Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-05-19
MAUMEE CITY, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1885,

was born To-. But more probably the altar is
overthrown, and the phantoms Of scepticism,
fatalism, materalsm, or idealsm, are. haunt
ing the ground whereon it stood, while the
man lies PROSTATE beneath their blows. %
In America, we are taught that man was Gre
ated for high and noble destiny-that nature
never intended that he must be born to title
Of nobility to render him the greatest among
the great. But our enemies would teach us as
they do their own countrymen, that nature has
born those great only, whom she intended as
such-they would teach us to regard 'his ma
esty' as second only to the divinity-and the
Noble Lord
"Whose blood,
Has passed through scoundrels ever since the
as second only to the King hmself--they
would teach us that Nature, in her wisdom, has
so framed us, that she has designed each and
every one of us for particular sphere of ac-
ton. No matter what our talents, if we are
born in obscurlty we must remain there; it we
are born slaves, we must remain in our bondage,
for, say they a-.e As 41, t
"Take example from the tranquil ongoings
of creation. There is no self-interrogation
here, and vet, how glorious and manifold are
the results /? There is no refiux process pass
ing within the trees of the forest, when, drink
ing in life at their hidden roots, they dazzle
their eyes with beauty elaborated in darkness.
Is this because there is no reason spread abroad
thror oh fb., G;pndouna nf Nnfprn If thOu
thinkest SO, go and be convinced of the contra
ry by beholdlng the geometry ofthe bee, when
she builds her honeyed cell. Here isreason,
but reason going at once to its point, reason
working out its end in natural and strait for
ward line. It turns not back to ask questions,
and ask the meaning ofitself. 1t entangles its
employer in no perplexities; it weaves for him
no web of matted sophistries, but how peace
full are its operations, and how perfect are its
effects! Go thou and do likewise" -. iY
Here they would have man mere automa-
ton--they would not have him turn round up
on himself andquestion the light by which
his reason saw" but they would have him like
the bee, building honeyed celswhich he cannot
enjoy-they would have him build them for the
rich--though they would not smoke him from
his hive with sulphur; yet, like HIMSELF they
would have him drag out his miserable exis-
tence in his own mud d-thatched hovel. The at
tempt to prove that England, as nation, bears
towards America feelings of envy, jealousy and
hatred, is unnecessary, but will enquire into
few of the causes that have had the immcdi-
ate effect in producing these feelings, which
are SO highly repugnant to the character and
dignity of John Bull. 1t is well known that
England has styled herself the Queen of the
Sea, and no one was found able to oppose her,
until the "chip from the old block" came in
to the field as competitor. The commerce
of England was the most prolific source other
revenue; her ships were the fastest their COM
manders the most skilful, and her sailors the
bravest in the world. America, with her har-
dy sons--ripe for adventure, and to whom fear
was stranger--with her forests of oak, and
mechanics who were not contentt to plod along
in the old beaten path of g forty feet long, for
ty feet wide, and forty feet depth of hold" soon
produced class of vessels that were at once
the wonder and admiration of the world.-l
When England saw our canvass spread over
every sea, and floating in every clme-when
she saw our vessels taking the lead, and CIV
ing oil others the stern chase-when she saw
that every nation in the world preferred giving
them their freight--when she saw that she
could not compete with our Liverpool packets
either IN speed or beauty, and last of all, when
she saw her own child throw her the glove, and
challenge her to combat, and come off victori-
Gus, where one of her poets has said
"Britannia needs no Bulwark -.s.-,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is Ger the mountain waves,
Her home is on the deep;"
her jealousy was turned into hatred, and her
Halls, her Trollopes, her Kembles, and host
Of others, came to our shores, filed their stom-
achs with all that was horrible, filthy and vile,
and spewed it into the Jap OF old John, who
swears it is the best dish he ever digested in
his life. --- ~ 1is-<
The fgreat Steam Ships appear to be all
the rage in New York, at the present time.---
There has been nothing like it for many years.
The advantages that to be derived fromthis
new era in steam navigation, are incalculable.
A writer in the London Atheneum advances
some very conclusive reasons in favor Of this
new mode of crossing the Atlantic: .a8e
ga small amount of certain description Of
merchandise--he says-wil go by the new
conveyance; such as the light and rich ones,
and those that depend essentially on getting to
seasonable or specuatiDg market. In these