The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-29
THE ANGLo.sAxoN RACE.

Britain has frequently been denominat-
cd the mother Of nations. Whsteyer may
be her title TO this appellatiun. nothing 10
more evident and true than the fact that
her leland has been the laboratory Of a
mos. remarkable race. in which nearly all
the races iha, peopled Europe, from The
Roman 10 the Norman cnnquesls, were
Combined. All that is vigorous in the
Cell, the Saxon, the Scandinavian, and
The Norman, are all absorbed in what We
call the Anglo-Saxon race and when the
combination was completed on the island
OF Great Britain. new world was disco
tsted, as il j, were ON purpose for the ir-
resistible expansion OF that mighty race.
As an illustration Of one Of its physical
qualities, it is estimated that its popula-
lion doubles itself in 35 Yeas. while that
OF Germany doubles itself in rs; Of Hol-
land in 100; Of Spain in i06; Of Italy
In 1886 of France in 1873; OF Portugal
23s, and that Of Turkey in 556 years.
When about $50 years ago one or Two
vessels crossed The ocean, and planted here
and there along the coast Of North Ameri-
ca a few germs Of that race; its whole po.
pula,ion in The Old World did not exceed
six millions. England, Wales, and Scot
land numbered fewer inhabitants at that
time than New York, Pennsylvania aud
Ohio do now. Hardly two centuries and
half have elapsed since that epoch. and
now there are al least twenty-five millions
of that race il North America and its adj
iacen, islands, are number exceeding the
whole population Of Great Britain:
In 1920 the Anglo.Saxon race number.
etl abon, e,O0O. 900, and was confined to
England, Wales, and Scotland; and The
combination Of which il is the result was
not then more than hall perfected. for
neither W ales nor Scotland was more
than half Saxonized at that time. Now
/. numbers 6O.000,000 Of human Beings,
planted upon all the islands and continents
or the earth. and increasing everywhere by
an intense ratio or progression. II is fast
absorbing or dlsplacing all The sluggish
races or barbarous tribes Of men tha, have
occupied the continent Of America, Afri'
tn Asia and the islands Of the ocean see
i, girdling them from year to year with
It's vigorous plantations. lfno great plry'
steal revolution supervene To check its pro-
paga.isn, il will number 500 .000. 900 ol
human beings in less than $50 years from
The present iime--all speaking the same
language, centered to the same literaitife
and religion, and exhibiting all its inhe
rent aud inalienable clIaracteris.ics.
Thus the population Of the earth is fas
becoming Anglo.Saxonized BY blood. Blu
sheEnglish language is more self-expan
sive and aggressive than the blood Of tha
race; il is, if we may speak ], reverently
the John the Baptist in the mission q
that race, uitering its voice and teaching
It's words lo the scattered tribes an,
tongues Of The earth in every distant viii
tlerness Of ofbarbarism. When communi
~ begins to speak and read the Englisl
language. il is half Saxonized, even if no
adrop OF Anglo Saxon blood runs in il
veins. Ireland was never colOnized Iron
England like Nnrllr America OF Atisttai'a
hu, nearly the whole Of It's seven or eigl
millions already speak the English Ian
euage. which is the preparatory state Z
hsing entirely absorbed into the Angld
Saxnn race, as one Of its most visorou
md useful elements. Every where th
English language is gaining upon the Ian