, 1869-03-24
LODE TO rHK uA1rkD STATES" !"


We have not YET lost, thank Heaven,
'be power 20 admire. If VIC were bescs
as m'dnlehs by stranger who was more
rent on obtsin1ng our money than our
trsel dslip, ard II, while he was practicsl-
" testing On our tender occiput and
msIly shoulders the toughnees Of his
slupe -sh't, h,gb&y-respectah!e old gen
sleuan N the com nercist line, whom We
had valued as prudent but worthy
trieuo, should c,ue upon the scene and
manifest his impartial neutrality by
s'caithy thrus&s In our sidc-rihs with his
cane and some "ligely prxctice u With
hlick or paving stone agAlnst the small
OF cur back, we should ieet as Ii thus
worthy old commercial gentleman had
plsced himself under q lasting obligation
70 us. And II, when we should refer to
him our surgeons and iallor's bills
fer needing our Ekutl and
pantatcons In divers places, he should Of
fer in PAY men: an de to the Vic:5r in
tre Lite unhappiness," we should regard
cur commercial friend with serene admit
ra1soE, as oEe who had afforded us B
revei plta5nre.
MI. PAlgrave, an English poet, has
given the Anerfcan people q sensation
EQUALLY novel and fascinating. He has
put the Alabsma claims Into an "Ode to
the United States" Without discussing
bow much u.s. "owed 10 the United
statee," be proceeds In flowing measure
ard llmpld rhymes to a1ng that the
gresfer The meanness of England during
our rebellion, the greater Will be our
magnsrimIty and wisdom In forgiviug
htr The whole debt. He admits on behalf
Of E1elishmen that they accidentally
failed In magnsnimity
Our ehar &C We had. aud 1oe,1t:
Hnt others have their chaucsi
Pitching the pro-rebel sentiment OF
Elg!ard the London Times, Bfougham,
Carlyle, Russell, and Gladstone, into the
gutter with more pith than politeness,
the poet tnforms Us thst
-0ts that mem msss
6oEe lew h9Fe dared TO tower,
And gttauy hope and do.
Tic attitude OF England is very tsirly
set forth in the following stanz.s:
But she, the motherland. that eret
| Ttoee ewsrrs IA her fall hive hsd uuesed,
watch'd. snetring. The enoEuons d'gat,
| o. h,ii'd win jesloas pettiaets '''0>A 'f''''
Eact bfocaJ, net th1t drank her r1Tals' strength
AID at1t the N lees:
1lll, u tie cAuee tnat tE1ur1ph'd,
| bEe acqui. seed It length.
II co1k.dtrsuon OF this amfsble treat
ment, We are e1horied to nsgnanlmisy
| IN The following inspired strain:
Oar chance xe tad, and lost I'll
butJeu have Jet your chaAeel
Omen who woni
9 e'ber lsrFe. England, saved. and fre,i
"ih soaf t.ue blood oar iue 6.ooa ocau aero,.
| Lit .oaat Il done b. dont;
| The .~o great heaIss IN one uuita:
Rcr@ITt cur b1tnGpet1 hy your f!GsIer sight.
I F.c'ort IT frtedt ms 1gEt,
1 Aco:hes CT dict see,
An upssro.1.shtrR Z psih
To win new fepuxn.
roEt'd With ite greater c,oxn
or t1agca1imttIt
II is doubtless true that The meAner I
naticn the greater may be the op
| pcr.unlty snoIded to other nations Il
show their msgnanimity by tcrgivtnl
her. The gentle e1horlatlon to
"Let what Is done be douo''
reminds rs OF the vagabond who, apply
ing 10 his tailor for suit OF clothes 0
crtdit, was reminded by the knight {
the shears that there was an unsettle
account sta, ding against him for his Il!
suts. my dear STR" replied the iDjure
! | mar, "how can you open afresh shos
/. arc,tnt wounds, now so nearly healea
Do, pray, let bygones be bygones
q President Grant will doubtless fin
: his imaginative tendencies strongl
e. stftc I'd BY John Butts poetry; but
! will require a stanza or TWO under ii
/ signature OF the First Lord Of the Trea
uIy and ste1liug diBtich from the Chs,
, cellor Of tie E1chequer 10 really do jus
r tire 10 the amount now and for six yes,
, o. $: "owed TO the United Ssste-."