The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-04 00:00:00

this was agreed to or not. So clear and intelligiliTe
is American reporting ! The adoption or rejection
of the resolution, however, is of no importance in a
country whose Declaration of Independence com-
wmhenescees affirmingLbyegislature
that
passeslaws
"all
menare equal," and
legalizing
the kid-
napping of fugitive slaves !
One JosEpn P. lIALI was nominated for Pres.-
dent, and GEORGE W. Julians for Vice-President.
Subsequently a " mass-meeting" was held, to ratify
the election. There one Judge BISEETT, of Ohio,
complained bitterly of a landlord, named SowrEny,
at Alliance, who had declined to sit down to table
with " FEED. DOUGLASS," though that individual is
"only half black"—and,of course, only semi-odorous.
Then a Mr. ADDISON, of Ohio, exhibited a banner
from the platform, handed about prospectuses of a
new paper, to be called The Harpoon, and " con-
cluded by singing a free-soil song he had com-
posed (! !). The audience, however, seemed to have
a greater relish for their dinner than for the vocal
sweets of Mr. ADDISON and
the mass-meeting
then adjourned, at one o'clock, till two o'clock.
The celebrated Mrs. SWISSIIELM wea present
during the forenoon. The greatest interest,
and the most intense excitement, prevailed
throughout the proceedings." It must have
been a pleasant sight to see Mr. ADDISON with his
banner and Harpoon, on the platform at a "mass-
meeting," with the CELEBRATED Mrs. SWISSHELM
listening to the free-soil song "of his own com-
posing," which moved off the audience to dinner.
But—wbo is Mrs. SWISSEIELM, and for what is she
"celebrated ?" Is she "one of the most remarkable
women in the country ?"

After dinner, there was a renewal of "the mass-
meeting ;" the reporter tells the world that "a great
many ladies of all colours made their appearance, the
blacks sitting among the whites, and presenting- such
beautiful contrasts as does ivory and ebony." This is
American wit, not Olin! At last "FRED. DOUGLASS
made his appearance, upon which there were loud
cells for him, while others called on the speaker to go
on. A contention arose as to whether the black man
or white man should have precedence. It was at
length decided in favour of the black man, and several
voices called upon him to speak from the middle, of the
room, that all might hear. Several voices cried out
he would make himself heard, and he proceeded to
the platform with the air and swagger of a man who
said to himself---' I'll make you all hear, and feel me
too.' He wore white trowsera and a blue coat with
brass buttons—indicative of the bronze in his
face." The delicate poignancy of this reporter's
satire (so devoid of personality, too) is exquisite•
DOUGLASS made his speech, by far the best delivered
at the Convention, ahl was " chosen as one of the per-
manent secretaries in the nominating convention," as
a finale. "At the mass-meeting in Masonic Hall in
the evening, a large number of ladies attended, as it
was expected FRED. DOUGLASS would entertain them
with his refined wit. He was introduced to several of
them personally, and some were the prettiest girls in
the city. They appeared to be in ecstasies, but he
would not melee a speech for them."

Here is one sample of American reportiog—one
specimen of the " needle in the bundle of straw"
System of which the English readers of
American papers may complain. In an " Edition for
Europe," instead of eight small-print columns of low
personalities, unmitigated vulgarity, and rho-
domontade speeches by illustrious nobodies, it
would have been sufficient to have mentioned the fact
that at a convention at Pittsburgh, HALL and JUL-
LIEN bad been nominated for the offices of President
and Vice-President of the United States, adding the
reasons, from their public career and private character,
why they were so selected. Nothing of this—nothing
but a long-winded report, of no interest on this side
the Atlantic. So with everything else—words,
words, words—little meaning, and uo clearness and
conciseness of statement. And this is the resson why
an English journalist really dreads the almost profit-
less labour of wading for news through American
papers.