, 1855-09-07
From the Caledonian Mercury.
England and America.

VI ldbc uluuc lHtlI ullltUIulCe III tue lIun
don Times, would seem to indicate that
there exists across the Atlantic, in the
breasts of our nearer relations, the inhab:.
tants Of the United States of America, u
feeling OF hostility to us, our institution,
and undertakings, and feeling of svmpa'
thy with our Russian antagonists. We dc
not believe it but, on the contrary, We he.
licve that blood is thicker than water, OF
in this case we might say oil--that though
the Yankees might have no objection ia
have a shot at MS themselves, they wish Nc
other people in the world to do so with sue
cess-that republican liberty can never
Sympatze with dcSpotiSm-enlightcncd in
tclligcncc with hopeless Ignorance pro
greSs with ObstructiOn-that the G1tagOn-
ism of qualities and races and institutions
between Russia and the United States is II
gulf too stormy to be passed, and that the
ties Of kindred blood and kindred sentiment
between the Uui,td States and Great Brit
ian are too strong to be easily or lightly
SeveEed. Should it ever bc otherwise ;
shonld it ever unfortunately come to pass
that this country shall be placed in n hos
tile position TO America or should We
even witness the untoward event Of Amcri-
can sympathy with our opponents, or its alb
sence from ourselves, we cannot imagine II
consummation more unpropiions, or more
calculated to damage our influence and our
cause in the eyes Of the whole civilized
world.
VIII it be believed that VIC, or at least
the small fry who represent us, are doing
their best to bring about this state of bit
terness and that the rnmors of American
indifference TO our success, or Of American
sympathy with our enemies, have their ori-
gin not in the acts of our brethren, but in
the contemptuous Sights and callouS indif-
ference of ourselves ? The promptngs OF
an evil conscience inform us that we have
mcrted the resentment, the existence Of
which we are beginning to assume and
that persistence in the studied insolence
with which the friendly advances of our
trans tlontic brothers seem to be received,
may possibly at no distant period convert
those rumors into facts. Several instances
OF the species of conduct to which we al
ludc have lately been brought under our
notice but We shall content ourselves for
the present with the mention Of two.
The Morning Post can testify to the
courily career Of every whiskercd, bearded.
bagzy.brecched aid-de-camp or envoy, from
Punpernickel or Schlaugeniat, whose busi-
ness or whose pleasure leadshim to visit the
capital Of England. A special train re-
ccives him at Folkestones court car.
riagj at London bridge. lie is presented
to her Majesty by the Minister his name
is inserted in the Lord Chamberlain's al
bum for royal banquet, concert and ball !;
he appears at the receptions Of secretaries;
aud, as necessary sequence, he runs the
gauntlet of aristocratic hospitality and os-
tentation in crescent, lane, and square, from
St. Something in the east to St. Somebody
in the west, till surfeit Of soups, lobster
salads, and Lalitte, drives him back to the
baths hnd Brunnens from whence he came.
We find TO fault with his reception--re-
ception though it be Of the envoy or hang
er-on of phantasmagorian kingdom or
dukedom, whose treasury is gambling
house, whose territory is Rsherman's walk,
and whose army is an officer. "While we
feast the great, let's ne'er forget the small"
Great Britain can afford to allow Lilliput
to stalk powdered and pigtailcd across her
palm. But while she rains hospitality and
consideration Oh the small, ought she 10 re-
verse the song, and utterly despise, neglect,
and ignore the great2 We think not
In the month Of March last, three of the
American vetcraP officers Of the Mexican
campaign, in the tiiree several departments
of engineers artillery, and cavalry, selected
from the gallant army of the United States
by the President and his Cabinet, as wor
thy, from their talents and services, to re-
present their countrymen, were directed by
the Government of the United States to
proceed to the Crimea, for the purpose Of
studying the art of war The names Of the
officers were and are, Major Richard Della
field, Of the engineers Major Mordecai, of
the artillery and Captain Mcclellan, of
the cavalry. ......
Did they proceed to the Russian lines,
where the art Of war can be studied quite
as eifectually as in our own, to which they
would have received, and would still re-
ceceivc, hearty welcome-nnll with which
nation they are falsely represented to sym
pathise? They did not They arrived in
England, with the British minister resident
at Washington, authenticatng their mis-
sion, and which were presented by them
last month TO the Foreign Secretary in
London but beyond civil reception,
which we believe Lord Clarendon vouch-
safes to all men--an interview with Sir john
Burgoyne-the letters of recognition to
the authorities in the Crmea-no notice
whatever was taken of them or their mis-
sion. No special train received them at
Liverpool-no court carriage ut Euston
square-no presentation to majesty-no in
scnption in the Chamberlains open-sesame
no pasteboard for minister's reception or
aristocratic soiree-and the only surGeit Of
neglect and disgust, which they have doubt
less carried with them to the Court of
France, whittier they have bent their steps,
and which it will assuredy defy all the
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