New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-30

- Hamilton College. snd Dslegat,s from the Chap-
sers Of Unien, Harvard, Yale, Aaahs'st, Di'f-
mouth, Columbia and Boudoin Colleges, and o.
New- York, Bro9ss and Wesleyan U,HrTs'f.ss,
assembled at Clinton, Onelda Co., y. T., jug
%, 1851.
GNoTBI SEAyToS,s whether spoken by the
Heptarch of Greek wisdom, or by the oraeie az Dsi
phi, NAV be addressed TO Nations as wei AZ 70 ihll
y,duas tis the duty Of every nation to kno" i'seh
70 Learn its pas, know It's present, and stuhy us f
ture -,
Re II ours to-day 10 inquire, Whence this hving,
.vu.,c active being we call L. 81 What its origin
What its present condition : And what its oesuny
whe.ce came the colors that blend together IN TINS
sreat bow Of promise, spanning the nffhaiheh, .,
time BY what process we're these coofs Oieh1e1
and fused and mingled tina; the keeneS' eye cahno'
discriminate the lines Of their contact whence anu
whittier this swelling stream OF human existence,
-hich the xorld sees combined in the two initial
letter. of our national name RIDING on lts deep
hosom. at the confluence Of its many streams 1t IS
surely not beneath dignity 10 inquire where these
streams frs, gushed into light whence the springs
~ our popuaton and the fountains Of our Existence
From what mountain sides and laughing little stream
lets came this strong current Of humanity over
What stony beds of difficulty through what gloomy
~ens of oppression found these little nils their way
IN this sreat reservoir to combine their multsudn-
Gus weaknesses into one irresistible whole Leap
ing from what hills, gushing from what fountains
streaming from what rocks have gathered the lnfnty
of drops which mingle IN this ocean stream OF hoia
hfe And whittier. Oh whittier are we tenuIg
Whittier this vast volume rolling Into what guii, or
sea or ocean What mountains must IT cieaVe' Whas
vseys overflow, what crevasses shall II make Shaii
how united, or shall rocks am ao @ oeias nm
These be our meditations for the lew moments ui-
xorthily allotted in this literary week to me
The People Of the United States-tcho, whence ana
uAuhri ..,, .,a ,.ou,d
know as an American citizen, what we are ana YET
fear shall have 10 run counter TO- anu dlh"h VI,
many pTeconcelved notions YET wouid SPEAK ml.n
heconlnq respect TO the venerable ana learner men
around me / would tread even what Deneve 10
be the path of truth, with dlfhdence ana modesty, IN
presence Of learning such as SURROUNDS me mere W
dav and in presence Of this array OF beauty before
which Young men bow and which even age feels ike
worshping. And yet, knowing the liberalIty oil TINS
huOored University, and the kindness OF the people
ef this beautiful village speak the truths which
have learned from history, without fearing the re-
prosch that controversy, ana not 'rutn' 'he o'Je0'
Of my inquiry.
