The Placer herald., 1869-11-13
From the Jeffersonian.
The Origin Of the Negro Who made HIM


Our reporter has furnished 10 With the
proceedings Of recent debate. on the or.
igio Of the negro. Il took place in an ad.
vancsd seminary Of learning; aud We hope
with the assurance on our part. the world,
the United States. and the rest Of mankind
will settle down and acknowledge the cor
rsct0sss of the decisions Of the Umpire. W.
are cure that bs 10 ~ worthy al csrdenes =,
the Philadelphia return Judgss, OF those on
the bench ~ho. were bribed BY .iFsrs oI
place and prsfsrment.
The debate opened BY The jr;ends Of Cain,
~ho claimed him ~ the z sa, pr.gsni,or oi
all the coiors Of the African; bscsass Cain
had q max sst upon him. and most likely a
black mark. ~ y white mark would hardly
ah"w on flesh culored .kin. and besides hs
wac ban ishsi from the face Of the earth By
the Almighty. and went Into the land Of
Nod. II was therefore the curse VI Go
upon Cain for killing Abel.
This was objected to ly the friends oi
Ham, who took the ground that il Cain bsd
been the father Of all the negroes, they
would all have perished BY the H,od. and
there woull bavs been none left 10 rrops-
gate.
Il was commended on the other hand that
The land Of Md coull M. have besn inclu-
dsd in the d~luge. hscanss the land Of Nod
vas not considered on the face of the earth,
or Cain would not have been hsuish~d
there. And besides. Cain was curssd Of
God, and Ham vas only cursed by bis faith
or Noah.
N" notice was taken Of this socklolsger,
and the Hebrew advoc,,s continued talk
ing lsarnsdlv shout the llamifs. and the
Cushites and the Congos and the Ssmbos
and phiIosiphissd "p'n The p"wsr and good
ness Of Noah and hH family connections.
And be.id-a, hs vas called Ham, which
t. translated into English meant bl"k.
Another arose; be said, Old Noah might
be good ma" and 90 nigh, bis wife, he
wss not disposed 10 say anything agains,
either; but it was . mys'ery to him how q
father or even a st-p-fa,hsr, could bs a
good man. and bear so much malice and
cruelty to auy ono Of bic wits's Oh! !ldrsn; hs
though, that il liam did d'sobsy his father
he wss Young and hadn't The experience;
and his father WIS no better for not forgiv.
ing him. A. to his name. shs, did not sig-
u'fy Swar'z was = very common name
among the Psnnsy Ivania Germans; and
Swar'z translated into English meant Black
and it WAS nonsssncs to call ev~rv man q
negro whose name Was S~ar'E or Black.
Another said be had heard Of people
s~e~ri"g ill they were red in the face. and
others being ." .horke,: by prCtane osths as
to make their very hair stand on end But
il Noah did this tbio2,-and he dldnt iks
10 use had languags.-hs conld'nt help say.
ing that j. was the d;.m'dest cussing ever
heard Of from 4 decent wLits man; for it
not only bent llsm's shin bones and made
HE skull thi"k. but it scorchsd his skin black
all over and singed his hair to . crisp; and
a the presAh.ts. missionaries. ab"li,ionisls
philsn, hropis,s and misc~g ina 'iooisis. claim.
ing the authority and countsnsncs Of the
Almighty. for agse past. bal not only failed
10 remove the curse from Ham, but had
failed to s,em the current Of Nosha terri
Ole cussing. There was no use talking
about the m-llrniun; that could never GONE
until ,bs cnrss Of Noah which nov seemed
to b. spreading oil over the earth WAS sn.
tirsly removed.
Alter mature dsliberation on the part oil
the Urn pires, it xss finally decided thai liam
WAS The paren, Of sli the negroes. and ihs,
consequently God made The white ,nsn and
Noah made the negro.
] have thus given you, Mr.. E i.or. faith
ful report Of The debated IN minia,ure. II
there 10 another discussion on The subject
will 10. you know. J.