New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-19
THE nUGABOo OF THE CENTURY.

THE BUGABO0 OF THE CENTURY.
Who owns The London Times1 Does II belong
to Downing street or the Stock EHoange'
What does it say this week. What didit say
last week. on Monday on Saturday What
will it say on Monday next on Saturday next
Does it grumble does it grini Is it drawing it
mild 2 is it "cutting up roughl" Ia it ursne, or
taurine' IL it bland, or belligerent' Ii what
shape is The Thunderer now masqueradin, AS
bull is he running away with Europ liz
golden form is he bamboozling old Lady Danae
at the Bank Is he q flame Of fire ora me-
lodious swami With what Minerva is hit brain
now big Was it PalmerstOn who write the
leading article Of Thursday last or Broghaml
And so on, with a neyer-ending still BEGINNING
succession of Whol Why Wherefore When
Men cross-examine themselves and each other,
as if the editor Of The London Tunes we're n
priest of Dodona beating out the destiny Of
the world on his old pots and kettles Whreas,
if you will but push aside the curtain, and
enter-if we may use Wizard Anderson's new
word--the Psychomanteum-you will find that
the f" Ambidextrous Prestigstor" is neither the
Prime Minister nor what the Artful Dotger
called "The yice-PreSdent Of the House Of
" Commons" but o small, young man, viii
pipe in his mouth, sixpcnco in his pocket, pot
of beer at his elbow, aud a spoonful OF ink be-
fore hm--Jupter Scaramouch in all his glory
This is tho immortal god, the good reader Will
please to observe, who has taken the affairs OF
the United States into his august keeping-who
tells us when We may make war and peace;
when we may borrow money, and when capital.
ISIS must not lend us groat-who ioretells
events like borse.race prophet aud who I'M
derstands our affairs many million times better
than We understand them ourselves Keel
Crook your knee-hiuges Make your kfoH
Execute your salaam Pay your si1penc' be.
lieye, and tremble Believe, good American
people, that you cannot fght-cannot
organize squad of militia cannot build
ship, cannot borrow a dollar, and do nd
possess one Believe that your Government is
failure, and your fight for it farce BE.
lieVe that you have no right to blockade your
own ports Believe that you are the vassals OF
the cotton-a pinners Of Manchester, and should
Own that upon you the experience of the past
has been wasted that for you the, illumination
OF the century shines ia vain; that you are out
side the comfy of the natiOns that you may
with impunity be kicked, and without redress be
cufIed; and that you have two checks only tiat
you may be twice smitteni Believe all this, if
you please and you will deserve what you viii
certainly get-kicks behind and Spite in front
Believe all this, and your blockading fleets will
be knocked into spnters in less than three
months, as they should be, for ships-Of-wtr
belong only to brave, sCf reliant people!
If we are afraid of the Lion, as or
pOOf, weak fathers were not, let US ay
go, walk into the den and be crunched
If we are not afraid Of the Lion, let us mind
our own business and leave him to mind his.
How many times must it be repeated, this same
truth, which by iteration has grown wearisome,
that public existence coddled by alliances is
worse than extinction England, with admira-
bic and sympathetic generosity, borrowed the
fields Of Spain upon which TO fight her own
battles, and released her Spanish allies-Heaven
save the mark from the sway Of the Bona
parties only to return them to the sway Of the
BOurboDs. What Spaniard-prince, duke, hi.
dalgO, or muleteer-profted by the change
Not one living soul, outside the rotten and adul-
ferrous court circle. England and France inter
posed to save " the sick man" from the embraces
of the Northern bear; and how is " the sick
man" now God helps those who help them.
seyes-it is rather stale proyerb, but We
venture upon its repetition.
The American people have been charged with
undue sensibty to the good or ill opinion OF for
eign nations, and of England especially. There
has been, we are sorry to say, some truth in
the accusation; but, at the same time, We are
not sure that the feeling in question has hereto
fore done US any harm. Nations, Ike indiyidu.
ais, like appreciation and shrink from ceDsure;
but every tyrO in morals knows, that in tho life
of every man emergencies will arse in which
advice, that most costly and most worthless Of
commodities, must be resolutely unheeded, and in
which only the selfpoised can retain bis position.
Unfortunately or not---mOst fortunately, we think
the American Government happens to be in
this proud but perllous position. The war Is at