The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-07
A PROPOSITION TO CHANGE THE NAME
OF OUR COUNTRY

OF OUR COUNTRY.
We say il with all due respect, that the Histor-
cLSociey of New York could be better than
in devising new name for the United States 1t is
not the first time that aproposion of this character
has emanated from the sapans of the Empire
S.ate.n Weall-that is to say, all of mas,re ags-
are familiar with the suggestion Of the celebrated
DR. Mitchell to call our country Fedonia-in which
case, we should all have enjoyed the honor Of be-
ing called Ffedonians Ourriyers would all have been
Fredonian; our mountains FREEDMAN; everything
aboutus would have borne, upon the lips and in the
ears of foreigners, the euphonious appelaon of FIRE.
DOMAIN. Thispropostion failed in the time of its
thor and is not very likely to excite the attention of
the present of future generations We wonder that
Mr.. John Quincy Adams, when he poured fourth his
decent and poetic lines upon Mr.. Jefferson, some
years ago, and when he vowed that Eve will change
has tried his hand also in strk
ing out new name for the whole country, instead
Of combining himself to the rivers Of the Far West.
He seems to have declined the honor, however;
and it has been reserved to the Historical Society
of New York to have opened the mine again, and
seriously proposed the name Of Alisghania and .alie
ghanians. But why derive the name Of this great
country from one portion of il Why not go forth
to the West, and borrow the high-sounding name
of .apalachians, or Rocky AouniGineerR Or why,
soberly and seriously we inquire should we change
our name at all? Why abolish the name to which
our proud ears are familiar-the name which has
borne our flag to the battle field, and TO the most
distant quarters Of the globel Do we apprehead
that any other country in the western continent will
contest the honor Of the appellation with us Fearnot
SO long as the Saxon blood flows in our veins.
and with il the high daring and the chivalrous enter.
prise which mark our character. Fear not. so long
as we are worthy Of the free institutions which we
have magnifcently erected for our own glory, and
the beacon-ight Of all the nations Of the earth
Fear not, SO long as we preserve the Union Of our
country, and 30 long as we present ourselves in the
council of nations, as ONE great, free, and united
people Let the other states Of the western CONT
nent be content with the names of Canadians, Mex
leans, Peruvians, Brazilians, Chians, and Patago-
MANS; but.give us, and US only, the proud name Of
Americans! He tbi erunt aries! Those who pro-
pose to carry US again to the baptismal font, to
change the name of Americans for the diminutive
title of Alleghanians, or Apalachans, have acted
without due advisement. They forget for mo-
ment the glories which are associated with our
name; and with that name, they partially lose sight
of the distinction which is stamped upon the very
soil on which we tread.
The ARTICLES of confederation" ON the 9Th
Of July, l77s, announced, as its very first
step, and in its first article, that "the style
Of this confederacy shall be the United States
of .qmeca." The constitution of the United States,
formed by the wisdom of Statesmen whom the sagac-
ty of the men of the present day may in vain at
tempt to surpass, or even to rival pronounced in its
very preamble, upon the very threshold, that il was
established "for the United States Of American and
we are unwilling to change the title given to us by
our revolutionary godfathers. Preserve the whole
name for the whole confederacy. Let it go forth
to the world and 'stand recorded for future times
that this is conederacy Of the States of America
nediogeher And thus let the theory of the constit
States and the confederacy ofStates, (ormed by
them sovereign States, and superintended by the
wisdom Of sovereign States, and instituted alone
by sovereign States, with certain limited powers,
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name Of AmER,cANs stand along with II
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merely took up our pen TO introduce the following
well-written article of correspondent 1t has
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suiueu ~ anu we ough'' perhaps 70 apologize so
| our readers for saying so much upon proposition
which has been recently discussed indeed. but
which will n.ver 10 .aon,.a
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SINCE writing tne above, we are indebted to Mr..
F. Taylor, bookseller, Of this city, for the May
| number of the Southern Review. Il has = cormu-
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'''auo' i'oli oon'fiou'or' proposing 70 cal our
country by the complex name Of ".fHtghania-
.4ne,ica," (Which, of course would soon be abbrev-
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lcan' we arg nhpPy 70 see 'he eui'or nimseH pro-
testing against the proposition, and prefcring the sim
ole, proud name Of America So do we. in spite Of
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