Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-24
From the N. Y. Com. advertiser, Mavls

From the N. Y. Com. Aduertiser, Mayls
THE GERMAN CORRESPONDENT.
TIL AMERICA"
Under this head, a writer in the Lii.
arisches Wochenblatt published by Bros
haus, of Leipzig, remarks-'The Edn
burgh Review censures those who besta
unqualified praise on this new free STATE
and will not yet recognise the American
as a nation. 1t is said, their Franklin,N
Washington were Englishmen-what n
tives of distinction can America boast d.
During the thirty or forty years of ts,
independence, what have they done tr
the sciences, for the arts, and for lta
ture? for politics and political economy
Where + their parliamentary orator
their historians, poets and artists WI
reads an American book? Who goes tosI
American play? or buys an Amerra
work of art? What does the world owe.
American physicians, nsturalists, eh
mists, astronomers, or m~athematician
Who drinks out of American glasses y
eats from American plates? Finally. m
der which of the old tyran zeal serau-
ments of Europe is every sixth man
slave?
"We shall not join in the self-pras&
the Americans, until they have satisn.
torily answered these questions"
Soon after the above abstract' OF Tie
Edinburgh article appeared another VT
ter published the following observaticu
in Brockhons' Journal:
"The English have unquestionably Tx
best reasons and the liveliest desire, tore
present to themselves and the world, ta
young sister on the other side of the W,
ter, as deficient as possible. 1t is some
thing like the little story, in which a ja
lous princess rubs her younger sister wit
saffron, and at the same time cuts off hs
hair on one side of her head, in order b
make her appear quite ugly to a forsie
ambassador. But mother Goose (costa
dc ma mere Poire) az we know, exeria
poetical justice-and this the Endinbug
Review ought to consider.
"Those German readers who are apth
adopt foreign opinions as articles of faia
will, l trust, allow me to oppose a ID
facts and observations to the degrady
questions.-'Who are the distinguix
natives of whom America may boast
What physicians, artists, sc. has she pr
duced? 1t must be acknowledged that d,
place of nativity does not always maxi
the man, but the land where he is eduesi
ed, and where he thrives.'
81 will mention the names of q few M
tive Americans, and l trust the BrtS
will permit the Germans to regard the
worthy sons of the younger sister
Among these, is ROBERT LIVINGS
TON, of New York, who left an honor
able monument of his character, as anis
tive citizen and promoter of the sciences
His treatises on the yellow fever is well
known in Germany. BENJAMIN RUSH
q physician who acquired high repu'
ton as an author. His writings on tn
subject of abolishing capital punishnsab
and on the diseases Of the mind, are sS
familiar. And how important to the wota
are the ingenious labours of ROBEn
FULTON, the inventor of Steam Boat!
Surely, for this reason, and on ace0c'
Of the various applications of steam Pf'
er, Fulton has deserved the highest n
nown. 1t always seemed to me that tb1
invention has something %symbolical 0i1'
present time: uiolence and uapor.
Even the English themselves dare p
deny the vast Importance of FULTON
This great man was born J
Pennsylvania. BENJAMIN SMlTb
BARTON, also a native of the sape
state, completed his studies at the Cp,
of Goetingen, and has rendere
services to his country, by
writings. CASPAR WISTAR, q Ga
man descendant, was born in Amerle.
He was also a physician, and al slns
member Of the Society for the AboitSr
~ Gx IT. ----- Liz nls