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guage or not we offer to trace it back
to Mt. Meru as proper evidence in this
| case.
It is conceded by the learned on all
| hands that the descendants of Japheth
) peopled the Northern part of Asia, in
r especial Persia, or the ancient Ivan,
!; and thence all Europe, insular as well
as continental. And Noah Webster
says that all gentlemen acquainted
with oriental literature agree that the
Sanscrit or ancient language of India
IS radically the same language, or from
the same stock, as the Greek and
Latin: the affinities being remarkably
clear and decisive" He might truth
fully have stated the same in regard
to the Gothic or Teutonic, the Gallic
or the Cymric That is to say there
is great sisterhood of languages of
the Japhetic family. A few exam
pies must serve to show some of the
many affinities. We have English,
father, Sanscrit, pitri, Zend, paitar,
Greek and Latin, pater, German, water,
Celtic, aithair; English, night, San
scrit, nakta, Greek and Latin, noct,
Gothic, nacht, Welsh, nos, Irish, nochd.
Whence come these races whose
common origin is thus, by their
speech, betrayed? Those Cymri and
Gaels, or including both people under
one common appellation, Celtic,
whence their origin? History does
not disclose the period when the Gym
raig and Gaelic first became the Ian
guage of Britain and Of Gaul. 1t is
known that they preceded the Roman
and Gothic invasions and in so far as
we are advised they were the primitive
languages Of the Isles and Of Western
Europe.
If we consult the Triads literature
dating back at least to the sixth CEN
tury, and not less remarkable for the
originality Of its forms than for the
light which it reflects upon the early
history of the Cymri, we may derive
certain results more or less satisfacto-
ry. This literature recognizes the
two races and regards the Gauls who
inhabited Albion, England, as hostile
people. The Triads make the race of
the Cymri to have come from that part
of the land of the Summer and South,
where at present Constantinople is
situated; that is to say over against
Galatia in Asia Minor; and some bards
content themselves by simply saying,
''The Cymri came from Asia" And
1t may be stated here once for all that
the nations of the Gallo blood were
divided at some time into two branch
es, the Cali and Cymri; their origin
belongs to the East, but at what peri
cd they left their parent Galatia is un-
known, but by comparative philology
we are enabled to trace them to their
original home; their idioms, customs,
manners, national characteristics. lin
guistic peculiarities, all assist in their
Identification, which is placed beyond
cavil by St. Paul's discreet yet terse
description ''Oh We foolish Galatians"
But our German cousins who were
later in their migrations than their
Celtic neighbors, we are enabled to
trace back to ancient Iran, modern
Persia. A German scholar and lin
guist says that German in it's primi-
tive import meant a follower Of
Buddha and hence according to him,
the Germans are that ancient and
primitive race who came down from
the mountains Of upper Asia, the era
die of the human race, and spreading
themselves over the low country more
to the South gave origin to the Per-
sian and other early nations. Hence
the name Dschermania applied in ear
ly times to all that part of the coun-
try lying North of the Oxus. The
same authority informs us that the
Germans themselves are called Dscher-
mani their primitive name by the ORR
entail writers down to the Fourteenth
century. 1t is further said that the
moder term ''Prussians" may be found
under its primitive form in the Per-
sian tongue. We have there the term
"pruschan" or ''pruschan' in the sense
of "a people" }" Also the German,
'Sachsen," English, Saxon - Gaelic,
'oassenach," appears in the Persian
term ''Sussan. . 1t is further said
that strong linguistic affinities exist
between the German and Persian as
found in not less than four thousand
words. And moreover the ancient
customs, ordeals, and exercises Of the
| Persians are similar to those of the
early Germans. Add to all Of this
that when Cyrus assembled the various
tribes of the Persians in his endeavor
to throw off the Median yoke Herodo-
tus enumerates the Germani as one
and you have an array Of parol testi-
mony not to be despised.
1t would not perhaps be profitable
to pursue these curious inquiries fur
ther at this time. We have produced
the evidence: if it be contradictory it
is for you to reconcile. But | appre-
hend there is no violent contradiction
and unless we permit ourselves to be
too closely hampered by chronological
tables we will find no difficulty in
reconciling the testimony.
| have not spoken of the English as
distinctive race. 1t is not. 1t is
selected from the fittest of all other
races and speaks an eclectic language
Of Teutonic or Gothic origin, Welsh
or Celtic, Latin or Greek formed upon
the Celtic and Gothic and few hun
: dred Of strangers from the world at
large: the richest, most profuse and
expressive Of the tongues of the earth.
In passing however | cannot resist the
temptation, metaphorically speaking
to shy brick at my ancient enemies
the Greek and Latin.
Although of our kindred they long
| outlived their usefulness, and thei1
, lineal descendants, French, italian
Portuguese, and the tongues of modern
5 Greece, appear to have retained all the
: vices and forgotten all the virtues OF
: their deceased parents. In the United
= States Greek and Latin are in certain