The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-17
The Daily Bulletin.
Foreigners in America,

An Englshman writes as follows TO
the London FieH:
six years residence in The States
has quite convinced me that for quiet,
transformations refinement of mind and
sentiment, for general spread Of human
sympathy and human kindness for lack
Of petty, unworthy jealousies and sus-
picions, for generous impulses and gen
erous acts towards those who are hon
cstly trying TO get on, the great mass
Of the American people are far ahead OF
ourselves Far be it from me to say one
word which might unfairly seem to de-
tract from the qualities Of the kind,
true, honest English nature. But our
American cousins are under less pres
sure than we are, socially and financial
ly. They were generously treated rs
children, and they treat their children
generously They were thanked, APP
preciated and largely rewarded for 10y
atty and hard work to their employers
and their friends, and they similarly
consider due to loyalty and honesty and
diligence those rewards which here it
is 50 often not in our power to bestow
that, when il is, we are aptto think the
recipient will be spoiled by so unusual
an exhibition of generosity and with
hold it on principle.
But, on the other hand, the newly
arrived Englishman has not established
any claims on Americans, and, though
it is easier for him to do so there than
here, perhaps still be has TO begin, and
10 work straigh, away without break
from the commencement. In the West,
at any rate, it is a generally accepted
theory that Englishmen are either very
good or very bad; only TO an American
is conceded the privilege Of being a
medium character Indeed, must adj
init that, a. rule, this classification OF
my fcllow-countrymen is apparently
justified. 4 young Briton who goes to
work, remains sober and well conduct
ed, exhibits any capacity for positions OF
trust, and honestly fultills his duties, is
more certain TO rise than is any Ameri-
can. There is not single large corpor-
alton in America that does not prove
the above by its list Of employees. On
the contrary, a rollicking, now friendly
and then sulky, Briton is left in the cold
in the most determined way by his
American neighbors There is NJ
chiyalrous theory there a. here, that 8
foreigner. because he is one, is 81 liber
ty to make himself as disagreeable a:
he pleases: on the contrary, he is a
once RELOCATED to persons, if any sucn
can be found by him, who will tolerate
his eccenTicitcs.
This Is done very quietly, but it is
done gate regardless of any position Of
rank: equally to "a nobleman from the
country the son OF a New York mil
liopaire, or anybody else who adopts air
AMI manners which assume on mis- par
that he is anything more than gentle
man of education and refinement OF
more than what any ordinary American
gentleman is or would wish to be. This
may all SAVIOR to my readers little to'
much of freedom and equality, bu
these words are a bugbear to American
gentlemen rs much a tC Us in the can
sense. We surely are as free rs they
and if we do not consider them on N
equality with us, so much the worse TO
ourselves, unless we decide to remain
at home, No importance is so great a
parochial Importance. and OF that un
fortunately, all we English SAVIOR strong
", and we resent the world expressing
as being given Il chance to express, al
opinion on the matter.