Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-10-17
AFRICA AID NORTH AMERICA.
ilsasrkabls Resemblance in the neyei
opnRuA Of ehs Two COn,Inents,

Remarkable Resemblance in the level
Spnsao Of tbs Two Continents.
Intelligent observers Of current events
cannot tail to observe the remarkable
similarity between the settlement and
development Of Africa and the opening
up Of North America to civilization. In
many respects the analogy is so close
that It seems az IL scenes connected
with the earlier history of our CONT
nsnt were being almost literally du-
plicated 10 the Dark Continent. The
fact that Africa was the original seat
Of civilization. and that events there
are moving at swifter pace than they
did In our hemisphere. tends to render
the parallel incomplete: but otherwise.
subject to changed climatic influences
and to geographical differences. Africa
to-day presents another signal instance
Of history repeating itself
It Is impossible, in short review, to
note all the points of resemblance in
question, but few will serve as
guide to readers who desire to push
the inquiry further. For example, the
resistance to European invasion on the
part Of African tribes like the Zulus.
the Matabeles. the Mashonas. the ASH
antees. the Abyssinians and the Da-
homians nnds almost an exact preced.
ent IN q similar resistance on the part
OF American aborignes like the Pc
quods. the Mohawks. the Delawares.
the Powhattans. the Chcrokces and the
Sioux An American prototype of Liv-
lngston may be found in De Soto and
OF Stanley In Hendrix Hudson. Italy
In Abyssinia. France in the Congo. Eng
land In the Soudan and Germany in
South Africa are repetitons Of Spain
along our South Atlantic coast. France
in Canada. Great Britain IN New Eng
land and Holland In New York. With
no violent stretch of the imagination
Meneltk may be termed the African
Pontiac. Cetewayo the African TtCum-
sch, and Lobengula the African PHILIP
Of Pokanaket. The gold E~lS ul CAL
ifornia and Colorado constitute the AM
erican Witwatcrsrand. aud half i CEN
fury ago San Francisco was an Ameri-
can Johannesburg. The Beers who
ars fighting English aggression. and
who fed to the Transvaal to escape
English domination. are African Puri-
tanS and Dom Paul" Kruger an Afri-
can John Winthrop.
Africa is now the theatre Of another
battle between the forces of ciViliZa-
ton and the forces Of barharism, be-
tween the forces Of Christianity and
the forces of superstition. just as the
North American continent was for
about three centuries. What the out
come Of this struggle will be Is not
hard to guess. Savagery must event.
ually go to the wall. Such is the law
of human destiny and progress. 1t is
another illustration of the doctrine OF
the survival Of the tittest" This does
not mean, however. that the original
races of Africa will become practically
extinct, like the American Indians.
Among the indications that they will
not, is the readiness with which they
yield to civilizating influences. a trait
the American aborignes, as a whole,
did not exhibit. AT any rate. whatever
fate may befal these tribes. Africa is
destined TO be rescued from its long
bondage to Ignorance and barharism..-
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