Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-23

Irallan negroes. -
ment Of England is'in the hands of these
races Unfortunately? Not at all. Two
of them have nothing to do with ID. Who
ever heard of the Hndoos or the negroes
| being represented in the English Parlia-
ment? Two hundred years or more have
elapsed since the Hindoo people, in large
NUM- bers, have been under British rule;
but they have yet no representation In the
law-making department OF the govern
ment; nor is it likely they ever will have.
! Similar remarks apply to the negroes, IL
would instruct the age to see how the Eng
lish' Government would treat an applica-
! ton from the Australian negroes for repre-
sentatiOn in Parliament. Until very late
lly, England has Disseminated against gem
| uine Calicasians when they belonged to a
certain family. A careful review Of the
history of England will disclose the fact,
that the Anglo Saxon is the ruling genius,
land has been with but slight qualifications
lsince the ancient Britons succumbed fight
ling under King Arthur. Even the acces-
lsiOn of the Normans to the throne had no
Ieffect whatever on the Saxon Constitution.
The triumph was prompted by ambition
If r place, without any desire whatever to
change the character of Institutions. To
the plodding industry and perseverance Of
the Saxon, the Norman simply added his
chivalry. '''i. ~. ..'.-
| The English Government is, to all pur-
poses, an aristocracy. The people, politi-
cally, who take any part in the affairs of
State, may be divided into Nobility, Cen
try and Commonality. Parliamentisth thor
oughly aristocratic, with the exception OF
| few members, whom particular circum-
stances connect with the cause of the peo-
pie. The commonality, or people, have
certain rights, which have been reduced to
three heads-the right of personal security,
the right of personal liberty, and the right
of private property. The Magma Charta
asserts nothing beyond these The elective
franchise is not by any means regarded as
being among the absolute rights of even
citizens of pure Anglo-Saxon blood. The
q State rests upon the prerogatives OF birth
r and property. A certain amount of proper
ty entities the citizen of London, or Dub
lin, or Edinburg, to vote for a member OF
the House of Commons. But, without this
q property, the AngloSaxon is as powerless
in making the laws by which he Is gov
erned, rs is the African or the Hindoo. '
The Government of England, then, is es-
sentially an Aristocracy. All its great
powers are now, and always have been, in
the hands of a pure stock of people, and
this stock has maintained its character fol
homogeneity under all the political andre
ligiouS perturbatons to which the country
has been subjected. No inroad of any con-
sequence has been made on the normal cur
rent of Teutonic thought. The pure An
glo-SaXon has dominated the State-mak-
ing little or no concession even to the Gel
4 tic elemets of Ireland and Wales, and none
at all to the immense mass of Hindoo and
negro population that pay tribute to the
English treasury .'
England owes her greatness, her power,
wealth and science, her success really as a
civilization, not to the commingling with
other races strongly contrasted by idiosyn-
cracies with her people, but to the care and
r vigilance with which she has guarded the
Il integrity of her own race instincts. She
seemed early to learn the important les
sons so well understood in Asia-that in
race unity there is wisdom, efficiency, cul-
tureand power; in race diversity, weak
ness, want of purpose, anarchy,
Suppose, for moment, that England had
Incorporated the Hindoo and Negro peo-
pies into her Government as fast as, con-
quered, allowing them the privileges 0l
her nobility and commonality, what would
be her condition TO- day? The Govern
ment, of course, would not now express
the peculiarities, as it does, of the English
mind. 1t would be nothing more than a
mongrel organization, a compromise be-
.g tween the Saxon, the Negro and the Hin
doo-a suppuratng mass, destitute even OF
the conditions necessary to continue It's ex-
istence.
The Spaniards armed an expedition for
the conquest of Mexico more than three
a: hundred years ago. Cortez, the leader ol
the Spanish force, on his arrival at Mexico
found people united and happy. The
. form of Government was that of limited
monarchy. The monarch was aided in his
| Ia d. n fN1a
held their offices independently of the
- King, aud were not liable to be removed
/ by him The laws were reduced to writ.
ing. Marriage was held as an ordinance
OF great Importance to the State; bigamy
obtained in rare instances. A well regu.
lated postal service, capable of making
two hundred miles day, was used in the
y transmission of public intelligence. The
? army was divided into corps and regiments,
and these were provided with hospitals
, army surgeons and a medical staff. The
system of agriculture was very fine, and
q regulated by code of laws. The menag-
cries and botanical gardens excited the ad-
miration of the invaders. Astronomy was
, cultivated. The Mexicans had dials for OBJ
tanning the time of day, and instruments BY
. which they made themselves acquainted
with the solstices, equinoXes, obliqnty o.
o the ecliptic, &C. The Kings palace was ,
, wonderful work Of art. It's dome was com
I posed of black marble, highly polished anC
% studded with stars of gold ia imitation o
the sky. The MeXicans believed in ont
God. The women did not work in the field
but were occupied in spinning, weavinl
aud music. The currency was gold ant
silver. .',... 80 -yt.'i-,. ~.
Such was the condition of the Mexican
people when conquered by the Spaniards
This event led to consequences which ulti
mated in the subversion totally of the Mex
Z lean civilization and the extension to the
l'country of Spanish rule. IntermarriageS
between the Spaniard and the Mexican anC
the Spaniard and the negro followed. Tht
commingling of blood has continued uhti
the present day, when the relative proper
ton, of the different stocks stands abou
thus: rs..-. .,;is.,. ....' .., ......
Indians indigenous race. 90
hlteS. ...' '.'.'......''..'. luu Wy
90 0,Vo ,VU
All mixtures. .0O
- Making total of. Oh, 90
Looking over these figures, 1t will be no
ticed that the Indians and negroes numbe
4,O06,0OO, and the whites and mixed blood
3,009O00. ," r neg ,n1Ai0t2 79Y'e e.
Here we have an instance of the com
pounding together of different races. TIL
native Mexican, the negro and the whit
man have mixed their blood together very
freely, and perhaps under as favorable cir
cunistances as could be desired. What ha
been the result? Political disturbance
ethical fermentation, anarchy In its wors
form. Since Iturbide wfested the ceuntr,
, | from Snnnish alithoritvI in 1891 there n av