Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-28


or or alIegience strong enough 70 threaten
their sabjugatiOn. the sympathy felt for them
in these islands woald be intense and ali but
universal.
And yet there Is another side to the picture,
which in fairness must also be presented. The
favored classes in Great Britain while they
heartily admire the American energy and It's
fruits. do and must nevertheless dread the con-
tegsoIs Of car eraaple, and this- dread must
increase and be diffused as the rapidly in
ereasing power population and wealth .of,our
country commend il more and more to the at
tention Of the world. While we were some
sixty days distant, and heard of mainly in
connection with Indian fights or I1assacres,
fatal steamboat explosions or insolyent banks,
this contagion was not iminent and did not Sc
riously alarm; but, now that New York is but
ten days from London. and New Orleans [by
Telegraph scarcely more, the case is bravely
altered. and it becomes daily more and more
palpable that the United States and Great
Britain cannot both remain as they are. If
we in America can have succession of eapa-
bic andreputable Chief Magistrates for 5000
a year. of chief Justices for l,ooe and of
Cabinets at a gross cost of less than 100000
il is manifest that John Bull, who, loyal as he
is, has strong instinct Of thrift and pride To-
getting the worth Of his money, win not long
Be content 70 pay hundred times as much
for his Chief Executive and ten times as much
for his Judiciary aud Ministry as we do. It
Is question, therefore, of the deepest practiz
cal interest to the British Nation whether the
Americans do really enjoy the advantages Of
peace, order and security for the rightsof per-
son and property through instrumehtalties SO
cheap and 50 dependent on moral force only,
as those devised and established by Washing
ton and his compalriots, If we have these
with Civil, List Of less than 81 100000 ster-
hing, an Army of less than Ten Thousand, and
a Navy [why wont il die. and get decently
buried "a dozen or two active vessels, why
should John tax and sweat himself as he does
10 maintain Political establishment which
costs him over fl50,oe0,0O0 year beside
the interest on his enormous National Debt?
If we, without any Church endowed by law,
have as ample and widely diffused provision
for Divine worship and Religious instruction
as he has. why should he pay the tithes toe
dow Lord Bishops with incomes Of 100000
70 csc, 900 per annum2 These and similar
questions are now beginning TO be widely pom
dered here; they refuse TO be longer drowned
by the fare Of trumpet and the resonant mel
ody of God savethe Queenl' ] know no
body who objects to that last quoted senti-.
ment but there are many here, and the num-
Der is increasing, who think there is an urgent
and practical need of salvation also. for the
People-salyation from heavy exactions, un-
Just burshens and calling distinctions. And,
as the interest of the Many in the reform of
abuses and she. removal of impositions be-
comesdaily more obvious and palpable, SO does
the instructive grasp Of the Few to keep
what they have. and get what they can be-
come likewise more Muscular and positive
And this instinct absolutely demands per-
version or suppression of the truth with regard
to America- regard especially to the
prevalence Of order justice and tranquility
within her borders And not this only it is
important to this class that il be made to ap-
pear that while Republican institutions may
possibly answer for time in. a rude and semi
barbarous community of scattered grain grow
ers and herdsmen, they are utterly incompat-
ible with dense population, with general re-
fnement. the npbuilding Of Manufactures and
the prevalence Of the arts Of civilized life.
s Here, then, is the cue to the cry so early
and generally raised, so often, and invidiOusly
renewed, BY The London daily Press, of sur
prise al the meagerness OF our country's con-
tribution to the Great Exhibition, Had any
other young nation of Twenty Millions, located
three to five thousand miles of, sent a eollec-
ton so large aud 20 creditable to It's industrial
proficiency and inventive power, itwonld have
been warmly commended by these same jour
nails: but Il is deemed desirable to make an
impression on the public mind of Europe ad-
verse to American skill and attainment in the
Arts, and hence these representations and
sneers. ~ 3 iaa ata
Yet, gentlemenl what would you have
For years you have been deyoting your ener-
gies to the task of convincing our people that
they should be content to grow Food and Cot
ton and send them hither in exchange for
Wares and Fabrics, especially those of the
finer and costlier varieties. You have written
reams of essays intendedto prove that this
course Of Industry and Trade was dictated by
Nature. by Providence, and that only narrow
and short sighted sel6shness would seek to
over-ruled il. Well here are American sam
pies Of allthe staples you say our Country
ought to produce and be content with, in un-
deniable abundance and excellence-C Cotton,
Wool. Wheat. Flour, Indian Corn, Hams, Beef
dc, &es-yet these you run over with a
glance of cool contempt and say we have
nothing in the Exhibition Is this kind or
polite treatment Of the supporters Of your
policy in the States? If seeming approx
nation to your Utopia should subject them to
such complaints. what may they expect from
its perfect consumation Let all our States
become as purely Agricultural as the Carroll
mas Or the lower valley of the Mississippi, and
what then would be your estimation of us? If
a halfway obedience to your counsels exposes
US to such disparagement, what might we fair
ly expect from = :horongh submission?
The vital truth, everywhere demOnstrable.
is nowhere so palpable as here--thst diver
si6cation of Industrial pursuits is essential not
only to the prosperity and thrift, but also to
the education and intellectual activity of a
People. Acommunity which witnesses from
year to year the processes of Agricultural
labor only. lacks stimulus TO mental cultiva-