The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-13
From the New York Evening rosl
uhs Two Racea that Rule the World.

Our readers are doubtless well aware that from two
of men having sprung that portion OF mankind VINO
the present moment hold in their possession the know
ledge the power and the destines f may so speak,
of the world These two are the ientonic ana te
Slavonic. The former having occupied Germany WIN ha
who possessed the mder and genter, as wen as .e
moral elements of character higher degree thah exist
ed in any other nation, spread itself over western Eu
rope, absorbing the relics OF the Roman elp,e sn 10
nermxing with the Gauls of France, the inhabitants OF
Spain, and, through Anglo Saxon brancn, win Tue
Britons the ancient inhabitants OF England Possessing
the highest elements OF human character ana appfop,a-
Iience, wisdom, and refinement that could be found ~
Athens or jerusalem, Rome, they have subdued by
their energy, and elevated by their improvements, weS.
ern Europe, the continent of America the Thousand
islands OF the ocean, the southern portion OF ASA, ana
many parts in Africa Their course has been one Of
great in @
ter progress in the development OF the great pnnci-
pies of Their nature to be the present destiny OF
this race
On the other hand the Slavonc seems to possess
less activity but surprising power force OF character
This is the most numerous race OF Europe ana me ma
lions which compose it occupy not only the largest or
ton of its territory, but the whole OF Asia to the nifty
second degree of latitude The Slavonc tongue extends
from the banks OF the Oder the upper parts OF the E6e
Adriac eastward to the Black and Caspian seas and
the Pacific ocean, from the frozen regions OF the
Northern to the Caucasian mountains, and almost
TO the shores of the Mediterranean. The popuiaton OF
the Slavonc estimated at nearly eighty mil
Ions and the territories which il occupies present iac
Ties for an indefinite increase IN Its numbers whereas
western Europe is almost overstocked with IN
habitants Such being the fact is apparent that me
destnies of that continent may ultimately iall INTO tne
hands of the Slavonic nations. These circumstances
attach more than ordinary interest to whatever relates to
their political institutions or intellectual development
We have spoken OF them rather minutey, IN order 70
notice particularly the extraordinary intellectual
movement which is now taking place among inc nal1ns
composing the Slavonc and to which we ma anu
sion made OF the foreign journals ihat we nave
received The following extract will serve as an eXpa
nation of it:
"There is extraordinary intellectual movement
Every branch Of human knowledge is cultivated with more
less according to the degree OF Gylzaon 10
iect which particularly engages the attention slavonie
writers is the improvement of their national idloms anu
thing which relates the past OF those
documents national songs proverbs Ncs cafclu,y do,
the objects of enthusiastic veneaton TINS
OF the national intellect the Slavonans
stance which may be productive of serious
quences Europe this is tendency which is now rapid
~ growing amongst all the Savonic nations to unite to
whole, this tendency is generally known under the
name of Pansavn, name which already creates much
apprehension in Germany and begins to produce sehsa
lion in France.
and approximation ofal the Slavonic nations IN order
finally to unite them into one political BODY ms ssac
ns y ge
the form in which it is to be accomplished one parry
wishes for the establishment OF confederation, composed
of all the Savonc nations, each OF them retaining It's ma
tionul independent organizations the other party, ana
most active oil them, REJECTS tIe lded VI
being mpractcable and advocates the establish
of Slavonic empire or at least an aggregate
Savonc States under the protection OF the most power
tu of them This last combination is, undoubtedly the
feasible of the two, because it is much more easy 10
rally the scattered parts of the Savonc around the
only existing Savonc state Russia and which al
ready conprehends two-thds OF the whole Savonc race
than form a confederation of Slavonic nations which
previously acquire independent political existence
which they do not possess at present :,
'sThe realization of the idea of Pansavsm which rapid
ly gains ground amongst all the Savonians, might be
1aught with the greatest dangers 10 the rest OF Europe but
partc " IN Germ
The Germans would become unavoidable because
Savonc empire posed OF different branc hes belonging
to that race would CONSOLIDATED except by estnging
much possible the Savonians from other nations,
which may be done in the eectual manner by con-
tinuay appealing their national anpathes towards the
wrongs-wrongs which have been admitted by all the
German historians"