New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-24
LECTURE.
-urcrLTIC AND ANGLO.SAXON RACE
BY WIN. E. ROBINSON.

F,.,.st evening. IL was received with tue utmost
ebusa'm'
'-.,.s of Ireland. 1t is az hte known here, re-
- ~ il Japan. 1t is judged oy the melancholy
-..;rebs OF oppression and degradation which every
g months drift upon our shores. But In every
.msn, OF art, literature, and science the Celtic
.ssus commands the world, and must be pardonsd
srdscne TO join in the general depreciation Of tas
- race. Mr.. X. proceeded TO speak Of the great
-, IN every State OF America, whose names blaze
!, mlsDdor upon every page OF our history, and
.ose origin 10 Irish. Then consider that every
.,iIsss Irshman who lands upon our shores, 10 at
- worth q thousand dollars 10 tine county
I,.,,sd IL the great store house of Toll, where
,.1rican drafts are never dishonored. We rely
,ssp Il for our hard workers
nj our immediate object 10 that which has been
a.ss IN this country by al the except the An.
.,lSsYoB, for which so much has been claimed
xsslsnd laughed at us for long time, now she
use 70 cozea US into an Anglo saXonism ike hers.
NJ. T. referred to his address last summer at Ham
mon College, and quoted some statistics.
n 1850 the population Of the United States was
noCO eo0-7 100000 Irish, By bush and blood;
100000 Germans, by birth and blood; 5000 900
hsnc0, Scots, DC by birth and blood; 900
Aseo- ssIons; 3, 1000 Negroes II have made
~ mistake here 1t is In allo wing too much to the
ngio-Ssxons
There 10, said Mr.. r., no such thing in the world
n an Anglo Saxon race. II the Norman who rules
n England. Chsucer, shakspsre, Milton and Byron
vss not properly Anglo Saxon. The word 10 used
pmesn EnslishmaR. When 1 mento on French
nan or scotchman, / call him Get. AN told am
wong yet am a. right as they who call others
A,slo-Saxon, as matter OF course, who have no
sore right to that name have lll-feelng for the
lrslo Saxon He 10 the victim Of The same mtsgov
Smmsnt the Celt but OF those who claim to be our
hshers In race and refuse to ike our institutions and
70 b Bsturazed IL 10 ainst ths essence Of the
Epesh oespotism. tMr. X requested that the audi
nee would not applaud as II hlhoeTed MS proceed
sr In the lecture J
have said that claim more than one half of the
yhite population OF the United States as Celt The
lsscendaDts OF the English Ualy about 100000
sncs the ADDRESS at Hamilton College, Mr.. r. mad
ssen some remarkable statistics OF massachusetts,
population, and one-tbird OF the children born in
MASSACHUSETTS, in 1850 were foIeign. la Boston
more than hall, IN the same year we're Irish. Mr. X.
ouosd these facts to show that n the United States
we're Anglo Saxon to-day 1t would not De 80 to.mor-
row There are tnae 100 600 irIsn In this City
The rest are made 10 NANNY vi Germans and Old
Kpickerbockers. The following questions have
Been asked in relation to my posluon:
Why do not the Cells make shemseives felt in the
United Ststesi Why are our great men Anglo
Saxon Why is the Anglo saxon allowed 10 impose
Ms religion his customs, &c But Geny the whole.
Who are these Celts and who these Anglo Saxons!
Knox in his races of nen-aHd quote him be-
cause be rs called an ADglo-Saxon-says: "Tho
Anelor Sxons are blonde AMI migra ed fIOmtho Baltic.
Hsinvents nothing has no musical ear and oulbait-
inn and dog-fghting the fine arrs he loves Does
thu describe the American All over the Continent
he Saxon is the clod on which tyranny tramples The
anglo saxon and the Dark Ages are synonymous.
The one Is cause and the other effect Left 10 him.
se he retrogTades, and in the thru fourth gene
ration returns TO savagery He Is at this moment
trembling before the saImanan aud Celtic races
euch 10 the Angl Saxon.
