The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-14
CIVILIZATIONS ULTiMATUM-KAN-
SAS AND OKLAHOMA.
Rock, Cowley Co., Kan, April 1:

I to the eastward and settled down in tn
, more fertile portions of southern Asia
, where living in inexhaustible fecundit,
5 and incomprehensible Guiescence ant
: conservatism it has subjugated the rest
f less passion of emigration, persitentl.
/ refused to deviate from its gregariou
3 habits and mingle its sluggish and soil
3 tary instincts with the other branches o.
, human society. The other has taken
, westward flight and before its invincibl,
r energy and unconquerable designs th'
! most formidable obstacles of nature
! have been surmounted and the creates
barriers Of the physical world reduced
to minimum. Its numerous radiation:
have penetrated the remotest districts te
the north and south, while the individual
stem has constantly preserved its west
ward course.
Looking from broad and philosoph-
ical standpoint, we observe that chrome
logical indications all point to one line OF
intellectual advancement, along which
cluster and grow the greatest deeds and
sweetest flowers of thought until today,
within our lives have been the grandest
wears that man has lived, that time has
measured by the fight of worlds.
The oriental lineage which finally
merged into the anglo-saxon race was as
nomadic and unsettled as is its posterity
TODAY. and from the sands of Arabia and
the broken fertility of Asiatic Turkey it
emigrated to the rich, alluvial valley of
the Nile and to the European penlnsulas
80 h. L. fhny1aA VI fI,1l yy
extended its dominions to the extreme
western portions of Europe and to the
group of islands lying adjacent thereto.
And while in this position, when Greece
and Rome We're at the zenith of their
glory and power, the energy OF human
ity, inspired and quickened by military
conquest and unprecedented advance in
intellectually, had apparently expended
its force and become exhausted, and the
human race bowed its head and
kissed the dust as it noiselessly
crept through the ten silent
centuries. Emerging from the dark
ages and gathering from the slumber-
ing ashes of stified passion the elements
of previous greatness, expeditions were
planned and executed by which the
eager sailors first crossed thousand
leagues of sea and founded upon the
bleak and inhospital shores of the At
lantlc the most significant migration
that ever took place since time began
The pioneers fingered awhile upon the
chosen territory from which they had
driven the reluctant savage and then
passed on beyond the Alleghenies taking
exclusive possession of the unbroken
pralries of the great Ohio valley. IN
satisfied with this important acquisition
enterprising settlers moved straight
ahead with unfaltering steps and blessed
with occupancy the fertile solitude lying
west of the Mississippi, conquerng the
climate and subduing the airy plains I'M
til the history of this country exceeds in
wonder the tales of the Arabian nights
The last step of these succeeding move
ments reached down to the present time
and this geographical epitome ends upon
the land which we now occupy.
The narrow stretch of country
lying west of the Serras on the Pacific
slope has been settled before. For
thousands of years the cry of westward
has been the ceaseless herald of the
human race The last continent has
been reached, the last acre of inhabitable
land has been explored and settled and
to the west lies the largest ocean on the
globe, whose antipodal waters wash the
sunny shores of the Chinese empire. We
have struck the Rocky mountains and !
against them we must rebound or, fall |
ing, become extinct. But we have |
already bent our course and by the in |
exorable flow of humanity demonstrated |
to the world that migration must assume
a southern direction.
The great Mississippi river with its
numerous tributariOus embraces a coun-
try by nature the wealthiest in the world, |
up and down whose rolling valleys there
are no natural barriers, no physical en-
and whose population |
must ultimately become homogeneous.
Southwark flow our streams and south
ward flow the counter currents of our
By a nice adjustment |
of the political forces the south
and west will join hands, coalesce, and
united they will become invincible
The Indian territory will finally all be
opened up to settlement, The last tribe
of Indians will sell or barter their land
away. The territory will come into pub
lie possession by allotments; its inhabi-
tants will be quiet, sober and industrious,
and with its admission into the Union
will take place one of the most signifi-
cant events that ever marked the pro-
gress of the republic. The climate is
salubrious, of unsurpassed moderation
and is a delightful blending of the tenn
perate and tropical zones, wherein the
fruits and products of each are grown
and those Of neither are excluded. 1t is
free from the sickening proclivitieS Of
the lowlands, its heat and dryness are
not intolerable and it is a splendid har-
Dor for the physical ills engendered by
atmospheric humidity, country pro-
bounced and distinguished by impartial
Judgment as being richer in hidden
wealth and latent possibilities than Kan
,as is, was or ever will be. Its soil is
andy, very responsive, much Of a singu-
ar redness and it is watered exclusively
~ the Red and Arkansas rivers, whose
orkS and branches, skirted with valua-
de timber, extend to most all sections of
his promised land. Corn and sugar.
wheat and cotton. hemp and tobacco are
alternately the products of one field,
While the fruits of the north and south
ire known to grow and be of rare and
EXCELLENT quality. An objection which
Gems 10 some as insurmountable and Of
7ast importance that the climate is un-
ongenial to intellectual thrift and in {
Compatible with freedom, needs but to |
'e placed by the side of history to dis !
lose Its false and empty logic.
The topography of this country must
e perused by him who would acquaint {
himself with the field of action on which
he slumbering forces of genius are
'ound to unite with the stifled potency
f agricultural wealth and produce a
rowth Of stability and spontaueousness
in the history of the world 6
he rapid growth Of these lands being SO ! /