The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-13
The Destiny of California In a French point OF
View.

[From la Patrie of Paris of Nov. %. 1852
Whilst the principle OF authority is again strength
ened in Europe, and everything appears to promise
to the old world long years OF calm and prosperity,
at least in comparative point of view, the New
World, in whose veins circulates a warmer and
younger blood, where life is more exuberant, pre-
sents us the spectacle of political and social agta-
tons, less barren than ours, and which, as such,
merit our attention.
We do rot mean to say that everything which is
done On the other size OF the Atlantic merits APP
probation. There as here, movement is not always
the synonyme Of progress, andthe Ego ahead OF the
Yankees, which presents the opposite of the statm
quo with which the old world is smitten does not
necessarily lead to universal happiness. The only
thing that wish to establish is, that the Ameri
cans have the vices and the qualities OF youth, while
Europe has the qualities ana The vices OF old age
Our social life has arrived at its autumn, theirs Is
hardly ,l n its spring. .,,,nr :, ,on,
Du, !. is ..eHisey becarse eve. th'ns Is com n
mencing in the New World, that il Gehoves 49, " ~
attentves to the changes which are in preparation
there, and which are often accomplished with the
rapidity Of lightning.
Six years since, what was California? solitude,
over which Spanish conquest had left its deadly i'm
PRINT To-day California is not only one of the most
important States of the American Union it is bes,es
for the iar-seeing observer third world engraSted
on the still young tree of the world discovered BY
Columbus. Before twenty years California will be
for the immense basis of the Pacific, that which are
at this moment the States Of the Union which border
the Atlantic. From California will shine over
those myriaGs OF islands. some of which are cont.
nents, sown In the great Pacific ocean, Respondent
hght; and q marvellous power which will call these
social life. SN CIV
Certainly there is nothing which gives MS a more
profound sentiment Of admiration and gratitude to
those worthy Catholic missionaries those heroic
apostles, who, at the peril of their life since long
years past and particularly in these latter times bear
the Christian gospel to the Savage and dolatrous
people OF Oceanica.
Their devotion, great before God, merits and OBJ
tans the respect OF men of good fath-even Of those
who do not participate in their belief But it need
not be dssembled the religious apostoate. without
which nothing good can be effected is nevertheless
Gsu lent TO conquer savage people to civilization
human arts, the commodities of civilized life; the
sciences acquired by the toll of ages have also their
share. and their great share in the regeneration of
man placed or fallen to the last degree in the social
scale.
But il is this education by the arts the sciences.
industry, commerce, which the Californian centre an
pears 10 "a providentally summoned to give to the
people OF Oceanlca Formed Of the wrecks and also
little OF the froth, Of the Old World and of the New
young California has powerful interest to central.
lZation-to owe nothing-to ask nothing from her
fathers. This would not be the penalty Of taking its
position at the antipodes Of the Old World to con.
hue tDere the errors OF its WORKOUT customs and OF
its powerless traditions
Our age will, therefore have this remarkable fea
lure, that 1t viii present, in its latter half the re-
union OF the three periods of ciyiZationthe refined
and purified civilization Of Europe-the living and
progressive civilization of Atlantic America and the
civilization growing but full of future of Pacific
America These three civilizations, giving the
hand to each other by railroads steam navigation.
and the electric telegraph, will realize the dream Of
the Phiosophersthey will demonstrate the unity of
te human race, III the variety OF its three phases of
birth, growth, and decadence.