The Somerset reporter., 1891-08-20

J. n -Jnewhzt surprising nat a man
~ vel Informed a. ~ Senator Ing4I-
-nouli best9w most Of the credit fJf The
~ 1gfess which has been made Ia This
c1nHtry upon tle AnglO-Ss&1n race
lrues that race II one Of tie leading,
and, IN the SENSE that the language II
the country j. that Used ia England. il
may be regarded a. the most Influential
cement il that composite race which
constitutes the American people. or the
residents Of the United state mt f, has
tot crushed out al others Ia an article
% the August North American key.e~
d hf. lemlng very clearly demonstrates
that not over j. 9pJ QDJ 9f the - u9o 94p
u people In this country can De cas-.
lied a. Anglo-Saxon. Inc more any il.
tiieeot person considers this claim of
Anglo Saxoni-m the less falth he will
haFe In u. Take a business directory
u even an Eastern city and run over the
nafnes, and little evidence will De found
that the Angio-SaXol l. the oyer-hsiow-
ing race Of the United States TO such an
extent that its people can De called Anglo.
SsXOn. Take the business directory Of
indianapolis, which may be regarded ss 4
representative city so far a. races are
concerned, and separate the names into
groups according to previous natl 3uality
OF country from which their ancestors
came, as Indicated thereby, and one will
ne surprised to ind how prominently the
leutons, and the Cells, and the Scand-
naPlans figure. Not only are they promi-
nent IN point of numbers, but in Dusi-
ness, political and social life. The names
81 The men who have swept over a cont
nent, from the East to the Pacific coast,
and who look beyond for more lands to
occupy, will not justify Mr.. Ingalls, in
caring them Anglo.SaXon or the Fourth.
of-July orator, in any mixed audience 10
this country, in telling them that they
are al Anglo saxon people, aud becau Sc
they are Anglo-Saxon they have made
THIS country what it is. IL will not do, to
claim as Anglo-Saxon all those who
speak the so called English language
lhe Irish and the Scotch speak it, but
they are not Anglo-SaXon any more than
are the people of African descent who
U.s. II. Mr. Blaine, who is Scotch Irish
American; Mr.. Depew, who is French
American, and Mr.. ShurZ who is German
American, speak and write the English
language as purely as President Harrison
who has an Anglo-Saxon name Nor do
names fairly show the strength Of the
element which may be called Auglo-SsI.
on, Names which are q -rman, French
and Irish are gradually changed to the
corresponding English names, and
Schmidt and Jansen become Smith and
Johnson Dubois and Leblanc become
Wood and White, and Callahan and Ma
honey are modified TO Calhoun and Ma
hone after generation or two. Mar
rage has mingled races and confused
names so that families having names Of
Anglo Saxon derivation may be either
largely Of Celtic or Teutonic blood while
those bearing German names could trace
more of their ancestors to Great Britain
than to Germany.
In view of such facts as the foregoing,
it would seem to be wiser to drop the
Anglo Saxon, the Teutonlc and other
race names Of tie old world. as apple
to the people of the United States, and
adopt the name American for the compos-
ito nationality or race the blending and
the developing of which have evolved the
civilization of this country, which il es-
sentially new. Such a name will recog-
nlze the influence of each constituent
part, and will do injustice to none by
giving to one old-world race or blood the
sole credit of achieving the wonderful
progress which the American people have
made. -lndianapols journal.