New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-16
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mon England the language portion oil her press
has applied 10 u.s. and with much recriminatory
ability. From the facts they have adduced we are
compelled TO believe that England In her conduct
tovard other countries has been at times most cul
Fable, and consequently much deserving Of repre-
hensiou. We have no doubt that an impartial
reader Of the diatrbes perpetrated by the presson
either sds In depreciation Of the national charac-
ter of either country, woad award to the structures
on our side of the water superiority of invective,
greater logical acumen, and what Is Of more con-
sequence. stronger truth.
But Gu, bono7 OF what merit or use is the con /
troversyl If we pile Pelion upon Ossa, whole !
mountains Of damnstory phrases upon England
and English institutions Of what practical advant
age is IL TO usl And why should our national van
ity be thereby eratifedl English enormities in
the Indian seas are no palliation of our national
crimes nor English cruelties toward the Pagan
nations of Hindostan excuse for our invasion Of
Christian ally. Rather than strengthen ourselves
In the pursuit Of unhoy acquisitions by the misera-
bic contemplation Of another nations turpitude' it
would be much better 10 consider and repair the
wrong we have done, and thus punish our envious
or malignant sssailants by the contrast We afford
to the conduct Of their own country
There is another consideration which should in
duce iorbearance upon our part From DO source that
we are bound to respect are launched these missiles
Of abuse and defamation; they proceed from the
column: of venaI presses are the offspring Of anony
nous authority, and deserve no other treatment
than contenp,uous or compassionate silence. We
degrade our own nation, not England, by retaiia-
tory language. proud people does not condes-
cend 10 notice the assaults Of the envious and dis
appointed they are happy In their selfrespect not
from the reflection Of foreign opinion it is only the
vain who conscious Of no real worth are seeking 4
everywhere abroad the material Of self esteem they
cannot find at home whose cutlcle Is so delcatey /
thin as TO feel from the puncture OF CAD BY the /
pangs by which giant dies Besides an Ameri I
can, loving his country, cannot but blush with I
shame when he calls 10 recollection the language Of
the English Psrlisment toward us, as compared
with that Of an American Congress toward Eng
land member OF the House Of Lords or the House
Commons when he speaks of this or any other
foreign country, remembers be is gentleman and
respeets himself; on the other side language was
spilled TO England and Engshmen. during the
pending Of the Oregon question. in CoScREss, in
the whole Presence of the Nation most foully dis
whose representatives the speakers were Ian
suage not elsewhere to be met with than perhaps
in the purieus Of st Giles or in those British presses
whose trade is defamation and whose character is
infamy.
Hdegenerate Engshmen Of modern times refuse a
10 accord 10 our institutions the praise they de- e
serve--ii they deny TO the gallant officers of our
two services distinguished skill and conduct-to
our soldiers, unparalleled bravery and indomtable
perseverancs-wbat matters it7 The facts are on
hstory's page are felt by the world; and, in !
spite Of detraction, in spite OF all the opposition Of
malevolence, will characterize the age in which
we live and serve beacons and landmarks to all
that are to come.
We ask not Engshmen Of modern days" high
though their title proud their name'--for approba
ton Of our deeds OF dasing We ask them not for I
ackno wledgment of kindred blood with us-we 20 :
back 10 the sources from which aud they both
sprung--we remount to our equal origin. We are :
Of as pure Ango-Saxon blood as they nay, in the {
filtration Of the last'two centuries may have pre-
served purer the Anglo Saxon lineage. We
branched oil. il is true, from the parent trunk but
still are the sapipg transplanted TO favoring
soil and kinder meridian
Ga. fathers too, came over with William the
Conqueror," or fought the good fight at Hastings !
under their native Saxon Princes our names are
inscribed in Domesday Book on the Roll of Battle
Abbey. and in the Charter at Rupnymede We
shared through our ancestry in the glorious fields
OF Cressy, Of Poicers. and Of Agincourt rallied :
round the MAIDEN QUEEN the high and naughty :
Elizabeth. when with all the old English blood Of :
Tudor in her veins, she met her assembled Armies
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Armada and told them that she would die at their n
head before she would suffer the dissertation OF her
soil by hostile ootfor she held it foul scon that
Parma or Spain, or any other Prince of Europe, n
should dare set their feet on her territories ~ In
all the rich harvest of these glories we descend G
ants OF those Engshmen equally share. :
Our fathers stood by Hsmpden when he suffered
SCOTS oontumely and imprisonment rather than pay
the illegal sxsorton of Shipmoneyi followed the I
Godgiven Cromwell to the field when he took up '
sancthed arms against a faithess and perured !
King, and fought and triumphed with him at a
Aarston Moor. Naseby and Worcester, driving
out Tyranny and establishing Liberty !
We have equal heritage In the fame of Chaucer, b
oil Spenser, of SHAKEsPEARE and OF Milton They :
were our countrymen, and wrote in our language ,
spoke our thoughts. !
Leaving England to people another continent,
we brought with us the same household Gods the
same institutions. and the love Of liberty that
che worshipped and defended We have adhered .
tothem. and aourished under their saving guidance
A common ancestry. we might have had com
mon destiny but for the fratricdal conduct Of the
Englishmen who had remained at home to those
who crossed the sea- Had England been true to
herself we might still have been OF one Govern
ment.
Ills better undoubtedly I. it is. As allies we
can be Of more assistance to each other than ii We
bad remained politically united.
For still there can be en- union in partition We
have the same interests, aud the same, hopss. No
blow falls on England. that is not felt here her
prosperity is our prosperity her csamisies are
our ealamties; and she feels equally our good or
evil fortune.
Mutual iorbeGance, liberation on either part OF
some national peculiarties missions Of good viii,
reciprocal charity-these among other acts Of en-.