Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-28

An article from Scotch paper, the Caiedonian
has had very extensive circulation among the
press of this country. The article, to which we
refer, is n commentary or rather reply to English
papers, which make complaint that American
sympathes not with England in the war now
raging, and goes on to state the reason is owing
mainly to Great Britain herself and then in
stances some want of consistency on the part of
the English officials and people
The causes referred TO by the Caiedoniqn would,
of themselves, not have the effect supposed. It
is true, that had the American officers who were
in England en- route for the Crimea gone TO ST.
Petersburg with the official recommendation Of
our Government and the Russian Minister, they
would have had more attention paid them; il is
also true, that had the Preble, manned exclusive
iy by midshipmen, gone to any other country
than England, they would not have failed to have
received some attention and civilty; it is also
pretty certain, that in no other country than
England would permission have been refused
them to look at the dock-yards; and although
this refusal was aggravated by the fact that per-
mission was granted the officers of an Italian
vessel, and great splutter made over some lord
ling who was found on board, yet these matters
we could treat with the contempt they deserve,
but it is the uniform, the unceasing attacks upon
all our interests, our institutions, social and po-
litica, and our Characteristic deliberate malig-
nifty of the falsehoods, and the systematic misrep-
reservations her press and people constantly
make, that give the most unmistakable evidence
of the English heart towards America. These
eviden ces so abound and are of character SO in
tentionally offensive, that other feelings than
that of bitter disgust can be entertained by the
American mind. The progress of destiny, which
shines forth as clear as the MONDAY sun in
cloudless sky, shows the onward progress of
America in strength and prosperity, as it shows
the inevitable decay of England; preserves
America from the resentment which would be
felt if England progress was in more rapid adj
vance, instead of the decline which stands inn
pressed every feature Of IFS arstocratic forma-
ton.
England, which owns not foot of ground
which was not stolen and dyed crimson with the
blood of their nhabitants-England, whose
brightest galaxy Of heroes were the most unmt-
igated pirates and freebooters- England, whose
people are stained all over with the guilt of
negro stealing, whose royal families were alike
partners in the guilt they were partners in the
profits of the cruelest of slave trades, a royal
family who boast magnificent service of silver
plate, presented by the town of Liverpool in tes-
timony of the countenance and protection given
to the slave trade by the royal famy-that,
such nation, such people, should charge
America (Which never obtained piece of ground
for which she did not pay, or did not get by
peaceful treaty. with seizing the lands of other
nations-this England, which now holds in vile
forcible subsection more than one hundred mil
lions Of people, having first deluged these lands
in blood and plundered them remorselessly;
nation whose history is stained with every crime
forbidden by the decaloguH is the one which is
reading to america mora lectures and precepts,
to the prac &c Of which her history is an almost
total stranger.