The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-13

tel the difference. and the wife Of mlllonail
. might wear imitation stones without any dang
) IT the sham ever being dir covered, whereas IL
less wealthy Ener u genuine. diamonds and rubi'
! might possibly be Inspected Of practieinS an in
position by adornining her person with tho cost
gems Just a foo ish person, who harper :
siv clever thing. viii be accused Of plagiarism
I while the achnowlcd 5ed wit i credited with
great many good things he never uttered.
ALBERT FABRE.
is THE AMERI AN RAJ f DYING OUT
| The dete orntion Of the American race
frequently aiiudeG to as an established fact
ana its ultimate EXTINCTION assumed a. =. oh
ability. 1t It were true that the race las de
teri"rt'ed. the assumption of It. destruction
.r absorption. by th. more vigorous progen
of foreigner. would no: b.. a very violent one
By the American rae. it may be taken TO
granted is meant the de. end INT. of colonst
who were settled in this country before til,
| Revolution. To obtain statistical information
u. to the number OF PERSONS wholly or in par
! descendants OF the coionists now residing il
| th, Northern and Western States w"ud be \
task tnl OF labor and difficulty. tor The
majority know title of their anc.str.
| beyond their grandparents. and the
lnternarra3e OF tho Immigrant and
| the d-sc'n dant OF the colonistS has been roino
on pnn.,irnptedly IN thos. section. for a
| century But IL the South il is different,
Tuere 'h. natural rte Of increase has be. II
ry iill. int.Itered with or accelerated by
immigration. and there has been II" cocsid-
eiabie Infusion .; new or foreign blood. This
rate OF increase is at present about the same
tn It 1t IN, been tor many decades past. and
us great as it is ever found in those countries
wh,re it is highest. The South has received
very little immigration since the revolution.
considerable acc 4ssion of terlit, nv was
made by the acquisition of Florida and Lonisi-
ana. involving the acquisition and partial as
slnIilation OF a creole population that is to
say, people Of French and Spanish origin
The accession was not large in numbers. and
with that exception, the Southern people Of
to d,' are the descendants of the Southerners
IT l776. generally pure and unmixed.
WI" were these men Of the South in 1876
The seacoast was settled originally by English
advrntGrers, mostly Of cav .lier and mere tntile
families and their dependents, and by French
Huguenot with few German and Swedish
Professionals. The mountain slopes were oc-
cupied by later deposit of Scots and Scoto-
Irish from the north of Ireland The common
names OF the Southern people bear to timony
TO this origin, and assure their ethnic affini-
ties. There was no salient antagonism in the
loyal ProteStanism Of the English and the
strcter tenets OF the followers Of Knox and
: alvin. The lowIand Scotchman and the
Huyuenot from the north and e st of France
partooA largely OF Teutonic blood, which, it
Is needless to say, was predominant
in the Engishman. These elements
readily assimllated and formed a lomoge
neous concrete, which is to-day the people of
the South. Many OF the families or the ear
ier settlers have become very numerous, and
Iptnrmarrl ,Cra tufa
lections. Honce the feeling OF clanship no.
iceable among Southerners, the pride of
'aSte, and their attachment to their native 4
,ol. ..-1..a
The Chew family is example in point.
The desce ndants of Iohn Chew an English
merchant and emigrant. who built the first
rouse worthy to be called at jamestown. a
act officially attested in the colonial records
ut Il chmond, are numbered at this
lay by thous .nds
Among them have been two Presidents of
he Z nited States, the wife ofsCharles Carroll
t Carollton, and several are at this time
tiled members Of the English aristocracy.
The same vitality and tecu atty have been
hown, ard are in evidence in numerous well
nown Southern families Of historic fame and
Ugh social position. From this stock came
10 officers aud many of the men composing
ne legons Of Lee and Stonewtll jackson. and
lis rn2" IN the near past gave statesmen and
lator5 TO- the councils Of the nation second to
one ~ the world IL intellectual cabre and
ervQus torce. Such facts disproye the asstr- |
on that the American, stock, in the South at {
asst, has lost any portion Of its vitality. or {
nat the poWe. Of repro !nction is dilnini She'd. :
IT. rs asserted. the New England race is y
yipg ont, Il, would be indicated by Il sensible !
iminu ion IN the rate Of increase If may be +
,counted for by the opor ton of natural t
fuses, sufficiently apparent IA their working
1t Is well known dat the physical, intelec |
,al and reproductive forces rest upon the l
me ba,is OF vitality. II one class of these c
rces is nnduly developed or exercised il :
rst be at the expense Of the others An ]
hlete is obliged to abstain, during his pre-
iration for All arduous contest, from mental II
Dor, and the students consumption of the
idnight oil is attested by his wan cheek and d
runken limbs. The men who have illus Y
ated the worlds progress by great achieve y
ents in the field OF science, statenan ship or S
erature. have seldom left progeny worthy {
cir fame. o
Now, the New England people are the most
dustrlally active and mentally alert i'll the o
,rld. They are burned up with the desire a
know all, possess all and do all in the v
ortost possible time. They live too fast h
~ lile pace 'ilil Kills. GaLu III tDtSe DAYS y
power, and ambition takes the direction a
at secures wealth. The feverish desire OF s
w England men to enrich themselves, and u
New England women TO lead lives of fash
nable luxury and frivolous dissipation, is il
eaking down and wearing away the stamina fl
race originally one OF the sturdiest and L
,st highly yitahzed. Is
1t is not likely that such a race will become i
tinct, OF its traces, physical or mental, be $
holly obliterated, but it may become alb 6
rbed and its individuality and strongly de- Ii
ed characteristics obscured, so as to be no "
lger salient features in the national physi- b
nomy. le
The primitive habits and simpler tastes of II
g Southrons are conditions more favorable 6
the conservation of the vital forces and re- g
oductive energies. They live more in the =
Id and forest and less in the narrow lanes \
4 crowded streets of large cities. and like Il
'uglas like better to hear the Lark sing than
g mouse squeak. Their food is plain, their Ii
,or agricultural, and their sports MOVED in OF
e true hold spirit ofold England, without &c
lch thought OF appearances or what Mrs. W
andy will say. And Will, the white people OF
the South number six or seven millions of pi
ople to-day. it must be conceded that if to