Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-01
ALISON ON THE UNITED STATES.
FROM THE BALrmonr AMERICAN.

/ FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
! Some ten years ago Mr.. ARCHIBALD ALISON a Lawyer
of Edinburgh wrote History of Europe which was
printed this country, and notwithstanding its numer
GUS untruths about America sold in immense guam
titles Mr.. ALISON was writer in Blackwood and of
course, sturdy Tory In time he became quite famous
at home, and knyhted by her Majesty. Since the
addition of this title his Sir ARCHIBALD has taken
the theme Of history at the period where he dropped
it, and'has published volume two by way Of
tinuation
We have not the entire production, but from
tracts taken from the preliminary chapter, may
gather notions of the style and truth with which
this Tory advocate presumes perpeuate the image Of
his age, far is stamped in the features Of
country.
1t wise critic who said that the beginning Of
knowledge is the end of rhetoric" Sir Archibald should
recollect this. There is q turgd ping Of epthetical
agony in this chapter which is worthy Of dinnerta
speech from 'sAicawber in Australia. Nor should Sir
Archibald forget that, although whpole long ago said
hstory is lie there now-adays 80 many more op-
portunies for detecting and exposing flsehood than in
Wapoe's time, that who deliberately or gnorantly
vilihes great nation stands chceOf becoming avery
contemplate peyeh even during his life.
We offer the following ssatences from this prelimiua1y
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of the reliable value of the whole work by this specimen
If the author so unnformed malicious in regard
to the events that passed under eyes, it is very
proper conclude that he is equally ignorant base in
relation the concerns Of other nations with which
/ are not so familiar Let the reader determine:
The principal States of the Union" says Sir Archi-
bald have by common consent repudiated their State
debts the storm Of adversely blew; and they
have in instances resumed the payment Of their in
the Indians afforded them the Of doing without
recurring the dreaded horrors Of direct taxation The
Of Congress have been generally directed by
sefnterest that they have in more than instance
brought the Confederacy to the verge Of dssouton and
the threatened separation Of South Carolina only pre-
from breaking up by the quiet concession Of the
Central Legislature Subsequently, the selfish Of
unbrdled Democracy has been still clearly evinced
\ "Wthout the vestige Of title they have seized
4 Texas and annexed 1t to their vast dominons by
ceang their ttle which negatycd their claims, they
have obtained from Great Britain the half Of Maine
they have done their utmost to revolutonze CANADA
they have only been prevented by melancholy tragedy
from revolutionzing Cuba and when the Mexcans took
up avenge the spoaton Of their territory they
invaded their dominons and wrested from them the half
of all that remained to them, including the godenaden
mountains Of California During the last ten years they
have though attacked by one, made themselves
ter by fraud and violence Of 100000 additional square
miles Of territory being nine times the Of France
already the uquls mae Begma has become SO popular
among them hai the very children all parts of te Union
play soldiers Democratic passions have found their
usual and natural vent in foreign aggressons and Anne
has added another to the many proofs which history
affords that republican far from being the pa
ci6c, the most warke and dangerous Of all states
eff the present annual migration Of above two hun
dred thousand from Ireland should continue few years
longer and there is any truth in the assertions gene
rally made that there tive millions Of native-bon
Irish in the United States and four millions Of Ih de-
SCENT the Celtic race may acquire such aprponderance there
may ultimately render The maintenance of representative
stitHtions iEspossibt in some parts Of tse Uaon."