The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-04-03
AN EXPERT VIEW.
The Medical News, Of New York,
on the Race Issue
THE ENEaRov1EwED MEDICALLY

THE NEGRO VIEWED MEDICALLY
The News Says Unlcss All the
Facts Arc Weighed, tho
South May bo Done
Great Injustice.
The Medical News, a widely known
Journal published in New York city,
is aroused by the recent discussion
Of the race issue to comment upon
Negro Supremacy from u Medical
Standpoint. In an editorial upon
that subject insits issue Of February
2S the Medical News states that in
leading papers OF the North and
South baye appeared editorials of
great acumcn and power, but none
seem as yet to have dealt. except in Il
ISupcrlical manner, witt the race
problem as seen from &, biological,
chronological or medical standpoint,
The News continues:
One cannot intcllfgcntly answer
the question whether tho negro can
take Il place i'm the social and ccono-
mic progress Of the nation without
being in puSSeSsion of the main NOR
biological differences between the
Caucasian and the African, since
these arc the fundamental bases for
mental and moral discrepancies be-
tween the races
That tho negro. more nearly ap-
proaches in body to the quadrumana
or anthropold apes is shown 10y the
| following points: The arm is abnOr-
mally lOng-in the erect position it
often reaches the knee pans, and on
an avcrge exceeds that Of the Cauca-
sian by about two inches The facial
angle, which is granted by I'LL to have
a definite chronological bearing, even
If the function OF the frontal lobes is
still but little known, average 50 de-
grces in the Caucasian and 20 degrees
in the black. Coincidcntally with
tl,is is the fact that in brain weight
the white man exceeds the negro by
fully 10 ounces-almoSt as much as
he in turn exceeds the highest gorilla.
Another point of difference anatomi-
cally is seen in the lower extremity
this is not So we'll developed as the
white mans, the foot is broad and
flat, the great toe prehcnsile and
divergent, the heel often projecting
SO far backward as to merit the term
lark heel"
1t is needless to dwell longer on
the well known difference which cX-
lists, or to urge that they demonstrate
a distinct race Of mankind and show
conclusivcly in the negro an inferior
type. Among the fair-minded this
is automatic. !, Il, Is. =
+ Some years ago we were all alarmed
overethe yellow peEil." Now the
black peril confrontEtls.
The article quotes Hek. late Prof.
Ogden s. Rood, Of Colttsihia, rs ask
ing: How can there be any ques-
tion OF superiority or infcriorty be-
tween two peoples who develop men
tally are separa ted by Il chasm Of
10000 years." Eugene r.. Corsor, in
his contribution to the Wilder Quar-
ter Century Book, states that us a re-
suit OF Il most careful study of the
census, and dependent upon personal
observation in the city of Savannah,
he is confident that tuberculosis and
alcoholism are madin stultifying in
roads on the making negro, poor.
weakened product, that he is, Of mis-
cegcnation. -
Sir Spencer st. John says:of the in
habitants of IIayti:, after Il resi-
dencc of.over twenty years in this
island L Am forced to the conclusion
that the negro is incapable OF hold
ing an independent position. IIayti
shows no sign Of improvements the
other hand, it is constantly retrograd-
ing, md without external influence
the. inhabitants will soon fall into the
stage-uf the dwellerS OF the Congo"
The Medical News thu. continues it's
comments:
II it, Is true, as some have perhaps
we'll said, that the time is ripe for a
recognition OF. the negro, in substance
rather than in theory, earnest thought
should be given by Those who would
Literally interpret our laws, and they
should he well ycrSed in the opinions
OF such men Of science as we have
quoted. They must know and rccog-
nize that profound differences do exist
that one race is 10000 years behind
the other. They must know that
cthhologically, physiologically, anato.
mically, the negro and Caucasian
must always be widely different. III
the negro is advancing, which, thanks
to the noble efforts made at Tuskcgcc
and similar institutions, he surely is,
what, meantime, is the Cau casian do
ing? Adyancing? Yes, with his
plant brain case, capable Of permit
ting progressive .deyelopmcnt from
birth TO death, lie Is Numbering ahead
with il rush and a speed which no
alien race can hope to follow.
3 Unless. tlitse facts are weighed i'm
true balance bitter injustice may be
done the South. 1t is no doubt true,
as Carson assumes that the irrcvoc-
able law Of the survival Of the fit
test will wipe the negro away, but
this will take centuries. There i,
real ahd Immediate peril, as the Scna-
tor from North Carolina has well said.
Science, education, religion, philan-
thropy may well focus their bright
rays upon it,, and unless our leaders
follow where these trend the South
will surely suffer.
a sad Accidt mt.
At Cocoa, Fla, ut Charavari par
ty given Mr.. and Mrs. Lcddt II. an old
cannon used in the Serenadc burst.
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