The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-07-07

than It ever dii before. tod bless l.!W
ENt;t l\D AND NNrE:, IA recent
number OF the C,.r,!oaa Mercury. a British
newspaper OF high character, contains an a,
bly, written. but somewhat SINGULAR article.
devoted - con> Iteration Of the r\>tin, re-
laton> between Great Britain and the I'M
ted States. anl which. while its sentiments,
cannot bat br {. ittlr gratifying to our own
national vanity, Is anything but com Ilmcu-
tarv 10 the courtesy of the English. TIE
writer of the article in question ,!j,cruil,,
:lc Iica when exists in England that the 4
mcriranS cherish feeling of hostility 10 1l.,
mother country, bat declares that if thi, IS
81, or If 1t should ever cone to pass that the
two countries should he placed in a position
of hostility to each other the difference be
tween them will in all probability have been
caused IN "rcat measure bv the coutcn,,tu-
Gus Sights and calIrus indifference Of th,.
English to their TRANSATLANTIC brethren
Whi!c every "whi>kcrcd, bearded. baczv-
brccchcd ald-dc-canp or envoy from Pump
crnickcl to Sch!auycniat" is treated in the
most sumptnouS manner by the high officials
ol the land, American Gentlemen are nee
lcctcd and ignored. Whiic Great Britain
rams hospitality and consideration upon the
small, she cc>pisc> and nc.lccts the great.
Us sn Illustration ol the truth of its re
marks the Mercury rcvcrt> To the recent re-
ccp,ion o! Maj Dr!aiclI Of the l.. :. emf
nccrs, Ma ajor Mordccai of the artillery, and
Capt. Mcclellan Of the cavalrv-thrcc vctc-
ran officers who were directed hv the L. :
Government to 'rocccd TO the Crinca for the
rurpo>c OF study IN. the art o, war. The
officers arrived in England with letters from
the British Minister at Washington, and met
c'rd reception from the foreign scrrc,arv,
and were "vouch>atcd' letters of recognition
10 the authorities in the Crimca This, the
Mercury thinks, was not enough. They
should have been received hv "A spectral train
at Liverpool, and court carriage at Eu>ton
Square; they ought to have been present cd
to Her Majesty, and invited to the minister
reception, Cr so!rcc: and because they were
no, thus treated, they doubtless carried tc
the Court OF France, whittier they mex,
bent their steps. a ''surtrit of neglect and
disgust pom another occasion, saws the
Mercury, the L. ). >!oopoi-war Prcblc ar
rived at Spi,hcad She was manned almost
exclusively by Young Gentlemen from amony
the most Respectable families IN the States
TO the amount OF two hundred and upwards
who came to SPithead for TIE purpose OF M,
val cducation.' Various circumstances con
spree! to render her visit there more than H.
sua!ly conspicuous, and Vet she was left
wholly unno:iccd bv the authorities of Ports
mouth, her cadets were refused admission t,
the lockyarl, and shc ultimately lett the sta
lion, with two hundred youn. naval hearts
the future uphoIdcrs OF their country's nava
fame, fully impressed with the nature OF thci
reception in ;hcir latherland."
The Ca.cdoni. Mercury regards all tlcs,
things, and many others of similar claractc1
which it could mention If necessary, as no
only uncourtcous on the part Of the British
government, but highly impoitic ana I'M udi
cious 1t contrasts them with the hoSpitabI
treatment which British officers have rcceiv
cd in Amcrica, and concludes with callin
upon the Lew administrative reform associa
ton to redress these OUtraycs upon common
tlcccncy !; SAYS" Surely no Briton cal
approve them. no gentleman support them
no being outside OF Dcdiam adopt them. W
cry shame upon the Yankees for their sup
, ,.uscd sylnpathcs with Russia. Let us loo
) 1t home and blame oursclvc, for their OH gin.
naopE !.I.iNp.-Ilc State Counci! vi
, the ..merIcan party approves the action OF
the Rhode I>.and delegates in withdrawn
from the National Counci.
: \ BIu F'I9H.-CyruS W Pcclcr Of Ncl
non, .aniliarlv knowa III that locality a
"'irn. Pcc'er. caught d likc N the Conncc
Tic ut klvcr at .!,t place on lrl.lat .vcnIns
wh,cl. w,..i.I - 'vuAl-.