New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-19
RELIGION AND LIBERTY.
c.shslfc MeetinG-SPeech or Archbishop
su~.hes-His Opinions or the Angio-Saxons,
- Tessuth and his Speeches, Education.
re-, &c.
Reported for Tue New-York Tribuns.l


IN, at the Stuyvesant Institute immense throng,
nv hundreds more than the room could reasonably
..ommodate. SO dense was the crowd that report
-. could net penetrate 1t. and were conducted
,n,o,sh the crooked paths in the Of the building.
On ne appearance of DIR. Hughes he was greeted
i,b tts most vocferous applause, which lasted many
.,,sutes. When order had been restored, toe Arch
bishop rose and said;
M CAorman-Ladies ard gentlemen, the resolu
,;oa which am commissioned TO re id AMI support
nth some few remarks IL as follows:
Received That IN the deep harmony Of the unanimous
ns which the late penal ensc msnts Of the B1tisa Par
and People Of Ireland @d Scotland and N the found
an Irsh Catholic Un,y my a, TINS time we ecSg
lated Klngt OF Great Britain and ireland shall he
Mes ss y. wbs e Sss ss E Shss
sedse that the Catholic religion shall that
sxsfsstrophe. happen when 1t VIII
Jlmay, Mr.. Chairman, be anticipated by some, from
he tenor OF the resolution which has just been id
nat am about to launch into philippe against the
soyernnent and people of Great Britain THIS, how
aver is not my intention. II 10 very difficult indeed
Tor man TO dvest himself Of the feelings whica
woud be natural when he looks back to the land of
bis nativity, and the expressions which have afflicted
kat land on account Of the religion which Is still his
consoaiion. l do not say that am devoid OF these
natural feelings at the same time is the Christians
Su,y and still more the duy OF one in my position,to
dvest hmse OF any unchartable sentiment even to-
wayd those from whom he has received most injury.
Hence therefore f sometime the gushing feengso of
Indignation prompt sentiment we nave at least re-
source il from individuals 20 distractions, andH
ne hate England no. TO hate En2lIshmeH, as such,
but to hate what call the distractions Of the ma
bon-tO bate something which II is not crime to
hate. Neither would hold The living generation III
the high places OF British power accountable Tor the
crimes committed by their dead ancestors nor
would expect them to be able to remedy all the
evils which have been eDtai.ed by long course OF
DerveTse legislation but would expect OF them In
heir day and generation, and according to the
measure OF capacity which is at their disposal, TO De
Just in their legislation to be equitable Ia the ad-
ministration of their laws IL Is because they are
not so, that hold the present Government guilty,
so of the crimes Of their ancestors but of their own
and they are enough for they are accountable
before another tribunal II is impossl be Sir, TO DC
familiar with the tone of the English press, and es-
pecaly within the last few years its denulciations
az the Celtic and its anticipatons OF their dis
appesrance, and must call II the savage JOY with
which they looked forward to their extinction with
nut feeling the blood of humanity arrested in its
rent through the human heart. Take up the news
paper called The Times, and the papers that haTmp
niIc with its tone, and reecho It's sentiments, and
Won will see in every page. crouched as smoothly
and elegantly as grammar and rhetoric can make It,
blasphemy against the providence OF God himself
They distinguish the subjects Of Great Britain into
two great classes one Anglo-Saxon-the other
Celtic and although they they have no
very clear ideas OF the origin and identity
Of either ys. hey arrange CLASSIFICATION
the plupdered class OF citizens 1t is quite probable
you are put down Cef but it, on the other hand
you are man capable Of entering into some des-
Dsrate viiiany like that Of sweeping whole popua-
lions 10 destruction in India and elsewhere, and you
prosecute with energy any enormity and 1t turns out
hbe successful, then you are entitled to be ranked
an Anglo Saxon and IT, as one OF the results OF
long series years OF bad government. famine should
come 10 depopulate land as it has como IN Ireland
these heartless interpreters OF peryerse VIII
and corrupt spirit, will whine and grieve over 1t in-
deed but say IL is the providence of God 1t is great
