The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-29

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britain has frequently been dsnominsfed the
mother o. naticna- Whatever NAV be her tifls 10
this appellsticns nothing il more evident and frus
than the iaet that her island has besa the laboratory
Of most remzrLable rnss in which neariv slI ths
racesthat peOpled Europe, fron Rcnan ID tbs Nor
man conquest were combined. An that is vizorou.
in the Celt, the Saxon, the Scandinavian and. t,e
Norman, are all absorbed into what vs. call tks
Angio-Saxop race and when the combination wzs
completed on the island Of Great Britain, q new
world was discovered, as il il wers on purpose fsx
the irresistible expansion Of that mighty race. As
an illustration Of one Of it, physical qualities, a
IS estimated that its population doubles Itself in
80 sears, while that Of Germany doubles itself IN
76; Of Holland in 100; Of Spain in 106 Of Italy in
80; Of France in 1888 of Portugal in 239 and that
Of Turkey in 555 years. When about $50 years
ago, one or two vessels crossed the ocean, and
planted here and there along the coast Of NORTH
America . few germs Of that race is whole popu-
lauon IN the Old World did not sxcced SIX mlious.
England, Wales and Scotland numbered fewer in
habitznts at that time, than New York, Pennsylva-
mia and Ohio do now. Hardly two centuries and q
halt have elapsed since that epoch, and now there
are at least twenty-five millions Of that race in
North America and its adjacent Islands, or nupi-
Der exceeding the whole populston Of Great Britzia.
In 1920 the Anglo-Sazon race numbered sbout
6,OOO,OOO, and was confined TO England, Wales and
Scotland; and the combination, Of which t is the
result, was MOI then more than half perfected, for
neither Wales nor Scotland was more than half
Of human beings, planted upon all the islands and
continents OF the earth, and increasing every where
By an Intense ratio OF progression II fast Absorb
mig or dispscing all the sluggish races or barba-
tribes Of men that have occupied the continents
of merics, Africa Asia and the Islands OF the orean
See II girdng them from year TO year with il Wig
oTous plantations. II no great physical revolution
supervene to check its propagation, il will number
SO0000, 600 Of human beings in less than 150 years
from the present tme-all speaking the same laa-
guage, centered to the same literature and religion,
and exhibiting all its inherent and inalenable char
acteFsties.
Thus the population of the earth is fast becom-
ing Anglo-Saxonized by blood But the English
language is more selfexpansive and aggressive
than the blood OF that race; it is. If we may speak
it treverenty, the John the Baptist in the mission
Of that race, uttering its voice and teaching its
words TO the scattered tribes and tongues of the
earth, in every distant wilderness Of barbarism.
When community begins to speak and read the
English language, it is half Saxonized, even If not
drop of AngIo-Saxon blood runs in its veins.
ireland was never coonized from England, ike
North America OF Australia but nearly the whole
| OF its seven eight millions already speak tie
English language, which is the preparatory state
/ to being entirely absorbed into the Anglo Saxon
race as one Of is most vigorous and useful sls-
4 meats Every where the English language Is gain-
ing upon the languages Of the earth. and preparing
those who speak Il for this absurption. The yUanR
generation of the East Indies is learning il and ii
Is probable that within fifty years, 25 millions Of
human beings, Of Asiatic race, will speak the
language that continent. So It Is in the United
States. About 50, 900 immigrants from Germany
and other countries Of continental Europe, are
arriving in this country every year. Perhaps they
cannot speak word of English when they first
i land on shores but in the Of few years
they master the language to some extent Their
| children sit upon the same benches in our common
schools with those Of native Americans, and
became, as they grow up and diffuse themselves
among the rest Of the population, completely Anglo
SaxoniZed.
Thus the race, by It's wonderful self lf-expansivs
power Of language and blood is fast occupying and
and sdbduing to its genius ali the continents ans
islands Of the earth. The grandson Of many
! young man who reads these lines, will probabl,
live to the day when that race will number Il
sOo,000O00 OF human beings Perhaps they ma
II comprise hundred nations, distinct govern
, | ments. Perhaps they may become grand con
sellation and commonwealth Of republics pervade.
/ by the same laws literature, 4nd religion. Thei
! unity, harmony and brotherhood must be deter
mined by the relations between Great Brifain ans
the United States. Their nnion will be the unio1
Of the two worlds. II they discharge their duty 4
each other and to mankind, they must become The
united heart of the mighty race they represent
feeding its myriad veins with the blood Of moral
and political life. Upon the state Of their fellow
ship, then, more than upon the union Of any two
nations earth, depend the well being Of humanity
the peace and progress Of the world-BarTst,s
Christian CitixsR. 49,