Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-30

easterly wiuts, and clouds and storms in aoun-
dance, they have no sickly seasons IN which they
are obliged to fly from home; but that our slave.
holding states are uninhabitable for nearly hall
the year, and some of them more, and even PHI
ladeIphia and New York are subjected to the
yellow fever, and that its ravases are such IN
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, "that every
mortal who can possibly afford it, scamPers oft
to the Canadas. or to the northern corners OF the
Union;' and filthy, though we boast OF our
steam navigation, we shave no steam vessels
that 90 to sea- or so few, that they are not worth
mentioning, but, with the exception Of few that
go through Long Island SOUND" and one or two
which run from Boston to the ports to the north
ward, they are confined to fresh water-and that
our steam vessels cannot stand the action OF the
sea for ten minutes. ln politics aud morals,
too, the countries differ essentially. The Unit
ed States have no king nor court-no aristocra-
cy-no established church-no national debt
no Indigenous literature, Of much consequence
they have Indians-and they have no Botany
Bay to which they can send their culprits.
Without stopping to examine the correctness
of this catalogue Of differences, we shall without
hesitation admit the existence of many OF them;
not including among them, however, the allega-
ton that "every mortal in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, who can possibly afford 1t, scam-
pers off every year to the Canadas or the north
ern corners Of the Union.'' But we shall for the
present bsseiy notice the singular fact, that they
should seize hold, with degree of exultation,
Of a book written by woman who landed at
New Orleans, sailed up the Mississippi and Ohio
in steamboat to Cincinnati, where she spent
great part Of the time OF her soJourn'ng IN this
country and from thence collected the principal
4. e., al koo tho DO1npSfSc 110r
ners of the americans"
1t appears that Mrs Troilope 1--WE hope the
name has not been assumed) came to this c"un-
try, under the matrony superintendent Of Miss
Fanny Wright--an excellent patronage, under
which to gain access to that description of peo-
pe who give character to the manners Of a
country-that she landed at New Orleans. a
place which formerly belonged to Great Britain,
and afterwards in succession to Spain and
France, and which the United States bought,
with all its characteristics and qualities, within
thirty years--that she then, in process OF time,
proceeded to city, whose foundation is but
very few years Older than the annexation Of Lou
isana to this country. the state Of Ohio itself, OF
which it is the principal town. not being forty
years old. Now we protest against Mrs Troll
lope's Standard for the reasons we have given.
If there IS any thing in the manners of either
New Orleans or Cincinnati, which falls below
her taste, even allowing that taste to be morally
unexceptionable, the places which she principal.
ly describes are too young to furnish samples Of
national manners. That there are many we'll
bred, intelligent, and respectable people IN both
places, is beyond doubt; but it is very unlike
~ that Mrs. Trollope ever gained admittance in.
to such fan lilies. Her opinions, therefore, are
entitled to very little consideration. At the
same time. we presume they are very much upon
a footing, in this respect, with the observations
and remarks Of the great run OF English travel
lers in this country.