Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-05-09
The Anglo.Saxon Language, the Con.
server Of the Natural Laws Of
Social Order!

our efforts TO establish the origin and pa
rentage of the sublime Ang'o.Saxtor tongue,
having ramified more widely than we intended;
and comprising as they manifestly do, more
dIocu1nental and philosophical testimony, than
the question properly misunderstanding ,ha,
the magniicence of that tongue, so inefably
dear to all the nations, tribes, and peoples Of
the earth, exhibits, ''prima ~faciep, its intrinsic
saper'ority-on readers can not now, reason
ably, complain, if we take a slight relaxation
from that %onerous, though self,imposed duty.
Enough has been said TO satisfy the mos, pre-.
JUDGED, that the Anglo. Saxon tongue, not only
holds the first place in the ranks Of fame bu,
is so firmly established in the popular affections,
that, we are persuaded. no future efforts, how
ever malignant, can delhronc it /. AS for those
obstinate ma'contents who, with seeing eyes,
see not, il is utterly useless to waste more
words on them. -sAbunde satisfac,um est Ills,
81 veilnt cognoscere; 81 noint, frustra ,entemus
els satlstacere, qui calumniuri malunt Guam
discere!p
Our task hencefor,h, will be com para,ive'v
easy to show the conservative character of
our "mother tongne'': and 10 demonstrate. how,
without il, Society would, long ago, either have
resolved itself into its primitive elements. or
degenerated into -uHfversaf unarehv! "
But, before entering on this important sub
ject, we have a brief prologue TO lay before
the lndulgent reader-one which, we trust.
will carry with it, its own explanation and
justification. 1s
We have been accused of slyly Introducing.
a vein of jocularity in our former dissertations.
10 the appreciative reader. we need hardly
say, that nothing could be more foreign to onr
intention! For the simple fact is, that i, wonld
be a gross ind gnity-one to which We could
not lend ourselves tic treat any thing con.
nected with this ma este subject, as a Joke F!
Whether we look retrospcctivcly on the bene-
fills !. has conferred on mankind, or suffer our
imagination to dwell on lis prospective impor-
lance TO generations yet unborn;-view it as
we WILL, and from whatsoever stand point, the
Anglo-Saxon tongue is, decidedly. 'Nojoqnen.
Ills true, that in spite of orr settled DISPOSE.
ton TO discuss this question in a serious and
becoming manner, our human nature (ror we
confess to a good deal of that y may have
predominated and some threads of what our
uncandid critics are pleased to designate.
"humour may have, unconscionsly, been In.
serted into the web we have moven for
thus -
Mature always brings, in fortunes spite,
Mans ruling passion, as Pope says, to liglt!n' {
But, if We hare thus unwittingly offended, we
are PERFECTLY willing, Sin remissiouem pccca.
forum" to cry 'peccavI'1, and to promise more
circumspect:on in our present endeavors! And.
as every effort to disentangle the complicated
tissue of fa'sehood, with which pseudo. phiIo-
sophers and self-seeking philan,hropists are
endeavoring TO veil the fundamental laws and
eternal condition of social existence, even if
it does not achieve tho desired end, must, of
necessity, tend that way, it is clear that the
sabJect-matter we have proposed TO ourselves
in ithis essay, is replete with interest to the
whole world but more particularly to our
" people, agonizing, as they are, under the
iron heel Of a growing despo'ism; and, as we
are about TO show that The Anglo Saxon tongue
is the principal, if not the only remedy, remain.
ing to an incorrigibIy degenerate world we
feel confident, that our readers will need bu,
little persuasion to follow US in tracing the
unnnmbered woes that have resulted to hu.
manity, by humanity's failure TO recognize
our smother tongue'', as the one grand fuuda-
mental element Of the social fabric /!
ta''Where truth faileth, error groweth.u Yer.
hum sap. w s9't6-sl 7 *a7. :
All the science Of 'spubfic right" is based
on . proper definition Of Society. The most
important division Of this science, is ,ha,
which treats of the functions and limits OF
public Power, or Authority and, it is evident,
that these cannot be properly understood, save
by = correct understanding Of the essential
constituents and end of all social organiza.
tions. 1' A' F'7 e
And yet, il is strange, "passing strange,
that among the Characteristic phenomena Of
modern science, the most singular and mos,
deplorable is this that, of the multitudinons
matters it undertakes to teach, the point,
which most need calculation, are precisely
those which it fails 10 ielucidate ! In the work.
.efsthose ancient and modern philosophers 70,
ainsiance,; who have undertaken 10 define theiJ
several systems without reference to the An.
giosSaxon tongue, we look in vain for a ciea'
'and distinct notion of what philosophy is, how
itisto Be applied, or what advantage it is in
tended 10 compass; while the elaborate disser
tations on SOCIAL and political ethics, daily
ieening from the Press, are equally u%nintelIi
gible and perplexing and all this, because
their Authors obstinately psrsist in yexpound
ing their theories by means Of unSaxon tech
nicaiities-a reasonable proceeding which, in