American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-03-04

It was notifying 10 me to ohse We aI this IN al.
seInb|y whose proceedings are conducted with 50
much order and propriety, and IN chambets so truly
beautiful as the Senate and House oil Representa-
tives-the latter the most beautiful hall ever saw
Another thing which has dispieased ne, is the
prof5Sion and aodsp asuattg erhihited ut meats.
Except in the very best society the plate is often
loaded with variety of viands, whit dismissed
half eaten. An Engllshman is shocked at the hhe-
raj portions allotted to the young ladies til he bnds
they afford no measure Of the appettes OF thoe to
whom they sent. who appear to be as abstenious
his own fair country women Still this exhibition
of waste is always displeasing and when viewed in
connection with the suferings Of many OF thu 20"
pulation or our country, is also distressing. Bus
the necessaries of life here produced in album
dance and with very Few exceptions, within thrs
reach of every one only recoect seeing three
beggars since landed
After touching on these points, do not feel viii
ling to conclude my letter without reminding YOU
Of the kindness and hospitality, the good sense and
intelligence which have every where met with;
and of that frequent exhibition of philsbhropiC and
religious feeling which has given peculiar nie~
rest to many of the scenes through which ha 6
passed. The American character, to be estimated
correctly, must be regarded as a whole-and as a
whole it has been illuminated TO degree de- oea~
tory. both to the intelligence and generosity Of my
country. The Americans have been exasperatsa
into unfiendy feelings by real jeal usy and APP
parent contempt; and their very sensbillty TO our
good opinion, which they cannot conceal, has ren-
dered the Interpretations of ou travellers and
journalists the more irritating, Americans have
often asked me If we do not IN England consider
them horde OF savages; and when the question has
been proposed to me by fair lady, in handsome
drawing room furnished with every article OF luxury
(which money could procure in London or Pairs
found no difficulty IN acquesring In the conclusion
which she seemed to dlaw from hssy glance
around her that such an idea won rot be qnitp just
> On such occasions. have often though how many
Of my candid and hbe' al lcuale friend would blush
if they could be int oduc for the evening to find
how erroneous were their previous ideas OF transo
atlantic society
i Bul il is when joining IN religious worship with
Exemplary and eminent Christians, witnessing
the extent d variety OF their benevolent efforts,
/, that | most keeny feel the apathy with which in
England we accustomed to regard Our Ameri-
can brethren ! really am not without hope,, that
+ may yet become the fashion for ladies' OF the wo
countries 70 recpIosae visits across the Atlantic.
Then, and perhaps not TIL then, VIII my country
women learn to do justice to their ssterss
and leaving to us their knIghts-errant, to main
tain their own superiority in duty bound, will be-
gin 10 think it possible al least, that intelligence,
refinement and pety. may combine, even on this
lsde OF the Atlantic, to form characters Justly etti-
Tiled to esteem and affection. The supercous disc
s., dan with which in many circles the very idea os
polished society in America is rejected would be
Suppressed by more correct estimate Of American
manners; and prejudice will be succeeded by cam
dour and liberallty. Christian sympathy also would
he awakened towards those unknown distant ltiendss
who, sprung from the same stock, and speaking the
same language, profess also the religion; and
who, strangers and pilgrims on the EARTH like their
European brethren aud sisters, travelling a thor
ny road 20 that better country, where all all true
Christians will be forever united in one common
family
My very s-nsihty to the unriyaled exc ellencies
of my lair country women, makes me additionally
socitous that they. at least, should be exempt from
Those unchristan prejudlces which some OF my
country women appear to regard a. pools OF patrl-
osm. The pleasure and emulation with which
have Just been listening, IN lag party, to wa m
eulogiums On Mrs. Hannah Moore and Mrs Fry,
and some other OF oul lllus,ruus females have rem
dered me at this moment peculiarly susceptible on
this point; and you must excuse M if write with
corresponding earnesness The conversation ailer-
wards turned an the signs oil the times IN both coun~
tries; and on our ran bles in Canada y here n,any
of the party had spent the summer 1t was very
pheasant to compare our adventures and impress
lsions.-Montreal and Quebec muc h like old
European towns and differ so widely from the u.
Estates, that an American feels as lar from home,
lon his FIRST arrival in Canadian city, did in the
forests of The Mississippi. AS he looks round him,
The feels more and more in foreign land; and The
foreign languages and gentle maunes OF native Ca
lnadans conhim the impression. The pomp of
!, monarchy, when dimiy In the regala OF
" viceroy; the arisocratlcal distinctions apparent
ieven in a colony; the vesees OF feudal system O
k be traced the surrounding segnores; the nunne-
,st RES and the Catholic Churches, with their vesper
lie, and matin bells; the Catholic clergy walking in the
H. streets; and the boa DIS OF plenary Indulgence
or pended from the WALLS all cacula ed al
in impressions connected rather with the old wo, Id
e Than with the newly discovered continent where