Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-09

10 be- allotted to birds, although their remains do
not appenrY The Saurians are not 50 numerous.
aud declining in this series.
We had thought that we must allnt the Tertiary
u Mammalin although Sumo Mamman occur be-
Tore this period but II the nj re Of tho remains
of birds in the OoIitic series comrels us to give
them place here II must he divided between
these two orders, Birds and Mnmmalin.
Let Birds thea hnve allotted them tho com
mcncrmrnt "f this Tertiary Series. which We would
have supposed belonged to Manmalia. But u
this is ihr Mammalian Series, why does not man
appear when We have tried Il. ueuomr,,dato our
strata herctoc re 'o the principle o embracing all
tho Strata which showed the presence of remains
If ench order, beginning where We first iind thom
md ending where they re of highest oLgnniza-
tim
II any other principle be applied to show this
correspondence, it mu,t also lac II kind Of sliding
scale applied conveniently as our views or theories
require
Whilst wc know tha, progress is made gcner-
ally, If not required tn drnw lines oi separation,
do not pcr,enc where 10 draw thcm, if we
would represent distinct beginning of encn nrder
md the end where the tspe ot such order il high
cst in other words. ,hedistinctness with which
We perceive progress il" de-, elopmcut must bo un-
der the condition "t not hcing required TO bc
definite in our lines of separation of the series.
But Scdgcwiek finds more thnn th be finds in
these iossll organic remains oi plnnis, ~ well M
animals. "A poS,f,re degTdiuiion ~ the end ri tl,r
Secondary Period" ~ we'll ns th,se of the Flr-t
and Ihirl. "Munma- seem Ia hive lcta added
next (ncar the commencement ot the Tertiary Pc
ri"d and sccm IT, huve been added Suddenly 49,
" But they ia their turn were Ia be degraded
from their place ut the bead oi nature, aud she
became what she nov ~, lN tho ndtlilnnuf Man,"
Thus hy means of slldiug scale it mny hc
shown that Gradual rleNnln n to'k place lin the
pferi order oi nnture. aud "-n distinctly mark
o. ul n la Shbw ms \ct n
somewhat different application "r the snmc critic
riou. il Will show that each "der ted into lifo
in thu highest i,tlNl lrt,lc, Srlrcwick tnys. TO
submit 10 IA positive desru,laiion,'
II will appear then. ihut tho facts of the Geo
logical history, as recorded in the Sr,lmrntnry
axis, and H. n~ccrlaincd Mt the r,c-cn, dnv, hnye
not established the theory "f sn"'".si," develop
ment ly gradual and nr"gre.sl,r mo,cmcn,s in
elcN attng the various "r'icrs ot animals TIL tho
lnH, IN tue lapse e" HGc+. ln's 1T" the hugh
Having shown thea that this theory has not u
firm lnsis m science, AMI is not rr'hen mud TINT
the Gr,lng'nl ,nlr does moi c~n.h that tho do
veuiment If animals occurred in tho precise or
der If nature." would it not be premature and, tn
Shurt, hasiv ut present tn attempt tu hnrmonizc
these iwo Records? Would it not result hero.
;otnrc in II compromise 'n,m"d nru 'rulity"
which would require further konings of our
position III regard to their agreement. when fur
thrr advances nrc made IN the Physical Sciences,
aud end in finding discrepancy whi h would re
quirc other camprou,iscs t. he mndeY Or shall
conclude this theory Of the gradual and pre-
else development oi animals and plants in the or
dcrs ol nature, ns sufficiently near tho truth to
serve IA IA basis uf reconciliation, aud thus hnr-
manilc the narrative uI the vast Gcnogirnl Series
and that "f Moses rs interpreted? II so. then
our friend IS, Il. or has himself assumed for
this prucc-a If hnrm,uiziug what will prove nm
insupcralc hnrrer to reconciliation: and this, in
our next. ~e will briefly attempt 10 mike PLAIN.
"NUMEN QUODLlBET."