New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-19
SHOULD DEAE.MUTES INTERNhhhI'

Is the continued IntcrnarridSo vi "'
IN the United States tending to esiaoi'>" -
dcof.mutc variety among our pop"ialo,i "'.o
e 81 ought it not to be disconntenancco' ~"
minated controversy, of especial interest," ~
tho students of heredity, has recent! oe'"
,,oed over this question between weH-kno"h
oxrcrts Max Muller, Professor Cope rro'
ro,sor Ncwcomb and Professor AleAaiuer
c,,bam Bell are among those who favor me
affirmative position, and their openly eAiic>''"
or;pions have aroused storm OF crl.,'''"
from tho advocates of the opposite view "' ::
r.trr,Ily enough, are to be found mann! !"
,ho ranks Of the afflicted persons themselves
prof.s.or ". G.. jenkins. an instructor j" '"'
| American ASYLUM at Hartford, has come ior-
r,,d ,s their champion. and replied with spirit
and ability 10 the arguments ahd"cf"' p"' NV
evidence. while it fails to prove 'hat '',e III
tcrnr,rriagc complained OF is dangerous - ~,
cicty. npcl, the belief that 1t may DC h'T"''
| injurious to the individual.
| The objection to Professor CopeS a>Ner''o'
that the "cvolution of deal m'lte variety J.
not more improbable than that bIinn SPe'"'
! 81 animals should arise" is sound. There can
no Of course no precise analogy between ire
blind fishes of the Mammoth Cave, whose con,
di,ons preclude the necessity OF sight anu
,o;ucs living in an environment from which
they arc differentiated only by abnormal VAR.
| alton. Tho same it. truo Of the criticism "i
Professor Brewers attempt to hX ue nu'h"''
e generations necessary to establish no"
variety. and of tho objection to Professor new
combs scheme of hereditary transmission 'ha'
| Il would require the marriage OF c0ngcnltais
v;,b cnnccnirals through successive genera
,ons and tho elimination OF those having '''''
n,.,c.,ion Of AL their faculties. IL u NAM
tanned. with Justice. that success IN the pro-
| rrcs Two development ot new species ]" "'"''
~ d,.. u,, warrant the belief that the at
| ,cmnt would hc equally successful IN n process
! If Gc,crora'Iun and If III" pcrp"fuh'loh ~ /"
deaf mute variety wcr" 7" depend on rigorous
| ..lo,tiuu among ihns" who's" hrrrd'tE ha'' :"
,c,dy became h\cL. with this d"lihcr't" pr
,,.. IN view. there would hc little ra'i'' l"i
! ,,,tm statistic, have always been forth
coming H. prov" that. III IN" new e'h''"'
nan ., lr,>, the Of spring of deal m,itc> are
-. FREQ f,,m lab,l,l, Ia the inhrrltanc" oi the
urcu,, defect, i, IL" offspring OF ra'"h',
sim,l.,l, afflicted ~ I" their other "r.ah'' ava
rho fable, used hy Cir. Jenkins I" show the
restriction N tho growth at IN" dear ih'''"
uop,,larlon in spite Of unfav"rah'" "r'"m'
| .,ancc. are interesting and encouraging.
| At the same time nothing ~ proved anu
uo,hiny can 10 proved against III" n''''ha'"
rcnrujuc,inn oi such defects III in'Iir" genera
,,us Tho nh>rnrc Of dciiniro knnwl"dg" ~
=, the trur .:t,i,, Of deafness IN all eases t"iidN
,,,u further tn hanlc tn" prrdlcaton OF h""di'N
and tho ar.un,rm ~ .tn tho demonstrated I'M
,r,holIl,,y If succession at Athlete" pro-
,.ri,ur, receives additional force from the
marital tendency under discussion. I'it "\
morris ~. agreed n, Ia III" universal disposition
f., recurrence after tn" lapse OF generations
The fact that there hav" been no deal m"'e'
anon. the offspring OF pupils OF ~" 'a'h'
institution and the Horace Brown Sch"'i VINO
have intclmarrci proves nothing ~ Ia ''''i'f
! or,,;.r and while the immediate results
NAV no, h- apprchcndcd as disastrous con
.idcraton for pp,tciity should therefore maxi
converts To the c"n>"rvativ" view