Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-19
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U. STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Illere mas recently Issued, from the Phila-
deIphIa Press, political work Of no little in
terest, or the following title AR appeal }rop
he Judgments If Great Britain respecting the
United states Of hmeJicd: Part First, cOHfaiH-
ing an historical outline Of their merits and
trrongS as Colonies and Structures upon the Gu
dummies " british I, riterS: BY RoBERT WALSH
Jr.-5GS pages, octave.
This work, extensive as il is appears, from
the Preface, TO he only introductory TO a more
extensive and more dIgPsied woTk-a survey
OF tile Institutions and Resources of the Amt-
rIcdn Republic, aud OF the real Character and
Condition OF the American People
we have observed, Tor the last three or four
years, Tie progress OF silent but certain
change M the opinions ct that portion of the
People OF the United States, who had hither-
TO chung, with something, like filai attach
ment, to the character and government OF that
country from which most OF us have descended
CheFIshIng tie reputation OF her statesmen, her
writers, aud her warriors, they admired her
InstitniOns-and only stopped short of con-
temnIng our own This was in general moi
positively bad feeling, but good feeling mis-
guided aud miSappIed. iU Tie abstract vino
a"es not Veneiaie The memory OF The LOchea,
the Millions, the ChatiIans of Engidnds Bnt
WHO does not in the abstract, equally admire
the characters of lie good aud great men " lao
have gwen imperisliabe fame To the annals OF
Greece aud Rome II was only DUNG the
late war, THAT many OF the intelligent ciItzrus
tic identify of language and community OF
rarentage constituted no aihulty OF dispost-
Ton o. Of character between IIen aud the
Transatlantic PEOPLE. Al the close Ut tie " ar.
wien Columbia extended her hand To- her idie
enemy, ~ all ihs irduknesS OF generous driitS
wien her public men and public writer's.
Win very few exceptions, incuicatcd Seuti-
menis OF cancellation aud Oblivion Of injuries
they have found these advances Iepcii.d by
course OF cold blUOded aud systematic d, =
preciaiiOn aud vItnperaiion by The leading
journals aud periodical .ncIatS wrtks Oi En-
gland, ilidicaing aSetiicd determination To b. -
cite aud foster peidurabie antmOsities against
Onf country aud It's Institutions. An attach
melIt To the literature OF Great Bfiidin-d lin
gerlng preference for the productions 1T uuy
tidnsatiantiC cousins, had sivcna ciTcu,atton TO
the EdinOurg Review, aud QnattpriS tteSiew.
Two distinguished periodical wOrks, sufficient
lOJuSiity their Republication ~ thus v0uutrS
They have been generally read, aud btId up
as models OF style TO the youth ct America
Their sentiments have been adnuied-f Their
very language echoed not only ~ the Senate,
but AZ the iirC-slde of our forest caDIn fhc
latest numbers OF those WORKS, which ought 20
have been sacred To scIeHce and to trntii, have
contained aitIcIes as luil OF spleen and lea
lousy towards this cOn0iTy, AZ was to- be found
lnteGard 10 Great Britain, 10 the most Vindictye
moment OF bJ,tauirs, a. tie pages OF tie most
/ loosely conducted pap ~ or cOGptty. Ibii
| oHii'sc IA, iUIcben tic ircun-s OF the PeO-
! lie - i:'' c1unu! ~ tic Y"th u has dis