The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-05

his philippe With rapturou- rcCaiir'
lion oi the raptnro1s charms of PAS &.
where, IN ~ probability, no one ri then
ever WIS, except - obtain passports To-
leaving lie klngdom.
They falk 81 beauties that TREY never saw
Aud tancy rapture that thcy never knew,
The Chinrse, who never vas free from u
sweat TIL he Jephled the Capc Of Guod
Hope, aui nhe, when IN Canton, never
l"fg"t III his praycrs |" tmplole III, hlcs.
,iug, of a iamhle or pesliIencc, catching
i'e confag,sn ~ tbe company, and me.
chemically initiative, though he could Dot
speak Sc IS fe be und.,s luud, rndcasorod
hs sgns AID e'rugs - show that he suffer
ed rom tie heat, and gave Us To under
stand thet ~ annusl plague must be n,,i.
t,blr IN s,pIl climate. The lrshmau, " ho
swallowed 4wo bottles uf claret with 4 mead
besides brandy add malt liquors, swurr TIM
lntrTlefai, weather gave hun le,ers.-
Thr lioiISndrsn0ked iIl5 phl"gtnalic pipe
IA sllrnce, hooking appreciation aud the
complying Creek nodded assent, WhIlr al
tiblr 10 every syllnhlr that was uttered
though hc afterwards conceded with mr IN
4 contradiction Of the whole. When WAS
formerly IN America ! knew several To-
riga'fs, then well stricken in years, who
| had resided Here since the peace of 1893,
always gruufbIing over the pri,aioBs 81
this country, and signing for The moment
that should once more present them
to ihc enjoymrnts III their own /; most of
whoru have seen SINCE my prrseut 'isll
LIVING exactly where aud rs Tiny were,
/ erumhIlng and signing ~ usual but lat
and satisfied, aud lndulgiug not the least
expectation of ever exchanging their for
horn state here foI their brilliant prospects
elsewhere. Lake a well fed curat", they
/ dwell forever on the destinations of
/ lut6rIty, ~ coutrasted with thc wrctchrd
n',s ot mortality, recommending all good
lnen TO hasten from the one 10 the .othcr,
! bul without an. Wish for themselves to
| lrapc tins world of tlibuiatian.
| But III" arrhnl Interpretations. OF this
country which philosophers and historians.
! Travellers aad tslcbearrrs seem To Have +
| conspircd 10 impress on thr ignorance and /
!PreIudces oi others, would not have had
TIE permanent and extensive effect they /
have had the permanent and extensive ct
feet lhes haze had, both here and in Flu.
rope, had they not been adopted. pi,troni.
std aud disseminated by those native A.
mcricans, of whom, the number, though
daily diminishing. i still too great who,
awed by perpetual comparisons with the
superior refinement, power, iuisl!l Lencr.
and happiness Of Europe, have been rehuk 3,
ed INTO concessions of their own lnfprloritN. /
involuntary feeling of respect, with WhIch !
| the American cplUnisls Ntre accustomed !
I regard Europe, particularly their mother
country, II Will require generation or two |
| TO wear nut BY European individuals il |
las asserted on all occasions; by many
| American individuals it Is almost as often,
sometmcs unc0nscIously. ackuon hdged, |
| on one side enforced, ON the other roncr-
dcd 10 such u degree, as TO mark, not indeed
| tbs hardctrr OF the country, ior The coGn-
! try in general neither feels nor avows il.
but the characterised many respectable and
Influential individuals, with talnencss and
snbsenIency they themselves are not
ware Of; which pcryade every depa,tnt nj.
| particularly thOsc of social life and the
higher classes and carry abroad aflong
the many who adopt these individuals as
typos of the nation, those opinions which
are 50 prevalent of It's want of an original
National genius and character. Il is Tins
colonial spirit which causes inccssant strug
! giles between an instructive love Of country
and an habluai veOeraton for " hat IS Eu-
| rapPan: IN " hlrh struggle the latter feeling
too often pr"dominates and with many
native Americans nj education and alla-
ence, who are by 30 msaus deficient IN per-
sondI Independence, the first emotion to
| wand hat Is American - contempt, the
Grd emotion toward whatever prorc,tls.
from that natan of Europe, 10 which they
happen To be- most attached, is reverence
and admiration If a custom, production,
ol institution he American, II costs them nm
effort 10 approve but if foreign, they sub
mt To II with implicit faith. They depre.
clatc not only the politics, literature, sci
encr and language, bat the morals, man
ners, and state of society, according 10 the
reduced scale of foreign detrdctiUn. But
this is not the spirit of the people, but vi
! those small sections, who claim Ia be their
bettcrs. \ ser,ile pOstp0nemeut ri their
own natural and manly habits to the most
Ipreposterons European usagrs, Il Thirst af
ter the company and alliance ot foreign
ers in preference To their own country
men, an affected reluctance to live and
die where they were born, are some Of
the symptom, of this miserable disease,
infinitely more miserable and less PARDON
able than lis opposite la mdiddic gu pGgS.
A state ofsoclety in the meridian ofreine-
ment and virtue, midway between sintphci
~ aud corruption gay and polite, without
being profllSate shedding the seleCtest
Influence of domestic comfort and puric
tranquility 10 the eye of deprayity may
present but a homely and insipd scene :
but TO such as love manly employment & ra
tonal recreation, is an en,iahle state, whose
unequalled blessings they do not deserve
! To partake, who are not grateful fer being
born in the country where they flourish
Sentiments of repugnance in the native of
such country are only tolerablr, while