feel that appear before you 10 oppose iacts 70
theories truths TO ctions, and argument TO assump-
Recently. i'm this country and elsewhere, as If by
some mysterious and preconcerted scheme, we nave
been informed that this country is Anglo-Saxon
that the people OF the United states ana the peoplc
Of England are one IN origin, religion ana language
and this recently WIN sucn peInsc ,b wy con5 IN Suc noi
refuse 10 be convinced did we not kn'W that IL Is
not SO. IL
sfurapsd the United States, proclalmng tins new
doctrine, to Members OF the Cabinet TO Benevolent
Societies, in whoss original charters the oenevo-
ence Of believing such absurdltles IS not enoned as
bipding on their members, and TO the people gener-
ally OF the United States. We hnd hlin before the
Historical Society of Baltimore, at the St Andrews
dinner, and before the St Georges Society IN New
Knvk nd m
preaching, like the Apostles OF old, necessarily ana
without pay, this new revelation. we hnd hm
among the Highland Scottish Ceits, WIN 'he mga,f
paKtaloons and Cockneyism, playing Celtic airs
withal, telling the people of the Land o CAKES
the "Scots, wha hae WI Wallace bled' IN opposing
Anglo. Saxon rule, synonymous with "chains ana
slayeTy,n the descendants of the Gael the coun-
Nymen Of Bruce, that here Anglo-saxonism whlch
crushed their historic PRIDE al nome had l0nowe9 d
them and spread its shadow over them. we ma
him in Baltimore, the Commercial Capital OF the
Colony to which Angle Saxon bigoIy had driven the
CalveIts and the CAROLS telling 'hea,
confronted them. We find hiin at Cafon springs
after dinner, telling the farmers around hiHl, des-
cepdants from the ancient Irish and Scotch settlers,
between the Blue Ridge and the Aieganes that
even there, where George Washington salu ne
could raise enemies enough OF the AnglO-ohoh
flag TO save the Revolution. this cosmopolitan Anglo
Saxonlsm,
Like the trail Of the Serpent over them all
and al the recent dinner of St George in New-l ofk
we find him boasting that from the mast-hcal OF ,ne
United States ship Union, now, he sad, somewhat IN
distress he saw the " Union Jack" hying-that the
hag which Barry tore down, which HUI caused 10
strike which McDonough caused to be lowered IN
obedience to the brighter stars and s'rpoS-hat ths
ensign of "Rule Britannia" was flying from the
American masthead, and that we were now SAFE
under this Anglo Saxon omen, Tie took occasion,
also 10 aude the Celtic race as acquiring only the
vices of civilization In large cities Far be II from
me for this 10 use reproachful terms. My duty Is
to prove HIM wrong. not TO use harsh language
can only say however, that those who IN large cities
acquire only The virtues TO say nothing 0, the vices
OF The Anglo Norman, will never break down under
any extraordinary load of morality To the Brethren
Of ST. George marvel not that such language proved
acceptable but that such things should DC said
before PRESBYTERIAN Scotchmen, whose fathers tins
Anglo Saxon Normanism robbed, pundered, dsem,
boweled manned and tortured-beiore Maryland
Catholics whose fathers this Anglo Saxon oigotry
hunted through their native mountains Win blood
thirsty dogs and more bloodthirsty men that such
things should be said before such audiences should
think exceptonabe rather than acceptable. we
find too Mr. Martin FarQuhar Tupper, Poet and FRO
yerbalst on visit with the Legislature OF this state
TO the public Institutions of New-lork CITY, IN
speeches before the Blind, Deaf and Lunac, claim
ing his audiences AS Anglo Saxon and To such
pitch of excitement did he work himself up, that, IN
an after dinner speech, on BlackwelrS Island. sur
rounded by hundreds of conyicts, he exclaimed "
stand among my countrymen here-l thought had
left England on the other side of the water. but here
find myself surrounded BY EnglIshmen." And We
find our friend G. 7. r. James, for he has been the
friend and private companion OF US all, wehnd hun
falling into the same error, few remarks made by
him at Niblo's Garden, at the Franklin Festival last
January In which he stated iha, this country is one
common race" with England speaking common
language, SC.
Nor can blame, or abuse, these Enghshmen for
such language, when find our own Repre- sentative
numerous speeches. public occasions seemingly
forgetting that the Nation he represented had blood
OF its OWN stating that the United States looked To
England as its Mother (he must have meant step
motheY) and seeming 10 me, 10 imply that the blood
OF the United States was simply "a draining or the
dregs Of English blood, which the Anglo Saxon sys
tenn had thrown Of without loss 10 health or v,gor.
And. too, We hnd him reported as saying that IN re-
hgon as well as in blood We were one With England.
This, too, at u public dinner, where oigoed senti-
ments were uttered, wholly abhorrent and alien 10
the ,oleran, feelings of American Repubhcanism and