The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-13


old stereoypcd theme Of abuse the people of France the
United States have become the resduary egaeeS Of the
national spleen To please John Ball it is absolutely
eessary administer and the time, to his
rogance and his vanity by tickling him with the
that he himself is the only standard Of perfection, and all
Others no better than outer barbaans He would
patience siagger under his increasing burden Of
taxation and monopoly he fully persuaded of his
superiority the rest of the world Hence the Times
though occasionally serving the old gentleman pretty Sc
veoly the time adroitly manages to lead him by
the by making him believe il is following nj his
heels and echoing his opinions If notwiihstand-
ing these appliances John grunbes and scratches bis head
little the Times touches him up BY patting MIN the
back with the gores of the in the Crinea the APP
preaching downfall Of the "great northern monster to-
geher with something spicy about those abomnable fill.
busters.
In this crusade of the Times and it's associates of the
British press they have doubt succeeded in thing
They have dragons teeth that may one day spring
up armed men they have implanted deep-rooied feel
ing of in the hearts of the people of the United
States; they have in great measure alienated some
twenty millions Of people, whose posterity will in few
generations, in all probability number hundred mil
lions and inherit the feelings Of their fathers There was
time when large portion of this people looked up to
England with ahectionaie veneration somewhat APP
ppoachngt 10 flial pety but who will longer ac-
knowledge mother who while claiming their sympathy,
is perpe.ually assailng them by every demonstration OF
unnatural antipaby The two governments may talk in
coury diplomatic phrase of the friendly relations
happily subsstng between them" but there will be
peace no relations but those Of sordd interest," while
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the medium of press and the other revenges itself by
retaliation. We willingly dispense with their praise;
but the British nation is not as yet fallen low
der us Indifferent to its abuse.
We have dwet thus cmphatica!y on this subject in
spirit of hostility TO England, and without any special
reference the present state Of relations between the
United States and that country Neither has it been
object to stimulate countrymen to any hostile feelings
We thought it might beas well let the world know why
the people of the United States have declined to ympa-
thze with England ia what she calls this of Christi
anity civilization, and liberty. The British press has
charged them with being unnatural and ungrateful and
almost exhausted the language in dealing out the most dis
graceful epthets because they withhold this sympathy We
have told them reason, and will tell them another,
which itself sufficient account for this extraordinary
phenomenon 1t will be sufficient to remind them that at
tho time the governments of England and France an
nounced their intention humble the Gar they
companied, or speedily followed it, by inmaon that
they contemplated comforting like favor the United
States The first was perfectly well understood it did
not require spiritual medium to tell us what it meant
and this adrot mode of wooing the sympahies of the
American people in behalf Of the Ango-French alliance
most unaccountab!y at least in the estimation of the
people Of England ended in awakening their sympathes
in favor OF Russia.
The British Scrhes and Pharisee with the Times at their
head may much they please about common orr
GIN common language Anglo-saxon blood and all that
sort of twadaie. Neither kindred blood, in
terests identity of language similarity of religion
habits and manners stand the rough encounter OF
hard words and perpetual repetition of the most irta
ting insulting and exaggerated misrepresentation What
right then has England demand sympathies in the
present any other in which she is the aggrcssor
What right has she to expect the mid cooperation
either directly indirectly of the people government
of the United States while the whole of her policy
towards them is that of jealous rival if not secret enemy
and her language that Of insult and oblcquy2
r This mode of wooing the affections of nation will
never succeed anywhere, most especially with high
spirited intelligent and reading people. When England
shall treat people and Of the United States
pect their sympathy and not before There is other
way Neither insult intimidation will avail 1t sue
ceeded in our infancy, but will not do in manhood
Hercules has left his cradle, and can walk alone.
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