Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-11-25

~ the L,ngleys. The Information ~ enboo
- will he new 10 prpa, many traders. Eng /
,shmpr,. as we'll as their descendants. The
az, tba, an INSIGNIFICANT tribe or village OF
,avagps should give name to an Empire Is
.ino,lar. and therefore common. for all such
hinps have had their origin 10 accident
THE NAME OF ENGLAND AND Or
THE ENGLISH
Two brother. and adyrnturers ut an obscure
tribe raised their ensign at the Whi'e Horse
mn Brush land III visit was oppnrtnne. or u
wa. exp.c,ed this remains a State serrei.
R,yh, welcomed by the Brush monarch and
his perpl,.ed counc, amid their intestine dis.
seusioos, as friendly allies renowned for their
short and crooked swords called ssxons. which
had given a generic name to their tribes.
These defendants of Wooden. for such even
the petry chiefarns deemed themselves. whose
trade was battle and whose glory was Plilage.
showed The spirliless what men DO VINO n NJ
TO conquer, The few against the many. ihey
hafnpd The strong and they anhihi.aleo INC
weak. The Brilons were grateful Inc sax
ons lodged 10 the land ill they iook posses
sion Oft. The first Saxon founded me KING
dom of Kent; ~ enty wears af'rf' seroh" !"
Sussex raised the kingdom al Soulh odSoh>'
in another twenty years appeared Inc Sihguoh
of The Wesi.Saxnns. Il was century al.ef
the earliest arrival that The great emigraioh
took place. TIN. DDr Of The Angles drpoP"-
lated lhri nalive province and Hockeh 10 me
fertile island, pider that feeman Of the Brit
ians whom tie bards describe "Ihe Flame
Bearer" ard" The Destroyer" Every quail
10 necuIar to the Saxons WAS hateful 10 the
Bri,o.s: even their fairness Of complexion.-
r..essn terms Hepgist "a white bellled hack
.vy." aud his followers are described as OF
.hAteful hue and hateful form" The BRUSH
poet delights 10 paint "a Saxon shiverlng an
ausking. his ,Chie hair washed in Blood" and
another sings how '-cioSe upon the backs OF
thu paie. fIced ones were the spar points
Already the name usef Of Britain has dis
appedred among Ih- Invaders. Dur islhnd
was now called ..Saxouy beyond The Sea, Or
"West Saxon land;" and when the expatraied
SayOns had alienaird themselves from The Land
of Their taIhTrs. th0se VIM rcInaTHet tdTrhfIf
TO their native hearihs perhaps proudly disiin'
puIshrd themselves as 1.-The old Saxnns." for
by this name they were known by the Saxons
IN Britain.
Eight separate. but uncertain kingdoms.
were raised on the soil OF Brltain. and present
a movable surface Of frat-rnal wars and bat
fled rivals. There was one kingdom lef' king
less. for mo man dared, though never 30 am
billions, 10 take up the s"eptre which many had
found SO hot: thu only ef~clual cure for an'b
ton that lhave read these are III words of
Milton. Finally. 10 use ihe quaint phrase "'
the Chancellor VIII telock. 1.-The ortarchy was
brought into one {" Al the end # five cen'u-
res the Sdxons tell PROSTATE before stronger
rare.
But Of all the accidents and the fortunes of
the Saxon dynasty. not The least surprising -
that an obscure Inwn in the dntchy OF Sies-
wick, .Angien is crm'nrmora'ed by the trans
ferenre ot lis tame 10 one OF the great Euro
pc ~ nations. The .7nghS. or Engies. have
given their denomination To The land ot Britain
: Eagie land Is Eng and. and the Engies are
the EagLishs
How II happened that the very name Of Brit
ain was abolished. and why the Anglican was
selected III preference 10 the more emlueni
race. may Offer philosophical illustration OF
The accidental nature oi LOCAL NAMES.
There is tale familiar 10 US from youth,
thai Egheft. the more powerful king of The
Wesi-Saxons. was crowned the fitsl monarch
of England. and issued decree that Ihls king.
dom IT Britain should BE- cail-d England: yet
an event so strange as to have occa>oned the
Change OF the name Of the whole country re-.
mains unAulhenIIcatrd by any OF the original
writer's Of "ur annals. No rec ard ai,esis that
Egoefi 10 solemn corona ion assumed The title
OF king OF England." HIS son aud succes-
sor never claimed such irei innate little. and
even our illus'r,"ns Alfred. subsequently. only
sly led hrnself hing If The Wes' >axnns."
Inc story. however Is OF ancient standing;
Tor Mauhsw Oi Westminster alludes 10 a STINT
lar u mol The sane incident. namely. that by "a
common decree OF all the Saxon kings il was
ordained thai the l:le Of the island should no
longer be Rrliau. from Brute. but hencefor.
ward be called from the English. England :
Stowe furnishes positive circumstance in
his obscure transaction "Egberi caused The
nrazen image of Cadwalne. king Of The Brr.
ms. Ia b. thrown down" The decree noticed
~ MaIhsw OF " eSimiusier. combined with
h. tact Of p"Iing down The statue OF popu-
AZ British monarch. be'rays the real motive Of
his singular nA'innal change; whether it were
h. suggestion OF Egher. or The unani nous
tgreu-nt of the assembled monarrhs who
we're his lnbniary Kings. II was stroke of
ieep political wisdom; it knitted the members
a,n one common body. under one name. abol-
shiny. hy legislative measures. the very mem-
'ry OF Britain from he land. Although. there
ore. 40 posiuve evidence has been produced,
he STATE policy carries an internal evidence
which yields some sanction to The obscure ira.
itIon. s-ssg,.
Il is nicer diffieus,y a,ss'aceount for the
hoice OF the AnglIsn ~. . IL might have
een pr red TO disif 0''S the Sasons OF
,n,ainfrpm Sa<ons oftheyCoulinenc or the !
anne was ad ped, heisalI fat IT the TAR more
ameronS race anpus rise people. Four
ingd. M OF the oci.rrhS were >sss>ed nv .
he Angles. Thus doabliui aHd obscure re. (
mains The real oSieIu OF or national name.