New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-26

u EMS quaint and fasOrous volume Mr.
White has managed to extracs gOOu "eai u
'.,.,..,.o.t from, a source about as promising
a, " the remainder biscuit after se%''o!aec
for speculept and spicy feed. 1t was hiS iof-
fune--doubtless for some sins committed 10 d
rre.sv;stept state--to be member o; the long
.nr.,;oc committee selected to decide on the
rrodpctops offered as Prize National Hymns.
TIE work before us was evidently intended as
a recreation after the fatigues of that patriotic
task and in preparing it for the public, Dir.
White has not only recorded his personal ex-
pcrieace on the fOrlOrn hope, but has gwen LIS
genius q holiday in suDdry excursions, MS
tOrical, political philosophical, and classical
The pleasure Of which he most good-humofeu''
wishes TO share with his readers.
One OF the curious episodes with when 'no
volume abounds relates to the coinPoS,'iv" u
the celebrated national hymn OF GreAt Dri'a'"
wbi.b hos become :. the most absolute expression
50 rohr p,I,.ism and is sung with equal gusto
by your true Briton before Dig ostue' OF
alter big dinner" But "God Save the
yincn is mere piece of parti-colored patch
work. originally written, not as the utterAnce
Of s,ancb loyal sentiment, but in honor of
pretender 10 the British throne. The earliest
mention Of it dates back to period less than q
hundred and twenty-five years ago, and it is but
seventy five years since it was fret recognized
As British national hymn. 1t was first pub
E,heI in the Gentleman's Magazine" in l7l5,
and as it grew in favor, it began to be sad
By come people that when they first heard it,
it began
God save great James, our king,
and sufficient evidence was produced that this
was lis original form. As there was no one
between 1865 and l7A5, to whom this allusion
vas applicable but the dethroned james II,
who died in l70l, or lis son James, the first
Pretender, the song is Jacobite song, and
the enemies on whom j. isyokes perdition, the
. ancestors Of her present majesty. This is con-
ermei by the stanza, as originally written,
Send bin victorious,
Hsppy and glorious,
Soon 10 reign over us,
God save the King!
What ia meant by the word send ? 1t is |
olsin that tie king for whom the prayer was first
made was not within the narrow seas. He
was expected from over the water, and his
faithful subjects were on tip-tOe for his arrival
qhe sbsurdity of the expression soon in rela-
zion 10 King George is said to have been seen
BY the composer himself, Henry Carey, who
sspg the song in 1740, at a dinner given in
hopor Of Admiral Yernon's capture Of Porto
Beno. He then changed " SOON to "long, and
owned the song as BIS composition:
But neither Carey, nor strange to say those who
hsve since manipulated the song, seem To iave seen
lie full eignhcauCe OF the sianza; Tor While soon
was stricken ont send the twin tellale, and the
6lstbon and lou6ef-yoiced of the two, was left, |
ad has been prating, oqen-monthed, Of s bastardy,
Ior a boudied aid twenty Yeas. And even now, y
the ipapprQpra'eness O the reelected word should
b. noticed 10 the proper Official quarter, 20 much
does John Bull prefer bis mHmPsmas, that ne Is /
ned TO- 20 q SuapyfnaVS, that common seuse shows
% be rights reluctant 10 be to change for TIE bet
Ter that is more than probable tnat the obvious
Correction TO be made" Grant her victorious will
no be made and that We shGll hear Lim praying, |
"with heart end voice, for tie very mouareh TO be
~ to him, under whose glorious reign be is 20 |
sspVy as TO be living.
Bs Tue second stauza gives evidence even more
rronly than the ffs ttoygh not quite so palpably,
70 lbs JacObite origin Of this song:
o Lord our God erse,
Scatter his enemies,
Aud make tbem fall!
Confousd thei poHiics.
FIustiate their knayish tricks,
On hm our hoIss NIX,
God save " al "
Merely observing the pitifll tameness Of And make
hem TALL and the l0dcrous b!uDtness OF the two
fIoVing lines remark particularly that this etanZa
concerns itself about king WHO is IN personal peIl
from enemies open and secret, aud who, with his
faithful subjects, ia awaiiDg deliyerance. God ls
eaed mon not 10 " scatter his enemies generally,
bat to arise then and there snd do il quickly. The
singers 90 not fix ther trust upon tbe King but their
hopes" and deliveranee is expected longed Tor,
and not only for lin" God save Us arr See,
TOO 10 this light, the fitness and the significance Of
those two queer lines
Coniound their politics.
Irustrste theH kISvi,h tricks
Sung under the soepter of Victoria or of her uncle OF
her grandfather they relatively absurd as they
as inrinsically ridiculous. Bat think Of them sung
night in a retired room, over ajorum Of punch or
nagnum of clRTet, by knot Of Jacobite fellows,
expecting the Pretender. and having in mind the |
politics Of Lord Townshend and the knavish tricks
q Wulpole; and although the poetry Is made no
better, tie ineongruity disappears.
IL isnot certain, however, that Carey originated
tie motive Of this song; and it is not improbable that
be derived the form Of IT, and some OF the words,
hon old Jacobite son9 now lost. For The follow
lng curious inscription has been discovered upon the
drinking glasses, among the relics preserved IN Scot
bad Of an ancient Jacobie family:
God save the King, rray
God save the King!
Send him victorious,
So0n 20 reign over US
God bless The PliDco Of Wales.
Tie true-boIn Prince Of Weles.
Sent us by Thee
Grant us olo favor more,
Tie King for TO restore,
AZ thou hast done before,
Ihe Faniiem
Il ths the original Of Careys cong or a remiDis
csaee a il 2 Tue absence Of toe name Of the King
inrrodoced by Carey In tie first lues and the au-