The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-11-04
JACKSON c. H. oH1o THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1875

in individuals, or in families, or i
| branches or divisions These difference
are mostly accounted for upon scientif
principles. 1t is said to be shown by &C
entific analysis, that the blood of ever
variety of the human race is of the sam
constituents, identical in all respects a
to quality and quantity, having no per
ceptible difference in any particular what
ever. either in color or otherwise, will
the possible exception of a slight differ
ence in odor, that may, under some cir
cumstances, be detected by an expert
suppose, that men of the same blood are
not related, that they are not the sub
jects of common consanguinity? We
are forced to admit resemblances as well
| as differences, and if resemblances prove
anything they serve to establish our the
0ry since they far outweigh the differ
ences, for the resemblances are in essen
tials, and the differences, in non-essen-
on resemblances.
To the different degrees of relationship
of the human race even by birth or blood,
nature has set no bounds She has in
terposed no barrier between individuals,
of different families, or branches, or di-
visions of the race, that they have not
surmounted. Every variety of the hu-
man race is capable of entering into the
marriage relation with every other varie-
ty, and this is not only possible, but it is
actually done, and this very affinity is
but another name for consanguinity, and
an evidence of its existence. We are
not limited or restricted to the possibiii-
ty or probability of such consanguinity
it is a matter of fact, thing accomplish
ed.
Again. this relationship of birth and
blood, may be fairly presumed from other
relations that are known to exist. One
relation begets another. Wherever sla-
very exists, the relation of blood and
birth between the master and slave, is
hardly less common than the social rela-
ton that makes the latter, the servant of
they are not in her order; they have no
power of reproduction they cannot per-
petuate their species, or mingle with any
others. Had we ever formed separate
races of men, we should have found them
incapable of mingling; the very fact that
men do so mingle, proves them to be of
the same race. Nature is elastic and
and men are moulded to cireum-
stances. Wherever man goes, he con-
forms to circumstances, and adapts him
self to his surroundings. There is no
monotony in nature. Variety is the
rule, and perhaps it is nowhere more
displayed and illustrated, than
in the different individuals of our race.
Equality in anything, save in consan-
guinity, and in those inalienable rights
which all mel receive in common from
the Creator, is not to be found, and need
never be expected Every man has a
marked individuality, and fills place in
the world which no other man can fill
for him. Nor is our theory of the one
ness or unity of the race, at all weakened |
rom the fact that nations as well as in
iiViduals, differ in many respects. Nei- |
5her difference nor diversity disproves
the idea of consang guinity Difference in |
climate, culture, civilization, custom or
habit, does not necessarily imply differ
ence in blood, or birth, or race, though |
t may be potent factor in producing
aboJ in Il
n mans physical nature, in modifying |
lis stature, his temperament, in short
his whole being, and not less physically
han psychologically. Nature is ever re-
oeating the same story, and men have no
better physical developments, or any bet
,er natural endowments mentally or
than they had before the flood
From the humblest walks of life, come
,he men that shake nations with their
read. Nations have emerged from a
eued civilization, and others from the
highest state of culture and refinement
lave lapsed to that of barb&rism
Man is a traveller; his means of loco
notion are many and rapid. He has in
some respects almost annihilated the
dea of space; he is on the wing, seeking
lew scenes, new homes, and new rela-
ions. The bold adventurous Briton has
studded every ocean with the sails of his
white winged ships China is migrating
20 our western shores. Ireland, Germa-
~, and other nations are coming to US
20 blend their blood with ours in q com
non nationality, having sin its veins and
arteries, the mingled blood of nearly
Every variety of the human race. The
Negro was brought here in chains To
say, as some do, that he is the descend
mt of Ham, is no refutation OF his man
lood, for Ham was the brother of Shem
md Japheth, and Noah was the father
ii them all. The jew has left Jerusa-
EN-, and gone to every part of the globe,
md it is said that in every division of
,he human race, may be found these di-
'ect descendants of Abraham, some as
black as Negroes, oti ers of Caucasian
lue, yet all bearing in features and
the indelible stamp of their
great ancestor, beng so distinctly mark
I'd, that their paternity is palpably and
lnmistakably evident to every observer
they carry their badge of birth and ma
from age to age, and neither
ime, climate, the marriage relation, nor
my other agency has ever obliterated
heir facial peculiarities, or assimilated
hem TO those of other men, They are