The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-29

England has been one Of naughty and unyielding
oppression, SO long as the power remained and
that, since her sceptre has departed and the chain
been rlven, and the American stars float in defiance
of her lion banner, she has systematically sndea-
vored to make us a byword, and mockery in the
estimation of the world; that she has poured upon US
unmeasured contempt that she has exhausted her
powers tor detrachon and rldicule !; that she has
heaped upon US, to her full ability, insult and wrongs
and that this has been done, not alone by her nfe.
rlor men, but that her choicest literature Is loaded
with abuse OF America; and that portions OF 1t
neither few nor small-have been contributed BY
her most powerful minds, for her most influential
vehicles of thought.
We yield to none in admiration of all which is
really admirable in the course and character OF
Great Britain Far be 1t from US to pen one line tor
the purpose OF opening the fountains OF bitterness
but we believe that prudence and selfrespect alike
admonish Us to remember what we have received at
her hands, because her policy IN regard to foreign
nations is Interchangeable as that of ancient Rome
Like her, she bends adroitly to circumstances she
cannot control herself, meanwhile, without altera-
ton; concealing, but never abandoning her purpose
glance at the course Of England towards Ameri-
ca, tor nearly two centuries, Will convince any can
did enquirer that the spirit of the government is un
changed, even to the present hour and that the lion,
which sent his roar over the waters at the rebels OF
Massachusetts bay, has the same heart in his bosom
yet,
industry and enterprise to the greatness and pendor
Of her throne-when, with strong limbs, and patient
and long loyal hearts, we were winning from the
wilderness glorious new kingdom to adorn her
diadem, what opportunity did she suffer to pass
without denying our rights, trampling upon our
weakness, and treating us not with the fostering
tenderness Of mother, but with the lmperious Sc
verify Of an offended conqueror. The course OF
Great Britain In regard to u.s. Is not to be explained
by reference to the ordinary principles OF national
policy 1t is not oversteppng the bounds of truth to
say that England hated America from the hour OF
her birth She regarded her, in the beginning, a.
Of civil despotism and religious bgotry When
James declared Of the Pufitans that ne would "hur-
ry them out OF his kingdom" he expressed the same
feelings which animated the allied powers of church
and state when those Puritans had multiplied them
selves upon the hills Of New England The English
government and the English church have never yet
seen evangelical religion stripped of the mummery
of form, walking hand IN hand with civil liberty
without sore gnashlng OF teeth.
In all difficulties with Great Britain, the pub
lie attention has been directed more to the occasions
than the causes Of contention,
Violated charters and stamp acts, and rights OF
Search have been the occasions OF conflict but the
cause was mightler and deeper than these. Strip
the whole subject of diplomatic wrappage, and we
first to last And what are they The bishop and
the throne against the dissenter and republic The
cavalier spirit against the roundhead. This Is the
great interior fact as between Great Britain and
Amsnca, the rest are all secondary and accidental
The contest between England and the U. States is
just as real. gong with the same earnestness In
times of profoundest peace, as when the cloud OF
battle darkens the land and sea. It's portion OF
the worlds great war, not always waged with the
same weapons Now we step forth upon the arena
the bayonets CLEAN In the serried ranks; and after
certain thousands have been suitably manged, or
blown into eternity, and the hard earnings OF gen.
Grafton have been swallowed up, we agree to put
orr w IN home
peace but the war still goes on, for all that.
IT'S portion of the worldwide conflict, of des.
potism against free lnstitutions-of blgoted and
persecuting hierarchy gainstfreedom OF thought
He who supposes that we are at peace with Eng
land, because her steamships are not laundering in
our harbors, is wofully mistaken. The parties are
= republic church Of England and the religion Of
America. They can no more be brought to an
agreement, into harmony, than Carthage and Rome
We have often presented to US beautiful and glo-
rious visions, in which England and America are
going forth, hand in hand, with loving hearts,
fired with the same holy purpose Of bearing to re-
hottest nations, the blessings OF religion and liberty
We ourselves are filled with ardent and soul-stir
ring hope, that our own country will yet unite with
the people of England, in this heaven-born enter
prise but that the British government and the Br-
fish church are ever to be found marching by our
side, or towards our goal beyond all rational be-
and hopes are ours also, and with whose noble aspi
rations are proud to sympathise but they do not
constitute the government, nor direct the energies
of the empire.
The mission of America is to commend to the
nations the institutions of liberty. Will Great Bril-
tain unite in that? Did she aid the people OF
France, when in despair and in wrath they rose to
cast from them the burthen which the oppression OF
ages had heaped upon them, crushing body and
soul!
In that wild, awful death grapple, which bloody.
cruel demonlac though it was, was still IN Its COM
man rights-where was England! Ask France, for
she will never forget The mission OF America is
to carry to all the earth pure and simple gospel,
untrammelled by form, and with no hierarchy TO
lord it over the heritage of God. Will England join
us there! The recent operations of the church Of
England, In the East, bearing upon our missionary
work, show US what cooperation we are to expect
at her hands. England is willing to aid in giving
to all the heather establishment and throne
but then, the establishment must be the British
church, and the throne must the red cross
OF ST. George. This is England's gospel, and her
missionaries march just in rear OF her cannon.
But let VI return to her treatment OF US. Our
naughty mother should have learned from the
siege Of Louisburgh, that seed had been scattered
over the New England hills, more valuable and
more prolific than the Dragons teeth Of old She
might have understood the character of her chill
dren from the extraordinary services of the rangers
in the French war She ought to have cherished
and manifested some parental love, and some graft
tude fer faithful service in these things and when
the blood Of the colonists was poured out among
the two thousand that fell before the lines Of Mont
calm at Ticonderoga, or when they aided so gallant.
ly in Driskau's defeat at Fort William Henry Had
we received from the mother government just and
honorable treatment, Putnam, and Stark, and Gates
would have been trained in these campaigns for
the destruction OF her power.
But our virtues were denied, our faults were
colored and magnifed, and when il was fiaaly de-
clared that our petitions had been spurned from the
foot of the throne, that word expressed the real fee
ing of the Government Of Britain.
When the war OF the revolution commenced, the
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the privileges OF honorable warfare, or even the
common courteses OF life while an unintentlonal
error on our part, was at once blazoned abroad as
evidence OF our barbarity.
At the burial OF General Frazier, for example,
when General Winsow fired upon the funeral pro-
cession not knowing its character, Burgoyne says
there was ga mute but expressive mixture OF sensi-
bility and indignation upon every countenance He
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