Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-08-20

extraordinarily developed, and on the OD-
posite side, where its fellow ought TO have
been, an entire depression. In startled
amazement / enqured if he could account
for the anomaly? and was informed by the
individual, that once while riding a race,
he was thrown to the ground with cohsid-
cradle force, and unfortunately one of his
bumps of combatitiveness came in contact
with rock and was entirely demolished;
and ever since which time, when he be-
came excited, he is strongly urged By the
remaining bump to use violence, and as
strongly restrained by the place on the
other side where its fellow once was; and
the invariable consequence is, such as
witnessed and which so much amazed me;
that is, first, to obey the impulse Of the
remaining bump by knocking his adversary
down, and secondly, to obey the impulse of
the place on the opposite side where the
other bump once was, by running away.
Now, Mr.. President, the peculiarities in
the character of this individual is very
easily explained on scientific principles
You see sir, combattiveness is only an alb
sence of cowardice, as cowardice is only
an absence OF courage or combatitivenoss.
Now, in Phrenology, as in all other scien-
ces, we must not forget our philosophy.
We must recollect sir, that no two sub
stances can occupy the same space at the
same time; and as we have shown cowar-
dice to be onl y the absence of courage, or
combatitivencss and Uicc Versa, then il is
plain they must claim for their residence
the very same points Of location, and con-
sequently cannot exist at the same time in
the same place. no, sir, it is only where
courage is out that cowardice is in; and
only when cowardice is gone that courage
or combatiiveness is at home. Now when
combatitiveness was so powerfully devel-
Oped in this individual. it must necessarily
have displaced the major portion of cow
ardice; and soon as it (combatitivencss)
was driven in by its contact with the
rock, cowardice when very justly resuming
its legitimate station, thought proper 10 re-
taliate by usurping combatitiveness' portion
of the empire. Hence, the continual war
fare kept up by these two monarchs: and
they were so equally matched, that when
ever combatltivcness exhausted the least
portion of his zeal by only one knock
down, cowardice always on the alert, would
seize the advantage and carry combattivc,
ness by the heels.
But again, Mr.. Prcsident--overy gentle
man of science must be familiar with the
extraordinary fetes performed by the celc-
brated Scotch Phrenologist (NIr. Comb
with Metallic or Pneumatic Tracter and
BumpologicaI Depresscr, in supprossing
vice, and bringing out benevolent propen-
sites, by depressing the bumps of the form
er, and elevating those of the latter.
| have heard, Mr.. President, and from
pretty good authority two, Of an aged in
dividual in South Carolina who was no.
torious for his profanity and misery dis
position; yes, sir, he was SO far deficient in
the bumps Of charity and veneration that
he would distress the INDECENT widow, and
even denied his Maker, when one day there
came along benevolent Phrenologst, with
his Bumpologial Depresser and Pneumatic
Tractcr and the avaricc Of the old repro
bate was made the vehicle Of his salvation.
BY a liberal offer from the benevolent
Phrenologist, the old sinner was induced
to submit to BumpologicaI experiment
and the happy result was, that after 4 few
applications Of Iracter and Depresscr,
the p,ofane old atheist was changed 10 a
piouS christian, and the niggardiv old miser.
teman. Yes, Mr.. President, il was ever
said that the benevolent Phrenologist car
ried his philanthropy a little too far by de-
vc!oping the old genteman's bump of char
ity to so large size as 10 induce the now
good old man lin order TO make up for his
former stinginess) to lavish all his goods
upon the needy poor, and left himself not
a shilling. Oh invaluable science! that has
power TO rescue man, not only from the
contempt Of the world, but also from eter-
nal misery! Mr.. President, should be
sorry to know that Phrenoogy was a true
science, if ! did not also know that Bump
OlOgy could come to the rescue; yes, sir,
by the aid of Phrenology we discover the
character, but it is BHmpOlogy that remod-
els it to our liking. Oh! Mr.. President. if
it were not for BHmpology what a gloomy
science would Phrenology be! 1t would
only serve to discover traits Of character
in our fellow beings which is beyond their
own control, and that Of human nature; it
would only discover dispositions which
might be deplored but not controlled! But
thanks to the all-powerful science, Bump
oogy comes to the rescue, and makes our
hearts leap for very Joy! Yes, by that di-
vine science, we can deprcss the bump
of destructiveness and elevate that of be-
nevolenCe,-we can make the man beneYo-
lent, who had been made by nature vicious;
we can make the natural atheist an artifi-
cial worshipper of the Dcity;-in word
Mr.. President, with Phrcnology and Bump
Otogy combined, we can almost remakc
nature herself.
Mr.. President, am an enthusiastic devo-
tee of science in general but of all the