New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-17
Reputation.
Reputation.
To the Editor of the Tribune:
Mr.. Brooks, correspondent of the New York

To the Editor Of the Tribune:
Mr. Brooks, correspondent OF the New ork
Express, writes
'I could NOT so well answer .he complaint made against
our country for the of It's del MS stigma
upon our country follows the traveller wherever ne
The newspapers trumpet forth disgrace with cry OF
shame that finds response ir almost every bosom Qua
,ha, American repudaors could look abroad and hoogh
hnt ,hrourh glass darklv they would enough 10
make them hang their heads shame There just sober
thought enough the pages of recent history to make
the work of the most fabulous stories and all the "oru say
f that nation capable Of epudatng its honest debts
a,abs of any thing A distinction between the General
overnrrent and the States it difficult comprehend at
this distance from home and the whole family OF states
with the parent Government tefeole nave ~ s"Aei io 'e
sims OF the lew"
This reminds me of conversation l once
heard abroad between southern gentleman and
an Engshman. In closing his remarks the south
erner said, "when ! was IN London l saw an
article in the London Times on this very SUBJECT
40 unjust and untrue, that ] went to the editor,
and attempted to show III What he was wrong ana
unjust. He treated the whole subject cavahery,
and seemed unwilling to hear any thing on the
subject. | then told him l wished to draw up
bare statement of facts in the case, and though
did not pretend to Justify the doctrine Of Repud1a-
tion, vet there were modifying circumstances in
it. especially in Mississippi, which Justice required
to be made known and as he had given an en-
tirely onesided view of the case, to the injury of
nv countrvmen if he would let me give another
statement, and one kneW to be true, | would
paw for it as an advertisement line by hne-and
he 7could MT do it, So much for the honesty of
the country that is blazing this matter over Eu-
rope until she makes us appear like confedera-
ton Of black-legs.
/ have no patience with this hypocntical
honesty over the water, any more than we have
With the philanthropy that NOUNS over slavery.
When attacked once on these two subjects in
England, bore it like martyr till every thing
had been said, and then replied Gentlemen,
you have laid on the lash, and have borne 1t
without hinching. [ viii not render single
excuse, though | have many; and now |
want you to hold still moment while 1 WELD
the rod little and, in the first place, you must
permit me to say that | agree with Blackwood,
and apply to your political honesty and philan-
thropy what he applies to your philanthropy
when he says, it is like an immense spy-glass
that sweeps the distant horizon for objects Of
sympathy, OUT cannot see tnose 'ldt lie aI 'ue
feet" / then attempted to show that In
wrong doing and oppression we could not hope
to emulate her, and though we were guilty, yet
so long as the cry Of her famishing millions bur
dencd the land from which it rose, and Ireland
stood living monument written all over with
violated oaths, and brutal massacres, and outra-
ged rights, and suffering and wrong, such as was
never before seen in a civilized country,
thought it becoming her to be little more spar
ing of the LASH
Indeed, have no patience with the continual
assumption of honesty and benevolence by that
cruelest of all nations in its present foreign and
domestic policy. 1t is bad enough to be sinner,
without having the devil torebuke you for 1t, and
sander you into the bargain