The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

ments from beyond the sea, aspired to the
dominion of the whole realm.
"The struggle between the two fierce
i Teutonic breeds lasted during six genera
tions Each was alternately paramount.
Cruel massacres, followed by cruel retribu-
ton, provinces wasted, converts plumber
ed, and cities RACED to the ground, make
up the greater part of the history of those
evil days. At length the north ceased to
send forth a constant stream of fresh dep
redators, and from that time the mutual
aversion of the races began to subside
! Intermarriages became frequent The
Danes learned the religion of the Saxons;
and thus one cause of deadly animosity
was removed. The Danish and Saxon
tongues, both dialects of wide spread
language, we're blended together But
the distinction between the two nations
was by no means etfaced, when an event
took place which Frustrated both, in COM
of third people"
The third people here referred to by
Macauley was the Normans, who invaded
England in A. D. 1868. No doubt the sub
jugation was complete, and the degreda-
ton of the English people severe; but it
greatly differed from the invasions by the
SaxOns or the Danes, where barbarians
tyrannzed over Christians, for the Nor
mans were not only Christians, but were a
far higher civilized and educated people
than were the English at that time In
presenting the characteristics of the Nor
mans no better way appears than to again
give some quotations from Macauley:
| "The Normans were the foremost race
| in Christendom. Their valor and ferocity
had made them conspicuous among the
rovers whom Scandinavia had sent forth
to ravage western Europe.
| lat length one of the feeble heirs of
! Charlemagne coded to the strangers fer
| tile province, watered by noble river and
contiguous to the sea, which was their
favorite element, In that province they
founded mighty state, which gradually
| extended its influence over the neighbor-
ing municipalities Of Brittany and Maine"
| "Withont laying aside that dauntless
| vaor which had been the terror of every
land from the Elbe to the Pyrenees, the
Normans rapidly acquired all, and more
than all, the knowledge and refinement
| which they found in the country where
they settled.
''They embraced Christianity, and with
Christianity they lie rned a great part of
what the clergy had to teach.
"They renowned that brutal intemper-
ance to which all the other branches of
tue great German family were too much
inclined y y
''The polite luxury of the Norman pre-
sented a striking contrast to the coarse
voracity and drunkenness of his Saxon
and Danish neighbors. He loved to dis
play his magnifcence, not in huge piles of
food and hogsheads of strong drink, but
in large and stately edfices, rich armor,
gallant horses, choice falcons, well or
doled tournaments, banquets, delicate
rather than abundant, and wines remark
able rather for their exquisite flavor than
for their Intoxicating power
1.-The battle of Hastings, and the events
which followed it, not only placed Duke
of Normandy on the English throne, but
gave up the whole population of England
to the tyranny of the Norman race. The
subjugation of a nation has seldom, even
in Asia, been more complete.
During the century and a half which
followed the conquest, there is, speaking
strictly, no English history. The French
kings of England rose, indeed, to an emil
hiNiiNN
all neighboring nations. They conquered
Ireland. They received the homage of
Scotland X
"Here commences the history Of the
English nation. The history of the pre-
ceding events is the history of wrongs in
tticted and sustained by various tribes,
which, indeed, all dwelt on English
ground, but which regarded each other
with aversion such as has scarcely ever
existed between communities separated
by physical barriers
For even the animosity of countries at
war with each other, is languid when
compared with the animosity of nations
which, morally separated, are locally inter
mingled. In no country has the enmity
OF race been carried farther than in Eng
land. In no country has that enmity been
more completely effaced.
The stages of the process by which
the hostile elements We're melted down into
one homogeneous mass are not accurately
known TO us. But it is certain that,
when John became king, the distinction
between SaxOns and Normans was strong
ly Marked and that before the end of the
reign of his grandson it had almost disap-
peared.'
AS my purpose only deals with tribes,
families, races and nationaities, instead
of dynasties, my work is complete with
the Norman invasion. But let me sum-
Marie Leaving out the unknown people
who evidently Inhabited the land previous
to the Celts, we have for known factors in
building up the Anglo-Saxon race. the
various tribes of Celts belonging to either
the Cymrc or Gallo branches of that
family, including the Picts and Scots, and
we also have the various tribes belonging
to the Teutonic family, including the
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Fresians, with
Danes and Normans added, who are both
of the Teutonic family, but we have them
in very uncertain mixture.
If one should trace his ancestry far
enough back, and find himself in northern
Scotland, he would likely find himself
face to face with Pict
II in southern Scotland or ireland, with
Scot, if in Wales, with one of the Cymrc
branch of Celts, but if in England, he
might find himsef allied to any, or all in
turn, of the various tribes and fam es