Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-04

soohsr the country is and they take up their
abode the pine baTen'. From the pine barens. they
back into the town, from which, IN short ne
they arc again expelled
In New Orleans, &c, tsin ri,k, and has done
re,y OF s'vonry preparations. II he die the CT "n'n
ca him without cookery vi any sort He has 40 Tear o.
Ching vi his friend ia the country at any season o.
the year. But in Charleston a must be conunua.y
o" the alert; Tor, e. ~he,s there Is lever ~ Mis-
heels.
In such fatal cimae that the United States could
no. be expec eel that female he suy shouu og escape 'he
whitening effects Of The presidential atmosphere We are
accordingly told that
Like he ri o.i. Banquos lated iine, it COM. like
shadow, and departs. A. one OF twosnt-twen the
isl eriais Of beauty ioow alter At thirty the
whole fabric Is In decay aud nong remains but the
drion OF 10 conqurst.
Or the characters Of he gr. body Of traders ia Atnc
rca Mr. Hamilton expresses his idea in the following
passage:
Comparing them with the same classes in England
cannot but be struck with certain resoute and obtrusive
cupi,i,y OF gain and Iaxy Of principle TO the means
Of acquiring it, which should be sorry believe formed
any part Of the character of my counrymsn. l have
heard conduct praised in conversation at public table,
which, in England. would be attended not with
% Botany Bay. at least with total loss Of character
Tho following passages from the chapter Boston
serve to show in What light the New England people
exhibited in the work before
The New Enganders cold, slro wd, calculating,
and ingenious people, Of phlegma,ic temperament and
perhaps have in their composition less OF the stuff which
enthusiasts are made. than any other in the world la
at so high premium. No where is undertaking com,
piance with public opinion unsparingly enforced The
moved, is that of argument. New Eng,.ndcr is far
moro being OF reason than Of impulse Talk TO him Of
what high generous, and NOBLE aud he will look you
with vacant counenance. But tell him Of what just,
proper, and essential 10 his we'll being that OF his
family and he all His faculties, always sharp
II is good that the lawyer shsuri sometimes forget his
briefs, and the merchant his "agos-s and his money
bags that the poor man should cast off the memory OF his
dhnue in EivoiO Ise.
ments, Sabbath OF the passions But such Sab
bath the New E"gl lander rarely knows. Wherever he
the coils oil business around him. He Is OF
moral LAGOON, differing only Ia this that he makes
Struggle to be Free Mammon has no more zesous wor.
shipper than your true Yankee HIS homage i.
~ That OF the lip, or Of the knee; entire protraon
oil the heart the devotion Of all powers, bodily and
to the service Of the idol lie views the world but
vast exchange which he i, inpee, both by principal
and interest, overeach his neig bours il he can The
thought OF business is absent from his mind To
him. there Is no enjoyment without traffic He travels
nike with his shop or his counting house his back.
and like other hawkers ready open his budget
OF little private interests for discussion The
only respite he enjoys from the consideration OF his own
affairs Is the time he pleased to bestow pryng Into
yours.
New Highlander passes through the statutory process
oil educaon and life with the intimate conviction
that he has mastered ii the scrbie al eve
ry thing valuable within the domain OF intellect Ii ne
yer occurs 10 him possible ha, he may have formed
wrong conclusion any question, however intricate. Of
politics or religion He despises all know distracted
from the business Of the world and pres hmeeIf his
=, e,
believes himself the first and nobles oil Gods
he sound Of triumph is ever on his lips, and like
who has mounted the FIRST step Of ladder is his pride
10 look down on his neighbors, whom he oveops by
nc instead OF directing his attention TO the great height
vet to he surnounied
Tins folly, indeed, Is not peculiar to the New England
err though in him il is more strongly marked than in the
inhabitants of the other States enters into the very es
sence OF his characters part and parcel Of him, and
It's eradication would involve entire change OF being
blessing be oil him who first invented Sleep saws
saneho Panz" tor covers man all over like cloak"
And even so Jonathan may bless his vanity. He is en-
c"sed IN from top TO toe is PaDopy OF proof, which
renders him Vulnerable equally rdicue aud argument
II 10 TORN inst estimate OF ourselves and others be the
test oil knowledge the New Englander is the igno
rant OF mankind.
Jonathan is equally sober and industrious, but his repu.
tson for hone sty is a discount The whole Union is
full OF stories OF his cunning Frauds and Of the mposirions
he delights TO psrpetuate his simple neighbors
Whenever his love oil money comes in competition with his
zeal for religion, The latter is give way. c will
insist on the scrupuous observance Of the Sabbath and
cheat his customer the Monday ming His lie is
innocens.
The New Engsnders are no, an amiablc people One
meets in them much TO approve, little ADMIRE aud
thing to love.
Though tina schoolmaster has long exercised his voca
ton in these States, the fruit OF his abors is but little APP
parent the language of his pupils The amount of bad
grammar in circulation is very great; that Of
enormous or course, do speak of the operative
class, whose massacre of their mother tongue, however
inhuinan, could excite asonshment; but alIude to
the great body Of the lawyers ami traders the who
crowd the exchange and the hote, who be heard
tzcns to fill high and responsible offices.
The privilege OF barbarzng the Kings English is
sumed by all ranks and conditions OF men
The great body Of the New EngIanders guish
ed above every other people have known by bigo
try and narrowness OF mind, and utter dsreg gard OF
those delicaciss Of department which indicate
Of feeling.
We might adduce many more in tances Of the gross
misre senatons of The New England people which
abound in Mr. Hamions book, and among them nigh
quote the long story lie tells Of who ate npted
TO cheat him OF sixteen dollars which narrative the
author gives he says, Illustrative oil the New England
character His utter Indifference abou, correctness is
shown in the following plrsgrsph. Every reader knows
there Is State in the Union where the title Honor
il not applied to oil members Of Congress
The members OF the Federal States are addressed ge
nera!y in the Northern States, with the prefxture of
honorable, but the New Englsnders go farther, and
tend the same distinction 10 the whole body Of
tves, practice followed in other part Of the Union
Such 'rihes often afford consder able insight the
feelings OF people Nowhere nominal dis |
,nctions at high premium as in this republican country
Somewhat Of the character with the fact set forth
that the sides Of Broadway are skted by of sunted
and miserable looking popas useless either for shade
Mr.. HamiIton's horror of democracy 10 intense. He
ons no occasion TO turn up his srisfocrac al the
vulg1r institutions supported by universal suffrage His
contempt OF our literature is also freely expressed
the close OF the Revolution this country he says her
whole population, did not number a single scholar in
the CHER acceptaion Of term and had her
whole territory been contributed to form national library
it would bo have afforded the materials from which a
scholar could be framed" And shortly after, we meet
with the following passage:
There is at this moment nothing in the United States
worthy the name OF library Not only is there en-
tire absence Of learning in the higher Of the term
of ha fr0n tvti ain