The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-28
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!. rs,pn.y DECEMBER %, 1s5.
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have recently more than ever engaged ''ie ~
tentiou OF the Swans. RrsE1S, as,a hUALEf'
ard DARWIN, and B.cEHor, aud FISK, nave
,n different ways examined tho Interesting
subject, and all have shed light upon IT,
Lord MAcAULAY, before them, offered some
striking suggestions on tie absorbing tneme.
urY,ry and DARWIN, and perhaps others,
carried their IDEAS Of the triumph OF the
Gt,est" aud development by evolution " 10
an ex,rayagant degree. That animal life has
heen fundamentally changcd-that any new
animal has been produced by the gradua'
change and advance of one or more others
tbronpb evolution-is an absurd proposition.
Rut that the fittcst for life, or the superior
races, have preyed upon, suhordlnated, or
extipguished other races, Is proposition NOT
: deuiable or questionable.
Everywhere in the world is behcld the
proof. OF the triumph Of the superior. Mr..
R.csuor, in his recent work, points TO Aus
trail, for illustration. There the Englishman
triumphs over the Australian; he Kills him
II he desires 20 do so, or he takes his pro-
nertv. his cattle, or his lands, or ..ali, rs he
chooses. So it is everywhere. The civilized
white race triumphs over the barbarian. The
latter may do some things better than the
former-he may handle some barbarian
weapon of war more skiliully than the for
mer-he may do many things with more
cunning and agility than the iormer-but
when The civilized man enters the field with
his machinery, his means Of warfare, and his
ort and courage, in conflict with the barba.
Ran. the latter is inevitably defeated. and
either killed or reduced to yassalage to bis
superior.
And so It is very evident that the superior
race vii go on triumphing over heinieror.
Wherever there are inducements-such rs
fertile soils, agreeable climates, mineral
richcs-to be found there will the superior
human being 80, and disposscss and root out
the inferior.
The most striking points OF difference be-
tween the superior and the inferior arc:
lst. The civilized aud superior man seeks
bis comfort He not only eudeayors to pro.
vide for the present. but he looks ahead and
prepares for the yicissitudes Of uge and un-
ioreseen events. lie taxes his ingenuity and
industriousy excrts himself in carrying out
this object. Heinvents machinery, improves
oil the processes of domestic economy, and
shortens time and distance by economy i'll
both with persistent studiousness.
I'd. The barbarian lives for the present.
He provides not for tomorrow. He invcntS
nothing. He studies nothing. His imple-
ments for domestic uses are few and rude.
His chief occupation is war, and his weapons
are only clubs and spears, aud low and
arrow, and poisons, save where trader sup
plies him with gun. Though be lives in
war, he is unacquaiuted with the art of war.
He lives in hostility with al ncjs;hboriDg
tribes. Barbarism docs no. allow these TO
be large. for the absence OF roads restrict
commerce and intercourse. Mutual HOSTILE
es and active warfare constantly diluiii-
fsh numbers and prevent the increase of
power. In short, the present is everything
with the barbarian. The glare and gilt
Ter of display-the sensation Of tic hour-
the rod hat or coat and the epauette
aud feather-tho biz notes.-the parade
and the trolic-arc all-absorbing, and steep
the barbarian mind III uttor oblivion OF all
else. 1t is impossible that community
living in this way can accumulate either
means OF comfort, or defence, or power.
Therefore it is impossible for the barbarian
race to stand up against the civilized race,
which shows by its ii!e--its thougbtfulncss
and providence, its accumulation OF the
means of national power and national de-
fence and oleuce-its superiority.
The question or triumph is similarly de-
eided when tue issue is between the civilized
white, race has triumphcd everywhere over
the inferior races-t. c., in all cases where the
obstacles opposed by nature were not insul:
mountablc. And the conquest by the White
race will be extended just as the necessitie:
of the race for means of subsistence require
expansion. The Turk has, indeed, invaded
Europe, but his hold upon European soil i:
very feeble, and the time is not distant wher
he will be driven across the Bosphorous anC
confined to the countries peculiarly adapted
TO his life and condition, and which are no
suited to the European. But while the Turl
has gotten this little footing in Europe, what
have the European nations done? Russia
has seized Asiatic Tartary, England Ia:
taken India and Australia, and Nortl
America has been settled by the white man
and now no barbarous race lives between the
possessions of the white man i'll America ant
ia Asia.
The superior man may become the exclu
sive possessor of MI desirable parts Of the
earth, while tho inferior takes refuge in
mountains and deserts, and maintains a pre-
carious existence. Certainly the present con
dition of the conflict justifes this conclusion
Yet thercare other conditions indispensable
TO the triumph Of the superior race. 1t mus
be homogeneous. Its motives must be de
cided and its sympathies thorough. Itmus
be compacted in force, united in purpose
oongenial in blood and race, and harmonou
in action. With these conditions it is caImbl
Of the highest achievements aud maintain
ing the best and most orderly government
The subject Is one peculiarly suited to til
study Of the people Of the United State:
1t is question for us, how far the force an
comfort of the society Of the superior rae
are to be impaired by the introduction int
its bosom Of large proportion of inferior ar
dsSimilar people. Win the mixture be fayo