Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-07


II has bees sdesidsrstsm with al mankiss-svs :
since The fan az our r,s parents, ever ssse the
mark was Pct upon Cain that dis6gured him--ss inn
prove and bsautify the breed q men and women
This has beer desired by, and immense pains ha~
been taken BY alnost every parent 10 effect this
ect; yet some how or othey for want Of some & cd
general principles to guide us, and 10 90 upoa-er
else ON account Of the camsy manner ~ which maT-
nsges made up upon earth (there are to be none
in Heaven) this object has seldom been accomplish
ed. However, we are likely to succeed At last. A
book has been published with this tisle, by the
brothers Langley, 81 Chatham street,
inermarrage The mod. in which, and the why
beauty, health and Intellect result from certain unions
nifty. disease and insanity from Others demonstrated
by define Of the and FORMS and descriptions
Of the functions and capacities whsh each pareai every
pair hesios chdrenin conformity with certain
al laws, and by of corresponding effects in the
breeding Of animals
This book must not be read by any ladies' although
we afraid that il Forbidden they will be to
steal sight Of it, II has been highly extolled in all
the moral and pous journals Of Wall street, and full
Of curious and extraordinary and theories
and plans, and projects for improving and beautify
ing the Of poor miserable humanity. The object
is desirable one, for thsre are great many ugly
devils Of in the world at the present day and it
is 10 be hoped the next generation will possess
beauty and less roguery and folly To effect this, all
young men must study Walker on Intermarriage."
Mr. Bennett has taken his copy of the work to Sar-
atoga with him, where he may gre lectures
Identifying and improving the race OF men and wo-
men. IL is high time something done in this way
there. Mr. Clay and Van Buren, will both be there, and
both widowers and intend to marry again, it is
that they should se informed of the best
mode of raising up race of handsome young presi-
dents by udiciously crossing the breed 1t will take
very lovely woman to neutralze the ugliness of
either Of them. Mr.. Clay understands well the art
Of crossing the breed of cows and sheep, evinced
on his farm at Ashland, where he raises the finest
kind Of cattle. Mr.. Van Buren, understands better
than any living the art OF crossing the breed of
cabbagss, as to produce the largest and best in
the state from his garden at Undertook. But ~ei-
Their Of them understand how to improve and beauti
fy the race of and women. Mr. Bennett must,
lecture the subject, and thus enskten
them. All the marriages hitherto made at the Springs
have been badly managed, and have tended to dege.
ne rate the human But this we must
expect great improvement in this particular. Here
are Few facts on this particular point
Mr.. Lawrence observes, that "a superior breed
of human beings coald be produced snly by selec-
tions and exclusions similar to those successfully
employed in rearing more valuable animals. Yet,
in the human species, where the object is Of such
consequence, the principle is almost entirely ever
looked. Hence all the native deformities
of mind and body which spring up so pentifully in
our artificial mode OF life, handed down to pos
tery, and tend, by their multiplication and exten-
sion, TO degrade the race. Consequently, the mass
Of the population in our large cities will not bear
imperfect or deformed individuals Should survive
the hardships Of their first rearing, they prevent
ed by the kind Of aversion they inspire, from propa
eating their deformities."
tha rnipfxu ~ssoln
says DIR Pritchard, (which produces such remark.
able effects among the brate kinds, there Is doubt
I hat its influence would be great. But despot
has thought Of amusing himself in this manaer
or at least such experiment has never been
red upon that extensive scale, which might lead
to important results. Something Of this
kind was indeed attempted by the kings Of Prussia,
but their project referred to stature. IL Is
well known, that the King Of Prussia had corps Of
gigantic grards consisting Of the tallest men who
could be drawn together from all quarters 4 regi-
years at Pctsdam. a great number Of the present
inhabitants of that place. says Forster, are % very
high stature, which is more especially striking in
the numerous gigantic fgures OF women. This GER
tainly is owing the and intermarrages
Of the tall men with the females Of that town.
Certain moral causes, however, have an influence
mankind which appears in some degree to lead to
similar ends. In countries where the peo-
pie are divided into different ranks or orders Of soci
", which is almost universally the case, the inn
provemsnt Of person which is the result OF the above
mentioned cause, Will always be much more con-
spicuous in the higher than in the inferior classes
Gin no instance, perhaps" says Lawrence, a. has
the personal beauty OF people been improved,
by introducing handsome ndi viduals to breed from,
than in the Persans, Of whom the nobility have by
this means, completely succeeded in washing out the
stain OF their Monaghan origin. That the blood Of
the Persans, says Chardin is naturally gross APP
pears from the Guebres, who remnant Of the am
Client Persans, and ugly, ll-made, rough skin
ned people This is also apparent from the inhabi-
tants Of the provinces in the ghborhood Of India,
who nearly clumsy and deforned as the
Guebres, because they never Termed alliances with
any other tribes But in the other parts Of the king.
dom, the Persian blood 10 now highly refined by
frequent intermixtures with the Georgians and Cir
cassans, two nations which surpass all the world in
personal beauty. There is hardly a man Of rank in
Persia w no is not born Of Georgian or Circassian
mother and even the King himself is commonly
sprung the female side from one or other Of these
countries As il Is long since this mixture common
&c , the Persian women have become very handsome
and beautiful Though they do no; rival the ladies of
Georgia. The gene rally tall and erect, their
complexion is rudy and vigorous, and they have q
graceful air and engaging department. The nildness
of the climate joined TO their temperance in living,
has a great influence in improving their personal
beauty. This quality they inherit not from their
cestors for, without the mixture mentioned above,
the men Of rank in Persia, who are descendants Of
the Tartars, (Mongols,) would be extremely ugly
and deformed."
These effects are every where observed. Captain
Cook, describing the people Of Owhyhee, says
" The same superiority which is observed in the
Frees (nobles In all the other islands, Is found also