Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-12

lishod. While habits, food, aud other in
Guence have expended the intellect in ON
race, different custom and climates hav,
made sensuality want Of energy, and cloud
cd reason tho characteristics Of another race
Labor as we will We cannot permanent!
change these varieties. Nature wiN asscr
her right, and we cannot prevent the re-
production Of the first progenitivc character
We may suspend the action of these living
principles which We term atavism, but
sooner or later, the natural rights arc re.
sumed. Ifsuch were not the case VIC should
witness in short period the destruction OF
the harmony Of nature laws.
Again we quote from Dr. Winklcr's dis.
course
but if the law of variation isadmittei as
it is and must be by every scientific inquiries,
worthy Of the name, the negro takes his
place among the defendants Of Noah, among
the bencfciaries Of Heaven, for whom the
blood Of Christ was shed.
"The human species, like every other,
admits of new varieties All whoes studies
relate to life, in whatever kingdom Of iturc
know that while it tends to porp, late itself
in certain permanent forms it yields to cul-
ture and is modified within certain limits By
it environment. The Seckcl pearthe Corcord
grape, the otter breed Of Sheep the Dur.
ham and the Devon breed of cattle, are
modern and well-known instances Of such
variation. A variety at first has tendency
to revert to its parent stock, but when once
it assumes the character Of permanencc. -
This principle, so familiar to the horticulture
ist and the stock raiser, affords clue amid
the intricacies chronological science. As
lower nature changes so do ours And as
We can produce changes in them by our ca-
price or our intelligent will so that an ami.
nal or plant which varies little in its wild
state can be made to yield many varieties
when domcsticatcd, SO We can change our
own race by the habits we form, the
vices or vitucs We cherish, tie conditions of
existence VIC select, the country and cline
We inhabit, and the aims We pursue.
IL ls true that our natures change. but
the very characteristics which from the
Caucasian variety AMI which separate it
from the varieties give it intellectual prom
inen"e. The vital energetic forces which
distinguish it from rclapsing into dull,
dreamy scnsuality. Habit may modify some
peculiarities, but the inherent force remains
and the primaiive is preserved. The very
qualities that make the Cancasian race,
make It the superior Of all others. Its s,,.
premacy has been confirmed and its suprcu.
acy will bc main'aiu:d. Ot!:cra,c the race
and you may place other varieties above it.
but not otherwise. We believe that the
pure Caucasian represents TIE species as
God created it, 1t is the fountain head. and
the other varities are notifications of it.
These notifications have been established
time, and now they are as separate and dis.
tinct as the first ancestral character itself
The political student may reason that the
negro variety can be made the equal of the
Caucasian, Or deny that he belongs to the
human species, but science utterly rcpudiates
any doctrine that is not founded on some.
thing more just and permanent than prcju-
dice. -7arf Field and Farm.