, 1877-08-05

AN INTERNATIONAL QUESTION.
It is evident that there is one man who does
not agree with the Rev. Joseph Cook in his cstl-
mate VI the progress Of America aud he goes
for Mr. Cook vtcariously through another cor
respondent, "H. n. B.":
Tome Editor OF the sxndap ('ro,cIrr.
CHICAGO. AuE. !. II own to considerable sur
prise at I'm inscmperate communication IN The
trR1RusE Of the 21st ult. headed ''Grant ana
Waes.'' In which the writer e1hausts over col-
umn In rowdy rhetoric, seeking to explain bow
thick Walcs skull is; how Englana is taE behind
boiled up ut the a1roHt made Grant, and do lot
propose to have the "sblar.ted' Enrlishmcn in
suit the recipient Of their highest honors; how the
American citizen is the peer OF any man. bo he
Prince or peasant ETC.. etc.
Now, however reluctant I may be to psove the
absurdity OF such Statements, cannot help DC,
nouncing them rs tho malignant ultcrances and
vilupcralions OF an insane mind, or " least one
whose pretudices and vanity have 60 far 1nis!ed
him as to draw upon himself the rldieule OF an
sensible men who, by his unfounded statements,
arc led to the conclusion that nc is utterly ignorant
OF English history:
~ na ,e5 Il sses to pEa5ss aasssa
suppose you for once assume the & role ot
4 nenefActor, and. by means Of your illustrious
lineage securing yon an Introduction to the npper
ten OF England wake them ont OF their tlllcg1ah-
ness, show her fouli.h statesmen how far behind
they arc, how the cntabering monarchicaf fifth
wheel keeps them back, bow this wheel Of l1lon
aud the stone Of SIsyphus can be removed by
American ingenuity. 70 demonstrate all this,
just show your civil service Us compared with
The English service. Show your short cut to cure
dnnncial ills. In ie5la matters, ahow your 1urles
chosen by the thief, show yonr State Legislatures,
show your Rings, show your high officials snarlng
tho pundssg1 a9a sfnsraly fixing things rght' show
iramps. Show your @ riois and their cure: If that
don't fetch em, then produce your latest style Of
challenge these eiIerc statesmen to produce such
things, md all this, yea, in less than LOO years.
To Wales the thickness OF his skull explain.
Nut do not let him think hc bcars hts load In Taln.
Lset with the e$ecrless journey tedious grown.
Urged By dcsuair, ne throw tho bordcE down.
Again, Mr.. Il. u. H.: Referring to ''all through
the South you can hear the indignant comment,
England cg1ed us on, but she never put stroke
for our help except by taxinz our money for
the ships she built u.s. You must know tue
Sui1th never has nor will pay ouetwentietb part Of
her Indebtedness to EneItshmen. ana You will also
find upon investigation that the North has acted In
equally bad faith In undertakings Of private ma
ture. So, in future. try and dispcl the idea TINT
by detractng from the glorious annals Of the Brit
ish Empirc. .....
/ hare no desire to contest your other views
they nre in unison with those I have alrcaty e1-
posed. Suffice 1t to say, thcT would afford as
much merrimcnr to an English school. boy ~ the
frst lesson IN French drec les JutleS de FEAtfon
Mr. Editor, / have been prompted to this utter
reading in the editorial column Of your paper list
nit. an account Of how Gen. Cook ian American}
was spared from the Eirginius massacre through
the frn,ncss and humanity OF an English officer.
which bears striking contrast to II. II. - COM
municatton same date. T. r. a,