The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-04-04
Iohn Bull and Brother Jonathan.

American indifference to English opinion
\, become astonishing, and ANYTHING out
.',,,eriny to English pride. On the opening
:. tbs rr5s,Iion. the American heart naturally
..r9rl 10 England for sympathy and for mo.
.. summit and when It was found that the
.',,r.r country took wholly selfish view Of
up ,roub!es, that her aati-slavery professions
,...r4 = sham and that she could not, and
not try. to disguise her joy at the pro-
.,'r,;ye l;smemberment of the republic, we
src.me very angry. Nay, it was some
,,..or ,.erler than anger that we felt. We
,.-. rr.t,ed. wounded, disappointed, dis
...,s. and under sense of foul wrong a
..r, o; resentment was laid up to be drawn
.-,a at the call Of opportunity. We read
-. editorials of the London Times with a
.... shrinking and thin-skinned sensitive
...,,2.l felt almost as it life and death de-
..~. 81 upon them. Ii johnny Bull breath
.tqt1. word,we were elated {; If cruel word,
49,. were depressed Mr. R1ssell's letters
we're rtpubi!sAcI as soon as they returned "a
,.., thr water, and We al! read them with a
.,y to learn what view foreigner would
- Ut our duliIS IL - Iot u Oc uSlltu
"a. they made US very unhappy.
Bgta chlnge has come. We speak the
..o9c ruth when We say that the American
,.Yge care so little about English opinion,
.h.ns their national affairs, that they have
..!,sl 10 think about it. The London Times
, forgotten. and even "our own correspond
~" has ceased to be thought of save as a
,.. for estS, or as performer in private
.-t,rca.> at Washington. in the most ap-
.,Yr,ate character OF Bombastes Furioso.-
Ike nation seems 10 have thoroughly eman-
a.eI i,.c!i from its slavery to English o.
MON. and to care no more for its utterance
Ian tur 'he wind.
This is ,ely great change, and it is prop
TO look for lis cause. There are various
4.scs that have operated to bring about this
.lasr. bat We need to notice only one. We
ave Earned that English opinion is utterly
ar.a.c>s. We Supposed that England un-
..s>'ood our Institutions. She does not
MP. hend them at all. We supposed that
ce lad some magnanimity. She has none.
We supposed she hated slavery, and would
Wiling to sacrifice something for its down.
,... in America,-at least, that she would no,
We all ana comfort to a government that
made Iavery its corner stone. We were
@,tahen. We supposed that she had de-
.ra, knowledge Of American geography, but
,.~ l4, mixed up localities regardless of state
,rs ard wholly reckless touching distances
We opposed she had tcerabe degree Of
..tical sagacitv,-that she could measure
..iticaI and military forces, and predict witt
1easurahle certainty the result of the coils
OF definite powers. She has proved her
vi to be a noodle in all these matters. We
,gppnsed she knew something Of our people
ll, she called US mob-a nation demonstra
y >,l',>tically more universally intelligent
and >c.t-Yoverned than any nation on the
lace o, the earth. Every prediction made by
,., man sent over here to do her dirty work
,a, been falsitied.
English opinion has been proved to be SC
.,.rry worthless, alike from the Ignorance
a,l malice upon which it is based, that W,
ave learned to care not a straw for it. W,
ave never before, in our national history
.ec' free from bondage to this opinion
Vow, thank Heaven, we are. England ha
st something she could not afford to lose
yr have gained something we have alway
re,el to make us q truly independent peo
..r.-Spr6gfcid RepuJlican.