The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-06-16
1.-The Anglo-Saxon Element"
From the Scottish American Jou

race on this contlnent. The notion is one
borrowed from Cockuey writer's. Nobody
really knows any hing about the genuine
Angio-Saxon race except what sotue OF the
local historians Of cerl ain rural PARISHES OF
England have been able . gather icgalher
in the form OF local dialects, inherited Gus.
toms, pictures Of The native Partially for
filth. the prevalence of tow coIored hair
dough faces, spindle shanks, and shovel
Quilt feet, that characterize certain of the
more urcvilized portions or the south
province Of Britain. Il is vaguely i,nag
med, but nobody can tell you why, that
this specially favored popglation-,he de-
specially ordained to resena,e the rest Of
the world. TO lay the foundations of new
empires in the East, the West. tie North
and the South. 1t is assumed-no one
can tell son why, that they supply all the
brain, all the muscle, all the fight, and all
the reproductive force that has made the
United States, British America, Australia
South Africa. New Zealand, what they are
to day. 1t is confidently asserted by
your Angio-Saxon philosopher that the
Anglo Saxon element has done all the
successful fighting for several centuries
being hal: the time engaged in a fight
with fself-a,, for instance, in the Amer
lean revolution, and in the war Of 1912
They tell you with much plausibiiity that
for military achievement. there is nothing
in the world to compare with the invincl-
bic Anglo-Saxou. /, is hi. ships YOU see
living the Union Jack at Malta, GibraI.er,
Calcutta, Vancouver Island, Hong Kong.
Melbourne, at the Pourt.mouth Docks, in
Leith Roads, and from end TO end Of the
English Channel.
1t is his (this eternal and ubiquitous
Anglo Saxon's) rams that you find pun
melting away At Fort Fisher; a, Fort
Sumter {; blockading Charleston. Mobile
and Savannah fighting aud demoishing
The rams Of another Anglo-Saxon outside
the harbor Of Cherhourg, and catching
;ophet themselves in return At Hampton
Roads. or along the torpedo paved chan
mel Of the James Every whore you 90
YOU are s,unned and aba.hed by this
all prevailing Anglo Saxon element. II
your chIid fires pop gun, some peda-
Cogue drums tlnio hi. credulou- and IN
n9cent ear that it is an Angio-Ss1on in
veH.ion, although the Chinese probably
invented it abou, the ti,ne of Contus'us.
|! 8 colony Of Inverness HIghl.nders and
Connanght lri-hmen clear settlement in
the back woods. IL l. q specimen Of Anglo
- a.
the pure aud unauthorized lrishmen-
Gough--and his Scotch and Irish reei
pen,s, suhduing he rebelious Skhs.
showed wha, AngIo-Ssxon pInck wa.
against the countless horde. of Northues
tern India. Colin Campbell with his
kitei kingsmen and hi, Conneugh, Ran
gers, quelling the most terrible upri>ing z
IN British Colonial experience, prssented
anolher jns,anc. of Anglo Saxon pluck
which challenged .fe admiration of ,nan
kind. The battle Of the Alma--,he most
gallant fight made by the Briti.h troops
in the whole Husslan war-was another
memorable cnee Of g. AnSin-Sh1nn 81
l.ntry-,hat kind Of it, a. least. tina,
ru-hes into the heat of the conflict with
bare butrocks. or, peradventure brogue
on oue end of the tongue thick enough to
be Gu: with an ordinary cleaver.
All through tli- war, too, we have the
same ever recurring. ever-enduring theme
of" Ang'o-SaxoE destiny. progress, endur-
ance. courage and inviuciblIity" 1t l.
true the only Northern General who rises
10 The front rank Of modern military lea
derr is Grant, with as much Anglo-Ssx
on as Chinese blood in lis veins. 1t is
true iba, tbs most brilliant executive of
Ger on either side "Sronex ail Jackson =
Phil. Sheridan US an Irish Cel,, as neari,
allied il heart, in blood, in family tradi-
tons to the Avg 10, SEX N ~ TO the, Msg
var race, 1t Ia / ne that Genera. Meade.
the most accomplished J.cricisn IN the ar
II Of The United States Is of al equal =
Ce!bic stock Ard it j. al.o true that
General Mcpherson. The most gallant, vet
modest, OF All the gallant band of officers
shst fought under General Grant in the
= est, ii,- -uu ~ Is Highlander. no
would have esteemed i, as high an honor
20 have passed for 3 cabbage fed Dutch
man, as to have been dragged into the
promscuous Anglo-Saxon family. But
al! this matters nothing, We suppose. The
race of hraggarls on both sides Of the
ocean wifi win the DAY AT least in the pop
ulsr trumpetiug of the time. 1t has come
to be the cnstom to attempt TO ignore the
faces which possess the distinctive quail
ties of generosity, endurance, fidelity and
unfolding pluck-like the AMPLY
because he is too proud TO sound his own
praises. 1t is only when o,bers have
proved failures in the hour of suprsme ad-
versI'y, that his help is wanted, tina, his
unpretentons merits come into account,
that lie becomes like the Coughs, the
Csmpbells, the Grants, the Sheridans and
the MePhersons, Of such account that the
Anglo-Sa1on pigmy sink, out of sight,
and leaves him the indispu,sble leader, as
he is to-day (thi, accomplishing, rerse>
vering CelO the chief'ain in the hour of
military danger, and in the cri.is of battle