New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-18
BROTHER JoNATHANoFFsKL.
From tn, Weekly Cnyonie,e.


Our war with Russian despotism i not popular ~
America. The patent free men and slaveholdorel
take il mighty impairment that ANYBODY should pre-
sumo 10 stand up for liberty except themselves. they
look upon asssiliDg the northern yrent AZ darnd
piracy OF their ideas, and everybody knows how par
liz nlur tie Yankees about piracy, whether earned
Oh by fhiIs or by booksellers. They regard US as IN
t,ropers in the sacred cause of outraged huma ly,
and calculate that if the Russians gave US tsrnaton
whipping, il will be Lo more than our all-hred lmpu-
Ger &C deserves.
They have a perfect right to think thus Provn-
ciGls ore ufually barrow minded and oreudeed, aud
The Union is but gathering of proylnfials We are
To- entitled 10 complain; and a. they have chosen to
decide that enlistment Of American citizens for our
Forten Legion shall take place, our business is to
abstain from direct Indirect violation OF their Ia @s.
To DO America Justice her advantages of position, aud
the practical character of her people, have made IL so
easy for industrious man to live upon her soil, that
the fellows we should enlist by under-hand dealing
would be specially bad bargain. Both III honor and
a matter of AtortsI, we ought to LET them alone, and
We are sorry 10 learn that come candestne recruiting
b8s evidently been gong on. are not sorry that
some Iascay lIish exiles, refugees or escaped IRON
transportation, are not aware which, have en- the
means OF betray ing the affair for you can hardly use
too dirty tools for dirty JOB Most seriously We hope
that 70 further attempts OF the kind Will be msde.
III is not surprising that American sympathy
raider with tue Russians than with u. Toe ibhc
sentiment Of Russia is far more akin to that OF
America than TO that of France or England. The
long winded public documents of Amonca, IN
Which bombast and ful-ome SLAYER Of the people
are mingled INTO All inolerabe uuion much resemble
the adusiory cant of the addresses from 81 Peter
burg 10 the people of Russia. Substitute the words
81 fee al enlightened for patriotic and religious,
and the Russian documents would do for Amerlca.
Then there il that effort and holowness throughout
society in both countries, that struggle for effect a. the
Irice of oil that s quiet and trus, and good that
vulgar emulation which leads meu 10 out glitter
one another at any cost-his com non TO 81 Peters
burg and TO the States. And lastly, there are the
slaves "Ore touch OF cartwhp makes ihe nations
kin" The syoOphants OF Gar Alexander snd the syc-
othan's of King Mob have this bond OF Union. The
sTf and niger the guarantees Tor the amy OF the
COsssck and the Yankee.
Well We musi DO our best, and zee whether We con-
not best the iyront without the aid Of the protested
friencs Of freedom We hope 10 be able TO manage II
especii lly as unlike the Government of the States
our Cabinet has to divide lie attention between foreign
sflss and the keeping Us subjects fnom getting
up prstcal wars. II We succeed, We have doubt
Of receiving congratulations iron people whose faith
il The worshp of succees; If We fail why we must al
low the Yankees 10 laugh al US, sod we promise 70
bear their derision with better temper than they display
when an inhabitant Of the Old country ventures 70
laugh OF any OF their doings. We baye actually wit
ten otu selves into good humor for it Is indeed difficult
10 speak long of anything American withou, sa-ile-
upltss il be the documents in which their public men
speak long: there is no laughing st Presidential
Blukum.