Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1885-05-05
Cincinnati Enquirer.l


The Spanish blood in the countries TO
the south of us shows all the changes the
English blood will show under strange coali.
tons Tho English blood has mixed with
but two Their races; the Americans have
greatly ilixed with the negroes, and the
British hive somewhat mixed with the Hin.
docs or the general inhabitlnts Of India.
You see the same results in these two mix
lures; the American negro will take a hand
in any future wars OF this country, and the
British Hindoo is showing an embarrassing
1sal just now TO do all the fighting for the
British. The Americans have never mixed
much with the Indian squaws; the
half-breeds of Indian blood in our
country were mainly made by the
Scotch Of the southern states among the
ChcrOl1ees and one or two other nations
Hence you find in the northwestern part Of
British America that there are two distinct
types Of Indian half-breeds Of whom Riel
is an illustration, AMI the Scotch half.
breed. 1t seems that the Scotch and French
half-breeds at this time rather fraternize
There is nothing wonderful in this Scot
land had long political connection with
the, French. Before Scotland, under the
great Individuality of John Knox, allied her.
elf politically with England, the Scottish
throne was occupied by French half-breeds,
of whom Mary Queen Of Scots was the most
celebrated.
You will observe that the belligerent
families among the Cherokees nearly all
have Scotch names, like Ross, or Ridge, OF
Macintosh. or McGilvray. Old John Knox
himself derived his political education from
the French, just as Mary Queen Of Scots,
whom be betrayed to the English, derived
Hanr int 81 hap of rfc haV
French mother and husband.
The Spanish countries have shown very
different degrees Of liberality, according to
the element with which the Spanish blood
fraternized. In Mexico the Spanish race is
mixed with Aztec or Indian. In Central
America it is mixed with Indian, also, but
with very frequent exceptions In northern
South America the Spanish type often
exists clear and there it is seldom tran
Gull Brazil is but little Spanish, and
chiefly Portuguese. In Paraguay the In
dian element in the ruling class is almos'
paramount. In the Argentine country and
in Uruguay there is an admixture of Italian
and of ADglo-Saxon. After all. the nature
OF the country itself very much affects the
race In the Argentine country is gooc
land, adapted for grazing and for pastora
life, and hence the people are tranquil
They had their guerrillas, as the Texans
with a similar country had. The Chilians
have kept their race somewhat clear, and
they adjoin the Argentine country and it.
great possibilities, and have but little deseri
land at hand. When you 60 north to Bo
livia and Peru you have an arid and wilc
country close at hand, whose cowboys anc
ex-slaves affect the race.
The United States is tranquil Topographic
cally; as where the land is good and nature
docs not shake up the country much, the so
ciety is better than could have been ex
pected from its componentS. When yoI
strike rough and jagged mountain countries
like mountain Kentucky and Tennessee, anc
tho broken parts Of Missouri you have
people differing, yet alike, as upon the slope,
of the Pyrenees. where the Pasques defy al
civilizations On the other band, stronl
channels Of emigration pourei through 6
people for years, as through the Swiss, OF
even through the MormOns, will turn then
into a race Of inn-keepers.
In cur country the changes o.
thought and opinion are won
derful considering our youth. w
are in danger Of losing our entire interest il
everything outside Of our own country, anc
having no foreign policy whatever, and per
hapJ in time Of losing our dist 'nctive ma
tional prejudice. There seems TO lie in tn,
United States an immense number Of peopL
vino are chiefly hostile TO the Americans
md TO whatever among them has heretofor
been considered admirable and successful
There will be an awakening from this stat,
Of things Some day a brash and littb
enemy viii thunder at our ports, and til,
people will suddenly wake up from tbeil
books of philosophy and literary reviews t,
understand that if they do not have faith il
themselves they will destroy faith in then
from every other quarter. 1t is better {,
possess a patriotic ignorance than peevisl
and unpatriotic enlightenment
No nation on the globe to-day is 50 hostil
TO foreign influence, to naturalization and l.
the lessons of history as the English nation
from which we come. The stability of thos,
people, their belief in themselves, however
misinformed, amounts TO a national passion
Our country is full Of half-educated snob
out OF college who consider that there is NJ
duty worth performing like disabusing th,
American mind of its traditional selfre
spect