The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28

a Rcbukc Administered 10 the A~nEiomnniac.
OF More Than Eighty Years Ago.

FROM inc NrT D OrF tOrrrctOr or 1919,
II is not only astonishing. but really humili.
ating. to observe with what generation II certain
classo our good citizens look upon everything
of British birth. or British origin; and with what
sickly aftcctation and parricidal contempt they
speak of their own country, its powers, it's
products. it's government. It's manners. and its
institutions. : This Is neither the effect
OF ambition, Of power, Of honest prejudice, nor
OF party heat. II results from innate and CON
scious littlcncss. II l.. the oblntion OF IA low,
grovclitng., aud sycophantic spiri,-of "A mind
thnt slrinkS from independence and graduates
Ia tyranny. ~ atoms 10 the centre. Ii
must not W. disguised : that there is an.
other class more numerous and more
respectable, possessed of talents. II not OF in.
legrity; and Of influence, II not Of patriotism
professcdly attached To their country. its inter
csts and Its honor. who, nevertheless
seem seem to look up t" the English With a Kind OF
TOMS the source OF all tina; is sublime and
beautiful on earth!
From whence arises this strange attachment !
qualities that base and constitute the character
81 an tnglishmani That inflated arrogance;
that assumption OF excellence; that boast OF
power. which admits OF no equal and allows OF
no competitions: that insolent but affected con.
tempt Of other governments and other countries:
that impotcnt but imposing attitude; that nerve.
'ess hut dictatorial spirit in short, that boosted
and exclusive perfection in arts and in arms. in
morals and In manners. Or does IL arise from
their superior observance OF religious duticsi Is
our admiration excited by that false and al.
. ll''N lhut ny pttTlllCHl ufNDtlOnW WHICH,
amid lust and rapinc. murders. massacrcsa and
contagrations. sncrilcgiously appeals TO the
cross, ana assumes al once the control and de-
fence ot. the Christian world! Are these the
captivating traits that dazzle our countrymcui
Are these tho alluriny qualities that Danish
from our breasts that love OF country. that spirit
or Independence, that sclf-rrspect and all those
local affections which nature has implanted
alike IN the Indian and the Arabi Or docs the
rc1ncilhrancc OF the maternal solicitudc ANA
protection of England during our hlial vassal-
a;r, inspire ~ with this unhOunded admiration!
~ th" debt OF gratitude for the support of our
infancy, aud for the manifold blessings bestowed
upon ny in our ripper years. never To he dis.
yhargCdi
l. our love excited by the recollection Of her
alcrtlonnte embraces at lGNingtOn-her more
man maternal nndncSs IN nrining the mcrci.
l'S> sdNLSrS ana Touring them upon our de-
i%crcnlcss women and uhiidrCn-her employment
ol the mcrConary barhariHns OF Gcrmhny and
The refuse NJ her own kingdom IN rayngc our
'htsl., To burn our cities, ANA 10 carry lire and
sword into the heart of our peaceful cOuntry-ln
short, 10 rob uS Of orr properly and freedom.
ana 10 reduce VS. tU n state of scrvilC dr;ruu.
rncc. Of hr.r and unconditional submission
Docs IN, recollection ~ these ih!nRs-!uCs he.
own history ar the history Of our revocation.
MI rs With This imnca-r"nhlc respect
Dr, mus, We dC''on! 10 hCr more recent
achievements, and J'tr.hItC IL 10 her total disrc-
ghri ui III" laws 81 ni'!Ons, and % those princi.
nlCs iHli guNCvn The CiviiiSrh WORLD TO the arc.
our suAIErn; 10 me murder OF Pierce; to the base
ana ~r9""ri!l attack avon the Chesapeake; to
ne I%hhlinnh ~, tinl"n' OF American prisoners;
to the petty pillHEr and wnniun destruction OF
private property at lIivrr-6ctrncc: to The
shockins outrage" NJ hampton: 10 Tie burning
M Inc 'Ipltoi; 10 the hurr'd mutilnliOns and
lnhhSacrts or our dr,Cn,cicsE inhabitants by her
scotch rniiians and savage allies, aud. lastly ia
ness, that b!ooiihiro,y deposition displayed in
Inc rare murders ~ DarlInoOr prison