The Ripley advertiser., 1845-01-04
From the Ne,D Orleans Picogune.
AMERICANS In LONDON.

II is stated, and with so much flourish and
bombast as to make it appear a matter of great
national and immortal concern, that an hmerI-
can gentleman was refused admittance into one
OF the largest and most respectable clubs in Lon
don, because Pennsylvania was in default to her
bond holders and Mississippi had repudlated her
debt.--lt is not mentioned whether the gentle
man aforesaid was citizen of either OF the above
States or not, though in matter in which the
harmony of the world and the stability of the
solar system are so evidently implicated, the
omission Of an important fact like that can only
be attributed to want of a Christian education,
or an absolute Indifference to the Injunction Of
the l2.h commandment. Neither is it stated
how many of the gentlemen ofthe club, who dis
played such tenderness upon the subject of the
debts of Pennsylvania, have repudlated their
tailors' bills and bamboozed tradesmen gene
rally. As statistics ofthis nature would conduce
10 a proper apprehension of the subimated quail.
i,y OF British second hand honesty, and display
in broader and bolder light the rig dlly Of En-
gish free. bootng morality, the neglect TO fur
nsh them is an oversight of the highest cupa.
biity. We do not learn either whether the
London Club was stimulated to this self sacrif
cling insult upon American citizens by contem
plating the nob'e robberies committed by the
British Government upon the East Indies, the
charitable and holy pillage of Afghanistan, or
thst-s.upeaaous achievement of chlvary and
superhuman valor the piunder ard confisr iior'
ofthe SandwIchisland--a feat that exalted Lord
pagetto the rank of Admiral in the English ma
Wy, and should have elevated him ye, higher,
and by process that Wond not let him down,
neither, until his soul had seen its salvation.
1t is a remarkable oversight, too, that list
of the members of the club has not been pub
lished for the edication Of simple folks, with
some account of the marvellous attributes OF each
particular member--Such a manifesto would
give consequence TO their proceedings, as 1t Is
quite probable that none of them may have had
The honor to be kicked by nob lord, If indeed
they NAV not boast being descendants from
king Charles footman, not to mention cid Nell
Gwlnn herself. Anecdotes of this character,
illustrative Of the high respectability Of these
cosmopoe censors. would not fail 10 impart
great weight to the acts OF the club and terror
10 its condemnations. And then suppose that
some one or more of these sanctGed Jeremy
Dldders should turn out to be "sure-enough"
lords decended, dexter bar-wise from moss.
troopersof the twelfth century, and had actually
in their possession leather shirts, worn by their
ancestors six months without turning, in a mar
auding expedition to Palestine! The subject is
growing too frightful for our pen. We must
pause for breath. When we can pluck up e.
nough courage we will recur to i, again. Mean
while, let us admonish Pennsylvania and Mis-.
sissppi TO pay their debts, lest The London Clubs
make them honorary members, Notwithstanding
they turn up their aristocratlc noses at individu-
al citizens who may be old fashioned enough TO
pay their private scores. The subject is fruit.
full enough for future observation. But we have
come to climax too portentous for our weak
nerves. We must stop till we get rid OF the
tremors occasioned by supposing that in the
club that refused to admit an American citizen
there might be a lord per Sc, bona fide first
born to an estate only dipped three deep in
mortgages, stripping of unbemished geneaol-
ogy, and as polished as one ofHemming's nee-
dies warranted not to cut in the eye.