Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-27
COMPLIMENT TO OUR COUNTRY.
English and American Statesmen.

John Bright, the well known free trader
and reformer, and the colleague of Richard
Golden, recently made speech in Manches-
ter, England, in which he ridcued the favo-
rite doctrine of "hereditary Statesmen," in
vein that no one could misunderstood
Our self-made men-onr Washington-our
Frankln-and the American Senate, signal
lied by such minds as Webster, Clay and
Cass, are all alluded to with respect and love
which all nations must feel, and which sends
thrill of pride into our countrymen:
awe will take another case to show that
after all, these hereditary statesmen have no
great reason 10 plume themselves. We will
20 TO another country. In The year l775
England had very extensive colonies on the
other side of the Atlantic. Ten years after
wards these were colonies no longer, but
stood forth before the world as an indepen-
dent and a growing Republic. Now, would
like TO know where America got her states
men from. 1t is quite clear that up TO l775
people in this country-I mean Lord North
and the statesmen of that day-never sup
posed for a moment that there were any
statesmen in the Colonies of America; but
yet, somehow or other, they found statesmen.
There was man named George Washington.
loud cheers.) Now George Washington
was sort of neighbor Of ours, because his
family emigrated from Cheshire. In his own
country he would not have been a statesman
- that is very certain. ('liear, hear" and
laughter.l But if you will 90 down through
the whole list of American Presidents, from
Geo. Washington, their first, TO Zachary Tay.
lor, their present President, should like 10
ask whether, if you take the whole of them,
they do not equal in character, in sagacity
in patriotism, and in having acquired and de-
served an ending fame, as that of any prime
minister we have had from Lord North to
Lord, John Russell. ('liear hear" and
cheers WE'LL in this country, it is thought
necessary to have very distinguished men
men OF great and high birth-adequa TO
represent the British nation at foreign courts
with about flo 900 year. CHEERS and
laughter)
The Americans had an ambassador once,
named Frankln-and he is a man that will
be thought of long, even after a great many
English ambassadors have been forgotten.-
Lately, in this country, we had Mr.. Bancroft,
ambassador from the United States--a man
who has written one of the most, perhaps the
most, admirable history of his own country
man qualified in every respect 10 represent
the true worth and dignity of the Republic to
which he belongs Well, want to know
whether, if you trace all the American am
bassadors from franklin TO Bancroft, they are
not fit to stand side by side in the page o.
history with the aristocratic ambassadors
which this country has sent out to foreign
conrtsl Cheers. But now we will 90 tc
the American Senate. 1t is considered low
on this side of the country to go into detail or
this matter. Il is not considered quite dis.
Greet, seeing that we live under our gloriou.
constitution. (iiear, hear) Now The Ameri
can Senate answers in some respects, but il
very slight degree indeed, to our House o.
Lotds; that is, i, is what is called Huppel