American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-02
EDINBURGH REVIEW.

ceeds from quarter TO which we have been used
to look for another and very opposite species of
treatment. With these feelings, impressed on us
by the perusal of an article on America in the last
Edinburgh Review, extract portion thereof
that such OF our readers have not had access to
the Review ITSELF may be informed Of the liberal
manner In which our country and its institutions are
spoken Of by those who not long since evnc.d
any thing but satisfaction at the rising greatness Of
our nation. The text Of the Reviewer is furnished
by Duncan, Hodgson and an English gentleman, ,
all OF whom have travelled in this country within
the last Eve years. The parallels drawn between
the interior policy OF the United States and the Brit
ish government are very striking.
W. 7. Patriot
The economy OF America is great and import
ant object for imitation. The salary of Mr..
Bagot, our late Ambassador, was, we believe, rather
higher than that OF the President of the United
States The Vice President receives rather less
than the second Clerk OF the House OF Commons ;;
and all salaries, civil and military, are upnn the
same scale; and yet no country IS better served than
America Mr.. Hume has at last persuaded the
English people to look little into their accounts
and to see how sadly they plundered. But We
ought 10 suspend our contempt for America, and
consider whether we have not very momentous
lesson to learn from this wise and cautious people ON
the subject OF economy.
lesson upon the importance OF religious tolera
tDiis we IL Wtulu SceT NOI 10 learn,
either from America, or from any other quarter of
the globe. The High Sheriff of New York, last
year, was Jew 1t was with the utmost difficulty
that bill was carried this year to allow the first
Duke OF England 10 carry gold stick before the
King, because he Catholic and yet we
think ourselves entitled to indulge in impertnent
sneers at America, as il civilization did not depend
more upon making wise laws Tor the promotion oil
human happiness, than in having good inns, and
post horses, and civil walters The
OF the Dissenters' marriage bill such as would
excite the contempt OF Choctaw or Cherokee il
he could be brought to understand them. Ger
tain class of Dissenters beg they may not be COM
PEELED to say that they marry IN the name of the |
Irl:iy because they do not believe in the Trinity !
Never mind, say the corruptionsts you must go on
saying you marry in The name OF the Trinity, |
whether you believe in it or Motive know that
such protestation from you will be false; but un
less you make it, your wives shall he concubnes
and your children egitimate. Is possible TO
ceye greater more useless tyranny than this |
In this particular (regous lolerationO the A
meiIcans at the head OF all the nations of the |
world and at the same time they are, especially in |
the Eastern and Midland States, so far from being
Indifferent on sub ects OF religion, that they may
be most Justly characterised very religious PEG.
ple but th ~ deyout without being unjust (the
great problem in religion y an higher proof of civil
zation than painted teacups waterproof leather,
OF broad cloth at two guineas yard.
An extract which we publish from the Ednburg
Review would seem to have been written with IA
ther kind feelings than any disposition to do injury
or nisrepreseDt the nation. Any one who reads the
article will see how full is of errors We hare,
for instance, Poor Laws and Stages hare Springs
&c. When so much ignorance of the real stale of
things, in this country, is exhibited in the writings
OF those who undertake TO give correct iniormatlon
and whose duty it is TO be well-lnformed we cannot
wonder at the want Of knowledge, we had almost
said The total ignorance, of America, which pervades
not only the British Islands, but ali Europe.
WHEN reflect that it was the Government OF
England-n despite of, and against the wishes and
laws Of, The Colonies and colonsts-whch introduce
ted Negro Slavery and entaed that upon US,
we cannot but marvel their writer's and orators
declalming against the existence OF Slavery in the
U. 5. When to this we add the consideration that
they have, in their West India Islands, nearly as
many Slaves as are in the United States, and that
they treat them much more harshly we cannot but
conclude that it requires no little eiirontery their
part to rail against u.s. One other reflection must
pass across every informed mind on This subject:-
Great Britain keeps in abject Political Slavery, and
The most debasing Ignorance and Wretchedness the
greater part of the Population OF Ireland, to say no.
Thing Of the many Millions she rules, with rod Of
Iron, in India. English writer's are now, as they
always have been, distinguished tor rudeness and
illberany and injustice TO Foreign nations, while
they bepraise their nation and every thing II I
does that is connected with it, with most unspa |
ring hand. Dem. Press.
"America seems on the whole, to be a country
possessing vast advantages, and little inconvenien-
ces they have cheap government, and bad roads |;
they pay tithes, and have sage coaches without
springs. They have no poor laws, and no monopo
hes-bu their inns are inconvenient and travellers
are leased with questions They have no collec-
'nns in the fine arts but they have no Lord Chan