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.Ihe truth is. the English, as whole, know
much less Of us than we do of them. Of course
/ do not speak Of all. There are many who
know us well; many who have travelled in the
United States; many others who do business with
us; others, again, who, as statesmen or as scho-
lars, know us because they know all the world;
but these are few in comparison with the many
who know little of us. And it seems to be the
object of many Of the tory newspapers to per-
petuate this ignorance, or, rather, what IS worse,
to magnify our vices and follies, and conceal our
virtues. Every little mob or local outrage, Of
which we certainly have too many, enough to
make US blush and be ashamed, is magnihed,
and the whole represented as the legitimate result
of republicanism; and as being not exceptions to


the general state Of things but the prevailing cha
racterstics of the nation. Even the swatch
man." paper in London, devoted TO the inter
ests of Religion, condescends sometimes to
give currency to such representations. linen
ton this not by way of censure or complaint, but
to show how extremely prevalent such sentiments
are; sentiments which, while they tend to alien
ate the affections of the two nations from each
other, do immense mischief to the cause Of hu-
manity and Christianity. The truth is, our
mobs are fewer and much less violent than they
are in the United Kingdom, and for most we have,
we are indebted to the recent emigrants from
some of the British isles. IL His Majesty would
keep all such of his subjects at home are dis
posed to be factious, we should have very little
trouble in all our maturely organized states in


maintaining the authority of the laws. 1t is great
|ly to be hoped that this country may soon know


us better, and then she will do us better JUSTICE