Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-03-12

the coach to thank them. No! MOI was thu
universal cry, he will take cold he will TAKE
cold ? and those who were nearest, instantly
laid violent hands upon the window and forced
it up. Thus have we known orphan children
while robbed of all their property by an unprin
cipled guardian uncle, give grateful hearts tc
their defrauder for his smiles and gentle tones
and the few pence he would occasionally give
them, all unconscious of the wrongs they wert
enduring at his hands.
Mr. Dwight relates an amusing anecdote, il.
Illustrative ofthe opinions entertained in that coun.
fry respecting America and the Americans
"While residing in one of the large cities ofEu-
rope, family from neighboring town come to
pass a few days in the metropolis, and took a
suite of rooms next to my own. They inquired
of the landlady who occupied my roqms, She
replied, "a gentleman from America 'Frou
America said they, raising their hands in con-
sternation, 'and are you not afraid of himF NO;
he has done nothing yet to excite our alarm 4
am almost afraid to stay here; are you sure that
he is harmless? She observed that had resi-
ded there some weeks, and behaved as we'll as
other travellers AS door opened from one OF
my rooms into the first ofthers, they still thought
there might be danger, and requested her to fas-
ten it, This, however, was not a sufficient de-
fense,-The trunks Of the whole party were pi-
led against the door, to prevent my entrance
Unfortunately for the fears of this family, the
chimney sweepers came at an early hour the next
morning, and commenced their sooty employ
ment. The party were suddenly awakened by
the strange and incomprehensible noise of trow-
els and scrapers coming in contact with dry brick
They rose in great alarm, and called out to the
mistress of the house, begging hcl to come to
them As she entered the room they wished to
know if that American was not the cause of the
disturbance, mistaking probably the noise ofthe
scrapers for a sharpening of the tomahawk."
Similar sentiments in reference to Americans,
very generally prevail in the center of Europe.
Travellers from the United States are frequently
amused by the astonishment which is manifested
III finding that they are both white and civilized
1t is greatly for the interest of the despots Of
Europe, to perpetuate this ignorance respecting
the free institutions Of our country. And it is
indeed keenly cutting to the pride of traveller
from the free States of America to see in the
shop windows of Vienna, in photographic prints,
his country represented as merely the great mart
of slave breeding and slave hoggng-the Guinea
of Christendom. To prevent any more correct
information from entering his realms, Ferdinand
has standing army of two hundred and seventy
thousand men, in state of the highest dsci-
pline, scattered through impregnable fortresses.
And they are ready at any moment to extingush
in blood the first gmmerings Of the spirit Of
liberty. By calling out the well-armed militia
battalions, this number can at any time be raised
to seven hundred and fifty thousand men. This
is fearful force, to be guided by the energies of
one despotic mind