Now who is the Celtl Noah Webster defines him
a the orgn nal inhabltant OF Southern and Western
Europe. Knox substantially agrees with aim Made
kg wsr, be is all In all, the strongest of men, He
loves art, poetry, beauty. He is ~artn-hearted, q
posk adTeHmeT-defeated al Waterloo, Glll ne 10
he dominant race OF the world Frs. he Is French,
hen Irisb, then Welsh AND Scot: There are but
hvtraits OF character forced from Knox oy the truth
he gives illustrations OF their books The Celt oy |
ydsaire's Maid Of Orleans. he Saxon oy Buffers
Hsdibras.
H. When did the Anglo Saxon ever produce Ma |
POISON Wellington, ONeil, Jackson or Cavatgnac-
al Ce,si do not love war am So' us ia9 a., s,;,
han earn bloody lsurels. But wars are necessary,
and sloyy sill waits upon the conqueror VIVA, Is
France, but Charlemagne and Napoleon What
Enssnd but William the Conqueror and Yelling
tort What America, but Warrington ana Jackson,
Taylor and Scott
Of the Cell In a burst of eloquence, and gave
,hs arowing catalogue OF lrlsa names famous In
eveiv sphere of human ambition and great success
curing which no was constantly interrupted oy the
,vmuiyUous applause OF the auolehce
He proceeded to answer the qnsstons senany-
WHY do the Anglo. Saxons govern the Ceit Tney
DO not. In England II 10 the Celtic genius ~hlcn
rulss The pre- achers, the mag azne writer's are
Irish. The English Generals, Poets, Painters,
Conposeis, Dramatic Authors and Actors, are all
hsh-as Mr.. X illustrated by qucsiry tneu names.
The most eloquent Brtish-boIa az this moment Is
h Who Is in PENAL settlement and so through aut the
hit. That 10 my reply, said Mr. r., to the question
Why the Cells alo Anglo Saxons to govern them
WIZ, England is but the play ground Of Celtic gen.
hs-unpssri0tic but Celtic STILL
Now why do nos the Cells make more Impression
IN the United States. Among the sisaers OF we De-
elayaton OF Independence, there were eisne irisn-
men, ana Charles Thomson, Secretary rom Pennsyl-
vania at the time, who did more 'hsa any otaor
70 advance the signing OF that insuunen.-
!sasI.on In onsln was Cemm srs II0 We silo~
onehalf of the sinners to the Anglo saxon, we give
them 700 much However, let US give all nonot
10 al The sisners The nqniiy was pursued
In the sane Nay into the framing o. inc Coasttuuoh
The fret Chief Justice Of the United States was
Cst and Of Tho seven Chief Justices aimee 1he De-
gpnipg, four we're Ces-snc the 3 teas expsaeaefoi
ns Constitution, Daniel Webster, sa Celt MI H.
discussed the naval history OF ne nted s'asos anu
iosnd Celts plenty AS plAckoeffes Ia every snip.
Tuning to the army, II was the stle saiS. nc
Inst General that tel IN our Revolution was ktchtio
NOn,somsry Mr. X waived the Ceitic claim 10
Gen. Washing ton, which he yet pledged n'mseii 10
nake Rooc-and he preferred to leave MIN, peerless
hosr OF nature hrsl In the love aud honor OF al.
MAJOR General Benedict Arnold WAS an Anglo Sax.
On. But the others were manly Ceits' 1sIeta
Scott - Celt And nov where are tue iou'-
tshs Anglo Saxon to oppose .ais array MOI Is tne
common soldier Celt lees tue anu heroic, although
kM Known.
blmpo,s their laws upon taeml The truth Is, they
nave rot cone so. The constant movement OF inns
seSA,ry Is away from the English law Inc Ensilsn
Nv loves ,msel-the American wants INC seaalne
hing But is not The rIisl oy jury Augo- saxon
No. IL obtained IN Ireland long before Il was
NpssGt OF IN England. When Alfred the Great ran
svay Tor shelter TO frslsnd, ne picked up among
cher notions the Trial BY jury. Taey had a Pafiia-
nenn Ireland long before they kne" II ia England
Wis have the Cells taken tke Aosio'Saxon rem
poa7 reluct to discuss this question. N" naa
has mere OF that syticle than necessary FOR nome