M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
Nature Opposing the Progress Of
Man. "a

Nature Opposing the PrOgressof
Man. "a
The following passage from Mr..
Buckle,s History Of Civilization ia
Idicates, in glowing colors Says the
Providence JournaD the obstacles
which the prodi gality Of nature may
oppose to the progress of man: ~
Brazil, which is nearly as large 40
the whole Of Europe, is covered with
a vegetation ofincredible proiusion.-
Indeed, so rank and luxuriant is the
growth, that nature seems to riot in
the very wahtonness Of power. A.
great part OF this country is filed with
dense and tangled forests, whose noble
trees, poisoning in unrivaled beauty,
and exquisite with a Thousand hues;
throw out theis produce in endless
prodigality. On their summit ara
perched birds of gorgeous plumage,
which nestle in their dark and lofty
ecesses. Below, their base and
trunks are crowded with brushwood,
creeping plants, innunerable para
sites, all swarming with life. There,
too, are myriads of insects of every
variety, reptiles OF strange and singu-
lar form; serpents and lizards, spotted
with deadly beauty; all of which find
means Of existence in this vast work.
shop and repository Of nature. And,
that nothing may be wanting in this
land of marvels, The forests are skirted
! by enormous meadows, which, reek-
ing with heat and moisture, supply
ted urisbment to countless herds OF
aoaih cattle, that browse and fatten on
nents aerbage; while thp adjoining
v ynn's, rich in another form OF life,
a. sav .e chosen abode OF the subtlest
n like most feroci0ns animals, which
' con. On each other, but which it might
want t seem no human power can
hon 70 extirpate. -
aonvb It amid this pomp and splendor
a RI. .pre no place is left for man.
Irnned seduced to insignifcance by the
ny with which he is surrounded.
,e. he forces that oppose him are SO
teetl, dable that he has never been
q here make head against them, never
same ,blc to rally against their accu-
Who .dpressure The whole of Bra:
before Notwithstanding its immense ap.
, man t advantages has always remain.
II, tbs entirely pncivilizcd; it's inhabi.
Less, wandering savages, incompetent
N his esist those obstacles which the
o. ono-I bounty of Nature had put in
way. In their country the ply.
lon causes are SO active, and 20
room work on scale Of such unriya,.j
y n,ude, that it has hitherto been
- I'd impossible to escape from the
It's Of their united action. The
.ge ac'reSs Of agriculture Is stopped b.
IN twoAssable forests, and the harvests
t Lie destroyed by innumerable insects.
e'ihe mountains are too hish to scale,
THE rivers too wide to bridge; every
S thing is contrived to repress the hd.
man mind, and keep back its rising
ambition. 1t is thus that the energies
] Of Nature have hampered the spiritof
! man. And the mind, cowed by the
a unequal struggle, has not only been
. unable to advance, but without foreign
! aid it would undoubtedly have rece-
ded, Brazil, the country where, of
, all others, physical resources are most
powerful, where both vegetables aud
animals are most abundant, where
the soil is watered by the nobest riv-
ers, and the coast studded by the finest
harbors- this immense territory,
which is more than twelve times the
size Of France, contains a population
nos exceeding six millions of people.
Professor Anstead adds to this his tes.
timony to the effect that the native
Indians seem irredeemable and sunk
in the most wretched barbarism; and
that there appears no prospect what
ever OF any Improvement in the dis.
trict, since man can find no spot on
which 10 commence his operations"
my son, haven't told you three
times to 80 aud shut that gatel" said
& father to four years ol6. t0.s'
"Yes, and haven't told you three
times" said Young America, ''that +
wouldn't do it' You must be stu
pid." l -, II.
The Clergy live by our sins, the
doctors by our diseases, and the lay.
yerS by our.follies. What do printers
live on--echo answers-,0hat5 ..7i|
STARERs are in the habit Of taking
an uncivil.eyes ed view Of things Z
IT
NOTWITHSTANDING the little noise