Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-18
Mr.. RUsH's WORK.

Narrative of n Residence at the Court OF Lonuoh'
By Richard Rush. Esq Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister PIenipoteutiary from the United
States Of America, from 1917 to 1898.
As this work has not yet reached us in an en-
,;re form we can do no more than report upon its
excellent spirit. and give few specimens OF its
style and contents with the hrst hundred pages,
re,eryiDg the remainder Tor second notice
Mr.. Rush sailed for England in the franklin,
rated seventy four; but mounting ninety guns, 10
November 1917, and arrived at Cowes after a
gloomy voyage. This incident is finely tod
"rhe first CLEANS Of light disclosed land: II
was long blue looking ridge rising out OF .ne
water. A gun was fired. which brought P"o'.
We learned, as he stepped on ooard' ha' .ne
land before US vas the Isle Of "'sn'' anu ,'a'
.a wsrs near Cowes All eyes we're upon him
=. no n,ssed along the deck. The first person
that comes on ship. board after voyage, seems
NJ a new link to human existence. When he
,ook his station at the helm, heard the commo.
49, oh how the Needles bore! Ahead NORTH
No answered. DO you take the ship through
,h.mp, ,Ay.' Does the wind set right, and
have YOU enoushs' 'Ay.' This closed all dia'
i"cne. as far as heard. He remained at his
INST. giving his laconic orders. Ia good time we
snnroached the Needes--the spectacle was
.rand. Our officers gazed in ADMIRATION; the
Serv men, who swarmed upon the deck, made q
nause TO look upon the giddy height. The most
ryact steering seemed necessary to save The ship
from the sharp rocks that compress the waters
into the narrow strait below. But she passed
easily through There is something imposing IN
entering England by this access. l afterwards
entered at Dover, in packet. from Calais; my
eve fixed upon the sentinels as they slowly paced
the heights But those cliffs, bold as they are,
and immortalized by Shakespeare. did not equal
the passage through the Needles There was
breahess curiosity also in the first approach, aug
mentng its intrinsic grandeur. 10 little while
we anchored of Co"es. Ii the Needles were
Grand sight, the one now before US was full OF
beauty. Castles, cottages. villas, gardens, were
scattered on all sides. When we left our own
country, the leaves had fallen, and the grass lost
its green; but now, although the season was more
adyahced, and we had got to higher latitude,
general verdure vas to be seen. This was doubt
less the effect in part Of exquisite cultivation, and
in mart of the natural moisture and midness OF
the climate Of this part Of England. AS We look
ed all round after so Immediately emerging from
the yloom of the ocean it seemed like enchant.
ment."
None Of the officers had ever been in England;
40 that to them, as well as to The ambassador
every thing in the old country was perfectly new;
and hear how the latter speaks of IT.
.It i. a remark of Humboldt, that no language
can express the emotion that European natu.
rali,t feels when he touches for the first time
American land. May not the remark be revers'
ed BY saying, that no language can express the
emotion which almost every American feels when
he first touches the shores Of Europe? This feel
inv must have special increase, if il be the case
Of a citizen Of the United States going to En-
gland. Her fame is constantly before him. tie
hears Of her statesmen, her orators, her scholars,
her philosophers, her divInes. her patriots. In
the nursery he learns her ballads. Tier poets
train his Imagination. Her language is his, with
its whole intellectual riches, past and for ever
uewl, fcwisg-a tie, to use Burke's hgure, light
a. a,r, and unseen; but stronger than links OF
iron. In spite of political differences, her glory
alures him; in spite Of hostile collision he clings
10 her lineage.
After Captain Decatur's capture Of British
friyste. some one asked him It his forefathers
were not Frenchs mo, BEG PARDON he an
swered, they were English In that spirit
would his countrymen generally answer. Walk
ING the deck ~ilh two Of oar lieutenants, while
sounding sp the channel, Think said one Of
then. .issi se nav be in the track Of the Ar.
m,dan ard they talked Of the heroine queen at
Tlllbary. These are irrepressible feelings 10 an
American His native patriotism takes higher
tone from dwelling On the Ilusuious parent,
stock: p,sces and incidents that Englishmen pass
by fill his imagination. He sees the past IN con.
junction with the present. Three thousand
miles, said franklin, are as three thousand years.
Intervention Of space seems to kindle enthusiasm,
like intervention Of time. IL 1t not 1T that two
such nations should be friends? Let US hope SO.
1t is the hope which every minister from the Unit,
ed States should carry with him TO England. Ii
is the hope in which every British minister OF
state should meet him. II, nevertheless, rivalry
is 10 the nature Of things. at least let it be on
fair principles. Letit be generous, never Paltry,
never malignant"
Most cordially must every good subject, every
patriot, every enlightened individual Of either
country, echo this rational and beneficial sent.
ment. A free monarchy and free republic
the mother and child-allied forever BY the same
language, seem 20 have bonds in common which
nothing should discover. Quarrels between them
are, like family feuds, to be deplored-their ac-
cordsuce, like domestic harmony, to be cuitivat.
ed and priced a. 4 social good, conducive to the