The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-17
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
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NEW ORLEANS, MARCH l6. 1875.
AMERICAN REFUGEES.


We arc indeb ed to the kind attention Of I
friend for the following excerpt from late
number Of the Belfast Mems Letter. which vii
be read with interest as showing to how great
An extent tho belief Of Grants reasonable
and deadly purposes has operated upon think
ing people q the North
1t Is a significant fact and ono that none
but fools would ignore that the fear Of coming
trouble, fear Of the overthrow OF tie govern
ment and the establishment Of despotism,
pure and simple, is driving away from the
country large numbers Of people Of wealth
and refinement, people who, having
watched the course of the Presi
dent and the alarming ncroachments
by the Radical party upon tho Constitution
and upon Individual rights, see clearly enough
that the end Of the Republic is either near at
hand, or if it be saved from ruin, will be
saved only after the shock of civil war and
the strug1 les which are incident to every at
tempted overture of an established govern
mcnt. We have suspicion that before the
close Of the next Presidential ampagn, the
American colonies in Europe will be largely
augumented all til o5e who are possessed of
large means, or readily convertible assets,
viii be very apt, IN view OF the
Presidents menacing attitude, to remove
their families and personal effects
beyond the reach of turmoil and strife to
some country where the will Of one man is
not accepted as the supreme law OF the land,
and where the rights of persons and of prop
erty are respected; whore law reigns and is
enforced, and where the civil power is supe-
nor to the military Some country in short, |
about as different from the United States of |
today as possible.
Those of us who remain to witness the rev.
olution and at emptod subversion of the
Republic will be apt TO think Of the little
colonies of Americans at Bayswater and Ken
sington with envy, and to wish that ourselves
could be sptred the NORTH cation Of seeing
the glorious fabric which has been erected
with 50 much care and, as we were wont to
think, with so much wisdom, assailed by
lives The following is the article alluded to-
EHc American Colony T. oniOn.
The number Of Americans permanently re- t
siding in London has largely increased dur ,
ing the past year. and is still increasing 1t
is probable, says the London correspondent
Of the Scotsman tina, there are more Ameri- {
cans here than i'll Paris; but they are not c
as they are there, in one colony; e
they are scattered about all over the West :
West-Center, the South West and North West
districts. Taey do not seem to court each. a
others society, but prefer that Of their Eng t
lish friends; and, most strange Of al, they no o
longer boast Of the superiority OF American
Very few Americans are to be found on the
Surrey side oi the river and still fewer east of
Jharing-Cross. Bayswater and Kensington .
.re the fvorite districts, but great numbers ~
II them have take II up their abodcs in Chel- =
ea, Drompon, lIghgate and lshngtOn. |
IN told hat these voluntary cXilos entertain
5loomy views concerning the future of their
ounry. Tley cherish dark suspicious Of n
'fesldt ut Grant and grayely hint that he will y
'roelam Inns Il Dictator ere long. II one \
eproarhes them tor deserving their country III
) on the approach Of revolution, they I'll
eply in choice American, chat patriotism is >,
layed out aud that in this age every one
ln't first take care of himself
The fathers aud mothers speak with sad
ess OF the dliiicuItie, which they encounter
Rome IN tne education of their children,
nd IN preserving them from the contamina- az
on of The social atmo ,phere there. 1t is un- Al
.ie they say, 10 send girl to a boarding wi
hoo in Boston or New York; and there is NJ:
ore vice than virtue taught to the bows in W
mericn colleges. Many of these people ac
!vo come hither simply that they might edu- tn
te their chilireu soberly and decenty and do
esarye them from the contamination of
nerican life Il is curioIsly interest ting to
ar them sp".k Of these things and of the
tnre Of tie Republic.
The most Of them look upon the Republic
doomed. president Grant" they say, us pr
t. rul as long as he lives. Fie vi
s narrow mind, but an indomtable will tn;
Is wonderfully set-reant. tenacious and d.,
Stinlte. lie IS resolved to be reelected in
40; If necessary, he will put the who South -
der m irtIll llw and count himself in upon age
urns manufactured to order lie has risen lie
his present position from tho lowest obscur- l.,
y; ho has tn tn in his invincible snccess; -
cherishes ambitions like those of Napo. the
n. ed
These are the things one hears in Ameri-
4 circles IL Ii Ion that il to say when A.,
ur American /, IN frank and communica- '
9 mood. | don't know how correct these ere
presentations are; but it is certain one no Fo
lger hears from Americans that bomblstic We
iSgins which IN former times marked their :,
lrersation. They have swung round to
, other oX'remr, and are now as despond- nal
as they usei 10 be exultant on,
Me