The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
Race differences.

You have heard q great deal about the Lat
in race, their wondrous qualities, their pecu-
lier destiny, their possible danger. 1t is q
new idea, or rather d new phrase, that I OBJ
serve is now getting into the political world,
and is probably destined to produce conse-
quences. Norman will treat with indif1er-
ence the principle of race. 1t is the key of
history, and why history is so often confused
is that it has been written by men who were
ignorant Of this principle and all the knoWl-
edge it involves. AS one who may become a
a statesman and assist in governing mankind,
it is necessary that you should not be insensi-
BILE to it whether you encounter its influence
in communities or in individuals, its qualities
must ever be taken into account. But there
Is no subject which more requires discrimin-
ating knowledge, or where your illustrating
principle, if you are not deeply founded, may
not chance to turn out a will-o'- the-Wisp.
Now, this great question of the Latin race,
by which NJ. de Vallombrosa may succeed in
disturbing the world-it might be well to in
quire where the Latin race is to be found!
In the North Of Italy, peopled by Germans,
or in the South Of Italy, swarming with the
descendants of Normans and Arabs? Shall
we find the Latin race in Spain, stocked by
Cloths, and Moors, and Jews? Or in France,
where there is great Celtic nation, occasion
ally mixed with Franks? Now, / do not
want to 60 into the originof man and nations
I am essentially practical. and only endea-
vor to comprehend that with which I have
personally to deal, and that is sufficiently
difficult. In Europe ! find three great races
with distinctive qualities-the Teutons, the
Slays, and the Celts-and their conduct will
be influenced by those distinctive qualities.
There is another great race which influences
the world, the Semites. Certainly, when /
was at the congress of Vienna, ! did not be-
lleVe that the Arabs were more likely to be-
come q conquering race again than the Tar
tars, and yet it is 9 question at this moment
whether Mehemet Ali, at their head, may not
found q new Empire in the Mediterranean.
The Semites are unquestionably a great race,
for among the few thingsin this world which
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than that they invented our alphabet. But
the Semites now exercise q vast influence
over our affairs bytheir smallest though most
peculiar family, the Jews. There is 10 race
gifted with SO much tenacity, and such skill
in organization. These qualities have given
them an unprecedented hold over property,
and illimitable credit. AS you advance in
life and get experience in affairs, the Jews
will cross you everywhere. They have long
been stealing into our secret diplomacy,
which they have almost appropriated in an
other quarter Of q century they will claim
their share of open government. Well, these
are races men and bodies Of men influenced
in their conduct by their 'particularIorganiza-
ton, and which must enter into all the calcu-
tations Of q statesman. But what do they
mean by the Latin race! Language and re-.
ligion do not make a race-there is only one
thing which makes a race, and that is blood.