The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-13

to find the complexiops of ,bo- hnman fam;l,,
or as they inhabit torid or in
temperate ciimate9 or whether, in word,
complexion does not depend upon climatic in
fiuences, and other extraneous causes, as saw
age modes of life, &c., That such is the fact,
we have the concurring opinions Of the best
authors Of all ages; and we find those opin-
ions to be sustained by the universal expe-
rience of all men.
To show the operations of "Nature''-the
influence Of the sun and savage modes of life
upon compilations, without Divine interie-
renee" let us take two sons of the same fam
lily, in the North Temperate Zone-both Of
pure 'chite complexion. One remains at
home, and from his youth to hoary age"
leads sedentary life, shut up within the
walls of his office or counting room, and re-
tains the complexion of his youth: the other
goes into the Iorid Zone-into Africa if you
please-becomes exposed to the burning rays
Of constant vertical sun and conforms him
self to the savage mode of life of the inhabi-
iants Would the Elder dare aver that
without Divine interference this second
son, in his old age, would have as fair and as
all sincerity, whether the assertion Of the
elder" that Mature ins.ructs us that with.
out Divine interference there would be but
one complexion, and that like the first parents
Adam and Eve-white," does not ignore
and contradict the universal experience Of the
world? Why then was such reckless, false,
Ignorant and unnataral assertion made by
the HElder2" Simply, sir, to sustain, per. Js.s
ct refas, and, if possible, against the common
sense and common experience of all men, his
miserable pro-sla0egy dogma that the black
shis and woolly head' attest-point out the
subjects of the curse of perpetual slavery
What sir, can you, or any fair minded man,
think of the Elder" who seeks to build his
inhuman theory upon such false basis2
1t is said of the Rev. DIR. David Livingstone
that on his return to England after his seven
teen years residence and explorations in All.
RIGA, his friends and old acquaintance did not
at first recognize him on account Of the vers
dark complexion--almos black complexion
which he had acquired in that hot climate
If, living and dressing as European, the
Doctor became thus dark in seceateen years
what do you suppose would be the COLOR of the
complexion of his descendaAts-all of pure
white, Anglo-Saxon blood-after a residence
I
in tropical Africa for seceateea hundred years
living the savage lie Of the Africans, ano
dressing, OF rather going undressed, as they
do? Cannot we readily suppose that " Ma
ture" would accommodate herself to the wants
Of her creatures, and that such descendant,
of DR.. Livingstone, after such a long and con
tinued residence upon burning sands and un
der tropical SUI, would finally acquil,
:" black skins and woolly heads?
In my next letter, sir, will close my re
marks upon the influences Of climate and 9th
err extraneous causes ON the compilations q
the human family, and | will afterwards de
vote my atsntiJn TO the remaining PROPOSE
tons suSge5ted IN my first letter in relation b
slavery, its influences, and the sound policy
nay, duty Vt the American people, in regar,
to the peculiar Institution" @. S. L,
Georgetown, Sept. 18th, 1868.