The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-19

Asistic is free-or must accept an in
definitely lower standard of wages.
and therefore of comfort. The Asiatic
has all the materials. has the habit
of working in association. and needs
nothing but knowledge, which. In all de-
partments. he is rapidly acquiring. We do
not believe that when the process Is com
plete the white man will love the dark
man. for whom. indeed, even as 1t Is, when
in contact with MIN. his sympathy Is but
small. The American of the suo-troples
never treats the negro az human being
like himself. The Anglo Indians In the
muntiny, though thew shrank from torture.
slaughtered when needful without reserve.
Any outrage in China upon white men
arouses storm of indignation not distin-
guishable from hate; nor In preventing
such outrage, if they became frequent.
would human lives be taken into account
WHEN THE DEADLY CONTEST COMES.
The true sentiment of the Afrikander
towards all dark men is the sentiment OF
the slave-owner, mercIful or merciless. ac-
cording to individual temperament We
doubt the eentleness OF the white man
once engaged in a deadly contest with the
dark Que, and that contest must arise be-
fore Mr. PearsOn's problem Is worked out.
As TO the mere increase of numbers. that
seems TO us of no account In the first
place. we know nothing OF the law of in
crease, which may stop as suddenly as 1t
began, and which may be exposed to resist
ing forces such as famines, epidemlcs or
decline of fertility In the SOIL, whlch the
whites cOuld neither prevent nor seriously
palliate. Famines in our own time have
literally extirpated the population OF great
provinces in China. and nothing Is more
probable than q middle-age epidemic In
India, where we have hardly affected sanl-
tation. except in few EuropeaniZed cities.
inlv IN M 4
counterbalance the sanitary mlschlefs IN
herent In an increased crOwdlng or the
population.
AS for the failure of the fertility in the
soil. one great drought would reduce whole
provinces TO deserts. and there are signs
that'a Cycle of deficient rainfall Is ca
lamlty to he reasonably apprebended. Num-
bers however. matter nothing. No posi-
BILE increase of Aslatic and African num-
bers could give to the peoples oil those TWO
continents the numerical preponderance
which the browns of India enjoy over the
whites, and In spite OF which the whites
continue to bear rule. Nor ls there any
evidence that great religious movement,
either in China or India. might not bring
TO the side of the whites host of dark
warriors. bound to the intruders by creed
or necessity. and numerous enough TO FUR
nish an armed caste as strong, In propor-
tion TO dominion as the Roman army at
the control of the Triumvirs. The future
will not depend on the comparative num-
bers of the dark and white races. but on
the energy. the morale and the wisdom OF
purpose of the latter; and about these
things who shall predict with cOntdencef
Weadmit with Mr. Pearson, signs of decay
of energy in Europe. signs especially of a
great webbing of the general conscience.
which now justlfes tremendous acts of
severity like the suppression of the Indian
mutiDy, and again Is Mortified to shell a
village of pirates otherwise inaccessible;
but we have no proof sufficient that this is
not mOmenrary phase of the white mind.
This only we know. that contest between
the colors Is inevitable before any great
change can occur; and that contest as yet
has aroused In the white man q terrible
energy before which the dark man has usu-
ally seemed incompetent to stand. He
often endures. as Mr.. Pearson has pointed
out. and yet multlplies and advances; but
only once in history has he met the armed
rush of Europe on equal terms and flung ft
back defeated. That now. as ever, Asia
and Africa will survive all European effort
and remain Asiatic and African still. is. as
the present writer cOnceives, by far the
most probable forecast: but 1t rests on past
experience rather than any argument
which ought finally to convince judicIous
men.