The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-04-02
Intermarriage Of Blood Relation

~ANSA - 90 AANS 2 Va 9AOO4 AsSA8tA0A-Ss
On the 6fth day Of The session IT tie A
meTican Association for the adyaieelheSt Il
Science held recently at Providence, b re-
markable paper was read in the dsbsrtassnt
of Natural History BY the Rev. chsssa
Brooks, Of Boston. Its title was s'keRhHks
on the Intermarriage Of Blood Rslaiiosa.
and the transmission bfpeehliar irssts."--
Mr.. Brooks, in presenting bic piper. ss-
iinarked:-
at is believed thEt The laks Of asaEss
forbid the marriage Of near blood relations
with each other, because the children from
such alliance are frequently found to be ia
partly abnormal state Of body or mind
There seems to be an arrest Of normal de-
vslcpment They often lack that entire
and symmetticsa eqRSfibrihfa vi the yAysi-
cal. intellectual and moral powers whirh
constitutes the whole man. Yet iii true
that the children of parents who we're not
relations do not present normal develop.
ment. How decide? By obsefvstioa SIM
ply. II you have experience aud obsessa-
ton cos1t UP the children knowa 70 have
been born from FIRST cousins, and compars
with the offspring OF others; who hare act
married near blood relations, and Think
adds Rev. Mr.. Brooks that any man will be
tconyinced there is a deep dnrsele differ
pnre hetwepn them
The learned SPEAKER tAen presented
frightfu list of examples OF the pernicioas
fruits9f intermsrriase in families. Young
gentlemen who have pretty cousins. wia
please take notice.
N. P, of W. Massaeha-
setts fne looking and intelligent man, sni
Of good health. married his first cousin.
womaa likewise blessed with hber4a sup
ply Of excellent health, and OF cheerful
spirit. They were happy. But ehildEeR
were born nfand one was clamp footed. an.
other had butLone eye, and all ef tifea are
very weak in intellect. small in person. AMI
have heads shaped like fat iron, paius
turned downward.
The inhabitants of the Bahamas have MT
much brains, and are as homely as sip.--
Reasch-they intermarry.
eat Martha's Vineyard thes have q par
ticuar bad time. The Island is sea grit.
The youths cannot goa toGrting elsewhere
because of the rolling pillows, and so they
contest themselves with Marthas ia th.
Vineyard. The island in consequence 10.
according to our author. full OF iltussrs-
tons Their minds,' says Mr.. Brooks.
mildly, are noderate. Their health 10 fee
f BILE.
? The man whom employed In that is-
J land, Gays Mr.. Brooks, married his Ers.
cousin and their parents were second Goa
: sins. Their 6rst three children we're borN
, without eyes and lived but few hours
A very particularly unfortunate case,
In Virginia, says Mr. B. where blood re-
lations have married in order to keNp The
: family property entire. there are unasaal
numbers Of imbecle minds. who cannot
manage the property that has been thss
foofshiy secured
From Fredericksburgh Va, we have
these facts:
"A certain family OF wealth and respee-
tabiiity have intermarried ior many gene.
rations, until there cannat be found in hires
or four Of them a sound man OF woman
One has sore eyes, another scEefaia, third
is niotic fourth blind. fifth baody Leg.
ged, a sixth With d head about the size OF
a turnip. with not one out Of the number
exempt from some some physical or men.
tai defects. Yet they p-rsevere in inter-
marrying, although these monuments ass
, constantly befosa them.'
1t cannot be, said he. that all these re
suits are mere chance. Is it rot more pros
bable that they are proofs Of the violation
Of natural laws? The Professor arrived at
the following conclasions:---
Il. That the laws fused OF m,sused }
which improve or deteriorate the bfeeas in
? lower animals. are the same iaAa Of nature
}. which improve or deteFiorate TIE humaa
It race,
e &. That an unusual number Of iasaseii.
K children. horn from parents sho IRE 6sss
: coiasins, are often found ii the same family.
!, ;. That few Il any childfsa, barn Of
a parents who are frrt cousins. ekossd their
partnts IN bodily strength OF saental poser.
while children who are bern Oh parents moi
related, are frequently found ID Do So
Eg- We observe that several 81 the Slave
States arc moving in the matter Of amelioFa-
: ting and Improving the c,,ndiiSon 81 the siavss
a a I.r. ~