The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-08
Africa.

Africa.
What a wonderful continent IL ir. tli,
rounded ambolh-shored Africa, known fron
ne earliest dawn of Ilme, yei sterile nn1
liulilssH hH Tie seai swafmIng viii life, ye
dazzling Tho eyes ofMOon,nien with ils vss
tract Ut gllliefiug sand. North AHisrich fire.
seen bat HE other day, has l,sen from ond e
endi IL gallant and resIiyu PHILIPPE, Tecum
arllH and M0uezumas have been bridled aud
broken 10y The white Ihn, hut Africa has sanl
no CorIez, 0r even do soio az In Sale
Infringing iaVors iiOm fate as Santa Anna
has H. Some solitary hluHgo Park, or faith
lul Lauder, or, preserving BnlGkhnrdi, hlone
hnh lried 10 read the secret oflha nIOlieT oil
civilization, the gray-hAired African.
IL we seek land of ROMANCE and iuysIefy
which quarter Of lilo Rlobo compares with
lhnt WHICH holds the pyramids; tho giant
lh1ban iemploH, one rOof OF Which clusters
a modern village; tho solemn, ieNn noun
lhin clin oiH sphinki tie runs Of Carthage,
lhe Nile, with its hidden EourceE tho Niger.
wilh ila unknowu outlet the heaveu.b bearing
Allhhi the diWly heeu MOUNTAINS ofIle moon.
There Joseph, the slave, rose ronianl,callv
10 be The ruler of millionss There, Moses
floating IN his-erndle, Ii saved, IN tho aureu
spinl Of romance, hy Kings daughter, aud
IKE lhe hero Of some euflirr chiyhlry, Arthur
hud Merlin ~ one, breaks the bonds Of his
people AID POUNDS a new aud mighty uaiiun:
there wuh the homo al Dido, OF Hannibal, the
scene Of Scipi1'H triumph, Jugnfllia's crimes;
there lived Turlull,nn, Alheusius, aud Al.
gusIine; tho romance OF tho Moors, dwell
there, the last breath Of the Rniulcd Louis of
France WAS drawn there's and but year has
einpoed s'nca tI,e lasI shout VI the latest hero
oi romance, hbd-el'hadir, came family across
the Atlantic.
Africa IN the home of lhe lcyinihan, the be.
homoIlF the unicorn, the giraffe, tho slighi
antelope, scarce bigger Than eat. the earth
shaking elephant, tho unaccountable hon,
the all eoiqueriug buffalo. II IL the home,
too, oiiho mysterious negro racers ruces yet
lying dormant IN the germs destined, perhaps
TOO ruiu thus earth "bsn our proud Ang.
10 Saxon blood y ms corrupt ms that of The
deccndnnis oi Homer aud Prsicles.
The past present, aud future of Africa hre
alike wrapped IA mystery. Who rhu tell Us
Of the childhond ui dark browed Egypt squire
rtuuidend aHd energetic; Carthage, me
England ofihc old worlds ruler, has hot even
n tnmnncing Ivy still less nn unweuried
Niebuht, 10 explain her rise, mud uutangie
HE mysteries of her Constitution. Ofhll the
Vast interior, tho Absssinlus aud Souduns,
what do we Know m"fo ihuu the puuic iner-
chants, who,l,ke us,dealI there, taking slaves
IVORY md gold.
Aud what eau we hope hereafter to see Ia
hose immense, unknown lands? God has
Enabled tho European to drive Tie North
American, step 10y step toward extinction,
nhd has given our great continent for the
lnu Developments and lfihl OF " hnteyer pow.
NJ HE Canchsiat race Possesses; hut Airicu
Ind prererved-ior what? For future cuii-
esI'-Fur un imported, foreign civilization,
o he entered through, l.iherins aud Cnpc
aud Btilnin are watching
Zach other now along those burning sands, |
~ They once watched 10y the icy rocks of {
janadh mud Acadia, II il 10 eud IN thu same
ofthe aboriginal owners To ono |
" both these land piratcs2 Or does the
lark race IN NIL i,s varieties possuss II cnpaci.
y for understanding aud living out the deep
meaning Of the worlds ruler, Christianity, rs
he offspring If the followers OF OJin never /
na, understand aud nci II?
II the old Egyptian Snssosiris Ind paused /
md the cuuquerug aud rock-hewing TO
contemplate Ihe illiiernte wonders of Greece,
D whom Cndmus WINS Just striving TO mike
nown, the letters of Phmnicin, would not
'lnto md Aristotle have seemed rs impussi.
le TO him, ns the existence IN Africa OF n
iRher Christianity ihnn Inns yet been seen.
GEMS to us9 Would not the present position
{ the Tutonic rnce have appeared equally
icrediblo TO the founder at The Parthrnun.
Ne loungcrs IN the gardens ofIhc Academy?
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