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GARFIELD.
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Flashing over tho wires, In luttora or flame,
Tliu tcrrlblo nowa. from Washington came,
Tolling U8,0nrflcld was lying low,
GuNimn In hi prime, by a murderor'a blow.
A thrill of horror ran through tho land
At-a dood that wc conld not undoratand,
And under tho power of a mighty spoil,
Tho bravo turned pale, and groat tears foil
Down manly cheoks, and children atoppod their play
To ask p trail go questions nil that day.
Will ho dlo? Wlllholtvo? So tho questions ran
From child to youth, from youth to man.
Suspcnpo hang o'er tho nation liko a pall,
"And all tho air n Bolcmn stillness holds"
Wo fear lost death, the couquorcrof all,
Shall wrap our hero in Its somber folds.
Garfield Is growing weaker, day by day.
Alter long weeks of anguish, awful pain,
The cruel wound aappiughls life away:
Will ho bo numbered with tho murdered slain f
That Btich a deed should blacken freedoms soil,
Makes every heart beat with a grieved surprise;
Oh cruel, cruel wouudl thus to despoil
A nations glory-him wo Idolize.
Columbia weeps to day, and woll alio may;
Her Intellectual giant without peer
Nearlug deaths river1 fills her with dismay,
Oht death, thou reapest all wo hold most dear.
All party strife la hushed in sympathy:
The world admiring calls him good and brave,
And praya in all the hearts sincerity
That Uodwlll save hlra fsom a martyrs grave.
Anglos of life and death now o'er him bend;
He soon may cntct iuto Heavenly rest;
Prayers of a nation unto God ascend,
All is of Gods, "whatever la, la beat."
Hoping for tho better, fearing for tho wont :
We're dally sinking into doubt aud gloom;
Hope saw a rainbow; then a dark cloud bunt,
Hiding ita wouderotts bwauty, all too aoon.
God's amaranthine augol will not tarry,
Nothing can save us from his ley breath.
Fearless our hero treidi the gloj uy valloy ;
Kor God Is with him, giving life in death.
"God reigns. The government at Washington
Still Uveal" ISravo words and for this deop dlstrait
How fitly apoken. Heroic freedom's eon 1
Thy faith shall all tho coming ages bless.
WHO WERE TUE FOUNDERS OF THE
ENGLISH RAO El
Many peoplo arc scarcely awnro that there is any ques
tion as to who were the founders of the English Race.
The theory most commonly accepted is tliatthoy were a
branch of tho Teutons. Investigations of a modern date
have given rise to douota on the subject, and many able
scholars have attempted to prove that tho Celts, aud not
the Teutons, wore tho ancestors of tho men whom wo to. day
call Englishmen. Those who hold this view may, por
haps, bo called Collists, wlulo Ihoir opponents may bo
styled Teutonists.
Tho beliefs hold differ radically; as stated by Conlo, tho
Teutonists maintaining; first, thai tho Roman occupation
of Britain enured only to a governmental and military
occupation; secondly, that Hourly all persons of Romau
extraction withdrew from tho country early in tho fifth
century ; thirdly, that tho native Britons woro either slain,
expelled, or reduced to slavery by tho Teutonic tribes
who established themselves on tho island in tho fifth and
six centuries; fourthly, that tho lauguago, government,
laws and customs, traceablo in tho country subsequent to
these invasions, were tho importation of tho invaders, or
developed out of such importation; and lastly that tho
prcsont English population is, except so far as tho Nor
mans have added a French element, mainly Toutonic.
The Celtists claim that tho Anglo-Saxion conquest
brought to England only a small number of Teutons, aud
that tho middle and lower classes were entirely Romano.
British; that this Anglo-Saxon aristocracy was extermi
nated by tho Danes, who in their turn woro extermina
ted by tho Normans; so that tho whole English nation is
purely Celtic, and her government, laws, customs, aud
civilization, aro directly derived from Romano-British
forms which remained latent through tho cqr.turies of
tho Teutonic occupation.
The object of this paper is to provo the falsity of
these last statements, aud to show that tho Teutonists
have sound argument to sustain their boliof.
Britain was tho last of the Romau provinces to be ac
quired, and the first to bo deserted. Tho whole period
of Roman rule extended over about four centuries.
When tho Roman governor, with his legions withdrew
into Gaul, early in tho fifth ccntuary, Britain was loft
to euro for her self. Tho old characteristics of the peo
ple reappeared. Tribal jealousies were removed, and
Britain was as' fertile in tyrants after the Romans left as
before they camo. Tho Latin language fell into disuse,
aud the clergy failed lo keep up their connection with
the continental church. Now that tho hated Romans
were gone, tho Britons gladly returned to their ancient
laws und customs. "Welsh laws which wo possess iu a
later shape, arc undoubtedly iu tltc main, the same sys
tem of early customs which Rome found existing among
the Britons iu tho days of Claudius aud Cwsar; and the
fact that they remained a living law when her legions
withdrew, proves their continuance throughout the four
hundred years of Roman rule, as it proves the pructical
isolation from Romau life aud Roman civilization of the
native communities, which preserved them."
Tho withdrawal of tho Romans left Britain iu a re
duced condition. Tho Picts on tho north took advantago
of this aud raided, plundered and destroyed. The Brit
one fought manfully, but unused to political union, con
stant attacks found them continually unprepared. Iu
their extremity they appealed to the Romans, but the
Empire was at this time besieged by the Goths, aud the
Britons were bidden to tako care of themselves.
Esrly in tho fourth century Britain had beon visited
by numerous bauds of pirates, who made great havoc
along tho eastern and southern coasts. These plunder
ing expeditions continued through tho latter part of tho
fourth aud early part of tho fifth centuries, so that tho
Britons wore familiar with the Teutonic tribes of tho