The Penn's Grove record., 1883-11-03

An EnglishmMI has vented his
spleen upon Americans Ieoently i'll
scch a remarkable caustic way as to
create considerable commotion in for
eign parts. He doesn't even stop to be
polite, but boldly proDounces the Amer
lean to be an uamitigated nuisance
aud calls for the enactment of some
law by which he can be forced out OF
the Queens dominioas., lie says. that
Brother Jonathan is q bEszsnf faced, I'M
flushing. inluisitive, leStless, Ratchet
faced, exasperating individual, with No
culture, no sense of propriety, withoat
learning, discretion or mOdesty. The.
American men and women invade the
refined social circles of England, and
Goptaminate them with their obtrusive
Nulgarity, and actually have the audac
ity to drive her majesty's W loyal
subjects into the background in their
NJ homes. They sTample' Ovef every
thing sacred, laugh at things which
should be r~eyerenced, spend their vul-
gar money like water, stare everybody
cut of c~ountenance and hurry, hurry,
hurry on with the eager curiosity of un
thinking cattle, anxious to see every
thing and be done with it. And yet
with all their forwardness, they show
their craven, m~ean,spirited natures by
being overcome with embarrassment
when brought into LIE awful presence
OF a real lord. The writer claims that
the only decent citizen of the United
States is the. Indian. and that the
white population is not worth the pow
der it would take to blow them into
smithereens. This is a severe present
ment, and there is a grain of truth
mixed up with IA buShel of error. 1t is
Just what we should have expected to
receive because IF our toadyi.m to tia.
English. We-tllat is some of us
wear their garments, ape their airs.
initiate their drswl, emulate their vic
es, li"nize their dudes and pet their
east-oR women. Newport the past
season succeeded in making itself a
f~ourth-elass representation Of an Eng
lish town, and,it wasohighIy elated@i it'll
fact.
But the vast mass of our people haze
no such foolish weakness, They know
that this ill-temperrd English winter in,
the main states anything hui the. truth
There have been. some ignorant shoddy
Americans who have g9ne abroad and
shown their true quality when broseht
into contact with Intelligent people,
but here ut home they do not enjoy the
felicity of being brought into soeial
relations with Intelligent people. Theiy
grade is fixed here as definitely rs, it
could be In England.
But when we compare the reputable
people who have aome from. England
with those we have semi taither,. the
British suffer amazingly by the conn.,
uarison. Mrs. Langtry dDr instah &c
was on terms of social intimacy with
the Prince of Wales, and was one of
his favored guests on social occasions. /
Here she mads.liarseIf ridiculous and
0ut off all chance of social. prominence
by scandalous,eonduct, and finally ram
hled around'the country in qpestiona-
hle company. living in. a railway oap.
Tie noble loras. who attended the
Northern Pacit;e opening should have
been conspicuous examples or British
culture. Some OF them were, but 9th,
ers were simply brNias
Our colored jubilee-singers conduct.
ed items. Ives with far ntare mopriety
while il England than do many En-
hsh visitors to America. The prshei-
pal care of we'll conducted Americans
visiting England is to escape the conf
Illuminating influences OF English vices.
have Our faults in America, and
many Of them, but we also lave our
virtues, and.that is perhaps mora, thas,