Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-27
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Poem. ode 81 Epic. with the understanding that
all sent in were to belong to himsand his heirs ioI
ever. for the purpose of publishing in book, ana
its proceeds 10 he given TO the poor of
sr6fs offer was highly laudsd by the Press and MI
Lathum's magnanimity eulogised to the skies |
However, the authors saw throush the matter anu |
having no idea of supporting the poor OF Washing
ton under Mr.. Lathanfs name, very properly de-
cliued contributing to the enterprise. 'fhe Com
mittee have published card stating that no poem
Of sufficient merit wasloTered. Therefofe the five
hundred willnot be paid. Vet Mt. Latham, YIN |
his beneyolence, will publish the rejected poems
as was The original intention. Taking the matter
in all its bearings onewould be inclined TO say, II
Mr.. L. was not a distinl uished banker that the
transaction was rathera shabby one. a's9 i
MI. Jno. Y. Mason, our Minister to France pass
ed through here yesterday on his way 10 New York.
from which place he will embark for Liverpool on
Saturday next. .,f a45 bas
Tomorrow evening CFriday) Mr.. Pierce gives
his first Leyee at the White House. Crowds are
looking forward to il as great event. Mrs. Pierce
will, doubtless, then make her debut in Washing
ton society. So farshe has lived strictly retired,
The slayelyauestion was fairly started yesterday
in the House by Genet Smith and Mr.; Preston.-
However it is useless for correspondent to at
tempt any details of either branch of Congress Us
the Telegraph give: them in advance OF the mail
MI. Thackary SCENE to have got himself into
trouble. AS numerous members of the Indignant
press have Ter receiving the ofthe
county, beipgfeas and fsted, has gone back To
England, aud put into the mouth ofone Of the char
actors of his new novel, a ibigoted Englishman OF
seventy SIX, something of mr.. WGshngton having
headed the rebel army Down comes the press,
and now Mir. Thackary makes the Gmends honor
able and praises The Father Of our Country enough
to satisfy even us. tss.@
| Our great national fault Is oyerweening vanity,
kind OF patriotic parseaaisut, which contains the
essence Of all vulgar assumptions--an overbeanng
pompos,ty, which, in our intercourse with foreign
ers shows total want of self respect and just ap-
probation of our own real merits.
| We are undoubtedly great nation. Our his
tory is unparalleled in the annals of time. From
''great, greater, greatest we have progressed on.
ward and upward till all nations acknowledge our
worth. Yet all this is nothing solong as there are
Mordecais sitting at Kings gates. Ourselves he
most patriotic people on earth, we will not allow
the sentiment to be expressed by einhabitants oil
any other country without TeseGting it as an in
suit. 7tase 49, ,z.5. i
The first question asked of a stranger is, chow
do you like this country7' and woe 10 the man
who says he prefers his own. We visit Europe
criticse, abuse, compare and depTeciate with per-
feet IMMUNITY. OF course we have right to do 1t.
Are we not an independent people2 Have not our
Fathers fought and died in defending our liberties!
AS nation we Indignantly flown down any at
tempt to check the liberty of speech in Americai
but the foreigner who comes TO this country with
Exaggerated views OF freedom will find himself
much mistaken il he supposes himself at liberty
to express any opinion about unless it is very
favorable one. The moment man sells his foot
in America he must become an alien to his native
country and deyoutworshipper of our Constitu-
ton, sing no song but Hail Columbia, and dance
10 no tune but Yankee Doodle!
This trait o, seIf-gIori6cOtion is known and
commented upon in every land visited by AIuer-
cans, and one among the most ingenious things Of
the age is The compliment recently paid by the
Emperor of Russia to Stephen r. Douglass, our
talented Young America. Mr., Douglass granted
the Emperor an interview, and Of course the Car
must glorily our institutions or it would be an ill.,
suit 10 America; neglect of that kind would
have been palpable tIampIing under foot of the
Stars and Stripes of our glorious Union. This
was great crisis in our peace relations with Eu-
rope. How was the Autocrat Of all the Russias
to make the two ends of the North and South pole
meet? How compliment our nation, the very an
tipodes Of his own2 Between the horns Of such a
dilemma a weak man would have tainted. Notso
Nicholas. The following hit, unparalleled in the
annals of diplomacy, made both himself and MIR.
| Douglass comfortable: 49,. .s-Ef s.
ain the course Of the day, and the desultory con-
veISation- which followed, the Emperor more than
once took occasion to say that he considered there
was but two proper governments on earth-the one
| wheie all the people ruled, and The other where
| only one ruled--the American and tie Russian
governments. The other powers were mOngreLs,
| and were destined to be absorbed by one or the
other Of these two governments"
Doubtless the Emperor felt that he had achieved
greatness, as he is reported TO have made the re-
mark more than once. Nous YerTOns. x.
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Proceedings of the city Council of BATH
| more on the Railroad Loan.
Proeeedingsef The Frs. Branch, Dec. %, 1853.
| Mr.. Simms called up the ordinance relative to
the aid proposed for the baltimore and Ohio Rail
TOAD Company, and the 18th sectionwas read aud
passed. ,s4s..s 6i' 7zsi2 n
On the reading of the 9th section, Mr.. Reese
proposed to strike out the word what," III third
lime. Adopted. ~ sys;.sls s
Mr. Rodgers offered the following amendment, to
| come in at the end OF the section:
"And he II enacted and ordained further, That
neither the whole or any part Of the sinking fund
mentioned in section Sd 81 this ordinance shall be
used by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
for any other purpose whatever save and except
the redemption OF the certificates OF stock or bonds
mentioned in the first section Of thts ordinance,
and If saidEAiayor aud City Council shalrnake
any other use OF said sinking fund, then, and in
that event the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany are immediately released from each and every
obligation imposed by tue mortgage hereinbsfore
required TO be given" -
The amendment was adopted by yeas1ti nays 8.
e Mfegoyd offered The following amendment, 10
follow alter the amendment above:
"For the purpose also of further securing the