Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1880 — Some Americans We Are Ashamed of. [ARTICLE]

Some Americans We Are Ashamed of.

It is a melancholy fact that, of all people under the sun, Americans—those who have the most reason to be proud of their country—are the only race who are ashamed of it. Not that all Americans are so contemptible, but many who go abroad fire a disgrace to their birthplgpe,

by actually attempting to pass themselves off as English or French, or anything but Americans. The Chinese, the Japanese, Russians, Turks, Germans, English and French—all nations civilized and otherwise—under any and all circumstances, defend and are proud of their native land. It is only the American, “ with soul so dead,” who apes the English, or attempts to pass himself off as French. If we had a Siberia, it might be well to send a few cf .these illconstructed idiots thither for life, and, perhaps, recollection would stimulate their patriotism.— Andrcics’ American Queen.