The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-05-21
SOUTH AFRICA,
It's Grens Fertility and Varied Resources-
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Its Grena Fertility and Varied ResDurces-i
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FROM tho chfsago Tribune.
One of the lands opened 10 settlement /
on q large scale ID South Africa Al
though e was colonized by the Dutch
81 1862 and held by them until 1856 |
ygfllsi, fl3e Enxlish soixed il, il is only re-
fscenFIv NIL 4hat ia almost bonndless capa-
fiI;ties for the snpport of human life
have been even suspected. In 167z the
aeTni. civilized country, exclusive OF Ma
| tal. covered about 200, 600 square miles,
/ re nonuIafion $50. coo, 40, 600 of whom
v.ers, blacks. Natal, which was set on
] from tl1e rest Of the settlement in 1865,
contains 20, 900 square miles and Rqp
ulation of IL, 900 white and 3OOsOO0
/ blacks. There has lately been some
1 frOuble between the handful Of whites
and the nass of eeni-sublectss and Mr.
| Froiids, the eminent historian. was sent
1 Nv the British Government to 11tyesti-
/ gate matters and things IN general In
| fhssf. region. He returned short time
i since. The London Times OF the 22d nit
i contains an account of q complimentary
dinner given MIR. Foude Two days previ-
ously, at which he gave an interesting
i sketch of the possible future of South
I Africa.
He said he believed that !" both for
i climate and natural capabilities, the
fcouritry was unmatched in any other
q part 81 the world. It contains en-
. ormous mineral wealth. The diamond
: fields. unlike those of Arizona, are nat
ural, not artificial, and rich. There are
II vast deposits of iron, OF coal. and OF
copper, and 9 immense gold fields,
8 which bid fair to rival those Of Califor-
5 MIA and Australia. y The soil, he de-
ol clares, is amazingly fertile. The sur
t tsveyor- general of Natal, q very careful
ell observer, calculates that the rough,
i wild grasses which are burnt over and
: wasted every year would support cattle
q which would serve as food for 10 s000,-
900 people. Natal alone, if decently
i cultivated. could probably support
il growth of the country is due to the
: 4 presence of two races on its soil Civ
c ilized white and savage black cannot
a agree. The natives work only long
ei enough to buy wife, and then live by
= the labor of these feminine slaves
T. Any surples profit is invested in fresl
< stock of wives. The small cost O
10 living causes an enormous increase II
- the population. The masses of black
l. are warlike and bloodthirsty. The,
% have guns and ammunition, and theI
T. fighting men are drilled IN some case
no by renegade Europeans. The constan
is danger of bloody warfare checks immi
lg grafton and the development OF tn
IN country.
I'd There can be no doubt, however, tina
d. millions on millions of whites viii, som
lg time in the future. occupy South Africa
esd Fhe more tractable blacks will be use,
le as laborers, servants, etc. The wilde
g. tribes will be- driven back towards til
ae equator. The process will be slow, fo
~ the white vanguard win press against
id mass of blacks which, like an elastic
3n will resist more strongly the more
ne Yields. Still until this residence be
w comes too great. and until the north
~ ward movement reaches a geographical
NJ point where the heat is too intense fo
sn the white man to live, the blacks vii
ly have to yield. There is great fiel
~ for colonization there. When q line {
co traoing-posts unites the Egyptian an
0y the English frontiers, the elave-trade o
a. the eastern shore of Africa viii be suI
e- pressed, and probably not till then.
e. is strange that this new world has jul
ut been opened up to civilization, when il
n outskirts have been held by EuropeaI
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