The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-21

OF the Rhlne ana north or the Danube:
and as their force spent Itself the
movement was taken up by their
brethren who dwelr along the coasts
Of the Baltic and north Atlantic, From
the Volga to the Pillars of Hercules,
from Sicily TO Britain. every land in
turn bowed 10 the warlike prowess of
the slalwart sons of Odin." And more
over. in later times their descendants
gave rulers, kaisers, kings, barons
and knights TO all the lands they over
ran"
Through this vast career Of conquest
the Saxon extended his domain over
a large part of Europe and in every
country while he existed in his entire
", he ruled. ruled with an iron hand,
but in all lands he overran he was
vastly outnumbered by the native races
and in time his blood was blended
with theirs. his power destroyed.
Are We then to lose sight of our
worthy ancestors in this early period7
Are they completely swallowed up by
their numberless foes? No! Far from
it, The Saxon in all his glory has
been preserved to US even TO the pres
ent day.
From the Rhine to the volga. every
promontory. every bay. every lagoon
has been the starting point OF some
wild, barbaric, over-the-sea conquest
The Isle Of Britain was new territory
and paid the penalty for being such.
Expedition after expedition set out for
its shores. Over the waters TO Britain
came such renowned leaders as Heng-
hist and Horsa, Ella and Cissa. their
followers singing wild war songs as
they cnursed over the waters OF the
| North sea in their sharp
| proved keels 1t was useless
| for the Brtons TO resist the inva-
| sion of these sea-rovers. for they were
| Saxons, Saxons whose blood was OF the
purest strain, unpolluted by associa-
ton with foreign tribes.
| Foes are they. sang a Roman poet of
the time, fierce beyond other foes and
cunning as they are fierce; the sea is
their school of war. and the storm
their friend; they are sea wolves that
live on the pillage of the world
| The Britons. having just emerged
from Roman authority, fled before
them las from fire" They were fol-
lowed by their brethren from the con-
| tinent, and England became the mecca
for the strongest. most powerful and
Always the outline of Saxon history
is the same, first personal freedom
and contentment. followed by prospect
ty and an over abundance of popula-
ton, then the wanderlust and the con-
quering and settling of new worlds
England early experienced the first
passag es of Saxon history, and soor
the wanderlust in the form of the Cru
! SadeS. Richard Cour De Leon was a:
much a Saxon as an Englishman wher
he led thousands from Britain for the
conquest of the holy land. II was the
| Saxon spirit that made the Crusade:
popular. II was the Saxon spirit arts
ing in the breasts of Englishmen wher
whole armies pressed ever onward to
wards Jerusalem. it was the Saxon per
severance and will power brought t
light, when to carry out their owl
purpose of reaching the City Of tn
Cross, thirsty and footsore they bat
tied ceaselessly from the Bosphorus t
Jordan. Although each day the deser
sun bleached hundreds sometime
thousands Of fair skinned bodies, new
slain dead, yet these sons of Cedri
continued their fruitless struggle unit
a vast majority of their numbers la,
on the shifting sands Of Asia. Trul.
the greatest blow the world has ex
perienced was the destruction of s.
many SaXons
The Saxon of Britain had now hi
first experience of the wanderer an
in later years this characteristic of hi
being became prominent indeed. Liter
airy men at one time in England wrot
entirely in Latin, for they feared thei
own language would be read only il
their island home, but their fears wer
: groundless. for later, such men a
'Clive in India. Wolfe on the Plains o
Abraham, Cook in Australia and tn
Islands of the Pacific, were unfurlin
r the banner of St George over the un
I told wealth of new lands. and spread
ing the world wide empire of tn
5 Anglo Saxon" And in the words o
Roosevelt over half the descendant
B, of their fellow countrymen of that da
: now dwell in lands. which. when thes
Englishmen We're born, held not a sin
/ gle white fhha bitant; the race which
' when they were in their prime, wa
t hemmed in between the North an
: Irish seas, today holds sway owe
worlds whose endless coasts are wash
] ed by the waves of three great oceans,
e And as Webster expresses it, Rrtai
: drum beat, following the sun in it
; course, encircles the earth in one con
0 tinuous strain of the martial airs G
d England"
5 When liberty became a meaningless
0 word in the English language thous
/. ands from their Brton birthplace
sought homes anew in far distan
o lands. To the new world, America
e they flocked, Puritan and PilgriI
T braved the hardships of a New Eng
I land winter, Catholic and Protestan
e drove back the native Indians wit
e war and bIoodshed, TO gain that mos
d blessed gift to man. personal freedom
= Their numbers Were replenished froi
: England by spirits as brave as thel
e own: by Saxons, for they were
d Saxons who laid the foundations c
4 America and Saxon blood coursed swi1
in their veins. No power on earth coul
: subdue it What manner Of man wa
: he who attended church. gun in on
Il hand. a bible in the other? What mar
: ner of man was he who cultivated h
= fields in the spring knowing that onl
a by chance he or his family might liz
n to reap the harvests in the fall? WI
= alone could withstand the numberle:
5 attacks of savage tribes. and yet COZ
> tinue to exist. not merely TO exist. bl
Y, TO expand, and even TO e1terminate +
is Indian. who had previously hoped
d exterminate him? l answer the Saxo
= and the Saxon alone. Be proud tn:
your ancestors were backwoodsme
n be proud that they lived lives disdail
al ed by some Of their descendants u
= day. for they did it with one purpo.
l. in view. Saxon purpose. Liberty
ar Death