Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-05 00:00:00

that, to a certain extent, it should have been

She is our own kith and kin; and
that parents are more considerate of the natural
~d
tie than their offspring

She is as a spa

child ; and we, as the elder branch of the r

indulgent-
can afford to be sympathising and

The strong; too, are always the most II

those who are satisfied with their • stand-.

and make no doubt about their positio

always the most magnanimous, and the 1

addicted to vulgar insolence and bravado. Let

us remind the vainest among the Americans

this certain characteristic of - individual 11911

national greatness

But we know

this filibustering spirit do

always • gain for itself official expression `'iAAmerica, but that there are many wise and g°a
and judicious men in high places, and among ail

classes of American society, who reprobate ail"
deplore many of its outrageous manifestati°l;
and_ blush for their countrymen's in-tenlPerli
and uncivilised folly. It is a vice which these
exponents of the better genius of the age 'cis,

to root out of the national character, just
strongly as we are tempted to resist and clef,' 1w;
and which they are conscious too often 91311 f
America the laughing stock of the world.
these children of wisdom and virtue, who are the
salt of a nation, and the true though bidcie
fl
directors of its moral and *social life, succeqd l,
keeping this wild spirit within bounds, and el°

tising its more unreasoned outbursts

. ,
Britain will not refuse to second their wholes,°de
d,
endeavours by her own moderation, her i
spirited appreciation of national idiosyneffislesr
and, within reasonable limits, her long-sufferillg.

.",goes‘with it, are too much idolised by creeping and indulgence.
" sycophants, and the blind, abject admirers of It is in truth somewhat of a puzzle to geTerir
"power ; they are too rashly slighted in shallow meets well up in international law, to kne" vre-
speculations .of the- petulant, assuming, •short- cisely how to deal with a civilised people, v°13191
" sighted coxcombs of philosophy.. Some decent dispenses so- unscrupulously with the U a
" regulated' pre-eminence, some preference (not and recognised forms of civilisation. It 15
" exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is nei- matter of still more difficulty to deal ith
the
" ther..unnitural, nor unjust, nor impolitic:"—And government whose military servants are ieh
so, it is evident, thought the assemblage at Oxton, first to precipitate it into a war ; or which
which yesterday gave Lord SHREWSBURY so warm is represented by the acts of 'subordinates wa to
ft.iveloome, as, one not only possessing " hereditary it does not sanction and may be elreete, tbis-
wealth, and the rank which goes with it," but repudiate. Irregularity and uncertain*" °us an
many excellent personal qualities, as a nobleman, sort, is what we look for only in so anonal° row
a landlord, -and a statesman,--qualities which empire as that of China; and which 'we 'lva 14
it is delightful to find were warmly appreciated learning how to encounter and to foil. • 1
ericaa
by such a company, as indicating so forcibly their military outrage is committed by an Ataiietber
intelligence, their virtue, and that proper social general, the insulted arc never sure `v opt
sympathy, the maintenance of which among the it is to be held as an act of the giver° ,y 4
'
various classes of society, is so important to the or not.; and a clear course of resentment is aro
do
peace and happiness of the'wbole body politic. beset with doubts as to whether a whele na
or 0"
We think, therefore, that our neighbours on is to be held responsible for the madness it Will
the opposite side of the Mersey may well be con- vulgar and coarse-minded bravo. 131-1 t ulisfor-
gratulated on the acqnisition of such a landed not be our fault—though, it will be the
seine'
soine•
proprietor among them as Lord SHREWSBURY tune of the whole Anglo-Saxon race---tf' Fie an
Anie
and TALBOT,-such a landlord as he is likely to occasion or other, the erratic genius of 4- bear-
d the
heyon ht
't ls r
prove,—sueh a friend to public improvement as marauders should just trespass
he is evidently desirous to be. As Lord TALBOT, able point. No one will question that it for the
before he succeeded to his present additional title, a government should be held responsibloutrages
and to the large estates connected with it, he acts of its subordinates, and that in such
retation
had established a high reputation, both in as that of San Juan, the most rigid interprets
arY
public and private life,—had become respected of international law would have justified:
and his additional dignity and as some compensation, isexpeet
as an estimable nobleman, and a worthy vengeance. As it is, the least England e
citizen ; the disgrace of that