Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-01-08
IVTrER FROM "AwnDR1sHMAN."
IpLKyILLE. jan. 3. 1889.


Eo,,oRs DExocnAr This is IN age Of Cant. There
!. m end 70 IL. II josiles one on the sidewalk il
- s0ainat one at every corner. There is political
~ nnritancal cant; the cant " the philanhrOpsts
md noralists; the cant about progress and ntelli-
ocs. there 10 anti Lee0mptOn, Abolition aud cable
snt. but the most nauseOus, nOnsensical and ridic-
800 Of All IL the cant Of SaxOnsm' Anglo Sax.
.,~;sm. The others can bear with equanimity.-
There may be somewhat Of virtue, VI responsibility,
= even amability about them-s0me streak Of gen.
.r,,s insanity " recommend them to ones love or
;tv Hut tliA AnglO-Sa xOnism, this ethnoluE ical
ksresy never bfoached until the days Of Victoria
1IueIph and BGbbIiHg Macauley,- empty Ofevery
rim, tangible or rational, full II everything vain
and Inflated, think man belonging to respectable
raee may be allowed TO question its superiority
soeeF Il lie pretensOns or laugh ut IFS absurdity
n this cant had any mOdesiy, It, like any other
nuissnee Il kept out Of The way. might not be such
40 annoyance. But where 10 big plGcaFds IL blDck.
sdss the thOroughares, when II sh0vcs itself under
Oass nose bound In calf and cloth, when il spreads
Itself ont In imposing essaya nay, when "Our Anglo
Gaxoa fathers Stares one in the face from the pub
Ic ioaFnal-is IL any wonder rational man, even
rood.natured one (as amy grows virtuOusly angry
q gets . little rIled!
For proGress, cables and bibles, thank not the
~nds, bot 1s, cay the AnglO-Sax0ns. e Heaven hast
ThuS. whenever we meet this thing whether 10 the
wsiks" IT life or the "hedS Of literature, IL 10
aIwayS the -egOistical superciliouS and snOb
bish Il elaine TO be the autOcrat Of lit is the
Goldfish.
John Bull L. the great apostle as well as the Sa.hor
Of this creed. He isA warm convert To his own
faIth for he like all other upstArtS either ignorant
Of OF not content With denying covering up their
origin, will not be satisfied unless he is exalted vt
the expense Of another. But the great secret Uf oil
this saxon glUrihcatiOn is with excess Of light u
throw the Cet in the shade England SAYS this ism
ts The cause Of her prosperity it may be so; din.
ne care; yet plain, Ample.minded person may
have his dOubta. | am not al oil euviOus or Jealous
- et.n i n nrOud d RAJ knAnua In he
people, who were friends 0f and traders with the
magnificent aud Opuent TyrianS. ! would rather
wUrahip with the Druids There streak Of the old
idoIaty in mel than bow before Wooden. Rather
WUuld wish ~ ireR che bright Eastern iieids
than emerge from the darkest forest Of Germany
10 WGWd, would rather be Celt than . Saxon,
ave, even were IL aublimated with the " Anglo
I have no frud with the Germans. They are gifted.
thoughtful, profound, but tn patient people,
Cnder paIernal government like eur own, they
make Industrious aud very cellentcitIzcnS and ut.
teFly unlike the btastfu AngO.Saxons. Their in.
atncts ere strongly Democratic But that the Saxon
Invaders " England deposited "Organizing indus
more than any othor race from which her greatness
grew, | must devOutlv disbeleve. ] know the
cieut inhAbitAnis were M mean people. know tue
Romans, from whose lOins SpranR many nations.
s0Wed some few seed there. The Danes ruled Flu.
gland 40 well ~ the Saxnns. And We all know
william and his NOrmans sprang IN the island like
tigers, and tiger like hUd II to-day and 10 these
same NormanA, what Of SAxons there are in England
to-day. they much slaves they were IL wore.
when they had rings in their and collars they
have ihOGe yeti "n their nccks And vet far all this.
the DritOns the Romans. the Danes. the N"rmans
are ignOTed, and We have in England nothing. for.
aOO'h, but English Saxons England greatest Fncn,
those whO have shed halo Of glory around her.
had nothing Saxon in their apiri, or genius. licr
mOnaichs. from the first William to Anne. were
mostly knRA and Queens "f talent snd ability. The
ptAntagenets. the Houses of York and Lancaster.
the Tudors (par, ulary the stewards. they ruled
wiekedly, they ruled molly and cnerRetcalIy. liu.
stupidity was never cr"~ ned in England until the
advent " the House If Brunswick. Lord Byron
styled George ". IwrhaPs the most talented "f the
race) the fourth II the E~,ls aud the munarcha
called George" wish them j''y If their Anglo.
SaS.u monaTchs
But did the sun nevcr shine on = great Nation
until IL cast its ravs England Was n" Nation
ever befwe prgrc>sive. RrAspnR, envl"uS or tyran,
ical! Let History answer.