The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

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Lords : it is a
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Working shows the
aoY government.
v%hat your Roebut
`eaPpears. in our Ho
ueat original, is the sa
aonorous vent to a might,
Would otherwise blow us
trise, The whole fabric
Olved, with our blood, from
they up with
law
sw
of t. ft,'
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t,,!3' all adopt the la'.-
,„Lions of the immortal Alfred may 1
g Danes of Wisconsin. These, th
gntish; and yon observe they par
tarted to us,em ire, which has been leer
like the mother's I;
We have indeed chars,
-ed some new experiments, n
eah imitate them . We are a e,
reld our people have their heads fin.
wtting water-wheels in streams, and k.
We have no natural taste for insurrectioh
ave nobody that is idle enough to want suc,
attempts
then, has been put into new bottles; am_
ft 'empts to decant it into the old vessels of Euroi
and them together.
s. The feeling with which the American people rt
rellublican toolery going on in Europe
etched in the following passage :
I AMERICAN OPINION OF
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men Peak for myself, and for many, very maii:Ofmy, count
thatser•". a universal Yankeedoodle is the panacea for all the i
yles of the world. It has been told them so often by dema
;es, that they are pardonable. But even they would proba
OW that the Chinese, for instance, are not yet quite ready
Cert Y-poles and ballet-boxes, and by degrees might be brou
is°,?nifess as much for any country less remarkable and sty
"'nl.; than our awn. But there is a solid mass of good sei
along us that is not so deceived. It consists of those v
.d rejoice to see a rational republic in France, or in
!Vier country ; but who know that, with the exception pent
of Holland, such a thing is impossible, and that, in France, r
81," is more likely to reappear as a diviniflpri h.ont ‘se al_ • •

---.ne than in any more risnectable form. As to Great Britain
'yen our schoolboys have learned that, with all the stability of
empire, it unites the freedom of a republic ; and in spite of
BOtne feeling against John Bull, I scarcely know the man who
'Would not be sorry to see it suddenly or violently revolution-
ised. On Irish affairs opinio-n is not so sane among us. Few
Of us know anything about them ; and for the sake of the starv-
Pg peasantry of Ireland, there is some sympathy with its tur-
ohlent Gracchi. Believe it, the general tone of sentiment c"
tiliS side the Atlantic, among reflecting men, is far more cf
servative than you imagine. Indeed, all classes stand ar
Vothe democracy of Europe. Our wildest enthusiasts ai
e, even by some who sit in the House of Commons ,
„e rampant socialism of Paris is at unlike the worst excesses
our elections, as the ferocity of a tiger is unlike the playful-
'4,,es,,s of a kitten. Young, as we are, we are better mannered l;
must say, dear Basil, that when the old nations of the
r "rat are allowing themselves such license, we have a right to
than ourselves as taking new rank, and deserving more cret
itron has heretofore peens iven us, as, after all, a law-lovitig
law-maiiing po
is The most gratifying feature of the letter, however,
re he writer's description of the anxiety with which the
by c dan his Children in the new world
.r•REST OF AMERICA IN THE SECURITY OF BRITISH

re out-

I With INSTITUTIONS.
Whole You could have watched, as I did, the feelings of our
there people, while lately, between the arrival two steamers,
reg m was a solemn feeling of surprise as to what would be the
Sto'lit, Of the Chartist demonstration Till the news came, the
,!itest of us held our breath. I assure you, Basil, the peril
tin,Agland was observed with a deep anxiety. During all that
lion` inet not a respectable man who wished to see a revonlus-
tre4a result. It was the talk of all circles. Our merchants
gentle ed for England; our scholars hoped for her; a clericaless
very "Mao assured me that he daily played for her. The p
sn,aßenerally predicted a triumph of order, but there were
site L'Peeimens of newspaper literature that ventured an oPPo-
regiiigury. wish you could have
.seen this city when the
RnWas known. The news was received with a thrill. There
~..00rn-„lne laughing at the parturient mountain and the still-
pared;"°l,te, but a grave cheerfulness was the reigning emotion.
PIY felt that, by the mercy of God, the world had
_beenn
P(11(11.'1°1:11 a conflagration which the match of a inadnia
'or 'gilt, but which only another deluge could extingnish.
of 4e, I was as a watcher by the sea-side, who, after a night
see thYest, waits for the fog to rise, and then thanks God t 9
Itsn,,,',_ood old ship coming home, in season, her masts all
tnR, and her fiag untorn.
Sake nt i give ano
ting ther extract on another subject, from the
eres letter
You ~ ENGLAND urrcnalsriAxtzEn.
o, rat st'P.ak of this Jew bill as the first step ! Why, yes, the
.a sir g. In tragedy ; there was a former one in farce. There
Fe Loses Montefiore ! Who made him a knight? "A
cross-I.I'MA," said I, at the time—" hear it, ye dry bones,
u.tiocieged effigies—ye Paladdins—ye Templars ! Hear it, 6.Gilbert,—hear it, Richard Coeur-de-Lion! Yes, and