The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-11-12

wuy rs THE NEGRO BLACK!

will be no mysteries OF ignorance lett us.
We caught one lately gliding out Of the
door of The laboratory; but we held il
fast. that we might examine it carefully,
and learn Of science the spell by which it
hxd laid at least one of the ghosts which
used to 90 about the world, and trouble
- smen's minds with falsehoods and cruel
5,ies.k For instance, the negro and his or.
ganic difference to the white man-which
the ghost we caught at the laborato-
ry door-how often have we not heard it
-slrrsvely argued that bis black blood is the
~ mark set on the descendants Of Cain, or
,-on another side--the sign OF servltude
q blg by which the children ofunrighteous Ham
ssE are to be known forever. We remember
" ,sshow, in our youthful home, where ortho-
doxy and respectable superstition were
strong, any attempt to explain the phys
logical cause Of that biackness would
have been secuted as impiety and a pre-
u i sumptous pryng into the inscrutable
.fg,s rvays Of Providence. Now, however,
III times have changed. Nothing is held to
be an unreadable riddle, from the forma.
sd ton Of worlds to the laws OF human life ;
'aa!8s and, in particular, the problem standing
as our text has assumed to itself an Eu-
cid in the person of DR.. Draper, OF N.
.s Y, who, in a recent and most elaborate
work on Human Physiology, undertakes
10 explain why the negro is black, and
how he becomes so. And these are his
5a@. steps.
s-.ar Human blood is madeup ofcertain COR
purcles called cells; which amongst many
other things. contain globulln-a sub
stance chemically between casien and al
spas bumen---haemalin Now, haematln is
fs7t red, and contains an infinite amount OF
~ Iron. One of the most important wheels
in our internal machinery is the liver; and
q healthy action OF the liver is necessary
FOR the healthy action Of every other or
gan and function. And one of the du-
'a ties Of the liver is to help in removing the
cid and worn out blood cells, while aid
.s5 ing, at the same time, n the construction
aa e OF new ones; which duty includes the
sSs carrying out from the system Of all excess
Of haematin OF iron. A hot climate dis
turbs the normal action OF the blood also
! w. Of the liver. The imperfect oxygen ac'
company great heat not only adds to the
darkness Of the arterial blood, but also.
HI by the want oil energetic respiration which
it involves. tends to The other fatuess and
torpidily OF the liver BY this inaction
= OF great cleansing agent, the haematia.
anu, wandering restlessly about having
no place to 90, and no business there at
all, il gradually takes refuge and makes
its settlement in the lower and spherical
,.. cells OF the cutcle; which 1t thus bronzcs.
(. from orange tawney down to negro black.
according to the heat OF the climate. the
consequent inactivity OF the liver, and the
amount of naematin left as refuse in the
system.
sa Whether this explanation be true or
is 3 not we leave to subtler physiclogists to
pio decide. But it strikes US as noteworthy |
from its simplicity, and the air OF conf
deuce with which it demoishes one of the
ancieut mysteries OF ignorencc. The base
1.qi fern Of the skill--techncal the prog.
nathous or jaw prouudlng--of the negro
is also ascrbed to the same cause. The
liver aids immensely in the working and
development of the brain !; and the brain
moulds the skul--not the skull tie brain
A man with diseased or torpid liver new
er works BEAUTIFULLY, or with the full pow
er OF his mental organization.
i. And what is true OF individuals il true
also of races. Thus, the inactive liver of
hot cl mates creates SIN aller, less ener.
getic. less finely organized; and more
basely developed brain than is found in
the temperate latitude; passing gr edual
~ from the eliptical skull to the Caucasian
the ideal manA-to the pyramida head
of the red or copper colorei man, down
ao to the lowest type OF all--the proguath-
st.e GUS. or jaw protruding skull OF the negro
las the lines fall nearer OF more distant
from the equator.-So. by this showing,
poor Quashie owes not only his skin but
= his skull to that unsuspected liver OF his:
not only the brand OF Chain and the sign
1 of slavery on his hide, but the cerebral and
ape likeness which ignorance seized hold
OF, as the cause and excuse Of cruelty.
The same reason lies at the other side
OF the extreme. In very high atisudes,
s where human life is nothing but fierce
struggle with nature, the same copper
coiored skin and degeneration OF skull are
found as under the palm trees and under
the date groves. where man may lie down
beneath their shade, and where nature
may feed him unforced. A ain due to
the same cause. Cold checks the action
Of the liver equally with heat; and the
shivering Esqulmaux owes to bis wretch
ed fare and sluggish circulation his social
misery and natural desolateness the ex-
ness Of hsematiu which dyes his skin, and
the pyramidal skull which marks his men
tai degeneracy just as the fiery sun and
the lsnguid airs OF the tropics brand and
disgrace the Mongosan and negro.