The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-06-08
From, The B,l'im re American.
AAEpIC\ AND ENGLAND.

fbe o,her day, We al'"Ar t, al article entitled
sFrancs, An. 'rira, Britain.' These great c W.
lied nations are co Is possessing i''JF'-
nual characteristics der vel from the genera!
DISPOSITION of their people sevcraIy In proper
ton as the people have taken part III puohc al
fairs, influencing and directing them, III such
proportion the canduc' OF nation has ceased 10
take is course from the personal character OF
king or 4 ministry: an the na-oAai chlractes
itself has assumad,.hc b cn led aspect ol all the
pocuIiariteS which eli naje, race, religion, ES,-
tu,ions and pas. his rry, may have impaired to
the rc ,eral 20 )ula 10 /. soar ancestors at one
tine" says the Rev CIV, 'ae2red the aiH'i:'on o.;
Louis, and a. ano.har relied OF the courage oi
Fredrck We Dire Il /, C ambition OF France,
and rely on the pru icmce OF Prussia.
In this vc,v ch l:ac. criS:ic sketch Is given
of France, tn, Unite S:atcs, ana Britain, eacA
in their tnrn we may nn'ce some ol III: ra',S
ascri5ed to our own re. u L.. A cons!aeraoie
share OF erile is al!o ted % US, d THIS chaFac-
teristic, it is said, is tic ole N VIII On We most
resemble Franco. Tie lr.dc OF ne:ca' nov
ever, is less excessive and bcttr drecled. II
dwe!!s principally Oh the ins;:a,:> n5 Oh 'lc couh-
try, on the genera! wealth aAd Intelligence .! us
population: on the RAPID rise OF the nation; ana
Sbo"c al!, on her vast prospects, Ihese are re-
rlrdod as more legitimate sources OF scli-cs.eem
thqn m st of those dwclt OF by France, and il is
co Isl cred tina our estimate OF our Uwn super
oritv is far m re correct. "We certainly see
much to dsap rove SAYS the R"v.ew IN the
institutions of America; we fear that they were
better fitted to her earlier than to her p:csen:
condition; and VIC fear that these detects are
becoming more dln@crous every day; but stlii,
with tie exception of our own, we Know OF no
great country whose institutions we prefer; and
we doubt whether there is one of our readers
who would not rather he an Anglo American,
than Frenchman, a Spaniard, on Austrian, a
Russian o: evena Prussiaa'
Tac vany of this Republic is spoken OF as no.
torious-yai, except i'll regard 70 England, 1t Is
not be!ievcd 10 influence i!cr conduct l.uch as a
nation. Few of our public ac:s can DC traced 10
d,sirc to obtain tie admiration O: foreigners, or
to avoid tn cansgre. In respect TO Eatand,
however, thu Invc": ::::::::!:3 TIA. ANXIOUS;
to BEES &C c ~. 10 speak Eio Q ::rcc:.y-:o
BE- admired aud cared by her. The idea here
advanced is that We fancy ourselves uadervalmcd
by England; thai VIC th:!l; shc does not npprcc-
. our powar: that she is careless Of our friend
ship and in lifhrcnt to or hostility and that We
believe by assuming 4 bold or evcu a threa' enin@
tone towa Tis L gland, We shal! obtain her re-
spcct. "fhe:e ycws,' says the wri,er, care
wcorr from be ginning - eni England thinks
hi rh'y 0 Am RIGA, an-es her enerrv, iicr per-
saveaicn, he. cos age, har SKI, ~ snor', she al
mreS a character nl'ural!y, we may say ncccs-
sar ~, in many respncs resembling her own.
There is no coIatrNwth wlOm she is so dcsI-
rous to keep on GOOD terms, and certainly none
with whom she would so mach dread war
And with ample reason. No Two countries arc
SO useful TO one another in peace, or could do
one another 50 nuch mischief in war; with the
additional misfortune, that all the damage the one
inflicted on the other would recoil on herself
On the other hand, England is naturally intole-
rant of all faults which differ from her own She
is so little accustomed to swauger or to bully,
that she views such exhibition from others with
mixture ofsurprse and disapproba.ion. What
America means for spirit, England sometimes
considers ruleness or rusticity. When America
thinks that she must be admired for the courare
with which she Yindicates her rights, England
wonders that she should think It worth her while
to quarrel about trtes.'
We shall not dispute about the correctness
ofthese deineatons They are in the main ac-
curate eaou RI, an he CT &c tls tleS en- i,r TO
set torah ne "a se IF our uati) al lrrItljl'ity
which springs from different source than
suspicious eto;Ism If we are apt to take Of
fence where no insult is intended, it is suggested
that this scnsltivencss may be connected with
the growth ofthe country and with the change
which every year makes in our relative position
as nation. Some thirty or forty years AGO the
Republic was weak: anl she was treated as weak
powers always have been treated, and always Will
be treated, until the tone of public morality be-
comes nationally improved. In the last fierce