which we know cannot be done, then again
it follows, individually, that the negro is
not human being-not being of Adams
race. This point we will now examine
and settle, and then account for the negro
being here.
On pages 22-3 the author gives his opin-
ion as to the age and origin of the negro.
He says:
As Ham is not the father eff the negro,
and no one asserts that either Shem or
Japheth is, then the negro belongs to
another race of people, and that he came
ont Of the ark, is demonstrated fact F; and
not being of Noah's family, who are white,
and Adam and Eve being likewise white,
therefore, they could not be the progenitors
of the negro; and as neither the name or
curse did make Ham negro, or the father
OF negroes land this covers the space of
time from now back to the flood and to
NOAH. and no mesdiijGnce ever having
taken place from the food or Noah, back
TO Adam and Eve, by which the ne
gro can be accounted for, and Adam
and Eve being white, that they could
never be the father or mother of the
kipky-headed, low forehead, fiat nose,
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Adam and Eve were the last beings Gre
ated by God on earth, therefore, all
beasts, cattle, etc. were consequently made
before Adam ard Eve were created and
the negro being now here on earth, and
not Adams progeny, il follows, beyond all
the reasonings of men on earth to contro-
vert that he was created before Adam, and
with the other beasts or cattle, and being
created before Adam, that, like all beasts
and cattle, they have no souls. This cam
not be gainsaid, and being true, let us sae
if it is in philosophic harmony with Gods
order among animals in their creation.
Not to be prolix on this point, we will
take few cases. We will begin with the
cat. The cat, as a genera of a species of
animals. we trace in his order of creation
through various grades-cougar, panther
leopard, tiger, up TO the lion, improving in
each graduation from the small cat up to
the lion, noble beast. Again, We take
the ass and we trace through the inter-
vening animals Of the same species up to
the horse, another noble animal. Again,
we take up the monkey, and trace him
likewise through his upward and advauc-
ing orders-baboon, oursng-outsng and
gorilla, up to the negro, another noble ami
NAL, the noblest Of the beast creation.
The difference between these higher
orders Of the monkey and thenegro, is very
slight, and consists mainly in this one
thing; the negro can utter sounds that can
be initiated hence he could talk with
Adam and Eve for they could initiate his
sounds. This is the foundation Of language.
The gorilla, orsng-outsng, baboon, etc,
have languages peculiar to themselves,
and which they understand, because they
can initiate each others sounds. But man
can not initiate them, and hence can not
converse with them. The negro's main
superiority over them is, that he utters
sounds that could be initiated by Adam
hence conversation ensued between them.
Again, the baboon is thickly clothed with
hair, and goes erect part of his time. Ad-
vancing sill higher in the scale, the
ourang-outang is less thickly covered with
hair, and goes erect most altogether. Still