The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-31

OF which BERKELY dreamed, and Tor which
SIDNEY bled.
The nobility Of England boasts a lineage
traced through the court Of Charles ii. to the
robbers Of Normandy. II is naturally enraged
with rule which realizes the vision Of the Ro-
man poet, and recognises virtue and intellect as
the sole bearings Of republican heraldry.
The army of England has changed its opin
ions of American progress somewhat since the
period when an English officer in Parliament
stigInatized us as towards, and declared he
could march regiment from one end of the
continent tot he other.
The navy of England manifests more respect
for people whose bunting" flies where 1t
lists, and protects every thing beneath it against
The imperious searchers Of the seas. Things
are somewhat changed since CowPER said
.sThe winds and waves are Britain's wide domain,
And not sail but by permission spreads"
It may be said by apologists that it was but
the act of few unfeeling or fanaiical persons.
1t was the act of those whose malevoence was
stronger than their prudence. IL is an insult
offered to few, but they represent classes of
influence and importance in America. IL was
intended for the classes of their countymen
which they represented.
We cannot forget that, when famine and IA
tality depopulaied portion of the British do
minons, American vessels transported Amerl-
can provisions To their relief. We do not for
get that America has afforded n refuge to the
millions of homeless emgrants who otherwise
must have been burden upon the alreaGy OPP
pressed resources of England.
We will continue to do our duty 10 the
wretched outcasts; to relieve, as far as posi-
BILE, the wants of our race; ridicule or wrong
can never exonerate us from the obligations of
humanity.
But we are naturally mortified that such
should be English appreciation of our kindness.
We hope our people will leave the Worlds
Fair with an honest indignation for such treat
ment They can easily compensate the English
for all that they have received. But they cannot
experience the sensation of independence so
long as they breathe that atmosphere of inc
quality and of insult.
| Yet each department of foreign competition
will have to be convinced in detail. America is
rapidly fulfilling her mission. She will teach the
arrogant islanders that she is their superior in
power, wealth, wisdom, humanity, in the free
dom of her institutions, and the duration Of
| her empire.
We regret deeply the tone of the English
press and this action Of the English people.
There has been deliberate, systematic, and
contemptuous insult offered to American visit
ors, nor can all the hollow compliments or in
ane amenities of diplomatic agents counterfeit
the animosity which such treatment has engen-
dered We shall, however, continue our COM
parison of the progress of the two nations in
the acquisition of the elements of power and
property, and thereby endeavor to offer some
consolation TO our citizens for the sneers at the
yankees" and the insults to S'Southerners."
We avail ourselves of this occasion to re-
mind our fellow citizens, North and South,
that they will never find better friends abroad
than at home; nor will they find form Of go
vernment more replete with happiness and
freedom than that which alike excites the ado
ration of the oppressed and the detestation Of
the despot. 1t win be only when the AgaeEi
can Union shall be destroyed that the delight,
of its enemies and the despair of its friends can
be imagined. Let us be warned by the events
which are around and amongst us not to forfeit,
for paltry objections, good which is without
equal, and a glory that is beyond compare.