Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1847-06-17
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in the desert or seated on a conquering
throne. The Greek of the nineteenth
century differs less from The Greek o(thc
time of Socrates, than does the Roman
ic he now speaks from the pure
Attic tongue of Percles. The German,
as described by Tactus in the second CEN
fury of the extract counterpart Of the Ger
man now. allowing for differences of edu-
cation and government. A Flenchman
pure blood under Louis Philippe might
set for a portrait of GauI, as drawn by
the inimitable pen of Cesar in his Com
men,aries. The HighIanders who follow
ed Charles Edward to Preston Pans ,charg-
ed in the very manner their ancestors did
eighteen hundred years before. Noun
talns may change, continents alter, but
races of men are always the same. As
far back as we can 60 in history we find
the Celt, the Saxon or the Arab, Just as
far forward as we can conjecture we are
justified in supposing that he will continue
the same.
The Mexican race, we shall find, is true
to its parentage. In it are displayed, NOT
only many of the pecularities of the Arab
physognomy and frame, but most of the
characteristics for which these some Of
the wilderness have been CELEBRATED since
they first went forth under lshmael.-
DO we want name for perfdy-in Eu-
rope they call it Arab treachery, in A
merica, Mexican deceit. DO we wish TO
speak of nation divided ilself?-abroad
they cite the turbulency oflhe Bedoureens,
here the revolution and counier-revolution
in Mexico. Do we desire to conjure up
the figure Of desperate marauder?-on
one continent they refer to the plunderer
OF the desert, on the other to a ranchcro.
The Arab will lie in wait for his prey and
shoot him from behind a rock; the Mexi-
can horseman fingers in chaparelI and
nets his unsuspec'ng enemy with lasso.
How different, in all respects, the Anglo.
Saxon! He is for a fair, open, honorable
fight, even in street braw he wall not
allow man that is down to be struck
Indeed the Anglo.Saxon and the Next
can are at the opposite Oft The human
races The one is frank and unsuspec-
ting, the other deceiI!ul and suspicious.
The one succeeds best by downright force
of character; the other by cunning, in.
trigue, and all the arts of chicanery. The
Anglo,Saxon always gain their advantages
by arms or honest purchase; the Next
cans have the character, in Europe, of be-
ing among the most subtle diplomatists
in the world. The different characters
OF the two races may be seen in the de-
spalches Of the opposing leaders in this
war. Santa Anna is boasler, Gen. Tay-
Tor modest; yet the former is the fugitive,
the latter the victon.
From time immemorial the Arab race,
in all its various branches, has been ceIe-
brated Tor its intestine dissensions.-
Rome, when Hannibal was at her gates,
had but one common and heroic sen,i-
ment, aud that was that each citizen
mus, die for his country. But the Arabs
under the Caliphs, as well as the Moors
in Grenaca, quarrelle8 with and murdered
each other when their very towns were
under siege. There is no instance where
an Anglo.Saxon people did this. The in
slant foreign foe lands OH their soil,
their civil brcils are forgotten, they unite
for the common defence, and either repcl
the enemy, or die gloriously in the at
tempt. When Napoleon was about to in
wade England, Wing and Tory forgot
their differences, and presented one com
mon front OF Anglo-Saxon hearts agains,
the threatened Gallo inroad. But in
Mexico, even while our armies are close
to the capital, the various factions wrangle
and dispute, careless of The peril. And
we prophecy they will do so TO the end
1t is in their blood. They do but fulfil
the destiny of their race. Give them as
many Constitutions as you please, call
their chief executive a President, Geher.
al, or what you please, the Mexican race
will s,ill true to its Arab stock, be wild
and turbulent as nation, deceiIul and
treacherous IN the Observation-Disclosures.
under the government of this race, must
always be accused. -Philadelphia Eren-
ing Bulletin,