Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-07-04

I =. ". Whipple In North American Review
! But there Il d coarse fiber III Tie
j physical and moral constellation OF the
/ English race. which WIS early indica,
| ted by It's habit ni prpiane, swearing.
i Curses we're accepted as signs of man
I illness. The author whom we lnlVe tsl-
/ lxen'as our guide makes desperate
attempst0 defend his colln tFylmen in
this respect. He shows that A. profane
I use OF sacred words IS common 10 all
races and nations, barbafSc as we'll as
half eiviiized This iiiet must be I'd
I niitted; bat, in regarslsto modern tinaus,
one must think that the English have.
excelled all other nations in the mean
ing and emphasis they have put into
! their words. The Latin races swear
more constantly and more .yolubly
than their Teptonic brethren, but their
execrations are trivial in comparison
with the deep-mouthed and fierce
hearted oaths Of the Anglo Saxon peo-
gple The imprecitions OF the Itslian,
especially seem to be mere outbursts
of physical irritation, without any sol
id purpose in them; bat in the ordi-
mary English soldier and strlor prohin
ity expresses character. nasii fhiit1 ~
1t Is needless to go farther back thur
the invasion OF France in. the fifteenth
century. The English were called by
the French peasants, who dtd not Un-
,derstlnd their language, ss'thel Cod
dams" The heroes of Agincourt were
thus named after their iavorite oath,
When, afterward, the last step to make
Frances an English province, or to make
England a province of France, was
thwarted by the genius and faith OF
loan OF Arc, it is curious that this Won
derful peasant girl was accustomed to-
name the English, as distinguished
from the French, "the G0ddanis.p
Thisgis the more noticed because she
had an utter horror OF profanity, Her
knowledge of the English language
was probably confined to this single
phrase. ga9niaaN y1imH) yAuuH
English culture may have banished
from polite society the favoriie oath OF
the English race, but the rough, stout
soldiers, sailors and pioneers OF the
rice have carried the name that Joan !
Of Arc bestowed upon them in the \
10Th century, to every savage and civ
ilized cline in Which they have ap-
peared. Ii is 400 years since their dis
tinguishing imprecation was heard by
Joan on the walls of Orleans, yet it is
uttered now. with equal emphasis on
our. western plains, BY those pioneers
TINT us or rather misuse the English /
tongue ilgg si2 lfgak ~ f4Hsafg as
After New Mexico WAS organized rs
a territory OF the United States, a gem
tlemIn of our acquaintance was sent
there to occupy an official position. !
When he arrived at the point from
which the wagon Train of oxen and
mules was to set forth for the place OF |
his future residence, he noticed that |
tile recent rains had m;tde the misera-
bic roads seemingly impossible. He !
asked wretched looking Indian saw,
age, loungipg about the station, if he |
thought the train would get through. |
aThe ye-hoes may" he answered, "but
don't believe the Goddsnls. will.7 /
These terms lIe considered the English
of the animals he pointed out,
for he had never heard their drivers /
mention them as oxen and mules, but
he'sos understood their cxclaDlbtionsl
and executions as to discriminate be.
tween the designation gwen to the pa
tient and forbearing OK and that plen
tifulIy bestowed upon the obstinate
and resisting mule. In fact, he had
only taken his first lesson in the En-
glish language, as taught by our boast
ed pioneers OF civilization.
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