a look of regret as ernal roof, and lament t t ions of the child.

    S-sig or England may be in tem of aspersion, recrimination on our part  of a prompt and spirited vindication of our country, or t castigation of  I allude to a disposition to retaliate in kind, to retort sarcasm and inspire prejudice, ers. Let us guard particularly against sucemper; for it ead of redressing ting as tort of abuse and sarcasm; but it is a paltry and an unpro?table contest. It is ternative of a morbid mind, fretted into petulance, rato indignation. If England is o permit trade, or ties of politics, to deprave tegrity of ain of public opinion, let us be to diffuse error, and engender antipation:  of national jealousy to gratify; for as yet, in all our rivalsy. to ans ti?cation of resentment--a mere spirit of retaliation--and even t is impotent. Our retorts are never republis, t ter a querulous and peevisemper among our ers; t ?oerature, and sos blossoms.  is still e try, and, as far as t, excite virulent national prejudices. t is t especially to be deprecated. Governed, as irely by public opinion, tmost care saken to preserve ty of trutes a prejudice, ion of rys strength.

    te. tions of to come to all questions of national concern s. From ture of our relations   questions of a dif?cult and delicate cer ion,--questions t affect t acute and excitable feelings: and as, in tment of tional measures must ultimately be determined by popular sentiment,  be too anxiously attentive to purify it f