The critic., 1890-12-30
STUDENTS OF HISTORY.
SECOND DAYS SESSION OF THE AMER.
JCAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
That VIII he Interesting to Every
body--A Cauadian's Remarks Not Fa-
yorably Received - senator lIoar's
Spccch


There were number of distinguished
men of Thought in attendance at the sew
onth onnnoi ,,oo,in. nf Mo Amcric,,
historical Association, when commenced
last night at the Columbian University.
Hon William Writ Henry of Richmond,
Va IN the nhscnec of Tho nrcsident Hon.
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JUN '"s' WIZ was ueyu'ne' u. NUM-,
OWING 10 an INJURY received some tlmc
ago, raped the mcctingto order.
President jay 'sannual address was then
read by him. "rhc national Importance
OF the association" said the address, "has
been recognized in its incorporation by
Congress, and in connection with the
smithsonian Institution and the gener-
olls privileges accorded to the association
IN regard to its collections exchanges and
distributions of circulars. Despite Amer
icas progress she is still far behind Eu-
rope III the branch OF history. American
students of history cannot forget the debt
due by America to he world. While we
were celebrating the centennial OF our
Constitution, the French exposition
showed fifteen French constitutions, of
which fourteen had been adopted and
abandoned during the same century.
Hchnor felt on crossing the Pyrcnees as
If he had gone back two centuries in time,
pective right of America to be the great
organ of the powerful English tongue"
"a forgetfulness of historic lessons pre-
walls in this land, and the papers ofthe asso-
ciation and ol Johns Hopkins University
arc. giving historic eXpositions of the prn-
| ciples and policy of the republic as exhib-
tied in Congressional acts and Judicial
decisions illustrating the remark of Free
man that law has become a part of his
tory. Would not the American boy as he
| reads of Magma Charta and its conirma-
| ton thirty times the more appreciate the
fact that ii was the basis of the bill of
| rights, the petition of right and the Amer
lean Declaration of Independence and of
the amendments to the American Consti-
| tuition?
THE scholars and great educationalists
of America are deeply impressed with the
| absolute necessity of imbuing the children
| of America with the American spirit as
developed in its history If the character
| of the nation is to he preserved. President
| Harrison has asked, How shall one be n
| safe citizen who is not intelligent DIR.
Curry, recently Minister to Spain, declared
| it the duty of the Government to develop
| dream of sanguine countrymen that the
| republic is destined to rule the world
| more widely than Rome in her proudest
| days is to be fulfilled would it not be due
| to the preservation in its purity and manly
| strength of the American spirit, taught
by American history to American chill
dren III the public schools,
| Applause followed the close OF the read
| ing OF the presidents address, TO- winch
the assemblage had listened with atten-
tlon and appreciation.
very interesting ana linpQrtaht paper,
entitled canada ana the hlted states
from lilstorlcal l'oliits OF VIEW, ny "
). NJ. o.. B9urinot Z. NJ. G., clerk oil thc
'anadian House 9i commons, was real'
" reviewed az length tue STATUS OF tne
United States from the STANDPOINT oil ms
own country, ana was regarded WIN
much iayor pE the hearers, although the
limited tlme 'n9 NOT Germt INC rcaolng Oh
thc paper III Iull' pr' boutlhot coiiYe
gucntly read the most important extracts
from II. q.
One word about pr, Bourinot himself;
ne Is pure Engiishmah, WIN horid'
clean.shaven face and that satisfied, we'll
/ led AIR that men OF ms nation usually
have. In his eye he sticks single eye
glass. e.,
The paper was completely and carefully
written, embracing every point and feature
III the subject, so mIch so, IN TACT, that u
would be impossible. to give an extract
from it that would give an adequate ldea
of the scope and power of the address
| Anis p'pci Was a. iSNtN" VI w. iNie'ioii'
OF the two countries since the foundation
Of jamestown and Quebec early IN, tho
seventeenth century. y destiny has been
ever shaping the ends OF the Canadian
communities, as well as of the United
States, he argued, and statesmen have en-
dcayored to 'rough-hew" them.
Led onward in a path OF national inn
provement Canada had diverged more
and more from the great federation OF
States to the south. Canada was no longel
o mere. province, as Mr.. Blaine termed
her, but was a semi-independent power
With her vast territory AMI enterprisinl
people magnificent future was before
her. Deprecating the talk OF annexation
the speaker advanced a suggestion that
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