American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-04

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spection you will find the fabric Of the coarser
texture! Ef Il aslia fa ftaa M
f. In my next will give you the ballroom
view, the dancing, drinking, card playing, &C.,
| &c. Dast2za 1allH - T--o 'aG7 p.
~ 2 .1# .G2 Communicated
"EngIand our Mother Country-Let us
lI2 -H4 4gIta never forget her."
| 10 the Editors Of the American Gelegraph
GENTLEMEN: Such was the sentiment drunk
on board the Golden Gate" on her late plea
sure trip from Annapolis to New York. Let it
be added, it was "drunk by acclamation." Mr..
Aspinwall, the wealthy owner of the boat, was
its author.
In the company who drank this toast (leav-
ing out the ladies, who have a right to be tories
whenever they please were the Hon. Daniel
Webster, Secretary of State, Mr.. Meredith, Of
Baltimore, Mr.. Edward Curtis, of New York,
the Hon. N. X Hall, Postmaster General Com
modore Perry, DR.. Wainwright, Hon. Henry c.
! Heartt, and others whose names are not given.
AT the time chosen for this display of humble
/ loyalty to the "nlother country" our citizens,
who have been trapanned Into a visit to the
Worlds Fair, are meeting with all kinds of in
suits and humiliation in London. The citizens
of the southern States, whom Daniel O'Connell
said were unworthy to touch the hand of gem
tleman, (meaning himself are publicly assailed
! in the press, prescribed from the hospitalities
of the city, and caricatured along with their
yankee brethren, in every imaginable form,
from the London Times to Punch. At the late
/ Mayors feast, where representatives from the
whole world ssand the rest Of menkind" were
present. no American was permitted to con-
/ far,a ta fha anfE Aa,a t,a
and African gentility there assembled. The
whole current of public feeling in Great Britain
towards this country, az evidenced in every
possible way, is an exhibition of concentrated
envy, jealousy and malice In the meanwhile
4 let us not shut our eyes to the alarming fact
that her undermining movements in central
America to obstruct every project of this ma
ton, either for the benefit of the central Ameri-
can States or our own, are unceasing and active.
In addition, if any thing more is needed to
rouse the public attention, every energy of her
intrigue is put forth 10 seUer Gis Union. Whilst
the activity Of northern agitators is kept alive
by the visits of their black and white agents to
/ London, where they receive (what is denied to
Southerners) the attentive hospitality of Lon
don, member of Parliament is sent to our own
shores to act in proper person here to stir the
flames of civil discord.
The letter of Mr.. Duncan, a commissioner
from Virginia, gives the last touch to the ac-
| tons of that government. He says it is well
known that England has offered to aid South
Carolina, should she secede from the Union.
In the face of these continued, systematic,
and atrocious insults and injuries, q company
Of Americans, of which the Secretary of State
is chairman, and the Postmaster General is tn,
mover of resolutions, unite "by acclamation'
to drink, in the presence of q slip of British
aristocracy, the degrading, humiliating senti.
ment-" England our Mother Country-Let us
neUer forget her," .@
That Daniel Webster should unite in the SEN
timent, will be surprise to no one who recol-
lects his visit to London in 1840 his letter from
| London Withdrawing from the Presidential can
vass and throwing his weight into Gen. Harri-
sons scale, his subsequent appointment as
Secretary of State, the immediate mission of
Lord Ashburton, and the surrender Of our
northeastern boundary to England. He is so
totally English in his feelings and sympathies,
that he could well preside at meeting which
would go one step farther, and drink, in pure
brandy, i" Her majesty Queen Victoria"
i That Mr.. Hall, the Free-soil associate Of
the Free-soil president, should unite in it, is
dsgraceful enough, but unfortunately he has
too many Northern fanatics to unite with him
in any sentiment which is degrading to high
toned American feeling.
DR.. Wainwright, it appears, is D. D. He
belongs to q class who should deserve public
respect, and always have it when they deserve
it by their conduct Too many of his cloth
have been the enemies of freedom in this coun-
try, from 1903 to the present day. If he is of
the 0sgood and Parrish tribe Of 1912, or of the
| Theodore Parker tribe of the present day, he is
thorn in the side of freedom. If he is of the
noble class Of the Boardmans, Lords, Harts,
and others, who have thrown the weight of
character of consistent Christians into the scale
of their country, then | will only say to him, he
was "wrong shipped on board the Golden
Gate, and should hereafter choose his company
better
One name in that company stirred up patri-
otic recollectons of the highest character 1t
was the name Of the immortal hero of Lake
Erica name which filled the trump of fame in
1913 with the loudest blast, when he tore from
the masts Of British fleet the bloody standard
of st. George, and run up the stars and stripes
of the American Union in their stead; who
thus opened the path to victory to the veteran
Governor of Kentucky, who, prompt as the
| lightning, seized the opportunity, and pursued
and captured, or slew, the assassins OF the
River Raisin and Fort Meigs. | am sure ne
would not have received such sentiment with
acclamation.
And s,o one in that company could be found
not even female yoice--to whisper Its dlsap-
nroyal of that toast. There are some recollec-
i tions of "Our Mother" which they, at least,
should never forget. Wherever the army Of
England set fQQt On cur shores, during ths vsS