Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19
civilization,

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70 write an essay, or An elaborate
editorial upon the subject of civilza-
ton, but simply to give one or TWO
1facc ideas that are not az we'll un- F,
ders,ood as thy ought to be. Many
persons think that to civilize a race
Of people. to raise them right up in
the scale Of morality, intelligence,
and retiue,Ne ut, YOU have nothing to
do but 70 remove the " artificial
weights. tina, press upon them, and
throH some advantages OF improve
men, in their way, and the work IL
done. VIII ( amis.aAc CIvirzarGn
is plant Of very slow growth so
slow that during a period OF 800"
years 40 perceptib.c progress haze been
made in that direction by very
large portion Of the human family
AS fer as We have been enabled 20
learn from history. they were ust SO
far advanced thousands OF years ago
as they axe 1t the present DAY
Tn. very FIRST step in the road 70
civilization IS TO learn how 10 work.
and this mus. be forced upon say
ages, ard this By something more
strinCen. than the persuasive 'io-
Gu.nce Of the missionary. The truth
is these we'll meaning and very PHI
lan,hropic gentlemen and ladies hsv.
| no, been verv successful III their 81
/ forts to change savsges int" c!v!liz,I
! people On the contrary they ha'"
made A descr, where they intended
a garden
| Take for instance ;he Sandwich
! Islands. which are said to have been
civilized and christiarized through
the efforts Of missionaries, and they
will be found TO constitute no cxcrp'
ton 10 the statement above M do
When Cook Uncovered these h"au,l'
ful islands the native population "as
estimated at about $50 900 in mum
Der. and they wer" found TO ," lnte!
l!Seut and very teachat!c. cry
soon the missIoua-iae 90: II among
them and commenced preaching 4
: them. Th.sr were soon followed ~
another set Of pioneers shat care
much !,.e abuu: the sons OF lie Ia
tives; their object being trade anl
tratic, and they generally carried
along with chem those articles ;ha
meet the rcad,eet sale whether they
. killed or cured. These trading nor
? soon found out tina. tie islander
like all other savagee, were fond Q
. strong drink, and hence, in e. very
/. brief space of time, the various ari'
; clps 0. this class constituted the prin
, chile article Of traffic with them
Very soon the 100000 healthy an
temperate savagcs were conTer'e'
into go many drunken sots, who mad
a nominal profession Of christianity
y but knew nothing Of the spirit an
life Q: our divine religion.
At present the number Of the ns
tive inhabitants on the island. wi
not exceed twenty ,houeand, an
these, though nom;raIly qrof"ssin
christianity, are nothing more than
Sc, of thrittleSs Migrants, that WI
s soon perish and fade from the oar;t
( Drunkenness and various forms {
n disease, introduced among them /.
= their missionary and trading frisnfs
2 are doing the work 0: death for ,he I
y very effec,ually, and it IS not likel
= tina, many years will elapse hrt'r
i the present miserable remnant vi
e entirely perish from the earth.
t And such always has been and a.
n WAYS will be the fate of an lnterio
people when brought in close contac
with a superior and highly civilize
- race.
Mr. W. II Erwin, State Tax Af
g SCISSOR for This Parish, is Eo~ prepare
to attend ia assessments He can b
G found at the Drug store Of Aessr
a Smith & Lewis
Tho steamer Judge Fletcher a,
8 rived here on Wednesday morning