Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-19
NATIONAL FEELINGS.

| NATIONAL FEELINGS.
FROM LONDON MORNING CHRONICLE.
Some strange misunderstanding must be at the bottom
Of the notion that England and the United States
somewhere nursing between them the germs of armed
conflict So far experience has gone, mixed
assemblage Of Engishmen and Americans is far more
likely to provoke smile in the unsympathzng by the
fervor of the emotions which it displays than to
pain by cold and commonplace professions of reciprocal
regard kind word from citizen Of country, ad-
to auditors who belong to the other ecits the
latent heat rarely called forth amongst either and the
most fgd in the world is seized in instant with
fit Of that raternizng enthusiasm which it laughs at in
Others and for the of which it is in detested by
the objects Of its rdicule Judging from the report in
yesterday impression of the entertainment given to
Mr. sGERsoLL at Birmingham Friday last the Ameri-
MinstefHeems have little less than transported
the audience which listened to his warmhearted appeal
We have not the least doubt of his sincerity
tain that the applauses which greeted him from the
depths Of the hear and equally that the
hibton might be repeated at any moment in any English
American city Why then, the relations Of the
two countries deemed critical that Mr. JOHN BRIGHr
will not even allow us to pronounce an opinion on ques
ton like that of Cuba in which the whole world is inte
rested and which the United States have yet
knowledged themselves party?
The truth is it is neither Cuba Central America,
any matter fit to be mentioned in history, which de-
ranges the cordial understanding between these kindred
families The boasts which the Atlantic from the
American shore to ours and the which repay them
with interest the real anvsstoes uhicA tie
peace Of the West The of LiIlput preface the
weapons Of Brobdignag Mr.. Ingerson seems to trace
that ifeeling between the two nations which is
almost among things Of the past to bockades orders in
council and claims the right Of search. We think,
however with Sir c. LrEIE that it is distinctly sttribu-
to iss n n ssDag n o. W nns
rica and the cool assumptions Of TRANSATLANTIC writer's
respecting the relations Of classes in England. The
fault was perhaps first committed own side but
the malice of the Troope school certainly not quite
wilful and wanton. The lumnaries Of English Radical
ism-the Hunts and Cartwrghts-had long preached TO
us that the blessings of American institutions felt in
every enjoyment Of which human nature is capable and
it seemed therefore, not unfair to point out some
compensating disadvantages inherent in ciyiaation
which still in the rough Since those days however,
the Americans have advanced far as ourselves In the
Of living and the true character Of English liberty has
made apparent by its contrast with the
the ensaved continent But although the old causes
of mutual recrminaon have disappeared is circumspec
ton the less necessary We think it is needed than
ever. The conventional language Of international COM
pimen describes disagreement between the branches OF
the Saxon unnatural" But in fact, the
which leads to formidable breaches precisely
the most natural thing in the world Our chickering's are
like family disputes they always more deeply en-
venomed than other quarres because each party knows
the weak points Of the other and understands how to
point the exact reproach which viii stab most
j painfully When Frenchman afhrms that we English
men cold minded and accustomed TO sell our
in Smith6ed the foreign tongue itself prevents the
barb from penetrating deeply, and there is always re-
Election on the ignorance offoregners TO serve plaster
for whatever wound may be inflicted The same class
of preventiyes and palatves viii render American
comparatively callous imputaons such that
yeyed in the line of Victor Hugo which arms that the
United States histore honneur, art
But the gibes Of Ango-Saxon against Anglo-Sa1on
spoken In English less undefled and as to the
subjects on which they usually turn, cannot get rid Of
the uncomfortable feeling that critic is perhaps
better observer than ourselves.
The moral, therefore, which wouldincucae, with Mr.
discourse for text is frankness in great
matters with forbearance in small 1t would be
monstrous II we were debarred from commenting on so
astounding novelty in public Law the MosRoE doctrine,
or the claim to Cuba, founded destiny - and Gene
CAss ought to be at perfect liberty to expose the pitt
less promptude with which have sold up the Burman
Empire for q debt simple contract But unprovoked
averments that "the British whip the world, and that
Americans whip the British" together with indefinite
SCOTS nggers and nasal articulation had better be
linqushed altogether Not that We would wish see
delicate and dangerous topics either prescribed gngery
treated. English public opinion is, TO extent,
public opinion and vce versa and either coun-
try right its influence for end which 1t be-
eves to be beneficial But let il be clearly manifest that
purpose Of mutual Improvement kept in ewin other
words let each side argue the point at issue with that
deraton and those reservations which win show that
thing beyond argumentative advantage is aimed
at The English assailant Of American slavery ought
ever TO admit share in introducing it; and he
would also do WELL with reference section Of the
Unon to recognise the enormous difficulty Of casting
aside system entvined with every fibre Of society and
with respect to the other to acknowledge that mere suf
crance does not justify general charge Of connivance
and completely In like manner the Transatlantic
sor Of English institutions, exempfed in the degraded
condition Of q portion Of our laboring poor might be
expected bear in mind that the laws regulating the
nexion Of employer and employed precisely the same
in England in Amercahat the higher range Of wages
in latter country is entirely the oruitous consequence
Of her prolific soil and sparse populaton-apd that in
aboishng the system Of protection, Great Britain has at
length extended her Of supply limits far beyond
the bounds by which she is geographically
If such mode Of controversy observed there would
be little necessity for entering with Mr. BneHr into
calculation Of the relative Of influence possessed
by the disputants on either side.
CONVENTION or BANK 0rrfoRRs-A convention Of dele
gates from the banks in New England held In Boston
on wednesday The object Of the meeting TO orga
nre Bankerss Association for the suppression Of
terfeinc The attendance very large, and fifteen
man. gers were chosen to effect the desired ends Of the
society.
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