Washington telegraph., 1853-12-14

world. gathering the riches of every cline
covering all lands with marvels of its indus.
try and art and leaving in even the most
barbarous regions the bright traces of its
civilization and its religion. 1t was the
same adventurous and prosperous race that
carried themselves across the ocean, and. il.
I more sacred name than even that of lib
erty, took possession of the western wilder.
ness. In the New World the same prosrer.
Gus fortunes have attended this race The
forest and the Indians wigwam have given
/ place to noble cities and well cul,ivated
fields: the dwelling of people which
true TO the blood that flows in their veins
are taking first place among the nations of
the earth. In the presence of the Saxon
race the black man bows down. and the red
man fades away.
We can only indicate in single sentence
the commanding and central position which
America occupies on the globe. Though
far away from Europe, America is placed
betwixt the two barbarous and idoiatrous
continents of the world. and in this oives
indication of the vast influence il is dcs,in.
ed to e xert on the future course of affairs
so far as the :pread of the civilizing and
Chrlstianizlng Influences are concerned
1t has Africa on the one hand. and Asia on
the other. The latter. especially. adioins
at no great distance, its western sea-board ::
and it is probable that the influence of
America will in ;ime to come be strongly
felt by the millions on the Asiatic Cont
nent Africa, though farther away. has
claims Of moral kind on America which
Asia cannot urge and we fain hope the
time is not far distant when these claims will
be recognised by the nation generally, as
they already are by thousands of Americans
and when America will has stem to render to
africa the best of all reparations for the
wrong she has inflicted on many of its sons.
These are the grounds on which we aurur
for America futurity of usefulness and
influence such as perhaps no nation on the
face OF the elrth has ever We: equalled.-
America is rapidly developing into truly
colossal style in all things Her CONNER
clai undertakings are on scale of great
magnitude. Several If her citizens and
me rcharts have amassed colossal furiunes,-
fortunes which have dwarfino effect upon
the richest accumu'ations OF England Tho
missionary enterprises ON a large scale
and conducted with great vigor. In short,
the Americans bring into this infinitely i'm
portant department the same large scale of
conception. and the same vieor end energy
of acting which they display in other de-
rariments- In the rapid growth Of Ameri-
ca we heartily rejoice. even though it
should endanger our own supremacy. Brit
ain and America cannot possibly have sepa-
rate interests; and that man or party would
sin against the world. and would deal the
most fatal blow to all its prospects which it
is in its power to give. who should divide
these two nations. We trust this will never
occur. What matters it which Of the two
be foremost in the race.-wheiher We be a
little in ad ance Of America, or America
little in advaace of us p? The success of the
one is the success of the other. Neither
can reap any signal advantage without fur
nishing thereby additional guarantees to the
spread and stability of those great princi-
pies to which both have consecrated them
selves. and with which America as well as
Britain must stand or fall +"