The New York herald., 1867-02-21
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Lecture ~ Jancs r. BRADY.
very small Audience gathered lest evening at the
Reformed Dutch church IN Twontynrst street, near
sixth avenue. TO listen 70 lscturp BY Mr.. James
Brady the subjsc, Of 'sOur PeoVis" No doubt the
smallness or the attendance was srbstabls the
usasant sAs OF the streets The lecturer opened hiz
subject b. inquiring sswho ass Va The Anglo-Saxon
! races" md then proceeded 70 answer that ques-
! t,on by q. reference 70 history. In order "a
- out who we are, he said be would refer 70
'reccrd-not that hs had much confidence 10
ss.s. - -. other thing depending upon mems tessi-
~. in Il; and he was constantly reminded
- -. ,S,,s, when, in his latter days desrins
= 80. 80. s.s. "upOs e 70 him, he said TO bis son.
Rsad sh but not hssy, 0' sos' cannot = us J,
Nevertheless we must take rhs ~. !, NJ -o.,d 90
world and. rely upon IL to some exts4 srs,,.r
back to tie second century Of the o. NAV n.d
TO what se may call the year Z ! ,4,c,,-
al heard Il tho year l.. 70 which he need not ps>
lsrv aliude Let the sudence look at the sscond Co
tuy a the Christian and view the world uneet a
giobs-a large terrestrial globe Now they bac@ =
hnt time what u the condition Of its Why, 50 kar
s y nsv saa 90
delight in tea; great many wear silk bus
Injuries at that time 70 the same extent
that they do Now there little patch Of that
s % aU1 x.s WSe
this world began 70 movethis earth with human ber
ines italI tho civilization IN the East Egypt
advanced in arts sciences and KNOWLEDGE far the
point which has been understood till within few vears
Egypt educated and polished. and then westward the
star o. empire oos us %a ar snp sr e,
stances is advancing to full civilization.
In the. second century OF tho Christian
empire OF Rome furnished the fars part Of the
earth and the most civilized part Of mankind. She arro
gated to herself all the achievements OF Egyptal that
could be obtained by force, wisdom or fraud. Among
the great who had assisted make Rome iustrious
Julius Cesar who contracted the idea that there
valuable country TO DO conquered and he followed up
that idea by invading England which ultimately resulted
In the subieaon OF the natives and aborgnes OF that
country The Roman empire established there There
nncty-two towns and some thirty three cities
including London. taken They introduced agriculture
architecture, the scencesand written language
aud many other things peculiar TO the climate which
they had reached, aud remained there throe hundred
and sixty years The people OF this country have existed
nation one hundred years. From what began the
peOrlo2 From peope in way superior to the
natives Of the Sandwich Islands when thev first became
acquainted with them-savages. saperstitioas Upon
this people the Romans impressed SO much of their
civilization acted imperfectly the special point
upon which that impress acted So far ignorance is
point wards the civilization Of mankind In reference
TO tho hordes which poured down upon Rome he was
not clear That period Of the worlds history Il
distinctly marked as the fneer OF Iny right hand; but
what class of people were theys From what country
did they Gomez ii Il confused and inexpiicabe IN his
tory. This Anglo Saxon race, Huns, as Goths and
visiGohs what territory they occupied, tho peculiar
distinction Of their and habs all is confused
He asked any intelligent gentleman 10 the audience how
is IT, IL this Anglo-Saxon possessed the elements
which left the impress Of special excellence the
country which they inhabited that i has not done 90
toward the land from which Il issuedf How Is II that
that motive power which made people that oams out
Of certain place 50 influential did not act In the place
in which they trs Essdcdf oecanse = psaee eves
distinctou In the s0u whore they ortGinn1od
Those Pscts ia the British Islssd. N !
any make the appeaiy No; just ~ he struggle
for oar nAfo1ai HrA ono ssed so< fcrsgn sid ana
b ;s: ssss ss sst s sy ss % sss ~: .. =.
srsas q such ~ a5pssi The ssxoos nads ihesssves
through history. rSsa cana shs Dsss, sksck ssss
dusd the SaxonA Then the Nornans, under William
M this tine time new epoch dawned ID Roman history. o.
the banks Of the Rhine ana the Danube the Romans had
engaged in their service whole nations Of oarbarians
One hundred years A. C. the Cimbri, Teutones aud
Figurni who came from extreme parts Of Gau sent an
embassy = the Roman senats asking % have ter
arms arms in the service Of tho republic, aud
one of The historians of that aee The
s palms. S nss y % and ss
weighing thshb bavy anchors and spreading their purple
sails for ~ seas the 0fssk was mskisg s:rsh faiI
sstsd casns tie forss bsssss snd ~ alh.rnsd sod
rDyal fscs destined y via glory for al time 70
When william the C0nquefor uo6o himssif master Of
this people there was whole centary and half during
fourteenth century she amagAmaton OF those
complete what had the Anglo Saxon race done at that
time 10 distinguish themselves? WhG had they done
in lteratureY What acquisition had they made In
science And what the character Of their laws
The people out Of the woods and forests OF
Germany had nothing remarkable about them. They
supertiou 70 b but 30 were the people OF
Massachusetts, They had sacred horses but the speaker
said that ne had gentlemen grsvey tell HIM that they
could wak desert with peach twig In their
hands and tell by ITS budding where water Was to be
found They believed 10 sorcery and strange enough,
thought vita mahy OF the present day, that woman
had particular charm about her BY which she be-
witched the human race Al that time you could have
modest sum Of El 500, and you might have
had the privilege Of killing an alderman for
about thirty shifings aughterl Those refreshments
provided at the present day The civilization Of
later day was manifested In the arts OF the Egyptians
and Greeks and the laws OF the Normans. Learning,
however, confined almost exclusively to the clergy
The speaker then asked where would have been the
boosted superiority Of the Angoaxon race II the mari
ner's compass bad not been inventedy What would
become Of the surplus OF the Old World, II, with
The de Of that discovery this cont ncnt bad not been
q democratic form or government II this
continent had not bsen discoveredY what would be-
come Of uss Would We advance IN the clements OF
great uaona characterf The speaker then referred to
the peculiar sa character of the Anglo race,
aud said that they the most jealous Of their rights
and the patient under msrue OF any nation This
without . governmont and actually against govern-
mept That the state Of things tn the city OF New
York In this cosntry sone good as another,
and great deal better' He thought the American
people had done towards developing true civiiza
ton than any other nation the earth Our lag was
hailed the emblem OF freedom all over the world
thoughts and American sdeas were being dis
eemnated throughout Tie world and be hoped that they
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