Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-02-03

lace was very large. Ths ssndanes q
adies, We think, was greaasr shas at any
previoas meeting Of the society.
The lecturer for the evening wns Par
.,cK Rom, Esq, chose ssbjees vas "fhs
Saxon Element If anything was re-
1uired to establish Mr.. RoBB's reputation
in this community as q fni.hed scholar,
fine orator and man Of sound and com.
prehensive judgment. his lecture on Tues
day evening has supplied the deficiency,
and all agree in awarding TO him the
praise which his talents entitle him. 10
poin. Of scholarly ability, great familisri-
ty with history, beauty Of diction, pleas
ing combination Of language and elo-
quence Of delivery, the lecture would have
done eminent credit to older and celebra.
ted speakers.
The subject was introduced by : beau
,iful comparison between the Amoo river,
whose source is near the dark mountains
of the East, dividing itself near the foun-
tain head into two branches, the one 10
ningle with the waters Of the Caspian and
the other to swell the Lake Of Eagles, and
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one branch 10 waste away among the fall.
en- dynasties Of the East, and the other to
struggle against and finally perish under
combination Of Western Europe. The
power aud long invincibili.y Of Rome and
her protection Of the arts Of civilization
against the entertainments of the barbar
Gus tribes by which she was surrounded !:
the terminating Of the seeds Of dissolu.
ton, and the departure Of her prestige, by
which her voice lost its terror, her arm
its strength, her councils their wisdom, her
movements their celebrity, her eagles their
Hight we're each in turn appropriately
portrayed. The decline Of Rome invited
the rapacity Of her enemies and unsettled
the equilibrium Of the moral and political
forces of Europe. Among her most in
7eterate enemies was the rude, barba
rous, adventurous, piratical Saxon" from
the sound Of whose oars and the track of
whose keels the nayigators upon the north.
ern waters fed in pafslyzing fear. Il was
maintained that, while the Saxon was
racked with the barbarism Of passion, ap.
pailed by the appari,ions Of superstition,
and loaded with the crimes Of ignorance.
he was averse to the arbitrary power Of
monarchy. and the SURFACES of the peo-
pie we're regarded. In the sixth century,
when religion Va, introduced among them,
i. was cordially received. and soon wrongh,
radical change in the character Of this
people. As specimen of the lecturers
portrayal Of the Saxon character, We give
his own words:
:" In every viciss.udc of fortune-under
every circumstance of trial and distress
there was one dream that inspired the
Saxon with hope. Odin was his god and
benefactor. Fiction had murdered and
sn:h-,nea b" in The fIasep aEssiRAsef aha
befallen the Saxops and mis.ortunes rest.
ed heavily upon them, they beautifully
imagined that the watchinl spiri, Of their
god would awake from his sleep and exc
cute signal vengeance upon the enemies
OF bis people. But greater deliverer
than odin nov arose. Among the many
names that distinguished cur ancestral
line. there are none too great to be compar
ed with ALFRED. There haze been praat
er sufferers and leaders in battle: as sa
eac'ous and NOR. learned counselors to
guide US IN times Of peril, aud greater ex
Piorers n the realms OF philosophy. but
a. founder Of States, as the progeDitnr
OF SOFA! order and many fundamental
principles oil Jurisprudence, he stands alone
IN his age and prominent in his race
q model he laid the foundation Of
system OF government upon which wis
dom, experience and patriotism have rear
ed the noblest political fabric that the
world has ever seen. He linked law yi,h
order and tempered punishment with mer
cy. The righteousness Of gia.t passions,
the obstinacy and stubbornness Of untu. |
tored wills he sublued into an obedience
to law which his descendants have never
abandoned. Rest, thou, Columbus of a
new world in politics! Although thou
sen'ured not far into the new and I'm.
known region which thou discovered, and
thine eye rested upon little else than rug
,ed deformities aud formidable obstacles.
ret thy courage surmounted eaough, and
ny explorations were sufficiently reward
q to inspire thy descendants with conf.
ience, and entice them into the bright and
fruitful and healthy fields beyond. The
genius Of thy institutions has been eman.
'ipated by our own WASHINGTON, and the
'ames Of the earlier Saxon law.giver
md the later Saxon statesman will rest. in
asy companionship forever
" BID crelipg rivers into snas shall run.
nd round its course IN heaven The radiant ann. |
hile tree the mountain tops with shades sunpIv
heir honor, name and praise shall never die.
Equal in beauty with the foregoing ex.
ract is the following, in reference TO the
Importance and influence Of correct early
raining:
Have you never noticed the faithful
ardeuer rearing his favorite tree !? How
agerly day BY day he watches its first
nmmers growth. How attentively he
aters It in dron,h supports il in the
orn and shelters il from the cold northern