The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-06
England and Africa.

The map Of the world is distinguished
by decorative letters running across the
delineation Of vast regions, and read
fne-"British America; ''British In
dia" and "Brltish Australia" And 1T is
not improbable that the youth Of the
present generation will point their chill
dren to a like reading of-"British Afri-
ca"-on the future maps of the world.
The initiative steps leading to that re-
suit have already been taken. ....
OF all the modern races Of Men the
Anglo-Saxons are the best and greatest
colonizers. One century is not avery
formidable space in the great Calendar
OF Time. Only one century has elapsed
since America was born. At that time
The. .Anglo-Saxon race could not number
more than twenty millions, only one
fittieth part of the then population OF the
globe; and they confined almost wholly
TO the limited geographic space known
as the British isles. Now that
race numbers full one hundred
millions, one twelfth part Of the
globes population; and they spreading
over every continent OF the earth, and
occupying the islands Of every ocean
The youngest of all Earth's races ci
Men, the Anglo-SaXon is this day the
most potential race known to our planet.
It's Institutions, it's inventions, its total.
ity of civilization, are now swayine
their power and urging their progress
over dominions wider than Greek OF
Roman ever knew. From that little Isle
known as BRITAIN, the home OF this
Race, and which even in Its barbarian
condition proved more than match fol
the Roman Caesar, the. descendants oi
that race have gone forth conquering
and to conquer, without halt or check,
until their, laws are obeyed and their
language is spoken by more millions OF
the.human, family than of any other one
of.the civilized races Of mankind.
The earlier Latin Race ofwhich Rome
was the political center, were also great
colonizers; but they were military colo.
nizers. The Anglo-Saxons are, on the
contrary, commercial colonizers. They
are as giftedin in military prowess as ever
the Romans were but their military ex-
pioits are always made subservient to
Eheir commercial progress. They con.
quer in order that they may trade. They
plant their power in order to plant their
commerce. They carry with them their
institutions Of civil polity and jurispru-
hence, in order that their commerce may
be- nourished and protected. BY this
means their acquisitions, wherever OBJ
tained, are always secured.
A command Of the trade of the world
has always implied the command of the
wealth Of the world. 1t was SO with the
Tyrians, the Phenicians, the Cartha-
ginians, the Venitians, the Hollanders,
and the spaniards. That power is now
passing to the hands of the Anglo
baxons. England, the focal center OF
the Anglo-Saxon race, Is already virtu-
ally the center of the trade of the world.
70 her marts the lines Of the worlds
commerce and the worlds wealth are
ali converging. Her greatest rival is
found in America, but among people Of
the same race, OF the same language
and of similar laws. 1t is simply di.
vision Of local interest, not division Of
the powers Of the Race. Indeed, this
rivalry is but spur to the activities, q
qulckening Of the common powers, o
the common race. Over all the cont
pent Of North America, over all o