The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-07


degree of eOmplAoency and appreciation evnoed BY
majority of their class They admit that have Pre-.
duced some fair historians and few novess above III,
Eugsh average that Washington Irving is a delightful
writer, Longeow fully up the narkof TennysOu, and
that Emerson in many respects excels his great prototype
CARLYLE But then again they insist that the best prOduc
tons of best authors are so marred by coAeness
sentiment and language-by wha, they term Amsrics..
ismsthat literature cannot be judged by the high
standard of Eogsh classics They admit that repub
liean form of government looks very well in theory;
but that its practical workings show the most IN.
5rided popular license and want Of those Wholesome TO
strants which afford ample Protection to life and property
aud which secure to all members Of the Commonwealth
their natural well acquired rights favore theme
with this class of English journalists ia the alleged e.
committed by writers aud speakers pending ID,
election for State or federal officers How they ask can
be respected home abroad when its men,
b.rs have pass through the ordeal of the lowest personal
abuse and ruperaoz before they placed in power By
ire SURFACES Of their fellow-ctizeas2 Without stopping
a, present to inquire whether our partisan editors
and stump speakers deserving of all the ceasurc
which has been bestowed upon them abroad, it would
b. as well to ascertain how elections are conducted
in England where IL is supposed al those decencis
are observed which many devoutly believe are nssp
arably connected with constitutional monarchcal form
Of government Our readers that the English
ministry, having suffered defeat in the House of Com.
the China question, have made direct appeal
the people or in other words, election for men,
bars will be shortly held which is to decide the contnu.
campaign" therefore, has fairly opened and Judging
from the papers which reached by the last Liver.
pool steamer the contest promises 10 be violent
and as rirulent ything of the kind witnessed
on this side of the Atlantic. Such papers as aThs
Durham Advertiser" The Birmingham Journal" Tn.
Carlisle Journal The Bath Express The Car.
Isle Patriot" 1.-THE Scottish Press" The Hull Ad.
yertiser," aThe Manchester Times and 4 Preston
Guardian" do not hesitate to speak Of Lord Pameou
and his ofci, acts in the most nsolently insulting terms
lie is called trickster,e "tyrant," humbug"a
wsathercock" and the Carlisle Journal does not hest
tate to insinuate his ordshp made of the seductive
influences Of tho treasury in order TO bring the ope
ston to lis measures.
Sharp writing, and sharper talking, are not the only
weapons which be employed in the pending
in England Bearing the historical fact in mind that
1870 General Harrison sung into the American
presidency transatlantic neghbors have concluded
that Palmerston be sung out Of the premiership As
specimen of their ability in political ongwrilng,
make for the following, which appears in late num-
Der of the Manchester Examiner:
March march plausible Palmerston
Hapess Premier, to the country 90 down;
March has its ides for you ill luck abides for you}
What will your sscry" be Ia Tiverton town
" I've spent your rhino, men
Shattered the Chinamenl
Kept on the income tax shaken the starch
Out of stif-lookng Persians;
What noble diversions !"
How will they answer your PALaERsros, MARCH!
From the specimens before disposed to believe
that before the close of the pending in England
many of tho London and provincial papers will furnish
their readers with choice samples of personal abuse and
personal vuperation as be found in the most iab
organs of the Kansas shrekers We do not say hshyw
OF defending The intemperanoe Of partisan zeal The
tyranny and nsoence OF faction but u show that Fog
la1d, well in the United States, ii Is not always safe
to judge of the feelings aad sentiments of the peepcy
few writers few speakers. We would be sorry to
believe that tie rufianism of the New York Tribune
the deliberate misrepresentation of the Albany Evening
Journal the insane shrcks of the Boston Atlas ouni
favor with any considerable number of fellowtizns
These journals have reflected to any material extent
public sentiment Their efforts thus far have been to de-
base the public mind Of the North to their wrethd
level.