Washington telegraph., 1853-12-14
NO 81

ton IN Its constitution At that f;,oa :,
would have been difficult problem TO s,v
what would be the future career of Amer;c.
whether Christian or Atheistic? The chan
ees rather were that America would forsake
the ''eld paths in which her fathers ON tbi,
side of the Atlantic had walked and would
become worshipper of the gods of Y oltaire
and Paine. But now the moral of virns
has been purged out in good degree
The pcdominating element in that state is
undoubtedly Christian one, and there is
no difficulty now IN predicting for it Chris.
tlan career. Thus, though young. we are
disposed to think, that the most dangerous
period of youth is passed No doubt we fiud
in that country an extraordinary assemble ge
of diverse and strange opinions--opinions
which set reason quite as much as Scripture
at defiance /; but these opinions want the
compacness, and the traditionary reverence,
and the systematic propagandsm which ac-
company system like the Papacy and we
have no doubt that the good sense as we'll as
the Christian principle of the American
people Will in course of time reduce these
ex.ra1agant notions. This variety of men
tai fonl, some Of it neither palatable nor nu
tritloui which is served up to the American
nation reminds us of what is said of IA Scrip
ture parsonage who was commanded, too, to
use variety of viands and for this reason,
that he might know ''to refuse the evil and
choose the good.'
The strong assini!ating power possessed
b1-u St.t, ic al,
as it i. very hopeful circumstance. Not
only has America vast internal sources of
enlargement and strength, but continuous
and ever enlarging stream of Immigration
is flowing upon her from without She
opens ler gates TO all comers putting no
question to any one: and she admits to equal
ity Of privileges men of every tongue, and
of eveF creed But though this vast tide
of race, tongues aud creeds is ever setting
in npon her, her soil is never overloaded.
nor is he predominating characteristic of
the nation weakened or lost thereby. On
the contrary, the American principle seems
to perra1e and over-master the new mate
rial. and thoroughly to Incorporate thcm
with the former mass of the nation The
fiery italian. the phlegmatic Dutchnian. the
Pole the Neit. all are taken in and are. if
we may so saw Amer5cani-ed This mioht
be found difficult operation for most ma
tions, but the process seems easy to the
American people. Every Ingredient of for
eign admiSture America takes up, and read
ilv and without difficulty draws from it new
supplies of national strength: she converts
it, by her power of assimilation. into bone
and muscle, sinew and nerve, for her own
uses This argues an organic action of
marvellous force, constitution thoroughly
sound and vigorous and it is of happy au-
curry both for America and the world that
a national action which is so powerful should
be becoming every year more largely i'm
bued with Christianity.
America, too. belongs to race whose
fortunes in the world have in no ordinary
degree been prosperous. 1t is a fact written
upon the face of history, that there are
elccted nations in the world The Great
Ruler chooses certain races, endows them
with rare and valuable qualities. assigns
them certain high ends TO fulGll. and by
train Of conspiring and favorable circum-
stances, preserves their existence from age
to age, a1d guides them to the fulillment of
their high destiny. This ezectiou Of ma-
tio7s involves 30 more merit on the par of
the chosen race. than does the elecftou of
persons. which the Sacred Scriptures so
plainly teach az we read them. We have
no difficulty in pointing to the one race on
the globe which is undoubtedly the chosen
race. That race is the Anrlo-Saxon race.
NJ IL o,,I
no supernatural voice was heard when that
race was selected from the other families of
mankind hut most manifest it is that on
the Anolo-Saxon race has heen laid the
burden Of carrying to the other nations of
the world the blessings of art and freedom,
and, of what is infinitely more valuable
Christianity-t the alone conservator Of liber-
ty This is race whose whole career has
been remarkable The moment If appeared
began to be felt and all the great chang ees
of medieval and modern history have heen
brought about by its agency. It was first
summoned from the depth of the German
forests, many years ago to take part in a
great work that of subverting the Roman
empire Obadient to the call, the Saxons
left their rnda home and, with ample chests
strongly formed limbs, and white hair
streaming in the wind, they rushed down
on the South, and the empire Of Rome fell.
Britain had next to be peopled by them.-
Though our island at That time had come
within the sphere of Roman conquest. it
was scarce within the pale of civilization
1t was the Ultima Thule Of the known
world and overrun bv her half-naked sava-
ges But not more than seven years elaps-
ed from the hour the Saxon keels tonched
the English strand, till Hengrist their lead
er sat nron the throne, and Britain heoan
to rear her head among the nations. The
wonaerful career Of he Anqlo-Saxon family