veracity of God himself, as by it is fulfilled one of the eldest of the decrees of the Scriptures, namely, that of Noah, which placed the race as servants under the other races. This is noticed by Newton in the same light, which has been, and now is, being every where fulfilled, with all the punctuality that all the other decrees are, and have been, fulfilled; and should convince all abolitionists of their unavailing error, in opposing this great and nearly most ancient decree of the Divine Oracles.
God is just and good, in the adaptation of circumstances to the well-being of every creature of the earth, which is as manifest in the negro's case as in the case of every other grade of animal being. If the white man is more intellectual than a negro, so much the more are his cares and responsibilities. On this principle, we notice, that in the negro character is fixed, as a kind of antidote or recompense for slavery, a certain disposition to levity, peculiar to themselves, which takes off much of the weight of their seeming sorrows. This enables them more cheerfully to endure, without thought, their condition of servitude. One trait of this peculiar character of the negroes is, their fondness of singing and whistling, in which they universally indulge, even under circumstances which would make a white man weep. They generally have voices of the most melodious character, and can whistle with their thick lips, better than all mankind beside, in the sounds of which they forget all things else, rejoicing in the lightness and levity of their peculiar natures. Who has not witnessed this, that has seen and noticed this people at all?
