Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-06-03
Ghe free press.
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING JULY 3, 1865
English BIunders on America.
BC CRLfNGTON

Ns ~ 4"i4t Nvn piebth1 tIt amount Ol lg
norance Of American geography. history AN
political relations, displayed by the Britis
journals which volunteer advice to US mos
freely. and crlucise Us with most assumption
L With all tie haste, superfcillity ,and r.ck
lessness, which to too great an extent char
acterlze journalism in this country. it Is Ger
tain that there is no such ignorance Of Eng
llsh Affairs displayed on this side the water
nor anything like it. The Yankee school
boy who would make the bluuders in rcre
renee to English institutions and geography,
which are made constantly by the journal,
which claim to lead the press of the world
would he in imminent danger of the birch.
IN any district school in New England
The New York Commercial Adrerhser.
moved thereto by the ignorant criticisms,
predictions Of dismal anarchy f3- the
United State>. &c. with which the London
PaIers are nov fayoring Us. has been at the
pains to recall and collect some of tine blund-
ers, which, If fully compiled, would make a
large volume. 1t makes an entertaining
collection, from which We select q few oi the
morc noticeable quotations When Professor
Webster murdered pr. Parkman, the London
Times was gricved to announce that o.. Daniel
Webster. the great American Statesman. and
author Of the Unabridged Dictionary" had
taken tie hie Of Boston physician Dam
iel Webster. at the last New England dinner
he attended. said he was once introduced to
an English audience by an English lord a.
3. Mr. Daniel Webster Of the United States,
a member of the Upper House Of the New
York senate
When Fort Donelson WAS stormed bv our
forces, the '.rcpresentative journal " located
it ON the " Constantine River" aiterward
describcd the fall Of Nashville as that Ct the
very scat ,f the Confederate Congress -
ascrihed tho occupation Of New Orleans to
.' General Grant, and placed Stoucwall
,Iack-1n an command q" IN the Valley Of the
Mississippi" because Richmond paper had
located him IN the Valley" Later it in
formed it, readers that Sc by a singular COIN
ci5ence the lall Of Atlanta and the Demo-
cratic National Convention occurred the
same day
Wc were Informed in l35l by an English
Tory sheet. that ez-Pre>idcnt Buchanan had
fled to Canada to '' escape the vengeance Of
the Feierals - and by yet another, later in
the year, that E. MAJOR General Grant had
suddenly expired, IN he cighty-second year. "
After The disaster at Big Bethel, the Lon
don Chronicle stated to the public that " the
attack was led IN person by President Pierce.
who did 50 for want of an educated military
man.
4 '' distinguished correspondent Of an
English Government organ, suggested, IN
1862. Is a plan Of compromise between the
: North and South, that - Mr.. Seward resign
the Vice Presidencyship and be succeeded by
Mr. DAVIS" Another correspondent. doubt
/ les none the los eminent, enumerated Gin
cinuati. among the Slave States. and located
/ Mobile at the mouth Of the MsasuDyi.
When General Mansfield arrived at Fort
res Monroe. e,a route from Washington, to
take command Of the troops at Newport
. News. the London Illustrated Neirs Of The
World announced the fact in the following
stirring language q" General Mansfield has
=. surprised General Wool at Fortress Mon
" roe and captured his whole force. 90 Ano-
ther prominent london journal. equally en-
terprising. gave the following version Of the
same affair " The Federal troops were to-
" tally defeated with a loss Of seventeen hun
=. dred. The Washington authorities have
&" taken steps to suppress the news OF this
q" reverse. which has, nevertheless. reached
- highly respectable party in liverpool
=. through private channel" When the
mine explosion occurred the Illustrated -Ne'0'
said. General Grant has been repulsed
&" with heavy loss on bis attack Of 81. Pefsrs-
" burg"
The Briiish Quarterly Rsrie1, IN a labor
ed paper. some three years since, on the i'm
possibility of conquering the South, said -
BE it remembered that Fort Pickens, which
command, the entrance 10 the Gulf # Merit
co. Is in the possession Of the Southern Con-
federation. which possesses Fortress Monroe
IN Virginia, Fort McHenry in Maryland, a
large fortress IN DslGtrGre, and the Ar'e7di
at Nelr Albany, Kentuoky."
When General Burnside. in the Spring OF
1862. set sail for the North Carolina coast
the Saturday Rerie,r, which has prided IT
sell on ITS knowledge OF American AFFAIRS
announced that he would ''land in Western
Virginia, With fifty thousand men,. A few
dayr later. another equally hostile journal
stated that he bad continued his march
through Western Virginia, and captured
Newbern, the capital of the State.
Mr.. &. A. Sals. Special Commission oil
the Telegraph to America in the midst OF
war;" the "oblOng person OF gentlemanly
ways, with bulhous nose delicately tinted
with the bushes of good old wine. who
described St. Albans hotels with such unc-
ton. stated in one OF his earlier letters. 'on
very serious and trustworthy authority,
that there was never any such thing ar keep
ing Christmas" in this country until Charles
Dickens Christmas stories were perused by
the People.
To this budget from the CcnDe-e'0l We
add or, Of the last. and one Of the richest
samples Of the stuff on which our eDenies IN
England have been ted for years. The L'v-
erpoo Courier ci April 29th, in leading
article on President johnson, ssys
Mr. Johnson the chosen representative of
the Democratic party throughout the Northern
States He Was elected BY the Democrats, not
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