The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-09-09
SAN SLICK IN ENGLAND

Those who have read Dickens lima
!urcd thu-ts at our manners and Gus toms
will not fail to relish the following ex-
tracts which we make from the new pub
llca!ion Of Sam Slick in Engiand"I
sit is rather hard talking that said he;
~ like It's palronzin' tone. There is
somclhin' goodish IN Il colonisl patroniz
in ii BrItlsher. lis urhin' the tables ON
'cm; It's sarvlng' 'em ont their own way.
Lord, think see old Bull put his eye
glass up and look al you with dead aim.
aud hear him say: Come, this is cuttm'
! II rather Ial' o. as the teller said To his
second wife, when she tapped h.m on the
shoulder, Mann, my frs. wife was puS
Sr9, and she never PRESUMED to take lhal
liberty Yes, that's good, squire. Go
1t, my shirt-talis! you'll win if You get III
usl, see il YOU don't Patronizm' But
lsher =! 4 cnttrr that has Lucier's
pride, :irkwIight's wealth, and Bedham's
sense, amt i. richk"
SAM'S OPINION OF DICKENS.
"What is the temper" he replied. with
much warmth, "lhat they visit us n?---
Cuss 'em! Look at Dickens; was there
ever man made SO much of rxcep La
tayettcE Aud who was Dickens n OF a
Frenehman that is friend to us, not "a ma =
live that has claim on us; not colo
mist, who, though English by name, is
still an American by birth, six of one and
halt a dozen Of t'olher, and, therefore, a
kind of hal-breed brother No. he was
a cussed Britisher; and what is wus, a
British author; and yet, because he was d
genius, because genus has the 'tarnal
globe for It's theme, and the world for its
home, and making for its readers, and
bean'l citizen of this State or that State,
but native of the universe, why. we
welcome, him, and leastsd him, and leveed
him, and escorted him, and cheereG him,
and honored him; did he honor US? What
did he say of us when he returned? Read
his book.
mo, don't read his book, for it ain,
worth readn'. Has he said one word OF
all that reception in his book2 that book
that will be read, trans lated, and read a.
gam all over Europeans he said one
word Of that recepton2 Answer me that
will you2 Darned the word-his memo
ry was bad; he lost it over the taflrail
when lie was sea-sick. But his note book
was safe under lock and key, and the pigs
in New York and the chap the rats cal
in Jail, and the rough man from kentuc-
ky, and the entire raft Of gals imprisoned
in one night, and the spillin' boxes, and
all that stuff, warn't trusted to memory;
it was noted down; and printed"
ENGLISH CIVILITY.
"There's plenty of civility here in Eng
land, if you pay for it, you can buy as
much IN five minutes as will make you
sick for a week; but if you don't pay fol
it, you not only wont get it, but you gel
SARGE instead of it, that is if You are
fool enough to stand and have it rubbed
in.
"Thev are as cold as Presbyterian
charity, and mean enough to put the sun
in eclipse, are tie English. They hahn,
set up the brazen image here to orship
but they've got gold one, and that they
do adore, and no mistake; it's all pay, pay
pay; parquisite, parquisite, parqusile; ex-
+ lorlion. extortion, ex,ortion. There is a
whole pack Of yelpin' devils to your heels
here, for everlastngly cringn', lawnln'
and coaxin', or .narlm', grumhliu', or bul