The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-04-12
THE ANGLO Saxon Race.

land has been the laboratory of most re-
markable race, in which nearly all the ra-
ces that peopled Europe, from Rome to the
Norman conquest, were combined. All
that is vigorous in the Celt, the Saxon, the
Scandinavian and the Norman, are all alb
sorbed into what we call the Anglo-Saxon
race; and when the combination was COM
pleted on the island of Great Britain, a
new world was discovered, as if it were on
purpose for the irresistible expansion of
that mighty race. Asan illustration of one.
of its physical qualities, it is estimated that
its population doubles itself In 35 years,
while that of Germany doubles itself in rs;
Of Holland in 100; of Spain in 106; of Italy
in 1876; of France in 1873; of Portugal in
23S, and that of Turkey in 555 years.
When about $50 years ago, one or two yes
sells crossed the ocean and planted here and
there along the coasts of North Amer
lea few germs of that race Its whole pop
ulation in the Old World did not exceed
six millions. England, Wales and Scot
land numbered fewer inhabitants at that
time, than New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio do now. Hardly two centuries and
a half have elapsed since the epoch, and
now there are at least twenty-five millions
Of that race in North Amefica anG its ada
cent islands, or number exceeding the
whole population of Great Britain.
In 1920 the Anglo-Saxon race number
ed about 6,000,000, and was confined to
England, Wales and Scotland; and the COM
bination, of which it is the result, was not
then more than half perfected, for neither
Wales nor Scotland was more than half
SarOnized at that time. Now it numbers
6O,OOO.0O0 Of human beings, planted on all
the islands and continents Of the earth, and
increasing everywhere by an intense ratio
Of progression. 1t is fast absorbing or dis
placing all the sluggish races or barbarous
tribes of men that have occupied the con-
tinents of America, Africa, Asia and the IS
lands ofthe ocean. See it girdling them from
year to year with its vigorous plantations.
If no great physical revolution supervene
to check its propagation, it will number
8OO,OO0,000 of human beings in less than
$50 years from the present time-all
: speaking the same language, centered to
the same literature and religion, and exhi-
: biting all its inherent and inallenable char
acteristics.
Thus the population of the earth is fast
becoming Anglo-Saxonized by blood. But
. the English language is more self-expensive
, and aggressive than the blood of that race;
it is, if we may speak it reverently, the
t John the Baptist in the mission of that race,
: uttering its voice and teaching its words tc
the scattered tribes and tongues of the earth
in every distant wilderness Of barbarism.
When community begins to speak and read
r the English language, it is half Saxonized
] even if not drop of Anglo-Saxon blood
: runs in its veins. Ireland was never colo
!, nized from England, like North America
Q or Austria; but nearly the whole of its Sc.
: ven or eight millions already speak the
t English language, which is the preparato
S nv state to being entirely absorbed into the
e Anglo-Saxon race, as one of its most Wig
: orous and useful elements. Every where
II The English language is gaining upon the
5 language of the earth, and preparing those
/. who speak it for this absorption. Tht
1 young generation Of the East Indies i
: learning it; and it is probable that within
# fifty years, 25 millions of human beings, Q
: Asiatic race, willspeak the language ontha
Y continent. So it is in the United States
: About $4,000 Immigrants from German!
0 and other countries of continental Europe
5 are arriving in this country every year
It Perhaps they cannot speak word OF En-
of glish when they first land on our shores
L but in the course of few years they mas
y ter the language to some extent. Thel
S, children sit upon the same benches in ou
? common schools with those of our natiT,
g Americans, and become as they grow u
4 and difuse themselves among the rest Q
At the population, completely Anglo-Saxon
d lied.
n Thus the race, by its wonderful self ex
le pansive power of language and blood is fas
occupying, and subduing to its genius
all the continents and islands Of the earth
The grandson of many young man VIII
d, reads these lines, will probably live to Sc
the day when that race will number II
SOO,OO0,OO0 OF human beings. Perhap
they may comprise hundred nations, c
d, distinct governments. Perhaps they ma
become a grand constellation and common
wealth of republics, pervaded by the sam
laws, literature, and religion. Their un
ID, ty, harmony and brotherhood must be d.
termined by the relations between Gre;
Britain and the United States. Their vi
ion will be the union of the two worlds.
ar, they discharge their duty to each other an
to mankind, they must become the unite
heart of the mighty race they repTesen
feeding its myriad veins with the blood
moral and political life. Upon the state
their fellowship, then, more than upon ii
union of any two nations on earth, deper
the well being of humanity, the peace an
progress of the world.--Burrf's Christie
Citizen.
Evrr. SpEAKING.-That you may n
!. speak i'll of any, do not delight to hear
Of them. Give no countenancc to bu:
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