The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-13 00:00:00

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE•

The following spirited account of the Amy
ricans is given in the Letters froin the West' ,
Judge Hall, recently published by Mr. I'°
burn :

" With regard to the want of affability alien`'
by foreigners, I can say with sincerity that'lllit
travzlied from the St. Lawrence to the Pot°93 d
and from the shores of the Atlantic to the
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the Mississippi, without observing it. ~1,1!!!
never proposed a civil question to an AmCr. s ical
.er
without receiving a civil answer, and I haYe j
dorn entered his dwelling without partakil
its hospitality. I have more than once, i11.7:i
sequexce of accidents, to which all travellets-li
liable, been thrown upon the kindnes44
strangers ; yet never did I know my countrr3,
deny the sacred claims of a stranger in digrest
At their taverns or their private houses a 1111'
decent appearance and civil deportment wi":
ways be kindly and respectfully received.
long as he behaves like a gentleman; he a eii,
ceive the treatment due to his charade

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his privacy will not be interrupted,
.feelings hurt, or his peace disturbed'
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Whatever he asks for in a civil tualtel
will be furnished him if possible, viii
if it cannot be procured, he must take whet iii:
can get without complaining, for the moinelit:
abuses the country, complains of his fare, or as
tempts in any manner to coerce or crirnik)
those around him, he excites a spirit which i 0
much More easy to arouse than to allay. Ite,
to be recollected, that in the United States inui
pendence is not nominal, it is actual, defined, $'
in the possession of every individual. It 15 11
confined to civil and political rights, but eaten ,
to every sphere of human action ; we are At
only independent of foreign government as ea
tioli, but of our rulers as a people, and of °PII
other. as men. There is no class so porver_, , !A•
no individual so popular, as to be able to enti
a public measure over our heads ; the power 4.
emphatically in the people, who, while tP;
cheerfully submit the ordinary concerns of For,
vernment into the hands of leading men, 11.
are better qualified to rule than themsel
feel and know their own supremacy, and :ve
not to exercise it whenever their interests v
jeopardized. We have no individuals °lig
are necessarily dependent upon other.; for st!,11;
port, no depressing poverty and overmaster%
wealth. The results are evident : those whogit
obliged to labour or serve others can choose thete
occupations and their employers—can stipul.r4e
prices 'and negociate for terms. Masters ifr'e,
more abundant than servants; there are 111°tir;_
who wish to employ others than to be emploYe6;
and as none are forced to earn a precarious liY;
lihood by pursuing a given calling, or servinki
particular individual, the baseness of servility
unknown. Can a man be expected to ert
where he may bargain ? or to fawn where he 17?'
only to name his hire and perform his duty
On the other hand, this entire equality, of righ-
prevents that insolence on the part of inferloo)
which it has been supposed to generate. iei
As there is no tyranny on the one part, Oa
is no feeling of oppression on the other ; °`l7:;,
where there is no overbearing superioritt
there can be no source of huiniliatiorr:,
Pride dare not insult poverty, because poYeT
is stronger than pride, and will trip up her bee:
if she give herself airs. Where • the rich all
oppress thel
ipoor—whereovy-w insultedo rmbl
ott
the
eeos tcjeleiaiedarnsitn ooffahitsamteamo7:!
sfourittunisatenofet purple,
fires sumptuously--no jealousy is engenderew
no corroding hate is rankling at the heart of the,
inferior, ready to burst forth on the first occs''
sion ; there is nothing to resent, and therefor
no resentment is displayed. In countries wilerev,
the poor are kept in subjection—where they sge
i
distinctions, endure oppression, and suffer re
suit, they may view the rich with malignant 11;
tred. Those who have been accustomed to suet
a state of society may believe it to be universl
and speculating upon the probable results °I,
hoeffa
fact
thysepv
loilgiteilliheosriieisixi ignorant, have
shcaoovrner
equal rights, and the effect which the enjoyrnel4l'
of those rights would have upon the manne,l-4
and
theory.to e xi
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the abstract, but when applied to us it is remov'-iit
from its legitimate foundation, and built up°
assumed positions and false estimates, and bei.
comes a ' baseless fabric.'"
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