The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-18

Capital, and every lawless act committed III any
part of the country, are faithfully re-pubshed on
the other side Of the water and are uniformly ac-
companied with some disparaging comments upon
the manners and customs of the American people,
If particularly senseless speech is made IN Coh
gress, it is seized upon as n fair sample OF our
STYLE of oratorv-ifa duel is fought near one of
our frontier settlements in the presence of several
hundred spectators, the fact is accepted as con-
elusive evidence of our brutaty-and if the Su-
preme Court happens to differ from English jurists
upon the question of slavery the decision is cited
to prove that the highest tribunal in the land is
utterly corrupt, or that it subsequently renders
such judgments as the popular clamor may die
tate. We do not object, as we remarked few
days ago, TO whatever censures are passed upon
us by persons who, from study or personal obser-
walton, have acquired anything like an accurate
knowledge of the country; but we do insist that
it is altogether unfair to draw such sweeping con-
cusions as the English press does, from the va
porting of every demagogue and the reckless ruff
fiansm of each isolated bully. That public
opinion here is often stronger than the law, and
that popular feeling frequently maniests itself in
favor OF some disreputable scheme or individual,
are facts as true they are deplorabe But we are
not the only nation ofwhom the same thing may be
said, and late occurrences in England are suggestive
OF case in point. 1t will be remembered that
the arrangements for the late prize-fght between
HEENAN and SAVERS were discussed for months
anterior to the event Every one knew that the
men were training for the contest-the police
were perfectly cognizant OF their whereabouts,
and the world was notified of the day fixed upon
for the fight. A strenuous effort was made by
numerous parties to induce the government to
put stop to the affair, and the law and the duty
of the authorities were equally clear in the prem
ises. Notwithstanding this, two special trains
were furnished to the combatants and their friends
by one of the leading railway companies, and
the champions, together with several thousand
persons, who desired to be present at the battle
set out in body from the very heart of London,
for the place selected for the encounter The
incidents of the day familiar to all, and since
that period, Mr.. THOMAS SAVERS has become the
idol of his countrymen. He is the bravest of the
brave, and Is saluted as the hero not of the hour
but of the age. Not merely is he the object of
admiration to the unthinking multitude, but
wealth, and rank, and intellect, combine to rem
der him meet homage. The members of the
House of Commons made up Il purse of f2OO for
him, FALL grades of politicians subscribing J"
and the Premier of England added his mite
to those of the grateful Commons. Another
fund is being collected through the country
with which to purchase him an annuity
and it already exceeds 5000. At the Jockey
Club dinner 1850 more were subscribed in a
few minutes; and still another list Of contributors
to SAVERS testimonial has been published, in
which the names of one Duke and no less
than five Earis figure, and their donations are
in the aggregate about $500. SAVERS has been
received at Liverpool with immense enthu-
''siaSm, and the people there 'took the horses
''from the cab, and drew him in triumph from the
railway station TO the TALBOT Hotel Lord
STANFORD requested him when leaving EPSON 10
pay him a visit, ''as Lady STAMFORD wished par
'hcularly 10 see him, and had handsome pres
'ent to make him. of the appearance of the
puglllst ION Change we have had full descrip-
tons, and every new arrival from England brings
us accounts Of additional hon0rs showered upon
this beloved bruiser The latest notice we have
OF him describes his appearance in Mincing lane at
at the special invitation of the merchants who
deal in colonial produce" Mr. SETON LANG,
lone of the most eminent of the merchants fire.
''quenting the rooms, - introduced SAVERS to the
meeting, and, after n little complimentary speech
presented him with blue purse containing hun
dred sovereignS. 1t is needless to enumerate all
the praises and rewards which have been avished
on the defender of the belt. That they would be
commensurate with his deserts, were he trebly
the hero he is called, cannot be disputed. Had
he headed the fororn hope up the CORY glacis
of the Redan, or toied across the deadly plains of
Africa in advance of LIVINGSTONE, he could not
have hoped to reap so rich a harvest nor to have
endeared himself he has done to millions
of his felow-men. A lucky man is Mr. THOMAS
SAVERS, of the Bricklayer's Arms, Camden Town,
London. But we do not quarrel with him
for this, for it is fault of his that he is thus un
duly exalted and he seems to bear his high for
tunes with becoming modesty. Neither will we
call our English brethren harsh names, as they
bow down before the pedestal upon which the
bloody gladiator stands; nor can we be so unjust
as to infer, from the facts we have quoted, that
the whole nation is depraved, brutal and vulgar
We cannot, however, but feel that if our rela-
tive positions were reversed, we would, in all
likelihood receive far less consideration than we
are disposed to accord. If Tom HYER had fought
within fifty miles of New York, and, accompanied
by thousands of followers had left that city for
the purpose, after having ostentatiousy given no.
tice ofhis intentions, we could anticipate the COM
ments of the London Times The corruption of
our Government, and its inability to en-
force the laws, in opposition to the popular
will, would have formed the burthen of moral
and superclious article, couched in the terse and
nervous English that distinguishes the lucubra-
tons of that journal. If a victorious boxer had
ever received in New York an ovation similar to
that with which SAVERS has been hailed in Lon
don, how the press of the latter city would have
descanted, for the fftieth time upon the coarse
ness of American manners. If Congress had made
up purse for JOHN MoRRIssEY, and leading mer-
chants had received him con Change" and re-
fined gentlemen had invited him home to see their
wives, under any state of circumstances whatsoever
we could never, to the end of time, have hoped to
disabuse the English mind of the conviction that
we are essentially people of vicious tastes and
low habits. That we have not retorted in SIM
liar manner upon the nation in which thousands
OF respectable people have bowed down in adula-
ton before Mr.. THOMAS SAVERS, is fact that tells
well Tor our spirit of fairness and forbearance
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