Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-23
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is from Saturday Evening Edition.


A son of-the famous Mrs. Trolloppe has
written book upon America and what he
saw here, in which he sets forth four dis
tinet Opinions-hrst, the ordinary Ameri-
can woman is intensely disagreeable, be-
cause she does not thank the male biped
whOgives up to her place in an omnibus :
second. the American man is forward and
Ofsnsive but still, is a more dignifed and
sclf-respecting being than the Englishman
Of the same class third the Americans, as
whole, are rather sharp than honest; and
fourth, they are disposed to submit to their
aa rulers.
Commenting upon these opinions, the
Toronto Globe has the following sensible
and just remarks upon the last point
above named;
Mr.. Trolloppe may perhaps disabuse the
English mind Of the idea that the States
are ruled by mobs He and his reviewers
have discovered, apparently with surprise,
that the Americans obey their rulers. We
cannot understand this astonishment
.rl Why should they not obey the men they
have elected and whom they can turn out
the next year or the year after2 They.are
man or to an oliganchy. Moreover, they
provide checks on those whom they elect
They have in the general government and
o IN the separate states an Executive and
two Houses Of Legislature, each acting as
u ~ q check upon the others. What need is
ai there for a fourth body-the mob-of
which we heard SO much during the Trent
business? The fact that there is no other
source Of authority save the people, makes
the people observant Of law, They have
no throne no House Of Lords, no army to
fsl back upon. II the psQple lose their
respect for law, all is chaos.
The idea that the Americans will ulti1
mately submit to a despotism, beeause they
give great powers 70 an Executive Of their
,1 own choosing tying it down by consti1
tuition, and controlling it by two independ-
ent legislative bodies, is absurd The
"Frenchifed portion of American society"
that is to say, tie ten thousand people in
New York who are more aristocratic than
English Dukes who profess to despise
their own country, and think politics low,
have no influence in the United States
-sl These people, and foreigners generally,
see American politics in the cities only
We need not here discuss the causes of the
fact; but 1t is a fact, that in all cities, both
Of the old world and the new politics are
+ low. The Saturday Review viii not dis
pute that proposition, so far as England is
81 concerned, and every Intelligent man in
America viii acknowledge its truth, so far
- as this continent is c0ncerned.&In the
United States, as in Canada, it is, fortu-
nately, not the cities which rule the coun-
try; the rural districts have the control of
sii. alfairs. Politics, in the country, are hap
rr PLY difsrent from those Of the city; more
carefully discussed, more dispassionately
viewed and with much more honest, un-
selfish desire to do what is right. The
% farmer, proprietor Of his own land, indie
pendent, and ds a rule, intelligent and
eager for education and information, is at
present the controlling spirit Of the Amer
can Union; and 80 long as he remains so,
mobs viii have very little influence. Very
few Englishmen realize this, although they
have parallel in the control exercised by
their own rural constituencies. They see
nothing in America but few of the large
cities expensively governed by dema-
gogues, and judge Of the whole by these
examples.