Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-06-06
Prom the Toronto Leader.
"An UmsecmIy display

pafdSIdpH WHICH dppealS as communicated IN
The Quebec Chronicle oflhe 18th ult:
"THe STARS AND STRIPES ON AMrR,cAN
ashington's Birthday was recently
al the Por Of Clifton, Suspension
Bridge, by one Price, in the employ OF the Great
Western Railroad as Station master at that place.
by hosting the Stars and Stripes on the Aag-
staff belonging to the Great Western Railroad.
and ON their premises in front of the Custom
House. Mr.. Leeming, Rector OF Chippewa,
requested Price 10 take the nag gdown,
but without effect. After this one of the magis-
uates was appealed to by party of the towns
people for bis premission TO haul it down by
force, bu, being breaeh Of fthe peace, he refus-
ed to give his consent
sour correspondent assures us that the state
ments herein made are correct. Not alone on
she last anniversary of Wasmngton's Birthday.
did this agent of the Great Western Railway
insult the People Of Clifton by Haunting in their
faces the Stars and Stripes; but ne is IN tie
habit OF doing she same thing on the recurrence
of the anniversary of the Declaration Of indie
pendence of the late United States. Under or
dinary circumstances no objections woud be Of
fered TO flying the flag of the Republic By the
side Of the Union Jack on most occasions of
general rejocings but when done on the an
niversary of Washington's Birthday or Ameri-
can Independence, it is very like celebrating
the battle Of Waterloo in France And such a
display is intended 10 give ofense More par
ticularly is this the case when the flag is hosied
under circumstances which render il impossible
that the Union Jack can be unfurled By lis side.
As general thing good sense must be left 10
regulate such matters; but suSely in such case
this, the authorities of the railway should give
their agent notice that it is not his business TO
hoist tho Hae ahis csIa afs sba
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The Rutland Herald says
The above article is of much more than or
dinary significance, and will merit the most sen
Gus attention of the American People and the
American Press.
In these days Of National danger, disaster and
apprehension, when brave men by the tens Of
thousands are sacrificing their precious lives for
the preservation of our institutions and the estab-
lsshment of Republican government, when the
safety for the present and the future of Thirty
millions of people and the cause of freedom and
liberty forever, are qugerng on the balance
every true American citizen IS bound to feel
grateful to all nations who sympathize with us
sn'our fearful struggle and to feel indignant at
every nation, people or community thai locks up
on our sacred cause with indifference.
The majority Of the American people are des-
pendants from the inhabitants of Great Britain.
The language of England is the language Of
Amerca--the literature Of England has become
the literature Of Amelica--the common law of
England has been adopted as the common law
'of America
The American people have always sympathiz-
ed with the English nation in all their efforts TO
ameliorate and improve the condition of their
people, and to extend tothem the privileges to
which freemen are entitled,
In the fearful struggle between England and
Russia in the Crimea, the wishes Of the Amer-
can nation were with England
We made treaty with Great Britain called
the +" Reciprocity Treaty by which the Cana
dian Provinces gained many more advantages
than the Americans We have the power to
lerminate fhat fteaty at any time--yet we have
allowed il to remain.
When famine visited Ireland the American
people contributed food in immense quantities TO
save subjects of the English government from
death BY starvation.
Under these circumstances, the American peo-
pie have the just right 10 expect that when theiT
National existance was in danger the English
nation would extend to them their sympathy,
and at least manifest some anxiety for our sue
cess. and for the safety of Repa5lican institutions
But it is now we'll understood that, wfh a few
fifsttk tNctptiNtt>. Ftt IH4iisf Qehpte. anu ift
prominent men in English Government in Cana
da as well as Great Britain, have sympathized
with the rebels, have Std,sfered The President and
l6s Cabinet have ridieued the bravery and the
drill OF the Federal troops, and have aHXiously
desired that our Government should be over
thrown, the American people reduced to a com
munity OF warrng factions, aud that they have
hitherto only refraHed from considerations OF
fear or policy.
Mr. Price, mentioned in the above paragraph,
as evidently an American, who sold his services
bui not his soul or his patriotism to the "Great
Western Railway (Which runs from Suspen-
sion Bridge westerly through Canada,' and
terminates opposite Detroit, which city il con-
meets by " Ferry 1t is constructed upon
'foreign'' soil and wholly by English capital,
butts mainly supported by "American" travel
aud the transportation OF American" produce.
While we regret to sec such marked manifesto
,ions Of ingrattude by our Canadian neighboSs,
X is truly gratifying to know that we are in no
ways dependent upon them for The means of con
veyance between our solid little New England
and our Great and Glorious West We have
several Railroad lines of our Otca, among the
most premiuent of which is the "Amefican" Lake
Shore Railroad Line, extending from BufIalo by
the south shore Of Lake Erie ,i,roagh Cleayeland
and Toledo 10 Chicago, and which is constructed
upon American" soil and was bulk with
" American capital, and for speed, safety AMI
comfort is excelled by no road on this continent.
1t therefore becomes the imperative duty of
every American citizen who has sufficient pat
rio,ism TO feel indignant at the injustice and
want of gratitude which has been exhibited to-
wards Us by English people and the English
press, to hereafter patrauize the railroads con-
structed by the enterprise and capital OF our own
citizens, and wholly refrain from yielding any
support TO a road running a on foreign soil and
through community which ''haies' the Ameri-
can flag with such intensity that they propose TO
mob the man who unfurls it,
Furthermore, it ought not to be a vain appeal
to the patriotism of people to say, that under
the tax bill now before Congress, and which Will
undoubtedly pass in a few days, the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Line will pay one dol
Tar and Seeea cents on each passenger who goes
over the route from Buffalo to Chicago, and in
that proportion to intermediate stations beyond
those points in passing either way. II will thus
be seen that every citizen OF the United States
who passes over the British Canadian Roads vir-
tssliy robs his government Of this tax Of one dob
lar and seven cents, so much needed at the pre-
sent time to support and carry on the war; the
rates for passage and freight on both the Ameri-
can aud Canadian lines being in all cases the
same,
In addition to the above it is not improper to
observe that TIE " Great Western Railway
acts in unison with the Grand Trunk Raj way,
and that these Roads have always manifested
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