The native American., 1838-11-03
From the Louisville Journal. =,
-O'CONNELL--GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND.
A SPECTATOR.


! AND IRELAND.
| In republishing Gen. Hamtons letter to the
editor of the Richmond Enquirer, we expressed
the regret we felt that an American gentleman
should have so far forgotten the dignity of his
own character as to indulge in tissue Of coarse
vituperation worthy only of the vulgar O. Connell
himself. We have reason to fear that our remarks
and our opinions on this subject may have been
misunderstood We did not censure the language
used towards OConne, as being at all more Sc
we're than he merlted We only regretted that
an American gentleman should have condescended
to use it. AS to O'Connell himself and his Eng
llsh auditors, we entertain, in the fullest degree,
that feeling which we trust we share in common
with every American-va feeling of scorn and con-
tempt. Whilst making this explanation, it may
not be unacceptable to our readers, that we give
the reasons for this feeling. ..
1t may not perhaps, be known to all of our
readers, that, for some years past, whilst our own
government and that Of Great Britain, with the
aid of all the more enlightened men of both coun-
tries, were successfully endeavorng to bring about
a state of good feeling between the two countries,
so necessary to their prosperity, the notorious
Irish agtator, O'Connell, has been attempting to
cast gall and bitterness into the cups with which
the two nations were pedging each other in their
onward career of mutual prosperity. He has
avalled himself of every occasion to cast obloquy
and coarse abuse upon this country. He is at
tempting to again fan into flame the smouldering
embers OF that ancient grudge which the English
have borne towards US ever since the successful
termination of our revolutionary war. He is en-
deavorlng to acquire personal popularity and per-
sonal influence with the people of England by
panderlng to and playing upon the most gnoble
of their prejudices. Whilst the more liberal
minded men of both countries are Witnessing with
pleasure the gradual wearing away of old resent
ments, long mutually and injuriously entertained,
and hailing the advent of more cordial and Hbe-
raj feeling towards each other as that of mutual
blessing, this inveterae agitator, for sinister pur-
poses of his own attempts to disturb the growing
harmony. On the recent occasion of large pub
lie meeting at Birmingham, in England, he put
the cope-stone to the long rearing edifce of his
impudence and insolence by the grossest insult to
our whole country, IN coarse abuse OF General
Washington and our present Minister to Engand
After indulging in his accustomed denunclaton OF
this country under the pretext of its toeraton OF
negro slavery, he spoke of it as an insult from our
government towards that OF Great Britain to send
a STAKEHOLDER as our Minister there, and denoun-
ced the Minister himself as disgrace to the hu-
man species merely because he was Shareholder.
If an English audience could listen to such
language with applause, or permit it without hiss
ing the venal orator into slence if it is for the
purpose of heapiug contumely and abuse upon
this country, that Ireland hires the mercenary
services of her venal orator, it is time that the at
tenton of the people Of this country should be
called to the fact-that they should be made to
understand the kind of feeling that is entertained
or getting up towards them in England and Ire
land. If England cannot allay her feelings Of
envy and l-will, if she still retains at the bottom
of her heart some unappeaseable drops of her old
Irancor against us, It's good that we should know