Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-05

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point to condemn England, and finally indirect
y tax us with all the follies and absurdities oul
public men may be guilty Of" aIr1s,i
| An English gentleman prides himself on leay.
Ing politics alone, and attending to his own busi
ness, and for an American to fall upon such
men with bis complaints against the country,
creates feeling Of disgust pay nv dues
to the Government, the Government keeps my
person and property inviolate, and as do not
consider myself responsible for Lord Palmers-
toms Administration, no arguments are likely
to change my mind" We must take things as
We find them In travelling, although to my idea
these men are making great mistake 10 leav-
ing the Government to the aristocracy on the
one hand, and an uneducated mob on the other.
And the time, am fully convinced, will come
when the substantial men will regret they paid
80 little attention to public affairs. Two gem
tlemen in conversation with me upqualfedly
condemned Mr.. Russell's work, on the ground
that the work was intended to and only repre-
sented the worst side OF the picture Very fre.
quently they remark, "well, l must say, our
Government is very meddlesome. and am glad
the French Minister raped Earl Russell's
kuuckles, but Il 10 thing have got nothing to
do with" Thus say IL 10 extremely agRrava.
ting to be bothering real English gentleman
with representation OF the evils of bis Govern
ment and Earl Russoll's policy, and this Csci most
Americans forget. To be agreeable IN English
society, then, is the easiest thing in the world:
you must contrive to see something good in the
country, and II you don't, why then don't make
any remarks about Ii, for reasonably, II you
keep indiscreetly pestering O man with bad
opinion, he will be very likely to thiok you are
an ass, and cut your acquaintance. / have en-
deavored to give all Englishmen with whom
have conversed, as good an opinion of America
aud Americans as possible, and to do this,
things fatlering to their own pride of country
have more weight than anything else, and assur.
edly man must be ignorant if he cannot en-
large upon the great point, fattering to an En-
glishman's pride, such as England's commerce,
her manufactures, the energy and public spirit
of her people, etc.
Tuesday spent at Silverton, manufactur.
ing place for telegrah cables, all manner of
India rubber and gutta perchs work, and also |
for telegraph instruments. TueSdAy evening |
spent at the Institute Of Civil Engineers, and |
saw, much to my qualification, some of the
heads OF that profession. Sir William Arm
strong was there, aud also Mr.. Whitworth his
rival; Scott Russell, the Great Eastern man,
and many others. A paper was read on "Tels-
graph signalling applied to Railways" and a
utpSuooioh ChSuou buotcUu COuGelNbu bUMo
idea from it Of what an immense amount of in
telligencc had been applied to the running aud
OF railways 10 England. | may
mention as an Instance Of the PERFECTION OF the
system, that through Que station near London,
Stepaesy, sepen hundred trains a day running
diferent lines, and for three years not he slight
eat accident OF any kind has occurred. On
w ednesday evening, at the same rooms, | at
tended q meeting of the Meteorological Socety.
| was here introduced to nearly every one, as
the evening before, among Others celebrated
balloon man, who was very anxious to obtain in
formation 10 regard TO American military BAL |
looming. Lieut.. Maury was slso present To |
finish, I would say that never can desire mGIe |
consideration and attention than was paid me
on both occasions, Indeed, the material men of |
England take the greatest pride in showing off |
10 the fullest advantage their material progress,
and to no people do they show such attentions
as to Americans. met Lieut.. Maury several
times, and ho always expressed the greatest
pleasure at tho attentions shown aud the facili-
ties afforded him. For him it was perfect
Heaven to attend tho Geographical and like so
cieties aud be treated with such consideration
{ made q visit to Manchester, Birmingham and
Sheffield the rest OF the week, and on my return
went for the first time to call on some Of my ac.
quaintances made In Italy. During the whole
OF next week went to see t6eir exhibition Of
the elephant, which led me TO see an entirely
different phase OF London, and although not of
go much benefit, will be even more interesting
for you to hear, and will make 1t the subject OF
another letter, as this will have to 90 soon 10
reach the Saturdays steamer.
Paris is suffering on account of the war, and
/ think it will be wise thing for the West to
consider we'll M. Drouyn de L Huys' dispatch, be.
cause If it isn't considered, you will feel some
thing drop, just az certain as the earth turns or
two and two makes foar. The Emperor, Amerl-
cans must understand, ia the head of a people
very much given to sudden and curious action,
aud one may well tremble at the fate that would
befall the American army If couple of hun
dred thousand Frenchmen we're to drop into it.
am proud TO believe that hundred thousand
Americans, we'll armed, well drilled, and above
all we'll differed, are equal to any of that num-
bsr ever brought into any field, but this war. has
shown very plainly that however brave men
may be, want Of intelligence in the officers de.
stroys all chance Of success.
Here we have reports that there may OCCUR
difficulties between the Federal and Western
State Governments, and If true, would like to
be in them. II the Democrats will make
stand to stop the war by constitutional means,
and the Government to carry it on unconssitu-
tionally, may there not be trouble2 l would
like to aid. for one, in humbng to the dust for
ever the fanatics and higher law men who have
brought down this great calamity upon the
country. | am convinced il must be done, 9th
erwise fanatoism will assume some other shape
The taxes will be the subject, and the East will
try to fasten the debt upon the
West. The West is befools j, brought to fight
their natural allies, coneorted with their enc
mics, and will become an inert, ambitionlesu
minority, groaning under oppressive and unjust
tariffs and an uuproportionate share Of the pub
lie debt. Already they are taking measures
tu huvd wink you, and tho -bithssto material
Of the West will begin to suffer.
But on the basis Of the Emperor 3 proposal, the
West can rise united, overthro all opposition |
and drive from the political arena forever the |
cause of our disasters. Bat will they do III |
There is one great difficulty for the Demoaa.s
TO overcome. The task Of handling the un-
wieldy subject Of taxation is left tor them,
while their adversaries will leave no wire un.
tried, will suffer no opportunity to slip, to again
dupe the wave ing who hold the balance Of
power between the Democracy and fanaticism.
1 sincerely hope the Western States will send
to Peace Convention or Congress
to meet with Southern members and settle all
our difficulties, whether joking Abraham likes
1t or not. Peace must some day come, and it
can only come BY compromise.
IE HENRY.