The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-12

mach more bsntishussa that 10 shown By shs
American bsanch Of ths race. seventy and
eighty u ago tbs Americas Eng.
lishnaan foolishiy permitted himsslf 70 b
vsry much disturbed BY tbs gibes oil the
British traveller. Who. sssina our sensitive
ness. took especial pleasure il pSicking and
prodding Us sith his pen, which. after aii.
vas moro blunt than pointed. In shoss
bs.!iRsssrt days orr literary forsfsthsss
snRriIy rstorted with the IN quoqus; and
there are pamphlets Of the lime which are
mainly catalogues OF incidents OF brutality
and outrage cullsd from tbs British papers.
"Thsss dreadful people" said the Briton.
''spif q 2, eat deal and eat peas with . knife.
and sit in their shirt sleeves u tbs thsatsr
and ask . great many questions. and speak
the language somewhat did Sentiy from %.
Pigs run at large In the streets of New York
city. and IN general il 10 . vain, vulgar and
bosstfsi people," In ths whole chorus OF
writer's Who ~exsspesstsd vi BY such COM
ments there was no one of ability. no one
who vss worthy Of attention. hardly
who could bs called clever. But the effect
upon o1r ssnsitivsness was undsniablA. and
Rome Of them vas visited with more wrath
than a certain commonplace clergyman
nsmed Fidlsr. Who might have been . sasats
in one Of Nias Ans.en's noxslA. and whose
duiinsss vas so dense n TO be entertaining.
The rejoinder. however. vas always . ush-
ing. II Americans eat peas with . knife.
Engiishmen kicked their wives and cold
them In open masket. and every ohenss
against social convention o. our part WAS
set Oh by an ofense against common h1-
mainly on the part of John Bail The cats-
loRos Vas long and painful. and II left the
same impression of brutality among thu
lower English novels Of the last century.
and fror- hints in HoRaIth's pictures and
which il constantly confirmed By current
reports. Tbs latest Of such stories 10 that
Of the Missile thrown at Mr.. Gladstone and
the riot At the speech OF n. Stanley.
Our elections are excited. and there 10
somssimes 4 quarrel at the polls. Bu. there
10 n breaking up the meetings Of one party
by tie attacks Of the other. Just after tbs
adoption Of the constitution Alexander
made . speech in the opsn air in
Sew York. and stone we're thrown at him;
and in the hot campaigns ths. preceded the
civil var there we're sometimes violent In
.srrnpsiors Of political meetings. Bot the
custom of our campaigns il wholly differ
snt. Each side respects the meetings of
the other. and . personal ~indignity from a
democratic opponent to Nr. Edmnnds'
speaking upon the stump would be resented
upon sill sidtsa A. warmly - . republican as
sauls upon Mr.. BEysrd.
Such q scene - shst at Lambeth in Lon
don, where Mr.. Stanley and his wife we're
driven from the platform BY IN angrs mob.
which sought to tear them from their CARR
ages. and from which they escaped only
With great difficulty. is wholly unknown in
this part of the English speaking world.
Yet is seems TO be very familiar in tbe
British is.andk II springs from the sans
spirit tbs. makes prizs fighting & national
institution. and which made Tsins feel that
upon = &C tain kind OF EnRiishnsn the
veneer OF civilization 10 very thin.