ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA.
y hy of a more generous cause.
I s, opic; nor sed to it, but for terest apparently taken in it by my countrymen, and certain injurious effects tacoo muco ttacks. t do us any essential injury. tissue of misrepresentations attempted to be giant. Our country continually outgroer anotself. e to live on, and every day ion.
All ters of England united, if suppose t minds stooping to so union, could not conceal our rapidly groance and matcy. t conceal t t merely to p also to moral causes--to tical liberty, tained energy to ter of a people, and ional power and glory.
But o the aspersions of England?
o be so affected by tumely so cast upon us? It is not in t ation s being. t large is ter of a nations fame: s t nesses a nations deeds, and from tive testimony is national glory or national disgrace established.
For ourselves, t is comparatively of but little importance ; it is, perance to illing anger and resentment into tion, to gros gros strengters are laboring to convince er to ?nd an invidious rival, and a gigantic foe, sers for ated ility. Every one knoerature at t day, and s control. tests of temporary; t in t is to forgive and forget t to t; t in t spirits; t in t morbidly sensitive to t tri?ing collision. It is but seldom t any one overt act produces ilities betions; ts, most commonly, a previous jealousy and ill-ion to take offence. trace to ten o originate in ters, and circulate t is to in?ame the brave.
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