The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-06

feeling, which will be inspired by. their local
is doubtless IN pursuance OF the
design OF the Author OF nature. During the
long geological cycles while the earth was being
prepared for the hLbitation of the superior ant
mails, 1t was tenanted by fauna which gradually
became extinct at the opening OF new epoch.
just in the same way, while Navigation, us
coveIy, and the arts necessary to rapid colontza-
ton were beng perfected, the greater part OF
the earth's surface has been given up to interior
tribes, which must recede and disappear before
Che advance of civilization. In one or two cen
turtles the last Ielos the aboriginal tribes will
have vanished from this continent which will
be peopled with inhabitants from various Euro
pean stocks. ,.Uf rn .rf- 6ts r
The human race is so prolific the prooreative
instinct has SO much energy, that the best stocks
should they multiply without check, would over.
run the world aud outstrIp its capacity to sup
port its inhabitants. 1t is better, now that the
world is tpening tor II, that the earth should be
tenanted by the superior and progressive races
Whether this be true or false philosophy, the
people OF the Rocky Mountain States are pretty
certain to act upon 1t; and they will accordingly,
as a community. have no sympathy with the
mawkish philanthropy which exalts the interests
of the Southern negroes into equal competition
with those of the white race.
The people of the Mountain States, from the
immense distances they must traverse to get
there, from the enlargement OF ideas and imagi-
nation incident to the habit of looking out upon
the two great oceans in following the channels
through which their productions will find a
market, and from the vide areas from which
their original population is gathered, will be
exempt from the illiberal narrowness which
gave birth TO the late terrible contest. That
contest was The elimination of a long conflict
between Massachusetts and South Carolina ide u.s.
Each of those States is inhabited by white
population which is almost homogeneous. In
Massachusetts, the sameness of race and
general equality of conditions tostered
The doctrine of perfect human equality; while
in South Carolina the presence of an In-
feror race led the people to regard this doc
trne as absurd; and in both States a
population living tor nearly two centu-
ries on the same confined patch of
territory, majority of whom had never been q
hundred miles from home naturally measured
Che world by their own petty standard. The
people of the mountain States will naturally
hold all such narrowness in contempt. They
Will have the enlargement OF view and liberallty
OF sentiment which betit the people OF q vast and
magnificent country, whose diversity of soil,
climate, productions, and local circumstances
create corresponding diversity of interests,
which no one Government is competent to care
for in detail; and yet have great general interest;
requiring central regulation. Their mining in
terests, for example, require set regulations tc
which II would be absurd to apply the genera
principles relating to real estate in older commu
mites; and those people will be quick to appCe
| ciate the advantages of local control over loca
| affairs, while ttting due value on the common
| protection afforded by the common Government
| We therefore conclude tbat the growing Western
influence in our politics will be salutary anC
| bene6cent.