Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-07-24
EngIand's Opinion OF Us.

ne ODllCu SlatCS COntTlOutlOus
excite among these people some little
curiosity, for the masses here are rather
favorable to our country; although we
must candidly admit that the general
feeling amongst the English has chang
ed towards US, and that, since the
Mexican war, il has begun to assume
something like the hue of fraterniza-
ton. Egad! they will not even admit,
now, that We Americans arc foreign
ers: They say, oh! you are just the
same as English and we deliberately
assure you that this sentiment is rapidly
becoming almost unanimous.
But, to return. Don't suppose that
the shilling days" exclude the middling
and aristocratic classes from the Crys-
tai Palace. No, we see Lords and
Ladies here every day. We see also
thousands of the middling class. But
then we see "iens Of thousands" Of not
exactly the lower stratum. but of what
is considered here the sub-soil of hu.
manity. And they really, with their
old fashioned coats, and funny.looking
gowns, their sun. burnt hands. and open
honest brows, present, to our eyes,
most interesting as well as pleasing
picture. Well; these people have the
strongest penchant for the Americans.
They love to hear of country with
light taxes. They could listen forever
to stories of land of independence,
where all men are supposed to be 'crea.
ted free and equal They love to
dwell upon the products of a nation
that knows no titular distinctions, and
looks upon the hard -palmed sons Of toll
with as much hope and affection as
upon the most favoured offspring Of
ease and aflluence.
"These are the kind Of English peo-
Pile that cast careless eye, and make
a hasty tramp amongst the myriad per-
fections of British manufacture; that
turn aside with a curled nostril from
the gewgaws of France; that smile at
the Koh.inor diamond, and sigh over
the regal jewelry of Spain, well know.
ing from whose wet brows all this gor-
geous display of idle pomp and mag
nifcence must really come; that look
at China only for its silk and teas, at
Germany for lis books and miniatures,
and then wonder for hours beneath the
dome over which the Eagle spreads his
wings, and the stars and stripes ban.
ners float so saucily in the breeze
These are the people that look SO close
ly at American railroads, that stop and
pore over the pile (shockingIy assorted
heaven knowsD of American newspa,
, pers--that gaze so absorbedly upon the
, Daguerreotypes of American "gtea
, ones"-that asks so many question:
abou, the American soil and the Amer,
lean people-that are delighted to heal
that the bears do not (as reported) ru,
= about the streets Of New York, knock
E ing at peoples doors, in order TO devou
:, those who open the latter--lhat pa,
little heed TO PRISONS grand piano, bu
gaze liXedly on ploughs and harrows-
!, that turn aside from the glasses an
A decanters, TO pore over the cheaI
II books and cheap bindings--that troubl
: themselves with only look at III
light vehicles, but pause and count thei
fingers over the milk pals. that loo
so neatly and SO prim--that lose n
+. time for the life. boats, but go hom
le and dream oflhose barrels of fine whit
r. flour, those casks of beef and pork thl
N Gas an English reporter says) "look S
70 like tombstone erected 10 the memor
,h of the Corn-Laws.
p. "These are the kind of people, pr
c. cisely. Perhaps they don't read Il
its English papers that speak of the Ur
tn ted States compartments as a'prairit
he that talk about "an alley or two of ra
er materials" that speak of legion
or (American) ploughs and harrows, Il
en- general construction of which is at lea
mi hundred years behind British il
,c provements; that describe an ingenio
of American reaping machine as "a wo
lut derfu cross between an'As,ley chari
u,s a tread mill, and flying machine;' a
ty. talk of the "clumsy model of commc