Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-05-07

Tug C,rcIssrlS R,cE-'rhe following
cXtrac, /, taken from the Life Of Alfred the
Grci. It shows int striking light the I'M
mcnse energy u the Caucasian race and
their commanding influence upon hc human
family -
For ,hrrc thousand wear, Ihc Caurf" IAN
race haze continued under all Circumstances
and 10 every variety of situation, IN exhibit
the same lndomi,ablc prowcss. No c,lam'
tics, however great, no dc'olntIur Wars, M
destructive pcstilrnce, no wasting famine, no
night II dark ness. h6~c.cr universal ,nd
gloomy. have ever been able tn Keep them
long In 81, grcdation or barbarsm. There d
not now barbarous people 10 he'irnt ln the
whole race, and there ',a, not been one fOg q
thousand yran
Nearly all the great exploits, and achieve
mcus, too, which have slgnalirrd ,h, history
Of the World, have hccn performed by tn-
branch oi the human family. They ha'cy yU,.
rn celebrity 10 every ,gc ~ which they have
lived. and 10 every country that they h,,e ~.
cr possessed, hy some great deed or discovery
or achievement, which their intellectual r'cr.
rics have accomplished As Egyptians thry
built the pyramids, and reared enormous mon.
oIihs, which remain a' perfect uow As ,hr'
were when first completed thirty crnsurl,,aCo
A. phuulclaus, they conS mctcd 'hlp', per
fc,rd navigation. and explored, without com
PASS or chart. every known sca As Grcck'
they modelled architectural Embellishments
cut sculpture. in marble, sud wrote poems
and history, which have been ever since, ,h,
admiration of the ','rId. As Romans thcy
carried 4 complete and Pcrict military or
ranira,.on over fny nations and a hundred
millions of people, with one supreme mistress
over Al the ruin, Of who's. splendid palacr'
and monuments have not yct passed away
Thu, has this race gone on always dI'un
rushin, Itsclfhy energy, activity, aud intel
l-rtual.r0vcr. wherever il has dvclt, whatcv
er language II has spoken, 'ur lu whatcyci
pcrlod cfthc world It has lived 1t has IN
vented printing, and filed every coiiry tbs
II occupies With permanent records Of ,l'
past, trrc~yib'r To all. il has explored tn,
heavens, and reduced To precise and exact cal
culatlon, all the complicated motions th'rr.-
Il has ransackrd the clrtr, sysiDmzcd, ar
ranged, and classified the Nas mclange VI
plants. and animals. and minerals, and miner
al product to be- found upon It's surilcr. i
makes steam and fallen water tr do more than
all the work necessary for feeding aud cloth
ing the huuai race and the bowling winds
Of the ocean, the very cnblcms oi destruction
and terror, it steadily employs in ln,crchang
ins tic products Of the world, and bearing
the mean, Of comfort aud plenty to ever
cline.
I The Caucasian rsc- Ia, thus, IN all ages
and in all the variety ufcoudi,iun IN which The
dIlIcrcn, branchcg E il have been placed
e,inced the same great eharac,rristics, mark
inc ,hc existence of some innate and constr
u,ional superiority. In the different branch
es subordinate differences appear, which arr
to be accounted for, perhaps, partly hy Sirri.
lar constitutional divcrsitios, by which on'
branch J., distinguished from other branches
As the whole race is frum the other races viii
which We have compared them. Among
these branches, We, Anglo-SaIons ourselves
claim for the Anglo-Saron, the superiority
over all others.