Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-05-18

OF Nlc iicIdht.
COMMON ORIGIN OF MANKIND.

Mr.. Ediior,--In one of DR.. Parnell's lectures
he proved TO US back W GODS folks that what are
called the varieties of the human race are dis
tine. species, having proceeded from different
pairs. He demonstrated that the Almighty
was just as capable Of creating forty stocks for
the propagation of mankind as one. and there
fore pride of character would induce him to
create an assortment TO begin with. He
spoke as one shaving authority" and pronoun.
ced the doom Of nations with the confidence of
an ancient Seer. In the economy of Nature,
the more imperfect animals become useless as
man assumes possession OF the forest and the
desert. The beasts of prey were designed to
be the primers of the animal creation-to thin
out rats and rabbits; but as men increase, they
perform that office, the carniyorous tribes be-
come useless and perish. So with mankind;
the imperfec, species are pershing, while we
Caucassians-we white folks, are 10 be the
sole proprietors Of the earth, Texas Mexico
and all. The African without a gristle 10
his nose-was created millions Of ages ago, to
10 nhabit the earth when it was red hot, iron
and copper in state of fusion. The negro is
shivcring now under the cooling process, and
although he is trying to warm himself under
the fierce heat of the touid zone, he will die
of The ague, and that very soon. The Indians
are disappearing with the smoke OF their own
tobacco pipes. They were made after the
negroes, and are bot ,rihing improvement
upon their predecessors. The French are
passing away in gass and efiervescence, and
will soon become as insipid as stale soda wa
ter. These strokes Of destiny created no emo.
lion in the prophets mind. The Sandwich
islanders are TO perish in jus, sixty years, by
the watch. hope the Doctor will not take
it as hard as Jonah, if his predictions are no.
verified. | confess he generally has quart
more of the spirit of prophecy within him,
than Father Miller, bu. am slow to believe
him. His prophecies are built on the assump.
ton of she distinct origin and superiority of
the Caucasian race. will here las neglec.
ted il at the ,ime) present the views of DR..
Good, author of the Book of Nature" on this
subject; man whose authority and arguments
are in my opinion, entitled TO more weight than
the oracular declarations of the Doctor. Doc.
tor Good shows that climate and modes of liv-
ing have made great alterations in the physic-
al constitution of many other animals than in
man; Hogs taken to Cuba by the SpaDiards,
have los, one of their nsiu raj characteristics,
division of the hoofs. What con,ras, exists
between the English dray horse and Arabian
sieed. Did the Creator make distinc, pairs TO
stock Arabia and England Who can num-
Der the variety of dogsl Had all these dis
,iuet orginsl The Vegetable world too is al
tered by charge of climate. Who could class
the Irish poiatoe with the Mexican roos from
whence it sPrangl So with The apple. What
animal, what vegetable, inhabi,ing so many
Wherever he is. he is Man sill; an impassi-
bic Qualifying between him and The wisess
brute. The 0urang Ouisng reasons not from
cause TO effect, is not conscious Of Right and
Wrong, has no instructive adherence Of theft,
murder or Islander. The preservation Of The
progeuilor Of mankind in an ark. is fac; re-
eognized in the traditions Of the most bsrbar-
COS nations; this is strong evidence Of con-
mon origin, which is ne, rsbuued by mere diff
ference 10 the shape aud color Of the diieTen,
races: Is great differences exist among cher
animals. the identity Of whose origin Is se-
ksowlsdget.