The Negro A Beast In The Image Of GOD

78 h4AN, AND THE NEGRO.
into the scalp from the oblique to the ver tidal; that it
leng-thened and narrowed his cranium; that it thickened
his skull and discolored his brain; that it reduced
the number and increased the sijje of
the convolutions
of his brain, thus simplifying- and approximatingit
to that of the lower animals; that it leng-thened and
broadened his jaw;
that it extended his jaws forward
at the expense of the symmetr}^ of
the face, and backward
at the expense of the brain cavity; that it
thickened his lips,
sloped his front teeth, and flattened
his nose; that it shortened and thickened his neck;
that it rendered his "cla^vicle longer in proportion to
the humerus;" that it rendered his "radius perceptibly
longer in proportion to the humerus;" that it reduced
his muscular system; reduced his chest measurement;
that it reduced his lung- capacity; that it
wroug-ht
other radical chang-es in the viscera, vessels, etc.; that
it
leng-thened and narrowed his pelvis, and set it
more obliquely to the spinal column; that it rendered
his "tibia long-er as compared with the femur;" that
it reduced the size of his calves, and placed them at
a hig-her elevation on the leg-s; that it leng-thened and
broadened his heel,
and flattened his foot.
Having- consented to believe all this absurdity, in
order to accept the best explanation which the modern
clerg-y has offered us as to the orig-in of the neg-ro, we
should be excused for indulg-ing- the hope that our
credulity had been sufficienth^ taxed, and that no
further draft would be made upon it; but this fond