, 1896-06-13

among US, some of the great charitable AM
intellectual associations, with which Americ
abounds, and thus cease to hear the bite
bewailing Of our ardent reformer and genui1'
phiIdnthropist mot irony "Musidorus" whose
pessimistic letter caused the editor to saddle
him with "a respondent mood"
9th. We would Immediately be brought
III close relationship with about u 900 900
Consumers of our produce, with whom we
would, very likely, have the most improved
steam communication. By free trade with
the Union, we would naturally have cheaper
food and clothing, for our rural population.
Space and time, will not permit me, to go
more in detail in this matter, but whether
or not, these Islands are being sue ;~essfully
managed, or there exist, as you point out
"IUs," or not in as healthy or SOlUent a state
as you desire, and the dissati faction of aohich,
possibly prompted yoN. to offer to our respect
able officials, s0Aat yo@ yourself declare to be
"a nauseoMs piU." it is hut only too natural
to claim, that the American is quite capa-
Bile of making u success; M expecta-
ton which will be supported by all who
have made the acquaintance Of American
History or of the American in his home,
the u. $. A.. Mr.. Salmon, in his /" Caribbean
Confederation - relates the following descrip.
ton of the administrative qualities of the
American, page 81. After re- ating the seve-
raj failures to make a certain coffee estate
pay in Brazil, the proprietors determined to
get an American overseer, because AmerI-
cans hare the reputation of making a thing
pay phen Other men cannot" and who fully
realized their expectation at the hand of the
American. Now brother "Content" let me
offer you a friendly advice before you again
attempt to write in SO sanguine q way, of the
American anu his Government, qualify first
yourself on the subject. ! know an instance
in this very Island, where an Englishman
otherwise highly educated and cultured) who
held a poor opinion of the American Nation
as comp red to thai of his own nationality,
simply by taking 4 trip for d few months to
the U. S. A. came back with entire altered
ideas, having become from his observations
and experiences, to a very great extent Ameri-
canized;a course which | would advise you (f
the foregoing 90 not %sufice) to adopt, and
OIL your return, [ shall simply expect to hear
you, instead Of challenging their stability,
responsibility, ability of m king and keep.
ing laws, and governing &c. to hear you
declare of their greatness, in the words of
Sheba's Queen of old, "Ihe half was never
told me-
In conclusion Mr.. "COntent" let me inform
you, that by your sarcasm, which you so unjust
ly hurl at the Americans. one of your clients
further suffers at your own hands. | explain
The American Nation, being to a great ex-
tent composed Of "Dutchmen," an idiom
i'll the u. $. A. comprising Norwegians,
SwedeS, Danes, Germans. Austrians, Hol-
landers, and in fact all peoples, who
make use of the word Ja, or its approx
mate; it naturally follows that in character
aud disposition they cannot be greatly
different from such. then it follows,
that when you charge the Americans with
rawness, race prejudice. pompous blood and
iron qualities, you of necessity, to a great ex-
tent, also charge all the nationalities men
toned with the same.
Hence your illusions, when subjected to
analysis, and reason, are like the author
/ presume, found w~anting-not of reckless
statements and invectives but of ...........
| leave the inference.
Thanking you Mr.. Editor for the space so
kindly afforded me, in vindicatiOn of a good
caIse.
| remain,
very truly yours,
AMERICA.
June, 9Th 1895.