Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-30
"Typ.. Of Mankind" by Mott end Glddon.

tined to excite more attention than any publication
since the invention Of the art Of printing IL is the
rIt deliberate and elaborate attempt to demonstrate
on scientific principles, that negroes are not white
men, in other words, that there are several distinct
species Of men, that they were created distinct that
they still preserve their original marks of difference
and will preserve them, subject only to some
slight notifications from climate and admixture OF
races. The genuine African, wooy-headed, Thick
Tipped aat,nosed, white-cyed such as he exists at
present. is found represented the everlasting monu-
mcnts Of Egypt four thousand years ago. The same
may be said Of the Jewish physognomy. There are
persons now in Richmond who might have sat for
pictures engraved on the marble records of Egypt
3,40o Yeas before Christ. IL there has been no
change in that time it is fair to presume, if we had
records running back creation, should find the
same distinctions existing Our authors however do
not confine themselves to this view. They adduce
the labouis OF DR.. Morton of Philadelphia, whose dis
cpl they profess to be- to demonstrate radical
ganic difference in the Of men, That indefa,i
gable and able collected great variety Of era
NUNS from every quarter of the world, and by ex-
animation and comparison fixed the characteristic
distinctions with mathematical precision. A man to
d.scredit the results would doubt his existence.
Our authors Of course reject the commonly viewed
notion Of a universal descent from one pair-Adam
and Eve-as repugnant to the laws Of nature, con-
tradicted by the lights of science, and unsupported
by the Bible itself They adopt the views Of Prof.
Agassiz-an essay by whom is given-that were
created in families and groups in different and
provinces precisely the fauna and fora distri-
buted the surface Of the earth II certainly does
derogate from the majesty ofthe Omnpotent suppos
that he could create multitude of nations easily a.
he could twoindivduas All the early christian fathers
repudiated the idea of literally interpreting the Pen
ta'euch the first portion Of Genesis properly
regarded by them as an alegory. Adam and Eve
v not Myths, were the prtgenitcrs Of the Jews--oc
the Abrahamide but not Of tho negroes, Of the
Egyptians the Teutons the Celts. No degree nj
crossing effect of climate, lapse OF time could
jew into the up turnedno Tartar or the
Ast.nosed Congoo.ncgro.
The chapter Hybridity is not the least curious
and interesting in this interesting volume Pro-
6cacy inter sc, it is demonstrated, is evidence of
identity Of species. Where the species, though df-
different, is pr,ximatc, the offspring is prolific and
partakes Of the character Of one Of the ri ina typ
The ,fspring of n white man and black woman is
mulatto-the offspring OF white man, with dark
hair, eyes and complexion and Of white woman
with light hair eyes and complexion, may be either
like tho father or mother-sometnes one sometimes
the other-not of the two. The offspring OF
the horse and ass-dncrent species-is unlike both
the original types, the mulc-which differs from the
hybrid muatto, that it is not profc-thoush the
latter has tendency to out, and will do it in
four generations unless renewed by one of the org-
nal stocks.
Mr.. Gliddon, in a chapter on Genesis, exposes the
errors of Archbishop Ushcrs chronology Of the Bi,
bic. That prclatc places the bod 23ls years before
Christ. Egyptian records date back $500 years be-
fore that era-and Egypt then great and popu-
lous country The fact is, the writers of the Bible
nowhere undertake to say when the world was crea.
ted-how many years ago-that task has been un.
dertaken by commentators who very little quail
fed for the task The world is much older than most
people imagine. Biologists assure us, that not less
than hundred thousand years ere necessary to the
formation of the Delta of the Mississippi and
human keleton has been found under cypress rot
under the gass.wo,ks in New Orleans, which must
have been there more than hundred thousand yearg
This book will enlarge peoples views on this aud
many other subjects and go far to dispel what Hum
bodt calls the Semitic preu1ices," which the vanity
Of the Jews created, and which the complasan Gre
dulity of others has rvctted upon the nations
We learn that the demand for this publication has
greatly exceeded the expectations of the authors
All the copies OF the first impression were inmedi-
ately disposed Of aud five times the number called
for in two months It is book on a great and inter.
estng theme, treated in popular STYLE adapted TO
the common apprehension and II cannot fail to have
great run. The only defect we note in IT, is the
omission OF chapter on ALJinos or white negroes
We pray M.ssrs. Mott Gidion to supply this defect
in their next edtion-otherwise GidIings. Greelv
INNER 70, VIII remain unclassiiied, and will have
Cause to complain,
DIR. Mott concludes the first and most im,ort,n,
portion Of the book thus
"Let here pause aud inquire shn, landmark, have
been placed along the track OF journey The reader
who has travelled with thus far will not think deny
that from the facts now accessible the following must be
/. That the surface Of globe naturally divided
into several geological Provinces each Of which il dis
t,not centre OF creation possessing peculiar fauna aud
hors; and that every species OF animal and plant Was
gnsly assigned to its appropriate province
2 That the human family offers no exception to this
general but fully conforms il: Mankind being dyid
ed into several groups Of ices each OF which constitute
primitive element In the fauna of It's peculiar pro.
vince.
s. That history affords no evidence of the transform,
tion Of Type into another nor OF the otirnaon of
new snd permanent Type.
g. That certain Types have been "permluentn through
all recorded time, and despite the most opposite moral
end physical Influences
g. That permAnence Of Type is accepted by science
az the surest test Of specific character
That certain Types have existed (tho same az now
10 and arou I'd the ley of the Nie from ages anterior
u $500 years H. O., aud consequently ling prior 10 an,
alphabetc chronicles. sacred or proiane.
u That the ancient Egyptians had already clissGsd
hahknd as known "a them into four Races preyious,
TO any date as'iguable to Moses
D. That high antiquity for distinct Races IA amply sus.
tanned by linguistic researcher by psychological history
and by anatomical charactetstics
That the primeval existence OF Man In widely sspa
rate portions Of the globe Is proven by the discovery
bis osseous and industrial femiins in auyi, deposs and
10 dipSsl drifts; and more especially OF his fossil bones
imbeded 10 rocky strata along With tho yestiges Of eEtnc
species Of animsie
TO- Tina, pro6cacy Of distinct species inter q, il
90 be no test Of common origin.
IL. fhst those Races Of most separated In nbvs
cal organiE tion-suoh the Jideks and the bi,,,
no, m'lg'mae perfectly, but obey tue Laws Of Hybtid
". Hence
~. Il follows corollsry, tina, there exists Genn
Homo, embracing many prinordsl Types or Species
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