Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-08
From the Toronto Lsadsr.l
AN UNSEEMLY DISPLAY.

TIVE STARS AND STRIPES ON CANADI-
AN Sou.-Washingto Birth Day was re-
gently celebrated at the Port Of Clifton, Sus-
nension Bridge, by one Price, in the employ
az the Great Western Railroad, as Station
master at that place, by hosting the stars
and Str;pes on the flag staff belonging TO
the Great Western Railroad, ana on 'he'r
premises in front Of the Custom HOUSE
Mr.. Leeming, Rector Of Chippewa, personal.
ly requested Price to take the flag down. out
vitbout effect. After this one OF the magls-
trates was appealed to by party OF the
towns people for his permission to haul 1t
down by force, but being breach OF the
peace, he refused to give consent"
Our correspondent assures us that the
statements herein made are correct. Not
alone on the last anniversary of Washing
toms birthday did this agent of the Great
Western Railway insult the people Of Clifton
by Haunting in thier faces the Stars and
Stripes .; but he is in the habit of doing the
same thing on the recurrence Of the ami
yersary Of the Declaration Of Independence
of the late United States. Under ordinary
circumstances no objections would be offered
to flying the flag Of the Republic by the side
OF the Union Jack" on most occasions OF
General rejoicing but when done on the an
niyersary of Washingtons birthday or Amer
lean Independence, It is very like celebrating
the battle of Waterloo in France. And such
a display is intended to give offence. More
particularly is this the case when the flag IS
hoisted under circumstances which render 1t
impossible that the " Union Jack " can be
unfurled by its side. As a general thing,
good sense must be left to regulate such mat
ters but surely in such case as this, the
authorities of the railway should give their
AGENT notice that it not his business to hoist
the American flag this side OF the Niagara
River.
The above article is of much more than
ordinary significance, and will merit the
most serious attention of the American
people and the American Press.
In these days of National danger, dis
aster and apprehension, when brave men
nv the tens of thousands are sacrificing
their lives for the preservation OF our IN
stitutions and the establishment of Re
publican government, when the safety Tor
the present and for the future OF thirty
millions of people and the cause OF tree
dom and liberty forever, are quiverlng
on the balance, -every patriotic Amer
can is bound to feel grateful to all nations
who sympathize with us in our fearful
struggle, and to feel indignant at every
nation, people and community that looks
unon our sacred cause with Indifference
The majority OF the American people
are descendants of the inhabitants Of
Great Britain. The language Of Eng
land is the language Of America - the
literature of England has become the
literature of America-the common law
of England has been adopted as the COM
mon law of America.
The American people have always
sympathized with the English nation in
all their efforts to ameliorate and improve
the condition of their people, and to ex-
tend to them the privileges to which free
men are entitled. .@.
In the fearful struggle between Eng
land and Russia in the Crimea, the wish
es of the American nation were With Eng
land.
We made treaty with Great Britain
called the /" Reciprocity Treaty by which
the Canadian Provinces gained many
more advantages than the Americans
We have the power to terminate that
treaty at any time--yet we have allowed
it to remain.
When famine visited Ireland the Amer
can people contributed food in immense
quantities to save subjects of the English
government from death by starvation.
Y nUeC tIleSc ClTCuulStailCoSs tuC AulCii i
can people have the just right to expect
that when their National existence was in
danger the English nation would extend
to them their sympathy, and at least man.
ifest some anxiety for our success, and for
the safety of Republican institutions.
But it is now well understood that,
with a few noble exceptions, the English
people, and the prominent men in the
English Government in Canada as well as
Great Britain, have .ympathized with the
rebels, have slandered the President and
his Cabinet, have ridiculed the bravery and
the drill of the Federal troops, and have
anxiously desired that our Government
should be overthrow, the American peo-
pie reduced to community of warning
factions, and that they have hitherto only