Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-22

Nor is hi. position in and weight III PuDi'
aft airs. in literature and in the mechanic 'rls
of he c,untry OF which his ancestors were
the first occupants, of i character that dem
orsfrste adaptabIlity to the life oil a success
fuI coIonist at once adapting himself 10 ne"
conditions, and al the me time, by STEADY
tenacitv of purpose, moldins those conol-
tions VIII re possible and desirable to MS own
will. In outlying stations, such as La
Pointe 10 Lake Superior, aud the village OIL
St. Bernard, opposite WINNIPEG, in Mani
toha for instance, the traveller finds him still
the Frenchman with The habits and preIu-
dicss his ancestors brought with them;
there is want of Elasticity and
power of adsptabiliiy to circumstances
that prevents progress, enterprise, Doio
pushing for success and go-aheadiveness
such as the Anglo-Saxon manIfests IN 80
striking degree. Turning now to the more
rscent efforts of the French as colonists, do
we find them developing, under the Impulses
of modern progress, any more striking pow
ers of colonization energy and dash than the
descendants OF the old emigrsnts from
France have displayed? The only colony
France possesses OF great importance is that
of Algeria, which together with the neigh
boring territory of Tunis, lately seized in a
manner 80 inscriptions, has extent enough
for vast immigration, and IT is but step
along the Mediterranean from the port OF
Marseilles. Yet since 1873 the emigration
has been declining, in 1880 amounting to
only 1900 persons. What is most striking as
showing the unmigratory tendency OF
the French, putting aside 10000
soldiers and 100000 civil employees,
Including families and servants, there
are but 10000 free-born French set
tiers. while there are 1000 Spsniards, 26,-
800 Italians, 1900 English, $500 German,
and 1900 miscellaneous, so that Algeria Is
French colony formed mainly of foreign
emigrants The iDjudicious manner in
which Algeria is governed by military au-
thority, although the citizens send represent
atIves 10 the Chamber in Paris, is another
proof that the French are as unfit in manag-
ing a colony as they are slow in peopliDg 1t.
Grants of land are made literally and taxes
are light, but settlers do not find their inter-
ests well provided for or their grievances
readily redressed. Public works are needed,
but not supplied; a narrow-gauge railway,
required for the inland agricultural settle
ments, has been promised, and even begun,
bu. no progress is made. The fact is, Frsnce
has Jealous fear that il the colony became
great and prosperous it would claim indie
pendence. The English have no fears on
that subject with respect TO Canada and Aus
tralis, which shows the different genius of
the Two nations planters OF colonies.
New Caledonia is also another French colo
NAL failure. There Is opportunity and ter
ritory for rich and successful colony, but
the deportiug of condemned criminals there
has injured its prospects, and when 10000
political prisoners were sent there after the
atrocities Of the commune, many OF the pris-
oners being educated men, the bulk of them
remained in idleness subsisting upon the
government rations; aud, worse than that,
they bsntered and prosecuted those who were
wise enough TO set themselves down to labor
that they might make the best OF the situa-
ton. Asst, for instance, man of note
among them, started foundry, and so much
were his efforts opposed that he had 10 ap-
ply for military protection. The colonizing
of New Caledonia is principally, at this
time, by ticket-of-leave convic:s, who, when
last heard of, were boyeottiug the Marist
missionaries who had come humanely among
them. We see, therefore, that French
talent, which is great, no more runs in the
line of colonizIug to-day than it did
in the old Canada times. The French
themselves say that the British have
a genius for colonizing, but they themselves
are deficient in that kind of ability. Taking
this acknowledgment and the facts upon
which ii is based, why, we ask, are the French
so greedy of acquiring new territory. If it
is for the purpose of exploiting the nativep,
as the English do those OF India, then we say
they are engaging in enterprises inconsistent
with the principles and true policy OF
republic.