I take it. is our condition in the Philippines. From the standpoint of the race. little or nothing has been gained by the English conquest and colonization of Jamaica. Jamaica has merely been turned into a negro island. with a future. scemiunly. much like that of San Domingo: and British Guiana. however well administered. is nothing but a colony where a few hundred or a few thousand white men hold the superior positions. while the bulk of the population is composed of Indians. negroes. and Asiatics. Looked at through the vista of the centuries. such a colony contains less promise of true growth than does a State like Venezuela or Ecuador. The history of most of the South American Republics has been both mean and bloody. but there is at least a chance that they may develop. after infinite tribulations and sufferings. into a civilization quite as high and stable as that of such a European power as Portugal.
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Asiatic colonies contain less promise of true growth than European powers.