Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26

climate that are very near to those in
| which the several varieties OF Aryans have
| successfully developed. Dividing the zones
| of climate between the northern tropic and
| the arctic circle We may parallel them very
ne arly with those of the old world from
northern India 10 Scandinavia, where these
| peoples have shaped themselves to admiral
| Bile accomplishments of body and mind.
Leaving out the deserts OF heat, cold and
dryness our land shows remainder or
about three-fourths of the whole, that lie,
as regards lts physical conditions, more
nearly allied to the cradle-land OF our folk
| than any other equally large area in tho
| world. portion of 1t was fifty named New
| England. The term could we'll have been
extended so as to include a much larger
area. 1t would have been no misnomer IL
| the continent had been termed New Europe,
| or, better still. New Arya. BY Its develop
| ment 1t has come to deserve both thoso
names.
Land of Promise.
The Judgment as to the fitness of North
! America for the needs of our race has been
| well established by the test of centuries
| Leaving out OF account the settlement OF
| the Latin peoples In the tropical districts,
| where the results have been rather unsat-
| isfactory. We have had fair trial OF tho
new environment over period that may
| be roughly counted as two and a hair CEN
| turtles. OF this the test for the interior dis
tricts, that of the Mississippi valley, ex-
| tends to about one-half that time; and for
! the Cordilleran area. ie.. the Rocky and
associated mountains. to only nifty years.
| The test of greatest length approximately
includes European people settled along the
coast and the Appalachian district or the
/ interior from Labrador to Georgia: the next,
| the areas that fairly sample the eastern
half of the Mississippi valley; the thiru,
| that of the western mountain regton ana
| the Pacific border of the same. Thus we
| see that the trial fairly includes all except
the area Of northern British America ana
| Alaska. Taking the areas in their order.
and seeking to base our judgment on their
! human product we will now note the re-
suits OF the several settlements.
In the Atlantic coast district, where ths
| test of European man In the part or North
| America nearest to Europe has beer long
| est continued, the experiment has been ad-
| mrably successful. Statistics show thar,
| as regards the physical condition or tho
| folk. they have lost nothing by their trans
| plant They are as able-bodied and az
| fecund as they were IN tne ola "or'a.
Counting their eminent inventiveness as
part Of their intellectual success, an IN
ventiveness that ranges from religion ana
| politics to mechanical contrivances, they
assuredly take rank as the equals of their
| kindred over the sea 1t may indeed be
| justly claimed that the generations of Eng
| fish folk reared on the Atlantic slope or
| North America have. for their numbers.
| given as much to the advancement OF man
kind as the home people
The evidence from the population Of tho
Mississippi valley Is to the same erect
as that afforded by the sea border folk.
| The measurements of soldiers OF the civil
| war. made by the United States sanitary
commission. which is an admirable source
of Information, shows that the men from
the Kentucky district (the longest settled
OF any part of the region west Of the AL
leghanieS) were on the average taller ana
of greater girth of chest and head than
those of any other part of the country.
Although these American troops included
practically all who were fit to bear arms,
immature youths as well as adults. their
average development was equaled only by
ia enlisted
in the British army from Scotland and Ire
| land 1t Is noteworthy that these troops
from the Ohio valley We're almost alto
gether from families who came from Great
Britain and Ireland several generations be-
fore the civil war.
The Man OF the West.
We lack statistical information to show
the physical condition Of those born In the
CordIlleran district There is no reason to
doubt the verify OF the impression they
make on the observer which Is that Of ex-
ceeding vigor. except 1t may be in the
Southernmost portion of this field. Hardly
any part of the continent promises a more
interesting population than this Cordilleran
region. While there some indications
that the people will have peculiar quality
there Is no ground for supposing that they
will not retain the essential qualities Of
their race
OF all the tests that go to show the con-
tinued mental and physical quality of
people, that OF military service Is unhap-
PLY the surest Given civil war which
enlists the hearts, as well as the bodies OF
a folk: draw into 1t the mass Of serviceab bio
men; protract 1t until the trial proves not
only valor, which is common In the ADLER
races, but also the higher emotions Of pa
thence and fortitude, and we have an essay
diabolical in its perfection but showing The
essence Of a people as none other can. How
we'll the civil war proved that Americans,
after generations of existence in these co.
vironments remain sturdy may be Illus
trated by the history Of single command
the 1st Kentucky Brigade of the confeder-
ate army. select this body Of troops
especially for the reason that, while they
were officially my enemies. many OF the OH
GERS and men were personally we'll known
to me. ! have. moreover. carefully In
spected the lists, and am convinced that all
save very few Of these soldiers were from
old American families of British or IRISH
origin: The part Of the great story of this
brigade that can be here told concerns the
enough for the need.
Hardihood of the Breed.
On May Z. 1864, the brigade left Dalton,
in its long continued retreat before Sher-
man. with LILO rank and file. During the
subsequent hundred days. in almost con-
tinued action. 1t took $50 death or hospital
wounds. At the end Of that time 1t had
but 24O present for duty. There were less
than a dozen unaccounted for. L., not
more than that number of desertIons Tho
noble remnant was then far crippled
that II could no longer march. The COM
mand was therefore broken up and the men
used as orderies. 1t should be remembered
that these men. for all their valor. were
steadfastly beaten back-every days fight
ing leaving them farther from their homes
So far as have been abe to find there IL
no better record Of steadfaSt, enduring valor
In the history of our people on the other
side of the / do not indeed know where
to find its parallel. Such are rude tests but
more than any other they go to prove that
the quality of the man who is bred on this
continent whose forefathers have been for
generations shaped in the environment Il
affords, Is in mind and body equal to the
best.
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