The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-30

variety b. climatic selection. We may.
thstsfots, feFkfd his iack ~ sdsrtahli.
IS ~ hauutcsp which the white man
fnust e,ef beat In rompeilhr vi'h black,
yellow ~ brown men ilia sciences and
/ his inventions eive hlin only temper.
AIRY adYaniaFs. fof ~ the facilities Tot
dilfusipn increase they must pass 10 All
/ Even his educational and political met
/ tutlanr will spfead wherever they are
/ suitable. All precedence founded on the
| possession % magazine fitics or steam,
or the press or the Christian religion.
must end as these elements merge into
| enc ali-cmbracinR. everywhere dinuscd.
| cosmopolitan culture. Even the advah.
tage conferred upon race by closer po-
liticai cohesion or earlier development OF
the State cannot last Could we run the
| coming centuries through n kaleidoscope
/ we should see all these things as mere
ctothes. For In the last analysis II u
solely on It's persistent physiological and
| psychological qualities that the ultimate
destlnics Of race depend.
The next truth TO which I invite your
attention Is. that one race may surpass
another IN energy. The average of indi-
vidunl energy Is not fixed race ettri-
butte. for new varieties are constantly be.
ing created by migration. The voluntary
unassisted mlgrations Of individuals to
lands OF opportunity tend always 10 the
upbuilding OF highly energetic communi-
ties and peoples. To the wilderness go
not the brainiest or noblest or highest
tired, but certainly the strongest and the
most enterprising. The weakling and the
sluggard stay at home or, II they are
launched into the new conditions, they
soon go under. The Beers are reputed
to be of finer physique than their Dutch
congeners. In America before the days
of exaggerated immigration the emf
grants were physically taller than the
people from which they sprang, the diff .
ference amounting in some instances to
an average of more than an inch. BY
measurements taken during the Civil
War the Scotch in America were found
to exceed their countrymen by two
inches. Moreover, the recruits hailing
from other States than those In which
they had been born were generally taller
than those who had not changed their
residence.
STIMULATED BY DEMOCRACY.
There is no doubt that the form OF So
ciety which race adopts is potent to
arrest or to release its energy. In this
respect Americans ore peculiarly fortu-
nate. for their energies are stimulated
to the utmost by democracy. / refer not
to popular government, but to the fact
that with us social status depends little
on birth and much on personal success.
I will not deny that money, not merit
is frequently the test of social standing
and that Titania Is often found kissing
1.-The fair long ears" of some Bottom;
but the commercial spirit, even II 1t can
not lend society nobility or worth, GER
tainly encourages men to strive.
Without a social ladder, without infec-
ton from a leisure class that keys up its
standard of comfort. a body of yeomen
settling in a new and fertile land will be
content with the simplicity and rude
plenty. A certain sluggishness prevails
row among the Beers, as 1t prevailed
among the first settlers beyond the AL
leghenies. If, on the other hand, there
is social ladder but 1t is occupied by
those of a military or hereditary posi-
ton, as In the Spanish communities of
the Southwest there Is likewise no slim
illus to energy. But If vigorous men
form new communities in close enough
touch with rich and old communities to
accept their exacting standards of COM
fort, without at the same time accepting
their social ranking, each man has the
greatest possible incentive to improve his
condition. Such has been the relation
Of America to England, and of the West
to the East.
This is why America spells opportuni-
ty. Inspired by hope and ambitl n.
last two generations of Americans have
speed with which they have subdued the
Western half of the coptinent and filled
the wilderness with homes and cities.
Never has the world seen such prodigies
Of labor. such miracles of enterprise, as
the creation within single lifetime OF
vast, ordered. civilized life between
the Mississippi and the Pacific. Witness
Ing such lavished expenditures of hu-
man force. can we wonder at American
"rush," American nervousness and heart
failure, at gray hairs in the thirties and
old age in the fifties, at our proverb.
Thine is money" and at the ubiqui-
tcus American rocking chair or ham,
mock which enables a tired man to rest
quickly?
Free institutions and universal educa
ton have keyed to the highest tension
the ambitions of the American. He has
been chiefly farmer and Is only begin
ming to expose himself to the deteriorat
ing influences of city and factory. He
ts now probably at the climax OF his
energy, and everything promises that ir
the centuries to come he is destined to
play brilliant and leading role on tn.
stage of history.
THE PROGRAM FOR TODAY.
1.-THE Race Problem of the South" will,
be discussed at today's afternoon ses
sion in New Century Drawing Room
presided over py COioHel hilary "A. her
bert, ex-Secretary of the Navy. Presi-
dent George T. Winston, Of the North
Carolina College of Agriculture, and
Professor w. e. Burghardt Dubois. OF
Atlanta University, will present the ar
guments At the closing session tonight
Provost Charles Gusts Harrison of the
University of Pennsylvania, will preside
and Senator Orville H. Plat, of Con-
necticut, will speak on "Our Relations
to the People OF Cuba and Porto Rico"
1.-The Spanish Population of Cuba and
Porto Rico" will be the subject of Chas
NJ. Peppers address.