The southern press., 1851-11-03
Ron. ihe Repeae des Deur .uondes
The Angie Sax on Race.


FSon. ihe Repeue des Deur .uondes.
The Angio-saxon Race.
OF all the races which at this day occupy the
scene of the world the most active, and that
which DO assesses the greatest weight and infu-
ence, is unquestionab!y the Anglo Saxon race.
Other nations may be more noisy and brilliant
than England and the United States-they may
exhibit more external glory--but no one, il
looked at closely can be considered so necessary
as both these people. The Ango-Saxon race
is one of the most important springs of the
great political machine of the universe; without
il, it would perish, or be abandoned to the con-
tempt of the future some of the most important
facts of history, and some of those moral no
lions which are so essential to humanity.
Without England and America, Professionalism
would exist no longer. Had Professionalism no
other support than that OF Germany, we should
see it now expiring in delirium and In blasphemy,
amidst the laughter of other nations. Without
the example afforded by England, the French
revolution would not only be anatheinatlzed,
hut abandoned as without reason and full of in
coherent extravagances. Had il not been for
England, America would, on it's discovery have
fallen back into the barbarism in which Spanish
vessel found it, 1t is owing to England that
the glorious discovery of Columbus has not
proved useless, and counts for great human
fact, and for a service rendered to moral order,
and not merely discovery interesting to science
and cosmology,
Its England who at This day prevents ma
,ions from falling upon and devOuring one an
other. and who maintains the equilibrium Of the
continent by the fear OF having to measure
strength with so redoubiable an adversary
Thus her very ogotism is useful, for 1t protects
our repose 1t is she that crosses the projects
of Oriental Europe, and says to the two Sclavi
races-" Thus far shall ye go. and no further"
What destiny Her form and power are alb
solutely necessary to the moral order of the
world Let us lay aside all national prcjudces
and patriotic pride. Many nations of apparently
more Importance might disapl ear, and which
seem to be more immediately interested in the
maintenance of modern civilization, but there IS
not one whose death would leave such terrible
results that of the solitary, the egotistical and
independent England
on the Anglo Saxon race" contains the same
error so prevalent among the English them
selves 1t is in fact copy of blunder, at va
rance with historical fact. We state this not to
take away from any merit in England ITSELF be-
cause that would not do so, but to place before
our readers one of the greatest wonders of
modern times-namely, the march OF modern
liberty through England to this Western CONT
nent.
The reviewer says without England and Am
erica, Professionalism would exist no longer"
This is n French confession of the merits of that
moral revolution, in liberty of conscience, which
sprung up in republican Italy and its borders,
agitated Europe for so many centuries, and
finally burst out in rebellion against the old
church system. Unable to hold ground on the
continent of Europe, the reformers were driven
successfully into England, and thence across the
ocean to America, where alone they have estab
lished free, tolerant and moral system of gov
ernment social, political, and religious. This
tide of emigrants, in passing into England, in
troduced those arts and manufactures, built up
that splendid navy, and reared up nation
till then of no importance in the world, to that
power and wealth, which makes her the dread
and envy of those who know not how to m
tate her.
Beaten back by the great Atlantic, the west
ern movement of civz ition and moral liberty
turned uorthward to the British isles, and i
would have pershed there, or its remnants hav,
been moulded into some other form, more ac
ceptab!e to the feudal system of Europe, haC
not in providential time this vast continent beer
opened to the prosecuted
In the Spanish settlement and in the British set
tlement, we have types of the moral and mate
rial results of the two antagonistic principle
which ragged 80 long in Europe. The first
though it started a century at least before To
latter, never did, and never could, really posses
the country usefully. 1t is fast perishing ava
before the mighty and energetic tread of the NOR
ally free man. The children Of the persecuted
from every region of Europe, are driving ou
the feuia bigot Qhe true infdel,) from the ut
most corners of the Western world, and begin.
ningto set an example to Europe that must be
followed in good time.
To call this movement of the prosecuted por
tion of the European people, Anglo-Saxon is al
together inexact, and results FROM want Of np
probation of the historical facts.
T The Washington Union misrepresent
in asserting that we denounced the authors o