New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-23
Pref Draper Lectures ." the hi''srtcH'
Innuenee OF NataraI Causess

The second lecture of DR.. Diapers cOuree,
delivered on Thursday last, was on Emigration" In
considering said the lecturer the effect OF Emigration
We must bear in mind the statement OF Machiayelh
that In every society there necessarily thee orders
ofmena superior order who understand things through
their own unassisted mental powers; an intermediate
order WHO understand things when they are explained
to them. and lower order who do not understand ~
all OF the first it may he added that they are limited
In number but dominant In intelligence; OF the second
that In modern countries having free Journalism, they
il under its influence tho Of this grade adopting
the opinions Of his accustomed newspaper, and IN
consciously retailing them rs his own OF the third
which is by far the most numerous, its members pass
through life In intellectual nonotonous sumber'
They think In moRosy lables.
Now the political effect OF emigration depends on
this condition From which OF those three orders mas
the emigrating mass issuodf II the drain has been
from The third the prcjndcial effect will not amount 10
much for the decentralization Of that class IS capable oil
quick repair On other hand, shond the number 81
the highest class have been seriously DIMINISHED by the
emigration the result is far more important ahar.
loss the direct Influence Of these men Is nconsder
able thing for they control public thought and society
has means u reel utg at i's pleasure their woseu
ranks.
The lecturer then proceeded 10 show from
Spanish history how In the case 81 that country thee
principles confirmed. In consequence OF tue 9is,
covcry Of America and the consequent passion Tor eo
and adventure drain made on oil three classes OF
the population We have only to look NJ the prerehl
state OF spain. Where IL all that enterprise. tha'
energy that intelligence that made her the Leading ma
ton Of Europe Lost in the wilds OF America swamPrn
In Indian blood Has size found II possible 10 recruit
the intellectual arstocraey sic LOST Inc eIIisfap m
Of her bee, ana brayest wrought her rreparaDc rum
4 he Mexican and Peruvian have Lad tLer revenge
There lies the detcrorated country utterly past cure
In Europe there IS another Ia'iph Nhlch, rom our
present point Of view Likewise claims our attention.
The English have peopled by emigration within three
ntnres very large portions Of tho earth. The drslh
that population has been for The most part ron 'no
second and third Glasses the first having been ihP
Gated IN IL only 10 on insignifcant extent, ana We
the result tor the Intrinsic strength OF that nation NAE
beyond quest nom ibeso emgraiiohs, slef'u ."
decline.
these principles are illustrated In striking msnner
by The history OF the Romans. From central nucleus
in Italy they spread all round the Mediterranean ga
Greek, Asiatc, Egyptian splHldTo u1Ii were 81 va
Qpered and coutamina'ed By them, and contaminated
them IN IetGrn But hat the blood Of Italy trans
fused into s ills foreign blood and what IN me hauio
tho thing must become OF the Roman-f lhei were
literally dissolved and lost IN the couiermnous racer
Applying these facts to the case Of America u vas
remarked That the Atlantic Stses have tie seat rom
which has issued that emigration destined 10 tne
rest Tie countries thls settled bear resemblance
social aud political 90 those from Which the emigration
has been derived fact pointing ~ The conclusion tAat
the abstraction made non tie Atlantic Saes has psen
In proportional manner from iheT three social grades
Tie effect Of this has been 10 keep those Siees IN 10
tarded condition respects the intellectual develop
men; they would otherwise have made Society rcigin
ing to them ts interior primitive balance las lost tAc
ADVANTAGE TIA, wond have been derived lad the fed Of
action been limited the population more dense The
mental competition more violent
Tho emierating mass has also been placed under et
traordnnry conditions. Popping an uninhnhiied ~
sion il has suffered no dctor0ruOn from blood adm1
iu,e with foreign tribes. Tie change that =. being
Impressed ulon 10 Is altogether The eject Of climate.
Physically Il hastous - como into correspondence win
The new circumstance ard j. ever moving IN an ns
oending course. But shoud emigration take place 70
the South the condi'0ns 81 tho prob are essentially
alt FIR II
experience We have hitherto bad will BE- altogether IN
applicable