The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-08-02

IL lne whites, the negroes, lnulanS
Chinese, and Esquimaux, arc alike
i mean the races or types alike, il
all that goes to make up and consti
tute their humanity, the humanity o
+ each race; alike in their intellectual
capacities, the anatomical structures
their physiogical developments, ant
their longevity, then our Radica
friends may with some degree O
propriety and assurance, call then
''men and brothers" l admit thci
humanity. that they are all men, ant
mot monkeys; but l deny the ''broth
lerhood;" I deny the fraternity.
In support of this proposition,
would say:
l. They do not look alike; no tw
of the types or races look alike; the.
are unlike in form, in color, in size
and weight.
2. They are unlike in each and ev
iery point and particular which dis
tinguish men from beasts, as abov,
lstated; in shape, in weight, in height
and also in the duration of life.
When speaking of these difference
let me be understood throughout M
remarks that speak of the averag,
height, longevity, and weight of adul
healthy men belonging to the differ
ent races or types.
To illustrate: The Caucasian {.
name enormously but generally giyeE
to different distinct races OF fair
skinned men the Caucasian, or whit,
man, is five feet and between Mint
land ten inches high; the Esquima,
four feet and seven inches high; tho
Monaghan type, to which the Chinese
belong, five feet and between foul
and five inches high. The Caucasian
type weighs one hundred and fifty.
six pounds; the Esquimaux ninety
seven pounds; the Mongol one hun
ldred and thirty-two pounds. The
Caucasian lives to be sixty-six years
and four months old; the Mongol tC
be fifty three years old; and the Es-
iquimaux to be forty-one years old
| The life insurance companies of Eu-
rope and America all predicate theil
policies upon the fact that white men
and women live to be sixty-six years
and four months OLD on an average
This average is based upon observa-
tions On the duration OF more than
six N illion lives. The statistics of the
British and French armies are full Of
evidence going to show and to prove
that in height and weight no two
races of men have yet been found
alike. The feet and hands, the arms
and legs are unlike in measurement.
The hand of the negro is one. twelfth
longer and one tenth broader than
the hand of the white map; his loot
is One-eighth longer and one ninth
broader than that of the white mans;
his forearm is tenth shorter and
the same is true of the bones from
the knee to the ankle.
/ But perhaps the cranIum or skull,
being, the cap, so to speak, OF the
vertebral column, and very impor-
tant bone in all races, Will best serve
! to illustrate these differences further-
The capacity, by measurement, OF the
skull of the white man is ninety sew
en- cubic lnches-tnat is the average
of one thousand or any greater num-
Der of skulls--the negro has sixty
six cubic inches, the North American
Indian has siXty-three cubic inches;
the native Australian has fifty six
cubic inches. These measurements
have been taken with the greatest
possible accuracy and the fact of an
average difference in each type pos
itively demonstrated. a line drawn
across the diameters of the head has
an average difference in length in
each type, thus showing that the
shape as well as size of the skull is
different in each race. Ethnologists
are nearly, if not entirely, unanimous
in the affirmation of the following
propositions, and are always ready
TO submit them for examination:
1. That cranial differences, both iii
shape and capacity, constitute an en-
during and, therefore, q strictly re-
liable basis upon which to establish
not only true classification of the
types, but also to establish the fact
that they are different creations.
9. That the value OF this evidence
consists more in the permanence
thereof than in its magnitude; its
changeless constancy entities it to
the character of special positive
ivalue.
8. Each cranial type allows Of GER
tain limited variations, both in shape
and size; but the average OF both
shape and capacity never changes. Ii
depends upon the type form.
4. These cranial type forms in
crease in number and variety as you
90 from the pole toward the aquator;
IN other words, the lower forms are
only found in regions of extreme
heat or extreme cold-the higher
forms occupy the temperate iati-
tudes.
| 5. That all type forms and typal
characteristics have an indissoluble
connection with climate.
DIR. Knox, one of the most learned
and best posted lecturers on Ethnol
ogy it has ever been my good for
tune to find, in speaking of differ
ences in the organism, etc, says:
"The races of men, when carefully
examined, will be found to show re-
markable organic differences. In q
dark or colored person, VIII ose struc
ture I had an opportunity oil observ-
ing, the nerves of the limbs were at
least third less than those of the
Saxon man of the same height"
Ethnologists hold that man can
create nothing; no new species have
appeared for some thousands of
years. The immortal Guvier held
until the day of his death that there
are no hybrid races of beasts-at
heast, none fertile, none reproducing
1 and self-supporting. Nature puts a
stop to monstrosities. Mulattoes and
hybrids. of all races and types, are
nuisances in nature. When the
iSpaniards took possession Of the
islands and the central part of Amer
lica, of Mexico for instance, they
killed as many of the indigenous in
habitants as possible and they only
1ceased the slaughter because they