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which must be connected with the labors of industry, and the sacrifices of subordination; he might have seen our native indians, either singly, or in com-panies, travel for many moons successively, to ex-plore other forests, and to seek for other rivers; he might have seen whole tribes rise from their seats at once, and, carrying with hem the bones of their fathers, seek new habitations at the distance of hun-dres of leagues.-- But his lordship has seen none of these things; and he speaks of the savage state without understanding it, and of human nature in the beginning of time, without knowing how it has been affected, or what principles of action it has displayed in similar situations in later periods. Like many other philosophers, he judges and reaons concerning man only from what he has seens; and is led to form wrong conclusions from his own prepos-sessions. 

According to his principles a state of savagism never could have existed on the supposition of vari-ous original species of men, more than on that of one.  "Fear of wild beats," and "the attractions of society," would have held each race so closely connected together as to have "prevented their dis-persion." Every art of agriculture would have 

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been tried before they would have extended their habitations into the dangerous wilderness. A civilized community would have risen round the dwell-ing of the progenitor of each race. And when they should have compelled by necessity to enlarge their limits, they would have extended them in com-pany. The forests would have fallen before them as they advanced; and fear, and the social principle, would have equally contributed to restrain them from encountering the hazards, and risking the dis-persions consequent upon indulging the spirit of the chace. The world, instead of being filled with numerous tribes of savages,would have every where presented us civilized nations. His lord-ship, on this subject, constantly reasons against him-self. He intends to combat the doctrine of a single species, from the existence of the savage state, which yet is a necessary consequence of that doc-trine, and would certainly be precluded on his own principles. 
Finally, his lordship "affirms," that is all men has descended from one family "there never could have existed but oen language, without the aid of mira-cle," which he only supposes in the case, with the in-sidious view of exposing it to derision. This is an 

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