The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-13
THE TEACHER ABROAD.

Our spiritually inclined contemporary whose
admiration Of all things English, and spec'a'
adherence Of the Rum and Slavery party
las he styles the democratic element IN this
country-has condescended in last evenings Is
sue of the Tribune, to give the public the bene-
st Of hls opinion regarding The press in the
United Suites With gerry fep exceptions,
he thi ks the press Of the United States, dis
g-nce to the world and would lain have II proht
by the criticisms Of Mr. Charles Dickens, the
English author and f,llow in the Wustrioas
footsteps Of old mother Englands news papers.
He thinks the castsa,ion which MIR. Charles
Dickens gave the NV York press some years
age, when on a visit to this country, most
admirable thing, itiu sira,inr the discrimination
Of I'm IL h mind and estab IShin! beyond
reasonable doubt the liccn,iou>ness and total
depravny nf American :urnals,n. Dad the
criticism which Mr.. Charles Dickens bestowed
upon the press ii the United States, constitute
all that he said after his return to Europe, touch
ing this country: M, surely. lie seemed I"
bling with him, or contract while here. d.
sease which pretty much all English au hrs
arc afflicted with. when they attemp, |" write
OF the United s a,es-a kind of literary hypo,
chomdria for fault fading AMI grumbl'ng II
was with bin, as with all English authors; the
sun rose too early aud the moon went down
too late; the stars were too large or too small
too brilliant or too black; old oceans tides were
no, to his liking; the rivers run the wrong
way; the grass grew tao rank; the roast beef
was tough III. vegetables had twnn. 10 them;
the tea and cuff-e were fat and insipid; and
the ale and porter were absolutely insuffrrabie
Some wasgish Yankee lodged a tobacco qu'd
upon his finely polished boot and he at once
contracted q haired for the habit Of tobacco
che wing in the United States. He snuffrd the
steam from old ladies cook stove and ne was
in paroxysms of rage upon the fashionable heiis
in the United States, as he styled the s'ove
The habits of the people he could not endure;
the beauty of the ladies was Indifferent; the
public enterprises did no, look right; the litera,
ture was decidedly common; the politics OF the
country was orfui; and everything seemed to
look dark, taste fiat and smell horribly, to this
exquisite and fastidious gentleman from across
the waters.
After being Tasted aud toasted fo' weeks, by
the bon ton Of Boston and New York, our Eng
lish author left them to count the cost OF their
! folly and d gest his "solEs ON AsERicA.
lie served them right and taught them lesson
which they will not soon forget They nursed
the stranger to their bosom and he stung them
to the heart. They fa,tered his vanity and he
re paid them in curses. The newspapers OF the
country Of course came in for their share; and
Why should they not He had come TO the coun
Try for an object and it would have remained
unfulilled had he allowed any class, trade, pro-
(. ssion, object or circumstance, to pass, withs
out inflicting upon it, his national hatred In
this, he was not only supplying food for his
own malice, but he was subscribing the policy
Of his government. He showed himself a I'm
isAed workman and he obtained the reward of
" ,osu do.e good and faithful servant" after he
reached home.
The editor Of the Tribune tssbty attempts to
initiate him. So wags the world.