Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-13
DAILY DEMOCRAT


The London Spectator, n some specula
lions on the changes that may possibly oc-
cur il the next hsf century in consequences
Of new discoveries, regards emigration IS
one o. the things which s quite IS likely TO
be affected as AM other. Should . new
impetus be given to this, the consequ noes
to Europe would be very serious. The
writer says
- suppose IL true, as go many men OF
ma K IN science believe, That the next great
step may Re in sea going steamers, that in
transitional communication may be 4ccsle
rated, a. international communication has
Deer, iha: We may vet see New York
brought within two days journey Of Liv
srpool, the probability 10 that in ten years
every social condition Now existing 10 Eu-
rope would have ceased to exist; tina. the
miliior who toll fer others, and on whose
toll modern society 10 built, would choose to
toll for themselves, and wsuld precipitats
themselves in . rush to which eli the
movements Of mankind have been but tri-
AS upon the New World. Suppose the
populatoa of Bri,s'n and Germany reduced
to 5000, 600 sach--s change less in mag
nltuds than that which has occurred IN
many countries-snd those 10 .oOo, 900 only
retained by advantages - great ~ the New
World can offer VIA, would oil the changes
o. the rast half century be 20 thatt This
may happen, even without any application
o. Stephe sens great idea, the one idea he
never worked cut. that il eng nee-s, INSTEAD
Of trying to increase the power applicable
to driving ships, were to reduce tie friction
which retard sh ps, the world would speed
ly be one great parish. Thi. write, who
has seen many countries, and lived
that Of oil ths dangers to which
Europe and European society are exposed,
none is 90 formidable Is the passion for
smigrs. Ion. SCI ous'y doubts whether, If
education spreads in Europe, il vii. pos
sible to is;an its population coepsd up in
their ra,ro1 AID hal exhausted corner of
the world. We think. We Ensiish that We
know whs: emigi st;on IS; cu' sc knew
nothing tnout il; have no idea Of the
changes il would Involve if aided by the
whole 70 CO Of the masses tGen IL possess
sion OF the supreme political power. Sups
pose thoss fve-sixths Of Englishmen who
now q srx for othsrs. chooss 70 20 elsswh here
and work for themselves. 1'ne change he
tween " ats,loo AID Ssdowa would bs very
slight compared vito the change betwesa
1868 and 1918, ard there is not sensible
man in Englard who will declare that liter.
alton beyond the rescn Of thought. Why
should not en- grafton in England Aud Ger
MANY attain the height it has reached in
ireland, AID ,he masses insist in aiding it
through ths national fleets. The Irish
would il they had the power, and the Brit
ist hsvs this year tue power conferred on
them. We say nothing Of = discovery
which, j. it is ever made. will rsmould oil
human society. slowly ru' vsrizs aE differ
noes among nations, fusing the world into
one people. anI Immediately destroy eli
existing politiea. arrauge,nsnts-the dis
eovery o. a means Of maintaining and
gu:aa . raft ten feet o so in the AIR, for
we cannot ,esist totally unreasonable i'm
pr ssicn that 20 discovery VII roi be
maze, the. prog sss ell not, in our time,
make that astounding ,eao. Apart alto
ge,aer from iiat. there arc physical fsress
now At work strong enougi, to change the
whole face o. TIE void, b, shifting ito pop
ulation.