Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-06-23
Plant flowers DER the dead /!

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They will whisper Of hope, of peace, of Heaven
They will tell of a bright eteranl spring,
And the glow Of the seraph's snow white wing.
Plant flowers DER the dead!
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John Bulls "Prctty Well.'
The English communication of the re.
cent American charities to Ireland, re.
minds US Of Shakspeare's Enobarbus:
<Inever loved you much, but have praised you
When you have well deserved ten times as much
AS have said you did,
An Irish paper, noticing the fact that in
asingle village Of Massachusetts,, Of four
thousand inhabitants, FIVE thousand dollars
had been contributed to the relief Of the
Irish, expresses pleasure that the comments
on such instances Of American sympathy,
by the English papers, show disposition
that must result in q shelter understanding
between the two countries" For this
result, of course, we cordially pray. There
are few political changes in which we
should more cordially rejoice, than at q
correct understanding" Of us by England,
accompanied with proper appreciation and
respect. But while we glory and rejoice
in the undried ink Of the last best addition
to Misrepresentation aid to starving Ire
land-and while we would promote the
cause, and love our country ten times more
for its quick pity and generous forgetful-
ness of all but the distress Of Ireland, we
would still discourage too ready belief
in English admiration us. The "twice-
sod simplicity, bis-cot,ls, - Of which we are
likely just now to be guilty, is the express
sion, by our newspapers, ofvery great sat
isfaction that England, at last, is noticing
us with commentators. Individually,
and in all that bears upon the comfort and
pleasure of personal residence, we enjoy
England more than all the other countries
Of the world put together. We personally
admire it accordingly; but nationally we
would keep it at arms length for half
century to come. 1t neither respects,
loves, nor in any way, "cottons to -
America. 1t is full Of ignorance of us,
jealousy Of US, and dread of us---not q
dread which implies any beliefin our equal
lily of skill or courage, but the dread sring-
ing from vague remembrance that, in
one or two fights, somewhere CT somehow,
we proved a nasty customer" and might
yet cost some trouble to put down. No.
thing, we believe, viii ever root out that
national English feeling Of mingled con-
tempt and aversion foa America nothing
OH earth short of the yar for mastery which
il sure at no very distant day TO "better
the understanding" #E
Ofcourse there are enlightened states
men who do full Justice to the United
States, and there are hundreds of men in
private life, who know the meaning and
appreciate the beauty of our late demon
stration toward their starving brethren;
but, Of egreat majority Of English think
ers and writers, the two following extracts
from English papers express the habitual
sentiment and impression:
.'.america.-The papers by the Henry
Clay, from New York. arrived on Tues
day.-(March 8, 1919 The proceed
ings in CONGRESS- are not very important. |
Brother Johafhan, aiaougn ;,:,cc!.eerious e, s;-
has selishness, seemed to be stirring kim
selfup with view of mitigating the Irish
famine. One Of the New York napers
suggests that ship should be sent out
; VIA clothes and provisions, each citizen
to contribute what he could 70 such great
and glorious cause. The idea is good, and
we hope will be acted upon. az there is
room for all that can be done to mitigate
the suferings now endured by that unfor-
tunate untry.'-London Pictorial Times,
March 18th.
Before making another quotation, by the
way, we would call attention to the son.
tsnce in the last sentence-the EnglishmanI
whose country's Gag waves all over the
world, speaking Of Ireland, six hours dis
tant from Liverpool, as "rHAr unfortunate
country" We proceed to another extract
from leading English paper:
''There is SO much in the American
character to excite the contempt and dis.
gust Of all upright and honest men, that
We can scarce be excused for letting slipl
an opportunity for abusing them; but Mr.,
Rush 80 overwhelms us with his courte-
sizes, end so greatfully and handsomely sck.
nowledges the splendid Inequalities with
which he was received by the noble and
wealthy "britishers, that we must swelter
our venom till some more fitting occasion
for venting it, Morning Post, July IL.
Of course this 10 contemplate enough
but though contemptibly expressed, it isl
respectable sentiment, from its univer-
salty, and it appears in two very respec-
table papers. No gentleman who goes from
this country to England encounters this
sentiment. His gentlemanly manners mark
him as an exception, and he is received on
his personal merits alone. But the high
est compliment an Englishman thinks he
can pay an American is, to tell him that he
should have taken him for an Englishnan.
The individual is taken within the privi-
lodged fence Of English hospitality, but his
country is left where it was outside
yankee is word of contempt, and it is
this which we would have kept in mind.
AT the same time that we stave of the OBJ
structions-e even national pride, if It be
one-from the path Of mercy, we would
have yankees realise that England is a