The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-02-26

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his descendants who occupied the land of
Canaan. The Phenicians, as we shall see,
were the descendants of Canaan, and they
were the most powerful maratime nation
of all antiquity, which would seem to prove
| that the curse was not inspired at all.
| Certainly it had no influence on the other
sons of Ham, and was not pronounced
against him. So far as the dogma is con
cerned, therefore, it has no foundation.
The descendants of Canaan, that occu-
pied the land of Palestine, came under the
displeasure of God on account of their
sins, and though they occupied land flow
ing with milk and honey, yet they so far
forget God that he finally doomed them to
destruction, and made the Hebrews their
axecutioners. There, the curse may have
rested.
There is also conclusive proof that the
native Irish, original Celts, or Milesiaas as
historians new say, were descended from
the Phenicians. The proof is found in
numerous Phenician monuments still exist
ing. There is 4 curious grotto at DroSh-
| l't, III W H!Ch lIclC ID tldCh DNIdHlltlttl
stsne once the object of worship, exactly
corresponding to Canaanitsh OF Phene-
clan idol, representing the sun, showing
| that the pioneers, Or ancestors of the Irish,
in common with the Phenicians. worshiped
the sun, and that they were consequently
of the same origin.
The narrow passage and the stone bow
els of this Irish grotto are merely the coun-
tsrpart of those in the cave of Prophonius
and in the Pyramids Of Egypt, as well as
the Pagodus of Hindoostan.
In other places the round stone towers of
| the Phenician worship still remain, and
some Of the people still render a sort of
worship to the supposed Deity, their ideas
coming down quite clearly from Canaan.-
Other monuments of like origin fonnd in
Ireland seem clearly to prove the origin Of
the people to have been Phenician, and
consequently, that they are descendants of
Canaan. Well, the Irish, especially, of
Celtic OF Milesian 81 Phenician origin, are
to this day laberers for others. That is
clearly true in this country. Emigrants
from that country seem to aim at being la
borers-hewers of wood and drawers of
water in different sense from the German
or any ether nationality. And the idea
has been advanced that here the curse pro-
neunced upon Canaan rests, indicating that
by nature or by Providence the Irish are
servants.
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fully shown from the Scriptures themselves
thas no curse was pronounced by the patri-
arch upon Ham, and from subsequent his
tory it is difficult to show that his anathemy
took effect, unless as just indicated. We
are therefore, free to go forward and show
what has been the actual position of the
descendants of Ham. The first history to
which reference will be made is to Genesis
10, where there is short account of the
descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth;
and it may well be noticed that the sacred
historian devotes more space to Ham than
to both Of his brothers. OF descendants of
| Japheth he says, V. 4 "By them were
the isles of the Gentles divided, in their
lands, every one after his tongue after their
| families, in their nations.'' There the
Bible leaves Japheth, and all that is now
| held in regard to his descendants is tracea-
bic only to tradition. The sacred historian
informs us that by them were the isles of
the Gentiles divided and that is all. There
is a very ancient tradition that Japheth
married a descendant of Cain, and that
his descendants were consequently black.
But this has no confederation in Scripture
OF history.
The last part of the chapter, viz: from
the 21st to the 30th verse, records the his
tory of Shen,, and closes by saying ''Their
dwelling was from Mesha, as thou soest
unto Sephar, a mount Of the east" This
is all that is said Of this family in this con-
nection. 1t spread itself eastward from
the ncighborheod of Ararat, beginning at
Mesha. And it is not unworthy of notice,
that the earliest Evolutionary King of China
was called 'Chun,' or Fohi, which is in
terpreted Noah. Lingering in some Of its
smaller branches in Western Asia, the bulk
of the family moved towards the eastern
boundary, settled in China, and parts adj
iacent, having for their king the Patriarch
| himself, OF at least one who ruled in his
name. Thus in fourteen verses is the story
Of the two favored sons of Noah given,
leaving fifteen verses to the history of him
who so many have united in calling the
Son of the Curse.
Verse ) begins the history "Ana the
sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim and Phut
and Havilah and Sabtah and Ramah, She
ba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod;
lie began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. =
Wherefore it is said Even as Nmred,
the mighty hunter, before the Lord" And
the beginning of his kingdom was Babel
and Erck and Accad and Calneh in the
land of Shinar. Out of that land went
forth Asher or, as it reads in the margin,
He 1. e. Nimrod, event out into the
land of Assyria and builded Nineveh, and
the cities of Rehoboth and Caleb and Re
sen, between Nineveh and Caleb, the same
is a great city And Mizraim begat Ludm
and Anamin and Lehabim Naphtalim. And
Canaan begat Sdoa, his first born, and
Heth.'' After describing the children of
Canaan through the next four verses, the
historian concludes verse second "These
are the sons of Ham after their families,
after their tongues, in their countries, and
in their nations" In this short history we
have the germ of the ancient historic ma
ton. Nimrod built Babel and Erich and
other cities, and laid the foundation of the
kingdom of BABYLON, which was situated
in 1.-The land of Shinar.' Here is one
kingdom famous in histery.-Neo Era.
A song that is just now very popular
in the London Music Halls has the unusual
feature of funnness in the idea The
chorus runs thus:
/ saw Esau kissing Kate,