East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-01-06
Our Great Humiliation.

The '.goggle' of a pug, smitten
by the 'hnawley" Of an antagonist
puts itself in condition similar TO that
of a majority of tho clancy" yesterday
upon getting the news from England
tin mourning" Woe 10 them: Al
hama, or, rather, Henan-Henan, the
gallant ehivalrous young American
(of Italian desccptD fe6rescntatiyo of
the American Eagle, democratic insti-
buttons and sovereign peeole, licked
III half an hour by 'blawsted' Brit
isher,-on' outgrowth TO tho effete,
tumbling decaying, rotten despotisms
of Europe! Hereafter let the proud
birdtof our nationality no moro seek
tho cmpyrean heights of Katahdin to
thrill the universe with its exultant
scream, but rather let it come close
eaIthward, aud, upon SOME lowly rail
fence of humiliation, bemoan with
dropping wings the disgrace of that
once proud nation Of whom it has
hitherto been the naughty emblem.
What a fall was there, my country.
mem When Cczar Heenan fell lover
the ropes) there fell the best bruiser
of America -Eheai EAea Repub-
licanism and the grand principle of
Human Liberty have thrown up the
sponge, and Monarchy in the person
Of King is triumphant.
When Grand armies meet in the
shock of baltic, and one is beaten, it
is some consolation to the vanquished
partyto know that its own losses are
not materially greater than those of
the vietor-that the victory is a dear
bought one,-that the enemy viii have
the eXultalion of victory dampened by
his heavy casualties. And so in the
roped arena. But what consolation
have wo in the defeat of Hcenan - in
the thrashing OF the noble representa-
five of the noblest, purest most en-
lightened government on earth? List
en- to the mortifying truth:
liking presented no visible marks
of punishment except q mouse s0,dy his
lift eye." .Ittl1f @ba
And this is all. For months the
press and the people of two great con-
tinents have been convulsed at the
thoughts of the approaching struggle.
Daily,we have received bulletins Of
the condition of our champion-we
have learned that he had become al
two-hanced hitter; that he was a
mass of iron from his waist up ); that |
his fists had became as indurate as
granite; and yet, after all these en-
couraging assurances, he only punish
es his opponent TO the extent of put
ting n 4'mouse under his eye :" A /
little contemplate mouse nobody ex-
pected, at the very least, less than a
good-sized rat on both eyes, while |
others, moro unlimited in their antici-
pations, wildly dreamed that the Be
necia Boy would form an extensive
and complete menagerie around the |
head and body of his competitor 1t |
would not have surprised such had
even number Of pachyderlnata or
the ,deinotherium hung upon every
feature Of EIeenan,'s opponent at an
early period in the progress of the
contest.
Truth as well as history repeats it.
self, for in this international mill, as
of old, "PdrtWjHt m0ntes naScitW ri |
dicuIits mas"-in this case, uot only lit
orally ridiculous mouse, but most
ridiculous muss. We feel agrieved .
in our national pathies-degraded |
in our high esteem. We have trained
ourselves for long weeks to secure a
victory, and after all our anticipations
and agreeable anticipations, the whole
thing has ended by our being tremen-
dously, thrashed by fellow whose
only punishment tho while is too in
signifcant'for dispasionate mention.
Trail banners, abase yourselves, We
Stars and Stripes, in, sympathy with
our national humiliation Chicago
Times.