New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-03
Name for our Country.

We anproyed the late attempt OF the NeW-fofk
Historical society-or rather, OF some ot Us mem
bers-to procure the adoption OF some Distinguish
Ing name for this Country, 10 take the place OF the
cnmbrous and indefinite term United States. We
need National name Even United States OF
North America is not distinctive, since Mexico has
an equal night to tha, appelation- We hope IN ulne
TO see independent United States OF Canada W est
and East. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, dc. and
-. bare boned 10 see another : United States of
f,.l;e.,;a Oregon &c II does seem 10 as most de-
liable IN many accounts that our Country should
=. known a, home and abroad by some aPpelation
distinctive as Canada or Mexico-a tile not found
ed on the structure of our Government winch is
MOI now peculiar and trust is 10 become less and
less .o We believe the good sense OF the Country
will readily agree with herein, and that the gene
,,I on,osition encountered in the former instance
was provoked by the name Aueghania. 30 unta-
niliar to most and objectionable 10 others as con-
templa,ing apparently nation conhned TO the AT
antic border of our Continent
We propose that our Country shall take to her
self the ns1de COLUMBIA, in honor of the great Dis
coyerer of this Continent, whose name it should
have borne, but who has been derauded of his just
Incidence of succeeding generations A saddcning
history is that of the life and death oil columbus
and mournfuest feature Of his rugged fortune Is ne
Injustice which has been perpetuated TO our own
day in calling this Continent America 1hat hJuslce
!, ia nerbaos 100 Ia,e to remedy without causing IN
onse nernlexity and trouble TO all coming genera
,ions indeed it could hardly be remedied at ALL
Pm, 10, some recompense be rendered TO the great
benefactor of mankind by giving his name to the
earliest the noblest and the most illustrious of the
Nations which have sprung into existence on the
soil whch he rescued from countless ages OF revolt
ing barbarism and presented to the civilized world
Tardy as would be this restitution to the victim OF
three centuries and half Of inexcusable wrongs it
would reaec, honor on our People and prove that
Repudia,ion is no, radical and permanent trait OF
our National character.
The obstacle which at one time existed IN the
Republic OF Colombia, South America has been re
moved by the severance OF that Republic into three
distinct nations no one of them bearing the name
under which they were united nor any thing like
il, Let hasten 10 repair the injustice of the Past
before the appropriation Of this name by some sec
ondrate power shall deprive US OF the opportunity
for ever Let us each feel personal interest in
doing such justice as we may TO the memory OF
Christopher Columbus.
We trust Congress will not separate without
acting decisivey in the premises. 1t is not every
day tha, opportunities are afforded of doing an act
so generous and honorable q; so tyifing a cost
Two days might settle it tcompetcly. The District
of Columbia would then be more pertinently named
than hitherto, and our country have distinctive, ap-
propriate poe;ical name among the Nations OF the
Earth.
Will not our contemporaries see fit to express
some opinion on this subject