, 1875-04-10
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.

=" re ."e .,a'' KIT o. 1e ."ap w" 10 .,e ,,u
si.Hu' ntn o., !. al atusso .o"'"a nol
ways root, lnset'ea IN sonr sunday ed'tfoh OF
the lth Of Art'l, thcrn arc aome ineorrcot hlato-
met,ts, whereby Ia thrown kind Of insignia-
co,,cv n, tb.t nurt which tte Scandinavian
bsys n1sxca II, ,s nol,,icnl aud tn,oI,cct,,. h,.
tory OF Europe. FOR tho rafroso OF removing
this unjustlaablo SHADOW on tho work OF tho
Scandinavia uattons for tho proerona Of TITO l,l-
n,npitv. hcp rcrn,italon ia usa your columns
f'r tue following romashHs
our own tays tho Scandinavia. naltona havo
begun to Play hrsl-casa part fn tho political
tlsta liko Lluamu and attis1s l!o THOR.
waldson. but their namcs arc not In
my way connected Will, .Ereat revolutions
n politics or IN thought" and finally.
in tho mental operations OF the inhnbstauLs,
characteristics OF all 1orlna1ic naslona.--but OF
tug az soanainas!sns a more tha! any oIlor;" ,,.
The wrtor of tho above article ia evidently not
| convethane with tho goncral history Of EUROPE
FOR, II no, ho would llas0 Known that tliofn IL
scnrcoly ono Of tho Ensopcan nations Which has
oxorse! direct or indlrsct gtoator Influence OH
TIC p1n'ieal ald ihseHoc1'iai M history q Europe
than thu scat'd'uaviail. Mill slow 1t by rcl.t-
inE . IL" fnctr.
Tho inbutar situntion OF tho Scandinavian
countries making them NJ for hcanlsnsltp tho
Gt s9u eaTtea raa theT sps t9 so
urccce, 1suasia, not to mention tho Orient: With
tncso countries l4sey ioftnetl commefclal coa-
o"tcoa r1saarcos " a.rs ~, ou"s,a asn
| Brouou about tho condition Of swelan during
tl!o tenth century. "Tho w|,oo country uas
filled With forelsn merchandise; tug Swetcs aro
nos % aelavoa . o. ; any ana o. Mealn' Aha, mas
lnvcr Of eivi,;yoto and tus ~ on ni H." ns w.
toluctuai exne;l,onts lar In l,rovross NJ tho
humanity tl,e scandlasians bcgn'' not IL our
| mt In ths utollrctual 1iHtnrv nj Enrnnn
1ha sn.caIicd }. Ea,t1nnn,,a,a a"on o1nio,ta y,
scandlnavian "soa-Kinss." iron, 's ttlo end nd
| iouth Cenfnry. aro kupwn in tho liz
| tory of alnost anv ccnuiry In En,nno,
| Thn Ns,rt,,mnt,' Ieefr5 hv Einr 1,orar fnun,InJ
% powerful Kingdom in siciIy; % tlto Northmat, ]
iytf touk noasosaiou Of tlnt uart Of Franso
nltorwnr1n rniiod Normandy ntd William If
Norman,]y. thn Conouaror conouoreti Enuia,ui
ani ra$n 4 ono Of its Rynnstice, Thc
Fnrlah an s Fronch a'1J aeta 1e III acknowoco
themselves ti,at tho chiyalry Of tboao co,ntr,os
descnnu from tlo aeaudinnynn ]oa,1crs nf th,,
Nnrtl,n,en. It Ia also we'll known thnt mast of
a.snp aonnco rI,o Swo,ics tayo c;.i1iynn suJ s,,d
S,hr.ti",iyi 1,niand sra III .hn nt1,ar n..sio Tn
f,Nitio nrnvnccs. n Scandinavian 11,,rk ;a sn,i
to i,ayo ostahiisei thn nnrsan ,.mnir" Il Il cas-
t5c E,cttor of Wrandcntnrr nuccec;cd n @iri"o<
tho stsrs 10 tlo TinEiotn Of rrnrsn o1so IT., tho
tho ,ttuost inilucnco duriur many ynata. d.
thtonln. or croating its Kings. In fact, until
tho death OF Chailes MI. It uas d ilrBt-clasa
pawer, mixed up In all tho great political oyonts
| Of Europe.
Aa resasis tho intellectual history Of Europe,
will remind you that It WAS tho Swoies with their
| King, GuBtayua Ado1phts, aud tho great htatos-
man, A1el Oxouaticrna WHO sayod lilo religious
freedom Of thought Id Germany, Th. lorplo
dood may we'll be raukcd among tie groatost in
tollectual revolutions. Linunus' inSenioua sex-
uai syston Of tho 1owor,, Zachartss Jpusop's
inyeption Of ths telescope, schcck's secular dis
coypry OF tho oxygeuiun,, Dorzelius' electro
chemical theory, 0rstod's discovery On the