Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-23

toned to res. heir opinions Oh It, r.,,
experience, rather than on ingenious Il
RES and abstract reasOnlngs; and are all.
won't 70 overturn the one by simple ann.
TO The other They have much gems,
knowledge, but are bes, read in Phi!osopL.
history, political economy, aud the ge.e,
science Of goverament. The world, how,
yer. is the book which they consider n,
a,ten,ively, and they make general Dr.,
tice Of turning over the pages OF every n,
mind that comes across THIN; they DOH j.
very quietly and very ciyiiIy. and with i
understanding that you are at perfect lb,,
to do the same by them. They are ep,i,, e.
without, mauvdise homie. The cons,an, >,
ercrse Of the reasoning powers gives 70 H., Il
character and manners mildness, pI,iD,
and unchangng suayily, such as are Of.
remarked in Europe in men devoted 10 +
abstract sciences. Wonderfully patient a.
candid in argument, close reasoners, aer.
observers, and original thinkers, they uut, 4
stand little The play OF words, or as #.
French more distinctly express it, badiaas
This people have nothing Of the poet
them, nor of the bel esprit. On The OH,
hand. they are well informed and Iib.r
philosophers, who can give you in an b,N
hour more solid instruction and enligh,ep.d Z
views, than you could receive from The T., B
corps lileraire ct dramataque Of Europe b,
listening to them for whole evening
is said that every man has his forte, and g
perhaps, has every nation; that OF The An,
rican IS clearly good sense; this sterling ou
lily is the current coin of The country, sDt
is curious to see how Immediately il trie, b. 8
metal OF other minds. In truth, know
persons who sooner makes you sen.bI, n
your own ignorance.
twas finely answered by an Amerie,,
citizen to an European, who, oOkiD,
round him, exclaimed" Yes; this is All
we'll. You have all the vulgar and ts
substantial, but look in vain for the Or.
aamentaL Where are your ruins ana
your poetry?" There are your ruins !
replied the republican, pointing to a re-
volutionary soldier who was turning uu
the giebe; and then extending his ham
over the plain that stretched before them
smiling with luxuriant farms, and lt,!.
villas, peeping out from beds of trees
"Ihere Is our poetry
"There is something truly sublime in
the water scenery Of America; her lake:
spreading into inland seas, their vast, decp
and pure waters rejecting back the aauit
OF heaven, untainted with cloud; he
rivers, collecting the waters of hills All
. plains interminable, rolling their mass
, volumes for thousands of miles, now b.,
ken into ca;aracts to which the noble;
cascades of the old hemisphere ere tho,
OF rivulets, and then sweeping dow
their broad channels to the far-off ocea,
the treasures of a world The lake. al
rivers of this continent seem to dispi!
!. all foreign auxiliaries Of nature or ar
and trust in their own unassisted MAZE
ty to produce effect upon the eye and Il
mind; without alpine mountains or mos
grown ruins they strike the spectatc
with awe. Extent, weight, depth-it
by these intrinsic qualities that they a
5 feet him; their character is one Of simF
grandeur; you stand upon their brink,
I traverse their bosom, or gaze upon the
rolling rapids and tumbling cataracts an
: acknowledge at once their power and in
mensity, and your insi gnifcance and ii
, becility. Occasionally you meet with e
ceptions to this rule. | recall at this N
: ment the beautiful shores of the Passal
t its graceful cascades, its walls of roc
D shelving into CLASSY peaceful food,
= wooded hills, and rich and varied Ian
!, scape, all spread beneath sky Of sIo'
!, ing sapphires; a scene for Claude to ga
upon. These north western waters, no
o ever, have nothing Of this character; y
e find them bedded in vast level plains, bc
It dered only by sable forests, from viii
e the stroke of the AK has just startled 4
panther and the savage"
"The mode in which the contents
the post bagare usually distributed TIL
the less populous districts, had often
e fore amused me. l remember, when
d king cross cut in a queer sort of a ca
van, bound for some settlement on
IS southern shore Of Lake Erie, observil
with no small surprise. the operations
!. our eharioteer-a paper flung tothe rIG
hand, and anon a paper flung to the lie
), where no sight or sound bespoke the P
4 senee of human beings. l asked if I
bears were curious OF news-upon viii
{ l was informed, that there was set
T. in the neighborhood, who ought to h
n been on the look ont or some of his 81