We will suppose that, at some unknown era of 

 the world, and, ".under circumstances with 

 " which we are not sufficiently acquainted," 

 these varieties began to take place, i. e. to use 

 more common language, these national distinc- 

 tions began to appear. Now, Sir, supposing 

 that climate, and food, and manners, had no- 

 thing to do with these distinctions, why is it 

 that the individuals of the same nation do not in 

 time as much differ from each other, as these 

 Mongolian or Caucasian varieties ? The same 

 circumstances, however odd and unaccountable 

 they may be, would, in the course of events, na- 

 turally occur again and again, and would pro- 

 duce similar effects. You hint, indeed^ that 

 such is the case between the English and the 

 Scotch, and that we are to account for the high 

 cheek bones of the latter on this very principle. 

 But I maintain that these principles, if carried 

 to their full extent, would destroy all national 

 peculiarities whatever ; since there would be an 

 endless variation of varieties in the same people, 

 and it is probable that some of these varieties 

 would be not less striking than those between 

 Negroes and Europeans. 



But, leaving these unintelligible speculations, 

 I would now proceed to offer some remarks on 

 the consequences which you deduce. Having 

 laid it down as an incontrovertible fact, that 

 these varieties exist, and that they arise from a 

 difference of the internal organization, you en- 

 deavour to establish the consequence, that there 



