The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-02-15

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| We havs repeatedly, both former.
y and rscsutly, referred TO the evil
saects II the marriage Of blood rel.
atives. We propose now to present
TO our readers the results Of tbs In.
vestigation If this subject, rs.-raad
10 M able p. per read before the Med.
ical society Of tho State Of New
York ~ Orin W. Movris, Esq, Of
the city Of New York. 1t con.u-
tutes the sw,nty fourth article e the
Transactions Of tho Society, prin,ed
in the year 1867.
Aiier a wide investigation, Pro.
lessor Morris sets down, as one of
the sorcst evils that afiiict society,
oonsanganeom s,crrisgs,. II fire..
quently produces dumbness, lie says,
deafness, blindness, idiocy, deformi-
~, defective vision, &c, among the
offspring aud among the causes Of
sickness, disease, and death il holds
no insignificant place. He quotes
al able writer, who says at will
be perceived that parental indrmi.
ties are entailed with great certainty
upon tho offspring and this cons,i.
tutss the strongest argument ngainst
the marriage Of relatives; family pc.
culisrities, tendencies, and iu6rmi-
tics, either of body or mind, which
may be so slight on the part of the
parents as to remsin latent, become
SO exaggerated by this inteas,yiny
of the same blood that they ere in
the children prominen. and ruinous
defects. In this manner account
for the fact that so many of tho of.
spring Of kindred parents, who seem
IN other respects we'll endowed, pos.
sess characters so angular and pccu-
liar as to unit them for the ordinary
avocstions Of life
Button says eve are led to be-
lievc that, from an experience of
which VIC have merely the tradition.
mankind must have perceived the
evils that arose from connection Of
the aamc blood, since smoug the ma.
tons ths least civilized il has rarely
been allowed for a brother to unite
himself tosa sister /; AZ IL men learn
ed by observation that their race dc.
generated Whenever they sought to
preserve il by alliance ia the same
family. They considered unions
with other races a law Of nature, and
the,sfore did mt .llov such allan.
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OF some peculiar ooany OF mc:'A' 'e
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i.icfen's seems " 10 nss'su''e,
.na' sacn marriages are v'o'aions o'
'ne ns'ura' Jaw 'noush nor surh M
gran. ones as Always 10 ne ,oi'owe"
r., ~ .ho csses IN ~bich marriage.
va. .,csrt,inod nv Him, 20 were of
hi cl,., shov;nc That about one. !
eighteenth were he ofF.pring Of rel !
.,;,s. In n families The husband
..d viii. az which were blood rcla.
iva. ,hs,s v.re os children What
vsre IN. ehiId,cn l;kc he asks and
..v. atmso;ne n school Of 95 chill.
don of All Ave.. or tho childrsn Of |
l,m,st II NAV, and think what the |
Istle crowd xould look like. and
~, ,..d I'll, az those o. chill. |
dram. one ". 4 dwarf, ono was deaf
saa inmh ,~s,ve vcrc .crofulous |
"a c",,,. rour x,,c Idiots.
n, W,lh.r pr;rc;n,l Of the New
ya,t yr..;,.,;on for Inc Education
~ Ia;o,, s,y. nF;v. per cent of
~. Mot, In .oc;,,y arc the results
&c ~. ;n,s,m .y,;,rc, Of near rel.. |
H.. ~, ,hs.. NJ, hut a ANAL pro. |
no,,;on n nc vhol, number lido. |
!" "a, :. r,cousn,lv The result of
y ,s deaf. dumbness,
I,:sa S.c,,a;,v IT, In the f,
T...S..S s,;,..;or for tho Deaf
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