Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-13
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For the Lewisburs Chronicle.
Mr.. EDITOR Il have read with atten
ton, in your last paper, the letter Of your
Philadelphia correspondent, IS. III. +.
His deep sympathy with the Russian des
no,ism, and his hatred of Engl and, are il
mv view disgraceful to him, both as re,
nnbIjcan. and as a man. | can imagine
only three reasons why any man should
wish to see England crushed in the present
contest by the power Of Russia.
Fust.-A man may be Papis', and he
may cherish pious spite against England,
because England has thrown Of her al.cgi-
ance to the "Scarlet Woman"
.Secona.-IIe may be Southern Slave
ry Propagandist Flllibuster; and he may
therefore hate England simply because he
fears that the naval power Of England
may prevent him and his amiablc pratt
cal associates from stealing the island Of
Cuba, in order to pcrpctuate slavery in
that tropical Eden FIR ever and for ever.
If your correspondent hostility to Eng
land originates in either or both of the
above splendid reasons, he has at least the
consolation Of knowing that he does not
stand entirely alone. Nowbeit, if he is not
ashamed OF his company, We can wellaiford
to leave him for the present, with the be-
nevolent wish that in process Of time lis
heart may become as soft as his head,
But, perhaps, the taircst way to judge
your correspondent, is by his own words.
In place he says, speaking Of ofEngland,)
'She may carry constitutional liberty in
her train She may payc the way for civi-
lization-for the schoolmas,cr aud the
missionary; bat she is England, and We
were born to hate her -
The above extract shows its author to
be narrow-minded, spiteful, ignorant
snob, who has made mp his mind to hate
England "wi;hout rhyme or reason" He
is like an infdel who macnifes and gloats
over the faults Of his Christian neighbor,
not because he hates those faults them
selves, but because the devil within him
impels him to abhor that Christian neigh
boris most unquestionablc virtues. For
let it be borne in mind that his expression
Of hatred is not agains: the English dig
drchy-not against those hateful antiquat-
ed features of the English system, which
had their origin in ages Of darkness and
feudal despotism; but against England /
against England in the aggregate-Eng- /
land as she is. His dia bolical spite is
against the land where originated the la
6eus Corpus, ,and the right of Trial Of jury.
He hates the land which gave birth to
Alfred, to Bede, to Wickhfe, TO Bacon,
to Shakespeare, to Milton, to Newton, to
Howard, to Wesley, and to Robert Hail.
But, suppose that the ardent wish of S.
H. F. is fully realized. Suppose that the
power of gallant France and constitution
al England is crushed beneath the weight
Of Russia's "whiskercd pandours and her
fierce hussars." Then will be seen the
prophetic alternative OF the great Napo-
leon; ard Europe, instead Of cherishing
the hope Of becoming "REpUBLI-
CAM" will be hopelessly "CossAcK."
Then, if s. II. T. should have occasion
to visit, or to rcrisa the old world,
he will be relieved from the domination Of
hateful laws, and find himself
extremely happy under the mild sway of
the Russian knout, the Russian scourgc,
and the Russian whipping post.
If this supreme felicity were reserved t
for none but your enlightened corrcspon-
dent, would be half inclined to say, 50
mote Il be- {
April 9, 1855. ANGLO AMERICAN. /
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