The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Lecture by Professor Loo..

rs picdilstu UJ auNtTllstlltuN, our N,sS.
zens had a rare treat on last Friday even
ing. in a lecture by Professor c. L. LOos.
Of Bethany College West Va. His sub
ljecl-"Anierica in Europe"-was one OF
in ,eres; 10 q large and appFeclatlve au-
dienee. The lecture was given under the
auspices of the Ladies Mite Society, 10
procure aid Tor the completion Of the Dis
ciples' meeting house. The courtroom
vas well filled. and a handsome sum
thus placed in the handg u lhe ladies 10
further the good work IN which they so
zealously labor.
Our space viii only permit US to give
an abstract Of the remarks OF the learned
lecturer.
After introduction by Elder Bhtel, Mr..
Loos observed that at the birth OF the re-
public, aud lou Ave OF more decades there
after, the influence of America in Europe
was not so great as many supposed. The
reasons for this were various. The broad
Atlantic was q barrier which few sur
mounted. The old world received all in
formation Of US through British sources,
and our fond parent" had INDUCED in
wholesale misrepresentation of her of
spring. Most meagre and false were all
the received stories regarding the aew re-
public. A very eminent German professor
declared, after he had been 10 America to
hear and see for himself, that in all the
public libraries of Europe there Wa not n
single book giving just or correct informa-
ZION about our cQaLIEy and It's institutions.
The shoFt-lived French Republican part
our wOrk-had shaken the pillars Of the
thrones Of Europe, and led the then all
powerful ruling classes into ~unreleptent-
ing hostility. Mary persona tn sympathy
with us distFusled the experiment. We
we're then q small people. with little liter
1ture, few newspapers, and scarcely am
ships.
We see another thing to-day, Tie rn-
ing greatness OF this eouE,Ey has chal
lenged the al;eptsoa Of ali civilized men.
The lec.uFeF could scarcely stop to crow.
Dur wonderful prosperity has excited in
tense amazement in Europe. The enor-
nous extent OF our land surpasses the be-
lief of the inhabitants. You have TO take
he map and point OF. % tae jewellers in
small countries tue immense domain that
lies between the two oceans, the St. Law
renee and the Rio Grande, before they are
able TO obtain the ~faintest idea Of tAe area
of our giant republic Our great wealth
is known in Europe even the peasants
say, how rich
The endurance of our country is per-
picking 10 Europeans. Ten years was
he limit of life assigned us by many OF
heir wise men. Now, when our insiitu-
ions, like the tree Of Horace, are growing
deeper and higher. no woEdsE Arrangement
prevails.
Our Navy means something In Europe
now. Persons nay talk as they please
about tho American marine, but a respec-
table navy IS an emblem Of power. and
that of the United States is known and
respected in every European country.
Europe is oyerrun with American trav-
%ellers. Yankee men and women are on
the Alps, in London, Paris, Rome, Ber-
lin, Vienna, St. Petersburg. American
residents arg tLeEs by thousands. John
Bull is o%vertopped even in Paris. The
first restaurant in the world is called Am
erican. The universities Of England,
France. and Germany have many Ameri-
car students,
1t is a rare thing for European travellers
men of culture-to visit us, to see and
know what we are. A notable exception
is the gifted De Toc9ueville. whose per-
sonal study OF Us, given TO the world in
his splendid volumes, is an enduring
monument to LA goodness and greatness.
There is in the correspondence Of the
immigrants who have made this country
their home most subtle influence. Let
tiers from friends and relatives who have
prospeTed here, and who tell their stories
in simple eiaquence, received in almost
every hamlet, have aroused a wonderful
love for our country. In Ireland, maidens
drop their milk pals and men their hoes
and slip down the green lanes to hear the
story of the land Of liberty. S~ervant-girls
in Germany have received letters from
their b7o,hers. and sometimes from those
deaFeF than brothers, and know the story,
People are advised not 70 talk to them aboI
America they ara dissatisfied. Bismarck.
Wilhelm. the Pope, all try to destroy Thu
subtle influence, but without avail.
The journalistic influence Of America il
Europe is greater than when the leCuFeI
was q boy. RaIroadA telegsaphs news
staldg are Sl syety corner. he iount
lyoung men aud women in Germany 1ht
were daily readers of American journals
and conversant with the great social an6
political problems evolved in tAiz eountrl
as they are nowhere else Tbs increas'
OF knowledge IN The last one or two dec
sdes has beer stupendous
The opinioa Of the eminent Frenchman
Laboulaye. hat the history Of the Unite'
/ States and the study Of her institution
should fix the attention Of all earnes
( minds, as they are destined % Tule all fC
: ture societies YES giyen Win fine effect
Self goYernIDent-an expression peeuli
: arIy American-is used IN the anne tori
/ By French and Germans, they having n
equivalent expression in their languages
/ This great question is unsettled in Hap