The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-01-22

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that none but those who are the regular desccn-
dans of Adam and Eve can have souls. This as
sumption of ''Ariel' seems to be admitted, too by
DR.. Winkler and others who have undertaken 10
refute the arguments of 'Ariell,' for all that they
have undertaken to do is to prove that he is de-
scendant of Adam and Eve, and being q descen-
dant of them, he must, on that account, have o
soul Now, if his relationship to Adam and Eve
be the only ground upon which the negro can lay
claim to an immortal SOUL fear that his claim
will avail him but little, indeed; for l think that
it must and will be admitted by every unpreJudlced
mind, that not only "Ariel," but that DR.. Caldwell
and others have, many years ago, shown that the
negro could not possibly be o descendant OF Adam
and Eve. Notwithstanding, DR.. Winkler and 9TH
ers who seem 10 have taken what DR.. Pritchard
says as mduJiia6ic testimony on that point; and
they even undertake, by repeating the serreotyped
nonsense of the Doctor, (,uch rs climate, habit,
civilization, &c., accounting for the variety OF
the human race. We feel assured however, that
we would hazard nothing by defying Dr. Winklcr
to produce single instance where any variety has
been changed into another by either one or all OF
these causes to which he has had reference, in Ell
ther the animal or vegetable world. Yea, we do
defy him to produce a single instance where
certain variety of the same species has been chang
ed into another of that species We admit that
the florist may by certain mode of culture. i'm
prove, for instance. the Rose. and thereby make it
much more beautiful than the original; bnt he can
not change white rose into red or yellow. The
horticulluris may also improve particular varie-
ty of the apple, but he cannot change it into
pear, nor can he even change it into another varie-
ty of apple 1t is true lie may cngraft one variety
upon the stock of another, but he cannot from the
seed produce tree that will produce fruit like Ell
ther The stock graft. And why is it that he
not Simply because he is not crealor-there
being but one, the great Father Of all. Such nom
sense, (for can call it nothing else, may amuse
the lhoughtless, on account of its absurdity, but
every thoughtful and right-minded man cannot
feel otherwise than dsgusted at the stupidity Of its
author Indeed it is with difficulty that we eau
bring our minds up to the belief that DR.. Winkler
could have been serious while pcnning his reply,
unless lie intended, by the weakness of his argu-
ment, TO confirm in the doctrine of ''Ariel." ;"
This however, would he trihing with too impor-
lant subiect-an act of which we believe DR..
Winkler to he incapable but we do believe, how
ever, that the Doctor has done much more towards
weakening that confidence which the present version
of the Scripture had obtained in the public mind
us being n correct transcript of the original wri-
tings than he has in dsabusing it Of he doctrines
of ssArel' For, if it be not correct translation
of the original writing, then know not what 10
believe of all it contains. Of what use TO the un-
of those sacred writings: And again: Or what
use to the learned is IL translation al all? None
whatever.
For fear, however, that some may accuse me Of
being believer in the doctrines Of "Aricl, will
briefly stale that l believe the negro has an i'm
mortal soul, and that the soul is not dependent oil
any child of Adam for its existence; hut that it
can anu does exist Independent Of any kind of a
body whatever Nor do | believe that what we
dcnominatc an immortal soul 10 be the work Of
he procrenIve energy of two mortal beings, but
that il is exclusively the gi!t of Gn'l TO man. Al
death, we told that the body Tor mortal mani
returns TO the dust from whence it Was taken, but
that the soul Tor the immortal SPIRIT to the God
who gave it. Adam was formed and fashioned in-
10 man before the soul was implanted in him by
his Divine Creator. To suppose that two mortal
beings could, BY virtue Of their provocative pow
crs produce an immortal onc is nothing short Of
an absolute ubsurdily, and i: would seem 10 my
minl at least, to require the exercise of more than
IN ordinary degree of irrevercnce towards the D-
vine Creator even to suggest such an idc., and
still more to advocate it. The mind must surely
be bordering very closely upon infdelity that
would attempt to promulgate such a-sha1 call
it blasphemy-it surely can be nothing lcss. The
angels that appeared unto Abraham had bodies,
and so analogous those of men, that he actually
supposed them 10 be men. Now, l presume that
neither DR.. Winklcr nor '.i:iel' will deny that an
gels are immortal beings: yet surely their bodies
were not OF the progeny Of Adam and Eve. ST.
John, too, while i'll vision on the Isle Of Painos
says that he the sumis of just men under The
altar. Where were their bodies? But the duality
of being is abundunly established in the Scrip
tures and so universally admitted to require
no argument from me to establish it now. All,
however, that intended at the outset was simply
to ask Ariel" and those who have taken issue
with him, to establish what they seem to have a,-
smaed viz: That no bodies but such rs may be Of
the progeny of Adam and Eve are fit temples for
the lndwelling Of the immortal soul.
ENQUIRER AFTER TRUTH.
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For tie imierSon Htcltyenctr
ANDERSON c. IT,, Jan. lG. 1868.
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