Democratic banner., 1846-12-07

time 1t was confined to the borders of the
new field q now mean the Celtic-AngIe
Saxon division, and even fourscore years
ago the philosophic Burke was considered
a rash man because he said TIE English
co'onistS would top the AIIcghanics and de-
scend INTO the valley of the Mississippi, and
occupy without parchment il the Crown re-
fused to make grants of land. What was
considered a rash declaration eighty years
ago, is Old history, in orr young county,
at tins day. Thirty years 20 | said the
same thing ofthe Rocky Mountains and the
Columbia; it was ridiculed then; it is becom-
ing history to-day. The venerable Mr..
Macon has often tola me that he remem-
berrd a line low down in North Carolina,
fixed by a royal governor as a boundary be-
tween the whites, and the Indians; where is
that honndry now? Tic van of the Cau-
cam race now top the Rocky Mountains,
and spread down to the shores of the Paci-
nc. In a few years a great population will
grow up there, luminous with the accumu-
lated lights" of European and American civ
liizaiion. Their presence in such a posi-
ton cannot be without its influence upon
eastern Asia. The son of civilization must
same across the Sea; socially and CONNER
clhlly, the van of the Caucasian, and rear
of the MongolianS must imIcrmix. Moral
and intellectual superiority will do Tie rest;
the white race will take the ascendant,
ele'atIng wha' is susceptible ofimprovemcnt
wearing out what is not. The red race
has disappeared from tie Atlantic coast;
the tribes that resisted civilization met cx-
tlncton. This is a cause of fermentation
with many. For my part cannot murmur
at what seems to betI,e effect Of Divine law.
! cannot rePire that this capita. has replaced
the wIGwam-thiS Christian people rcplac-
ed tie Sav,gcS, white matr,is, the rcd
>Iuaw>; and that such men as Washington,
rankin. Jefferson, have taken the place Of
Powhattan, OrccIinncranough, and other
red men, iowsncvcr respectable they HAY
Lave been as savagcs. Civilization, or rx-
tinc;Ion, has been tie fate of all people
WHO have found :icmscl,S in the track Of
the advancing whites, and civilization. al
ways the preference Of the Whites, has
been passed as an object. willie extinction
has followed a> a on<cqurn fits rcSiS-
tance. The Ela,k and Ike Red races have
nitcrtrit their ":;.' iInratims influence. The
! eliow race. next 10 themselves in tie scale
of mental and moral excellence. and in the
beauty Of form, once their supcriorS, i'll the
usetui aLd elegant arts, and III leaning.
ami still respectable, ;!."neh Stationary:
tits race cannot fail 10 receive a new III
pulse from tie approach Of the Whites,
I'M rovcd 50 much sine" so many ages aCo
they left the western bnrrtrs Cf Asia. The
apparI,lon ct tie van Of tit Caucasian race,
raising upon Il en- il tie east, after having
itt: them On the west. and after having
completed the circumnaviGation of the
globe, must wake up and rcanimate the tor
pill body OF old Asia. Our .~">ition and
policy will commend us 70 the: ..o.p;tablr
receptions; political considerations will Az
;hc action of social and commercial inl!u-
enc,s. Pressed upon by the Powers Of
LHroic-ti:r same Ii at press upon ns-tIcy
must in our al rrnach src tie advent of
:ricndS-not of focs-lf hrucflctorS, not 4
invaders. The moral and intellectual sm-
pcriuritv Of the White race will do the rest;
thus, the Youngest people. and the
hewes land, vii! become thc ~rcvivcr and
r; generator of the oldest.
at is i'll this point oGvicw. and as acting
upon the social, political and religions con
diiion Of Asia, and Sivir" anrw point Of de
p~arturc to l.,r ancient civilization that !
looked upon tie settlement Of the {. !minbia
river by the van of the Caucasian race as
the most mnmeI.uuS human event i'll the
cf man since his d;"rtr>I"u over tie
face Of the earth ST Louis Union.
Great enthusiasm seems 10 prevail in the
along tie Atlantic coast in favor of the
Mexican war The nine regiments called
for by the President have been rapidly rails
aud enlisted for the war. The first reg
imcnt from New York, under Col. Ward Il
Burnett has been ordered 10 be mustered
into the service of the United States. Col.
Burnett was formerly an officer in TIE reg
ular service
F. w. Bowden, Democrat, has been cleo
tod ia CrnurcsS for the district in Alabama