The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-03-19
Which is the Superior Race NO. 4,
BY REV. j. f. WITH.

hut admitting. as all Go, whether they
call it Semitic, Inde Germanic, or Aryan
that it originated in Babylon, Assyria, ant
parts adjacent, it irresistably follows tha
it is really Hamitic and nat Semitic, fol
Ham settled these countries. No further
testimony of the superiority of this family
is needed than this fact, that from it pro
ceeded this wonderful language. 1t furn
shes the basis of all learning in Europe
Asia, until this time. 1t is supposed by
some that the ''Sanscrit or sacred Ian
guage of the Hindoos is anterior to that OF
Babylon, but a knowledge Of history, /. e.
if we defer to the Bible account as given in
Genesis as the beginning, will lead us to
the conclusion that Sanscrit is rather a
dialect corruption or mixture of the Ham
tic.
The Hindoos themselves have a tradition
that very long ago, some hundreds of thou
sands, or millions of years, learned ma
ton from the North took possession of
India, and introduced there the casts that
now exist, the highest being composed of
the conquerors and their learned men,
Much speculation has been had upon tie
question who or what this learned nation
was, some contending that they came from
the extreme north of Asia. But Voltair,
in literary controversy with Bailey, ridi-
culed and made absurd the idea that an
army or nation of educators issued from
Scythia, the most barbarous part of all
Asia, armed with quadrants, astrelabes,
and comic sections. Half civilized tribes
were there, clothed with skins and fighting
with clubs, but no writing has been pre-
served showing that there was one single
tribe who knew anything of letters, much
less were the learned people spoken Of by
the Hindeos.
Besides, the fact that such a nation must
have passed through the dominions of MINI
rod conquering them in its progress, and
that no change had taken place in the oc-
cupants Of Assyria until the prophet Micah
and King Northumberland, is conclusive
that the nation could not have come from
n more northern latitude than Assyria. 1t
is said in history that Semaramis, Queen of
Assyria, conquered all Southern Asia
Later still Nebuchadnezzar was universal
conquerer. Making due allowances for
Hindoe exagscration, it is fair to conclude,
indeed we seem compelled to admit, that
this learned northern coaqueror was either
Semiramas or Nebuchadnezzar. Having
Of ha IL Ion,
guage as the Sanscrit seems perfectly ma
tural and satisfactory. If we adopt the
Bible record as the true one, this is the
only conclusion which we are warranted in
is consistent with it. This would be all
sufficient, without other proof, of the posi-
tioa here taken, that this family was supe-
rior, not only physically but Intellectually,
of all the families of Noah.
The fact that this language forms the
basis or lower stratum of the language of
Europe, is additional proof of the antiquity
of the family of Ham in Europe. 1t is evi
is consistent, but that it was introduced
then by the family or people who then spoke
it. viz: the Phenicians and Egyptians,
principally the former. Ne systematic at
tempt to destroy the language Of even a
conquered people has been recorded, ex-
cept of the conquest of England by the
Normans. Then, indeed, the ruling power
commanded the suppression and destruc'
ton of the ancient tongue. But the most
that was accomplished by them, after years
of toll. prescription, and persecution, was
the introduction of a comparatively few
Norman words among the mass of English,
which continues unto this day the FREEDOM
inant, and in reality, the language OF
Great Britain. In the case of the invasion
of India by the Chaldeans, the priest and
principal men remained there permanently
rs distinct cast, and hence the language
remained with them as the learned or sacred
language, while the Hindeo is still spoken
by the other casts throughout the country
The Hebrews eXterminated the Canaan
ties within certain boundaries. and our owl
people did the same to the Aborigines o
this country, while the swarms of barbar
ans from the " Northern Hive whei
they overran Southern Europe. adopted
the manners and civilization of the con
oucred countries.
The fact, therefore, that the Hamti,
language still underlies the languages 0
Europe, Western Asia, and Northern
Africa. is proof positive that those who
spoke it were the original occupants o
proof that the defendants of Ham were tn
first settlers or coienizers.
All these facts, 50 fully sustained in TIL
history and present condition Of the worl
are enough to prove that the descendant
of Ham have been the orignatels Of so,
eminent. letters, education and civilization
that they have been the teachers of IL
world and the superior race for tire
feurths of the worlds history if they al
not until this day. This will hardly
denied by scholars, so far as the Asiat
branch of the family is concerned. Ar
all that is claimed for the African is, tina
admitting as all de, that he is of the san
origin the conclusion follows that ii
family from which he sprang is by l
means evidence of inferierity.-By son
the color black, is an argument for Il
inferierity of this race. But they forg'
that in the creation men were neither wifi
nor black, but probably copper colored, {
tawney There is but one book in IL
Bible which speaks Of color, and that us'
"black as the emblem or coler of IL
church. In the songs of Solomon the brio
repr .sents the Church, and the Bridegroom
Christ the Messiah. In chapter !, verse
the bride speaking. says . I am black br