The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1835-12-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

JOHN BULL IN YANKEE TOWN.  From the Pictou (Nova Scotia) Observer.  • We learn by the public papers that the Republicans of New York, have been lately favoured with a rare opportunity of displazing their vulgar plebevianism. It seems that the Marqurs.al Waterford and several gentlemen of noble descent, had done that city the honor of a visit; and as of course the New Yorkers are as fond of LIONS as others, their head magistrate wished to establish his own fame by entertaining such an. anamalous assemblage in the States, as a 'small party of British noblemen. The feast seems to have done credit to the worthy mayor's hospitality, especially as we are led to suspect, that he was chairman of the last New York Grand Temperance Convention. However, the noble marquis and his lion. associates, fancying themselves in the land of liberty, despite of the known existence of Lynch-law, and brutal Negro Slavery, took the unpardom.ble liberty of returning to their lodgings without requiring of their entertainer the protection of a posse comitatus. This they were led to do from the custom of their own land; but had they known the rancourous hatred of-Yankees to all aristocratical rank, they would have asked of the myththat guard which he knew they required, to insure them against insult. It is quite obvious, from the chuckling and gasconading of the American editors, that. the party was designedly way-led:and attacked. The glare of the gaslight of freedom !!) was too inefible to fall upon such unhallowed eves; and the'opportunity was too good-to be lost, to pour upon the aristocrats of Britain, who by their presence- had honoured- their shores, the ugly slime of de:, mocratic insolence. The worthy Functionary, forgetfulof-the duty which is owing to a stranger of•rank, arraigned' the whole party in the common room, and in common with the basest culprits. In Bow-street, where the strictest justice is observed, the persons presiding, being gentlemen, treat peculiar cases with delicacy and respect; but here, instead of so acting,- we find a studied plan of exposure; and, as we have said before, occasion taken to throW the dirt of republicanism on the'bearers of honourable names. We by no means advocate impropriety of conduct in, or from any quarter; but when we find the use that has been made of John. Bull's unsuspiciousness, we cannot but enter our protest against the low advantage which has been taken of what must be called an inconsiderately wild -proceeding. It is possible that our noble and right honourable country may have been trying a slight experiment upon the American frolicking system, but it might have been expected from any gentlemanly executive, that a very different course of conduct should have been pursued towards them. The police magistrate, however, may he one of the highly gifted ranters with whom the Union abounds, and, no doubt, being in season, expectorated his loathing of monarchy and its appendages. •It sickens us, and fills us with the most contemptuous contempt, to find this street brawl referred to in connection with the little matter that ere while occurred at New Orleans. The people that make hickory nutmegs al e surely capable of making a hero of the murderer of Arbuthnot and Ambister ; and calling his name in question in relation to a gutter affray, is fully worthy of' a canaille, populace. The accounts given of the slight row which may have occurred at New YOrk, bears absurdity and falsehood upon the very face of it; and affords an additional evidence of the indwelling -hostility which the people of that country bear to our institutions. We thank our stars that we have nothing to do with their stars and stripes : for were it so, we should have to surrender the candour and gentlemanli... ness of Britons, for the blustering insolence and low braggadocying of illiberal republicans. In any other country a fair and manl:- allowance would be made for the extravagances or. excitement of youthful waywardness; but in-Yankee-town no such feeling seem -to exist, and a battle with the police affords a ground for crowing out the national glory. The State which needs such a mode of trumpeting, is deplorably low; and we are strongly inclined to think, that those who are most conscious of all want of title to respect, are those who will dkresped others, Contemn the courtesies of society, and become the braggart proclaimers of their own superior excellence.  hIAKING