The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-29

scarcely have heard politics mentioned. If he .iiiiiks We arc always excited D politics, he Is greatly mistakeil.
 "There is one.m more point that shall consider before conclude. Most tng- lissinief who go to the United States complain that they are offended by al =lusions to the late war i'll the prints, oii the highways, and in the steamboals. &e. do not know 1t is pretended that these allusions are personal al all. but as an Engiishman happens to understand tue language, and has cars to hear. his ears or eyes are necessarily offended. The inference seems 10 be that we e,i- testain an increasing and lasting dislike toshe English nation, and an osefween- ing love for ourselves. In the course Of many long, and free, and friendly conversations that have had with Eng lshmen. since my last arrival in Eu. rope, l have been told distinctly, that they, liberal men on most subjects, thought our declaration of wal in 1872, betrayed q particularly hostile spirit to England, especially as it came at a mo- ment when she was struggling for the freedom of the world, against all the world, and with all her energies. Now l think you will agree with me that this latter is the vulgar opinion of England on the point in question.
 "You will remember that our two wars with England embrace nearly ali our military exploits. Were we 10 say nothing of them, we should be silent altogether on those subjects which in every country are oftenest alluded to by those who are fond of extolling their own deeds, Iapprehendthe peopicsay ra- ther less Of these sort ofthngs among Us thanin othe nations. l am sure far less is said in Congress than is said in Par lament, or the French Chambers, either of what we have done, or of what We can do in this way: no reasoning is ne- cessary to show why the least alluson oi this sort should be offensive to an Eng lishman. But how, for instance, does q Frenchman fare in England2 2 You hang your conquered banners in your churches, pile your cannon iIl your parks, and invent a thousand clap=traps for the stage. We have conquered standards too, but they offend the eye of no traveller; our captured cannon are in the arsenals, and otherwise we make far less display of military tri- umph than is even usual. Really from long observations of both Europe and America, l must say that we are not particularly offenders in this way.
 ssAs to the declaration of war, what were the facts? We complai ed of de- predations on our commerce, and of the impressment of our seamen. On these points we negotiated tzcenty years witii- out effect. Your orders in council were continued, and England still took our seaman, making any lieutenan' ifl her own service judge of the national character of the man. will tell you an anecdote. About fye-and-twenty years since, first visited England. We made the channel in snow-storm, and ran into st. Helens' roads and anchor ed in thick weather. When 1t cleared up, we found ourselves lying inshore of an English fleet. l remember the character of our crew perfectly, and as 1t was no bad epitome of our men-oi- war and other vessels in that day, will give it to you in detail. The captain and first mate were Americans, the se- cond mate was Portuguese, shipped only for the 'outward passage. The cook was an American negro, and the cabin boy an English lad. We had ten before the mast; of these, five were A. meriean born, one was Scotch lad whose family had emigrated when he was child, one was Prussian, one q Dane, and one an Engiishman, who had been wrecked on our coast, and was working his passage home. The wcath- CT was no sooner clear, than boat shov- ed off from one of the ships, and pulled towards us. We hid the Englishman Tn an empty cask, and the rest of the crew hunted up their evidences of na- tIonal character. We were soon fboard- ed and the crew was mustered. Much the finest man, and much the ablest seaman we had, the first mate accepted, was man from New Jersey. named Cooke. The lieutenant picked him out by instinct. Cooke produced the usu- ai American protection. This will not do,' said the lieutenant, I can buy one of these for two dollars in New York. -sWill this dog' asked Cooke. nrndncin.r