Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-01
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for tavern. but not quite equal to" the Eolt-in-
Fon' Ia Public Meeting TO obtain the repeal OF
the Stamp Duties upon ncwspapcrs-ovor which
Lord Brouglam presided, and where many of the
british LonS made figure. prodigiouS null
titude rushed into a Hall not so large as Faneul
Hall, inll an hour before the time. When Lord
Brongham came in to take the chair, loud aud bos-
/ ferrous enough was the cheering, and hundreds OF
hats were ilourishiag in air. knew him by his nose.
There Is no missing that figure fanv one has ever
seen an English caricanrt,- really never
iancicd him to be that of an exquisite looking
man, thus dcchcd ont in the fashion, 50 sleek, and
and so well trimmed. The applause there was no
quoting. The more he put forth his we'll Low, d
fingers, asi to hush the storm, the louder was,
and the higher went up the caps. At last "my
Lord, as all the subsequent speakers called
him. obtained hcaring-and admirably well-tme
were a few remarks, cool, and SO fluent and 80
graceful, that they were just unlike what | should
have tancicd Lord Brougham would say. lie does
not resemble any of our public men in his manner
OF speaking. This day he had the fucncv of
Grundy with the dignity OF Wcb>tcr,-bnt little
action and no extraordinary enthusiasm. He ev-
identity lid not put forth haltIi power, and must
see him again to know what lac IS. Broueham, (it
is said he would now give any thing ii he could
dofhi> tile of Lord us acting a strange part in
English politics at present He evidently is falling
back upon the Radicals Two pamphlets snppos-
ed be his, have lately attacked the nobility with
a flcrccncss that but few pens other than his tan
command-and the consequence is, that many of
the nobility have thrust him from their society, as
II was their society and manners that he attacked.
The English women in particular have taken him
IN hand and he as YOU see, think in revenge,
Is threatening to keep them out of the House OF
Lords. Alas for him in such warfare, Upon
this, however, he is turning radical. The Radicals
are re-taking him up. The Wing ministry is dis
trusting him,-and he, by his measures, is annoy
ing them. Another such thorn in their sides as he
can be. they cannot find in all England Such is
the partial reason why the multitude showcred
forth upon him much Of their enthusiasm, for
the multitude of England is Radical multitude
and if free suffrage prevailed here, both Wings and
Tories would be lumbcd overheard to-morrow.
As it is, | think the Wing ministry will 90, for the
Tories are growing stronger, aud the Radicals dis
trust them, though no Tory ministry, unless ii be by
some cunning mciange of Peel who i, not 50 hot
headed as the silly maiorily ofhis party, stand
Year even half var. The Radicals only
want proper parliamentary leaders soon to get into
power. Now they wouly deficient in ability,
the aid of excepted all whose efforts, how
ever, are palsicd by the fact that he is an Irish
Catholic.
Hume among the speakers to-day, This
MIR. Hume is well known on onr side of the water
IA cutter down of lavish expenditures here. He
had much to say of America and American news
pers IN conncXion with his subject OF the repeal OF
the stamp tax He unloldcd the immense sheet
of the New York Courier and Enquirer which the
members ofParliamcnt for some days have been
handing about as a monstcr-curosity-a this
he display ed as specmn of what an unstampod
press has done for America. When he SAID the
price but three half peace, as he unIoded the
colyums, as he called them (you see these English
men always speak perfect English the multitude
who give nearly five times as much for smaller pa
pers lhcr price is II cents) absolutely roarcd
with surprise. Hear, 'hear,"a thousand vol
ces were screaming the very roofoithc house
seemed to shake" Hear ''hear," hear was
all could hear for many seconds. And as Hume
went on to speak well of America and of the pro-
gress of her institutions, the applause gathered
ean-and when he called them his countrymcn,
it burst forth in pcals of thunder. ! never saw n
more spontaneous tribute from great multitude
than was given to us then AT that moment. WAS
near the spcakcr,-and | could have given him my
hand and my heart 1.-THE tears guShcd in my eyes,
for if there is any thing sweet to a stranger in
strange land, it is such a tribute to ones own
home on such an occasion thus responded to. Oh
how unlike the snccrs and contempt an American
must even now witness In some quarters ot Ing
land from other classes of men, who believe us,
from the misrepresentation of Tory travellers to
be bn little better than bruteS. ! did indeed in
proper time take an opportunity to tell Nj. Hume,
that if all Englishmen were ike him, We should in
truth be COMMUNICATIVE one heart and KIN
drcd feeling. America is now alluded to hero al
all times, and on almost all occasions.
The machinery of our government intensely INTO
oil md tn lao
inlor med among them are woinlly ignorant of al
most every thing apper,ain NJ to New York is
about the only State they have heard of Yet
Their gcogra phv runs no further than the place
where the packet ships come from. OF our public
men, almost the only one whom they have heard Of
is Webster, and his speeches they have never read
but they have caught his name from the Edin-
burgh Review. Major Downing and Niagara arc
the only tory conceptions of America. MiSssS pp
they say, is large rvcr,-and when ! tell them
that came from Maine, they cNcaim g how such
river must look !" The only Main they have
ever dreamed of, is the Main Of the continent
notwithstanding they have three great territories
its boundaries. Why ! have had well informed
men in other matters look upon INC with surprise
when told them was an American. because had
ewes and ears like theirs and their surprise was
redoubled when they ioundI spoke English as they
did while thew watched me narrowly all the time 10
catch some such, phrase as nation fine or" tar
nal slick - and when spoke of a Mississippi snag,
they thought they had me, and roared outright. No
mans language here is watched more than an A.
merican's. SO much have English travellers
drawn attention to this matter, that man after