New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-05-04

Union Of the United States and
Great Britain, and the Estab-
lishment Of n Great AnglO-SaxOn
COnfederacy.
Without indOrsng the practcability of the
scheme of union advocated in the following
paper, We freely give it place in our columns,
and commend the subject for earnest consider
alton. So deep is our adherence of war, and
so sincere is our belief in the ultimate triumph
of right and the prevalence of universal peace,
that we hail with JOY any idea or movement
by which it is proposed to bring it about
From the Delaware Republican,
In No. IA of ex-alderman Francis Vincent's
History of Delaware, we find in note the fol-
lowing synopsis of his plan for the union Of
the Anglo Saxon races into one nation, as set
forth in his celebrated essay to the London
Club in 1868, two editions of which have been
published in pamphlet form by us. In relating
the capture Of New Castle, the last stronghold
OF the Dutch on this continent, by the British
he reterates his prediction made in 1864, and
published in this paper, that the United States
ef America would more than probably become
the United States of the world. And in the
foot-note explanatory to this prediction, says
The author has come to the conclusion, after
maturely considering the matter tn at it is the
destiny of the Anglo Saxon race mo matter
how utopian or improbable il may seem) finally
to unite the world together under one form of
government. and thus do away with wars be
tween the nations of the earth In accordance
with this belief, in 1865 he wrote an essay to
the London Golden Club competing for the
gold medal offered by the late Mr.. Golden for
the "best essay on the best way of developing
improved political and commercial relations
between Great Britain and the United States
of America" In this essay he recommended
the reuniting together of the two great branches
Of the Anglo,SaXon race Il. e. the United States
and Great Britain and her colonies) into one
government; TINS forming great Angl Saxon
cOnfederacy on the following plan viz:
Great Britain to abandon the government of
lrclend and her colonies and leave them to
manage their local affairs by legislatures chosen
by themselves. The United States and Great
Britain and her colonies then to be divided into
representative districts of equal population
each district to elect n member to a legislature
Ito be composed of either one or two hOuses) to
meet at place chosen for q capital, to pass
laws to govern the great united nation. All
members, both of the General and State Lcgis
atures, to he elected by universal suffrage, and
representation always to be in proportion to
population. An executive or executives to be
elected to govern the great nation, with similar
powers to the President of the United States,
and courts to be instituted to try causes of diff
ference that might arise between the various
States, according to laws made and provided
beforehand. Perfect freedom of trade to be be
tween the various States Education to be com
pulsory and universal, so that no one should
grow up in ignorance to jeopordize the gene
raj welfare" Libraries to be established in
districts convenient to and open to all where
the laws of the Great United Nation and books
that contained such information as would tend
to the welfare of the citizens, should be deposit
ed by the Government All nations to be ad
mitted into the Union upon application and
allowed every right enjoyed by the rest of the
States, and representation in its legislature in
proportion to the number of their people pro-
vidcd they agree to abide by its laws and teach
the English language in their schools, so as TO
have one Language for common Use throughout
the Confederacy thus adopting for the Anglo
Saxon or English speaking races and finally
for the world a form of government similar to
that of the United States, save that Senators
should be in proportion to population, and be
elected by universal suffrage instead of two
from each State, chosen by State Legislatures
as at present.
The author thinks that the uniting together
OF two such powerful nations on the principle
OF exact Justce-every member comprising it
having rights equal with the rest-would make
community too powerful for any nation or
combination of nations to compete with in
warfare. That nation after nation would Join
it, they would then save the great expense
of their army and navy. (for the same military
and naval force would do for all,) and the
devOuring conscription for enforced service in
their armies, to which most civilized nations
are now subject, to protect themselves against
other nations having similar military systems
That this and the freedom for trade existing
among us-a trade that would not be inter
rupted by hostile imposts or wars, but which
would be allowed to flow in its natural chan
nels, each section producing what it could with
most advantage to itself, and exchanging with
the other its surplus-would induce country
after country TO JOIN us. until finally possibly
all the nations of the earth would be admitted
to our Union. The world wonld then he one
nation, with one language, the English Wars
would exist no more; universal peace would
prevail The words OF the prophet would he
fulfilled Swords wouid (metaphoricallv) he
turned into plows, ana spears into pruning
hooks. There would be peace throughout the
world. Utopian as this scheme NAV seem il is
Just such men as you and j, reader fin the
United States and Great Britain,) who have
power TO say whether this shall be done
We have simply (euough of us) to mani
lest by our votes at the polls that this
IS our desire. and the thing can be accom-
pllshed, as both i'll America and Britain the
people control the Government. 1t is simply
matter of will, and the two people can say
whether they prefer to unite themselves as one
together, and live In harmony, deciding their
differences by courts, on whose benches shall
sat such Judges as Hale and Mansfield or Mar
shall and Story, or fall out and kill each other
by wholesale, and destroy each others prop
erty. If the German and Italian. notwith.
standing the sanguinary battles that have
occurred between their States, forgetting all
past quarrels, so yearn for unity of their race
as to be willing to wade through seas OF blood
to accomplish it, why should not the Anglo.
Saxon be willing to do pcaceably, with none so
bold as to say TO him ''nay," what they could
only succeed in accomplishing by costly ex-
penditure of life and money The author has
treated these views more at length in an essay
to the European permanent League of Peace
at Paris, whose sitting there was put an end to
by the Prussian war. He also laid them for.