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AN GAODHAL
"THE GREAT ANGLO-SAXON RACE."
In a former number of the Gael a sketch of the
civilization of the Britons on the arrival of the
Romans, B.C. 55, taken from pro English histori¬
ans, appeared.
The Britons at the time had no idea of letters,
and were so void of intelligence that they consid¬
ered themselves the spontaneous production of
the soil". From that time until A.D. 445 the Ro¬
mans held sway in Britain. They tried but with
very little success, to improve the social conditions
of the natives. After the Romans had withdrawn
from the country, the Scots and Picts harassed
the Britons to such a degree that they sent an ap¬
peal to their former masters for assistance.
The appeal was addressed —
"The Groans of the Britons,"
and couched in the following language. — "The
barbarians on the one hand chase us into the sea ;
the sea on the other puts us back on the barbari¬
ans; and we have only the hard choice left us of
perishing by the sword or waves." The Romans
paid no heed to this appeal as they had too much
to attend to at home at this time, and the Britons,
being in great desperation at the incursions of the
Scots, formed an alliance with a horde of Saxon
pirates, who infested the shore, with the brothers
Henghist and Horsa as leaders.
These piratical Saxon leaders fought for and un¬
der the British standard for six years, then vowed
their intention of conquering the Island for them¬
selves. They did so in conjunction with two oth¬
er barbarous tribes — the Augles and the Jutes —
and the chief delight of the latter consisted in in¬
toxicating themselves with ale drunk from the
skulls of those whom they had slain in battle. —
(Anderson's History of England.) And this was
the state of England not so very long ago — the ear¬
ly part of the Sixth century. We ask, though a
little more polished in manners, are they less
bloodthirsty today? And the descendants of these
barbarous sea-robbers are,
"The Great Anglo-Saxon Race"
whom our shoddy Irishmen so fulsomely laud.
No wonder that the learned Scotch Prof. Camp¬
bell should declare the Saxon race a myth, but
the wonder is that he and other learned Celts — the
descendants of Fineas and Gaodhal — the educators
of the world — would not boldly come forward and
combine to explode once and forever the arrogant
pretensions put forth in regard to those Anglo-
Saxon-Jute freebooters,
Are the Irish and Scotch Celts so degenerate as
thus to permit themselves to be thrown into the
shade because the descendants of barbarous tribes
have succeeded in wielding power for a time?
Will the Anglo-Saxon power last forever? Certain¬
ly not. Less than three hundred years ago the
Dutch were more powerful than the Anglo-Saxon-
Jute are today, when we consider the improve¬
ments which modern science has made in war-like
armaments. What are the Dutch now? The
most despicable people in Europe — afraid of their
lives that they will be swallowed up by Prussia;
and they would have been before now only for the
Prussian fear of other nations' interference.
The wheel shall turn on the Anglo-Saxon-Jute
power so sure as we are penning these lines — and
that in the near future. Then let the Celts retain
their personality that they may not be affected by
the hurricane which is bound to sweep the Anglo-
Saxon myth whence it came — nothingness.
The language then is the only link to keep the
Irish and Scotch Celts intact. Let them preserve
it. They now have a solid foundation laid to er¬
ect the superstructure. Let them push the work
so that when their term of slavery expires they
shall emerge, with their identity unscathed, great
glorious, as in days when Ireland was designated
that of "Saints and Scholars."
CHRONOLOGY.
1707.
The first British parliament.
1710.
St. Paul's church finished. 37 years build¬
ing. Cost £1,000,000.
1715.
Rebellion in Scotland under Earl of Mar.
1719.
Lambe's great silk machine erected at Derby
1727.
Inoculation on criminals first tried.
1728.
The Linen Hall opened in Dublin. Par¬
liament House begun.
1738.
Westminster bridge begun.
1745.
Rebellion in Scotland under Prince Chas.
1746.
Battle of Culloden.
1749.
Dublin Society erected.
1752.
The new style begun Sept 14 dropping 11
days:
1755.
Lisbon destroyed by an earth-quake.
1756.
146 Englishmen confined in the black hole
Calcutta. 123 died at night.
1759.
General Wolf killed in battle of Quebec.
1760.
Blackfriar's bridge begun.
1762:
Peter III. Emperor of Russia, imprisoned
and murdered.
1763.
Peace concluded.
1765.
Grand Canal begun near Dublin.
1768.
The Royal Exchange begun.
1772.
Poland partitioned.
1774.
First American Congress.
1775.
Battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill.
1776.
July 4, Congress declares American free¬
dom.
1778.
Mar. 17, volunteers assembled at Belfast.
1779:
2nd. Irish Parliament address the king for
free trade. Torture abolished in France.
1780.
Lord Geo. Gordon's mob in London.
1782.
The Royal Geo. sunk at Spitshead.
British House of Commons votes against
Am. war. Parliament of Ireland asserts its
independence,
To be continued.