calamity TO be sure nevertheless II is on the whole
melting away the Celtic race, and opening space
and IN opportunity for the Influx OF Anglo-Saxon
enterprise and ADglOSaxon capital, and It is rather
10 Be iejOced at than the contrary, although In
itself it is very lamentable. And II as conse-
qufnce OF that bad government, landlords become
deprayed and heaxtless as their supenors, and
turn the inhabitants out to die by the waySde, II is
certainly frghtul thing thus to see the exodus Of
swhole people still the land is getting clear. ana
prepared for the better occupancy OF Anglo'Sax0n
ski(l and Anglo Saxon enterprise while the good
forno,hingness of Celtic character Will be placed In
relations where 1t will have tc exert itself more tnan
at home have said that these writers nave no very
clear conception of either the Angto-Saxon or the
Celtic race The Celts, as far as We know, are tne
least fortunate subjects OF the British government
In England YOU find them among the IN )untains OF
Wales in Scotland, in the highlands but II would
be absurd 10 trace out their lines ana boundaries,
and make an abstract display OF the succesful VIZ
lsnies 10 which l have referred as characterlzing
he Anglo. Saxon. Now, although 1t may seem
little foreign to the topic which has brought us TO-
sesher ne verheless the terms OF the resolution rem
der it necessary that should II possible uisspHe
somewh hat the impression made by such papers as
The TINES The whole assumption Is founded on a
hlacy ard although the feeble voice OF one inavlo
ual in dispelling common delusion is coinpara'
lively impotent when II is arrayed gAlnst a
power that hes By steam, and that with one single
puff Of its iron throat can send forth OF morning
40.00o falsehoods 1t is almost useless to COMBAT u.
Nobody Is the keeper of It's conscience Inc
Press has no conscience. IL is written for by
men unceT the authority Of others, as much as
the machine, and the Gentlemen Reporters before
me viii understand me as meaning the ma
chine At the same time the Press will repeat what
say, whatever be its worth and say then that II
is he most difficult thing in the world, by any
direct lines. TO find out the Anglo.Saxon race. Inc
first OF England's history is that OF people con.
euered by the Romans, who kept possession until
ne soldiers were wanted In other parts ana re.
tired of their own accord Next the Picts aud
Scots invaded them from another quarter, and
Nen again they were unable 10 cefend themselves,
and called in the Saxons to help them, They found
profitable TO render this kind of help, AMI uraed
against them. They then called IN the Angles aul
some other ibes assist them against the axonsand
then II was Ango-Saxon, Laughter ana cheers.l
Now we have Brtons, Saxons and Angles. and can
they defend themselves Why no, For the Danes
came In a few ships and conquered them. and now
We have Danish Anglo Saxon Bntons. What was
me next conquest Let us inquire OF history, anu
aory Is as open TO me as a. Is to the LONDON Iplss.
History tells us of the battle Of Hastings, where the
Norman soldiers whipped and routed them what
became OF the Anglo Saxon race then Inc frehcn-
man put woke on its neck and blt IN its NOUN
ana sacoie on It's back, ana that frencnihah, anu
aescenca,s Of his followers, the Normans were the
tue coDquerors. That Frenchman mounted tue
SADDLE and impeiled and spurred or checkeo
Anglo Saxonism just according to his own Interests
Maere then, are you TO find the Anglo ,saxon 1
can Tell you where or at least the type OF theth'
lucy are not the engineers, nor the men OF fortune,
Eor Tie governors nor the stockholders OF the laod.
that Is not the type of AnSo-Saxonlsm Ihey
Se In the mines and workshops OF England
a.ney are driving the cattle OF England, TO when
iaey say Gee, flaw" IN their primitive vernacu'
~. You VIII find them ameng the knife grinders oil
snefhelt, and among those hard working men who
served very well TO FIJI the ranks of the army bu,the
government power Is Norman French, not Eng
Esh nor Anglo Saxon. l am perfectly well aware
that the French dynasty did not contnue-it
has been changed. The three great Departments
Of the government were in the hands not of the
Anglo Ssxons. but OF theS Normsns They have
made the iaws-they have expoUnded them, and they
have been the executive power 10 this day, because