Woodstown register., 1884-04-22
Anglo-Saxen Intemperance.

G1N" " 1Ne AeSfsfeF - dNn o'Sdp-
pointed (! On noticing the heading Of an
article in the columns Of the REGISTER,
9Th inst, entitled A Reply to T. S., had
hoped to see notice of my letter to the
REGISTER. published April rst, on the in
temperance of the Anglo Saxon race
ffer'ng suggestions for improving or mod
flying my proposition TO shut up what
are known as mercy drinking places or
| dram-shops; but instead of this, l find a
| vagarious criticism of the use OF the term
| of Anglo Saxon Race" by your able
correspondent, CoRNBAGs, which closes,
however, with the admission of such term
! being correct one, provided 1t means
that "the Saxon followers of Cerdic the
Saxon contributed Their hone, slnew, and
pluck and git to It," l have no dou.t
| your readers will have been edited with
! the intelligent exposition of history, though
ttle object in using the term would have
been well understood otherwise. When
inditing my letter I was about to use the
W English speaking Race" which
wouli have properly included the Anel,-
American but, notwithstanding this, am
pleased that did not, as he reply OF CORN.
BAGS has M de US indebted also for his
own interesting genealogy. He informs
US that he is the successor of the brave
hero, who, asked by William the Conqueror
to join him, had the courage TO clap his
hand on his sword and say. 81 am Sax
on;" and that his surname is alter said
brave. But as there followed, during the
various generations. AN intermixlure from
different NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. D ines,
Italians, ETC., etc, CoRNBAGs fails to IN.
form US exactly what blosd he belongs to
but. as | suppose. that his ancestry must
have been chiefly Britons. we may con.
slder him an Anglo-Saxon of the Cerdic
flowers.
1t would have been somewhat agreeab'e
to all unbiased thinkers if CoRNBaGs
could have shown that the charge Of com
parativey excessive s,ttishness OF the
Anglo Saxon Race was mistake, but he
supplies an important Confirm alton OF the
charge. He says, of the early days of the
Church OF England, that drunkards were
communicated. and that in the year TAT
canon law was passed to keep the clergy
sober. and also that, In $40. Constantine (?)
King Of Scots, punished drunkenness with
dearh. So we see that the vice of drunk
enness must have become intoerable.
Many of your readers may have heard
the expression common in E gland ,"drunk
a; lord, which arose from the practice
OF such high toned gentry considering it
quite respectable, if not necessary mark
Of accomplishment TO get "dead dr. nk,"
and be carefully carried out by their val-ts
to some comfortable apartment, to snooz.
out their inebri alton. And who knows
how many OF such noble bloods may have
been closely allied to the ancestry of Corn
BAGS. Titles are not hereditary wi h
women, otherwise who knows but the an
cesry Of many fthose taterdemalions, seen
IN the gin-paIaces of London, may not
have been mothers Of some Of those noble
and minhful lords3 But although some
| Of these considerations might cool the
ardor for searching the history of ancestry,
| still II is comfortable for one TO know that
Il his veins flows the blood, and his sur
me is that, OF one so marked In History
50 many centuries gone by.
CoRNBAGs is too liberal. 1t will be
seen, on reference to my letter of April Ist,
that did not .affirm" to any law ia rela-
ton to liquor, beer, or other subject. I
only noted what may Be read by any trav.
eler, on the tavern signs here and there in
England. The wine and spirt mer-
chants" (Which is the distinctive title on
the exterior of their premises), generally
sell malt liquors also, and verv commonly
have consplcuously posted on the exterior
of their premises the name of the brewer
who supplies the beer they sell, whose
capital frequently goes largely to support
the business. 1t is matter of obtaining
licenses only. True there are shops lha,
license for beer only, ard it is probable
that no law concerns them beyond such as
relates to paying ther license, and The
brewer that supplies them, whose name is
as conspicuously posted as above.
CoRNBACs closes his criticism with snow
# T. S. is right about the Anglo.Saxon
race being the most besutted and criminal,
how is IT that it is head and shoulders over
all others that drink less ?" CoRNBAGS
does not say in what respect "above all
Others" but, in any case, such talk may be
set down as buncombe, in which the Anglo
American may join. The me- ,rity OF
| nations have egoIisti al notions of them
selves. lie continues "and as to crmi
nallty, T. S. ought to know it is the worlds
| great distributor Of justice and lbrrly."-
Can any one who is familiar with the his
tory OF English fi!libusiering and plunder
| over the world, even hint at the dl.tribu-
| ton OF justice and liberty. 1t is full OF
| merciless buichery for gain. No nation
IT people. on whom England has set her
ron hand, has obtained JUSTICE or liberty
| that he's not been wrenched from her. The
conquest of The Indlss was gained by one
Of the most cruel wars ever wsged, and
system Of plunder never modified, until the
trouble Of 1855 necessitated it. Tie re-
! ductlon OF this rising was crowned by plac.
ing some thousand or more natives in a
line before the csl2cs's mouth, and then
he Ids were blown off In fact, sisee the
days of William the Cnnqueror and the
brave ancestry OF CoRNBAcs. England has
been the terror Of the earth until discre.
don, with the change in modern times, has
Influenced moderation.
Liberty!i A irade in slaves to a greater
extent than carried on by all other nations
| combined, the back-bon of which was
broken by the Revolution of the American
Colonies,--where Efforts had long been
made to step the internal traffi enforced
upon the latter, England declaring bv
resolve in Parliament in the days OF vii
lam aid Mary, that "the trade is highly
beneficial and advantageous to the king
| dom and its colonies, Us an examnle OF