It is scarcely a question, whether he adds to the fame of America so much, by making the Architects and the Mexican Aborigines to rise up, as "indigenous" to the land, and thence directly _opposing the Bible_,--the first Parents, and the Diluvian Ancestors,--as if he had traced, and proved them to be from scientific and accomplished Tyrus,--or those of the North, from "chosen" and courageous Israel, and following on their track--to trace principles derived from an Apostle of Christianity, together with the fulfilment of the words of a Sacred Prophet! This question cannot contemplate the fame of the United-States,--either as a Nation or a People,--although it does that of the Western Hemisphere generally;--that of the Republic is consolidated with the essential spirit and glory of the Anglo-Saxon and the Norman race, and consequently has no association with the great Tyrian family, or that of Israel,--although all the Nations of the Western Continent feel the serene influence of the heaven-born power--Christianity. That Faith (if we err not) was introduced into the Western Hemisphere more than _five centuries_ before St. Augustine preached it in England. In volume ii. (p. 442), Mr. Stephens expresses himself in the following ingenuous manner,--_after_ he had formed his "conclusion," and which at once proves, by his own words, that he did not sufficiently investigate his subject. He writes-- "_I shall not attempt to inquire into the Origin of this people,--from what country they came,--or when, or how!_" With diligence and perseverance for our guides, we have for years pursued the clue to this historical labyrinth, and when the end is reached, we believe that the _nation_, the _time_, and the _means_ will be firmly established! In regard to the first proposition, we conclude this chapter by recording the new, and apparent fact, founded upon descriptions which we have artistically analyzed, together with the Analogies in the following pages,--and beyond all, by the Bible itself (as shewn in the next chapter), that the _Architecture_ of the Ruins of Ancient America is EGYPTO-TYRIAN,--and that the original builders were from TYRUS, and at a period now distant more than two thousand years! The subsequent proofs that will enable us firmly to establish this proposition, will also announce the startling fact of another accomplishment,--or fulfilment,--of a sacred and quintuple Prophecy by ISAIAH!--and consequently we shall claim that Prophecy, as unimpeachable evidence of the truth of the historical proposition of this Work. This novel application of Prophecies by Isaiah concerning Tyrus, will be discussed in the Second Book of this Volume,--and in the concluding Chapters of which, it will be employed as an absolute refutation of Atheistical writings. ROBERTSON'S HISTORY OF AMERICA.