The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-15

"ccullea ny .Hf. J0!rh .HdiftH, WAS blown
IN yesterday morning early, and several
houses have been nearly stripped of then
stating. The wind has shifted sine, Sainr-
day, from S. W. TO ". aud thence 10 n.
w. Beacon.
Hemarhs upon He .imericaR Pebiiccii9n,
untitled IA St,tch Of Old E,yiaad bya
Neg Engiaad -.lhutn-copied from he
Ea"bWgh Scotsman q Jaaeafy I'D,
1923.
Men are seldom losers in III. end by
fair conduct, or gamers by calumny aud
abuse. For many English travellers and
English reviewers have found il either
| pleasant or profitable 10 let out their 1.-The
| rallty and pciulesce upon the people of hr
tniird States. Honest JouN But re-
| celved the ellusinn Of these persons with
satisfaction, because they gratiicd his sclr-
love, aud furnished him with reasons for
despisng those whom Inc was rather inclin-
| cd 10 dread. Bat THESE repeated injuries
and insults have reused a -ENGLAND
Man 10 look Il little more closely into
JOHNS character and prctenslons, aud the
result IN the two volumes now before rs.
institutions of England, written something
IN the spirit of the igr taiioais We can
not say that he returns "mcasure for mea-
SURE" for, III v@our OF intellect aud talent
| as writer, he IS a giant among the pig
mes who have leased and goadcd him by
Their ltnpeltlncnfes into this act of rclfibu-
| tive Justice. lie has showp, tHat however
low our vanity may rate the requirements
OF the Americans, they have at least lltera-
, ture enough to repel insults. Her men of
| letters, like her scamen, begin apparently
| to think that the time for taking kicks is
past aud that there might possibly be- some
small chunks IN her adycrsaIies' mail thro'
which a home thrust could be- made. In
truth, nobody has been 50 much addicted
to mistake his own character aud that Of
las nclghbor's-to cry himself up for quail
ties he wanted, & To cry down others for fail
ings with which he WAS himself chargeable,
as JoHN BULL. Certainly it is mol his in
terest 10 provoke IA censorous spirit, for he
has his full share Of the vices as well as the
virtues, the shame as well as the glory, Of
civilization and what is wrong Ia his cna-
raeter It is moi easy TO conceal. To 5dN
nothing OF more serious charges, such ~
our bloody criminal code, our twarms Of
bankrupt. and courIet5, or Two millions OF
| paupcrs--hOw much food for ridieule
would an American find, IN the fopperics
OF our courts, founded on exploded man
ners--in the forms, powers and pretenslohs
al our civil and Judicial functlonarics and
our old corporat,Ons--in our close burghs,
where the representative elects his CON
siitucns-ln Cur large salaries for small
duties, or no duties al all-in all these mat
tiers where we have thrown sense and rea-
son behind US, in Difference TO the wisdom
of our ancestors 2" The NEw-EsGLASD
MAN has not neglected his advantages
lie has drawn portrait of JOINS Bull, IN
which his false pretensions, foes, and alb
surdities, are brought out with every ad-
vantage Of light and shade. We do not
mean, however, that he visited England
on purpose tn misrepresent the character
of the people but the iaIschoods and
calumnies 80 zeiously propagated by Eng
| fish writer's against America, had evident
! ~ given him bad impressions, both Of the
people who found qualification in them,
aud Of the literary partlzans who pander-
ed To the dcpra'cd appetite of the public
| by manufacturing them. lie has not done
US justice in some things, unless we give
that name to the retaliation Of IN Justice
lie has made aoInc mistakes IN facts and
| circumstances ; yet we bell,e he IS infinite
" more accurate and better informed chan
those English travellers who pass for au-
thorties IN every thing relating to America.
Where he does err, there Is so much
truth mixed up with his errcrs, and so
much reason with his wrong judgments,
that the worst of his pictures have still
veri-similitude enough To wound our ma
llonal vanity. But he finds much IN Eng.
land TO commend and his praise has the
| merit OF discrimination. lie seems, too
TO describe our faults and vices fully as
much IN pity and sorrow as in seorn or an
ger. He is honest enough indeed To tell
| his brother, to whom the letters are ad
| dressed, that he had been much beset by
| the blue devils both in England and on the
Continent, and warns him to deduct three
per cent from his descriptions of life and
manners.
About one-third ofthe book consists of
the narrative of our authors pilgrimage
| through England and Wales, and the other
| wo- thirds of critical description Of our
| manners. morals, customs, laws, Judicial
| and civil establishments, elections, taxes,
| charities arts, drama aud literature. lie
! takes wicked pleasure in drawing paral-