Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-01-16

section exhibits an elongated ellipsis
in the axis Of which no medullary
canal is seen. 1t is this lateral com.
prcssion which effects the peculiar
frizzling of the hair, owing TO its not
taking place exactly in the direction
of the longitudinal axis of the hair,
but ascending in spirals, so that the
hair resembles spiral spring, which
alwaysreturns TO its shape when drawn
out.-(See NJ. Pruner Bey, de Ia cheoe-
iure CONNIE cdrdcterisque des Races
Hamanes, Carl Voght, ct dlios.
The Skull, the Neck. the Brain, the Foot,
etc.
The difference is not only in the
hair, but it is in the whole anatomi-
cal structure Of the head, inside and
outside. The negro's face projects like
a muzzle, and the teeth are obliquely
inserted, SO that their edges meet
as at projecting angles The develop
ment of the jaw prognathism) is in
direct relation of proportion to the
intellectual capacity Of a people, the
prognathous being confined to the
lowest races of men, among them the
negro. Their carnal capacity is diff
feTent. The volume of an American
or English head ISL cubic centimetres
1572-95, while that of Negro, born
in Africa, is only 137l-42, and the
place occupied in relation to carnal
capacity and cerebral weight cor
responds with the degree Of intellectu-
al capacity and civilization. The
weight of the white mans brain is
greater than that of the negro The
convolutions of the brain are differ
ent. The anterior and frontal lobes
of the white man show a far better
mental development. All these asser-
sertions are maintainable by high
German, French and English, as well
as American authority, but this is not
the place nor the hour for motaphysi-
cal or psychological discussion. Every
feature of the white man and negro
differs The nose is different. The
nostrils Of Caucasian form two near
ly rectangular triangles, the hypothe-
muses. of which are turned outwards,
whilst the septum of the nose forms a
perpendicular line common 10 the two
triangles. On taking similar view
Of the negro, the nostrils present only
transverse aperture, or the figure of
horizontal eight united in the mid
die by the nasal septum. The form
and size of the mouth, the shape of
thd lips and checks are very different
The apish chin of the negro differs
very essentially from that of the white
man. The facial angle of the distin.
guished writer, Camper, amounts in
the negro to 1915 deg.-it may sink
to Go, whilst in the Caucasian it is
rarely below so, and frequently
few degrees higher. The negro's
skull is thicker :han the white mans;
the cervical muscles more powerful
and hence the negro carries bis bur
den on his head, and, like a ram in
fight, uses his skull. The negro's
shoulder differs from the white mans.
The negro's hand is larger, his fingers
long and thin, palms fat, thumb balls
scarcely prominent. "All the charac-
ters Of his hand (says Carl Voght) de-
cjdcdly approach those of the Simian
hand The leg, the calves of the leg,
all differ from the white mans "The
femoral bones, as well as the fibula,
seem curved outwards, so that the
knees are more apart from each other
than in the white" The pelvis is or
ganically different. "The foot of the
negro" says Burmester, ais, in every
thing ugly, fiat, OF A projecting heel,
thick, flabby cushion in the inner
cavity, with wide, spreading toes
The middle part of the foot does not
touch the ground" Nought, the Ger
man Psychologist, calls it "the foot Of
the Gorilla. or, if you please, the pos
terror hand" | cite these facts TO show
that it is not the skin alone that parts
the white from the negro race, not
the dermis, or epidermis, or pigment
therein. ! could not respect myself
if / judged a race inferior to my own,
because of its color only, for color may
be but an incident, or accident of life.
We have brunettcs, as well as blondes,
and both among the most beautiful
of our race. The Egyptian is not
white, scarce is the Italian or the
Spaniard, in whose veins courses
Moorish blood. The negro is no more
of a colored man than Caucasians are
colored men. | never use the absurd
words, "colored men," The negro is
a negro, and only a negro, Of a type, a
race of men as different from ours as
the Hottentot, or the Bushman. God
has created us anatomically and physi-
olOgically different in almost all re-
spccts so far as we can Judge, never
intending US TO be equal or kindred
men, aud though of one blood, He has
determined the bounds of their habita-
tions,and never, assuredly determined,
that an inferior race from Africa should
govern, rs set forth in this Bill, here,
in America, a superior race Of men.
Amalgamation or Niiscegenation in Gov
ernmcnt-Coparlnors is Government
Destruction.
After entering so briefly and neces-
sarily so imperfectly upon the anat-
omical and physical distinctions, that
part us from the negro-a discussion,
which might be extended to any
length, i now ask the attention of the
House, in as few words as possible to
certain historical facts; for this expe.
riment Of negro equality is no novelty
in history. We are not the first
negrophilists who have trodden over
the old ground of amalgamation, and
miscegenation, and hence we have
nothing new TO offer i'm If. or 10 exDect