Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-08
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
Passages from Col. Hamilton and Baron D. Haus.
sez. selected nv the Baltimore American

Passages from Col. Hamilton and Baron D. Eaus.
SEE, selected by the Baltimore American.
american Nationality -" One Of the most
remarkable features Of the American character is
an Unsuitable appetite for praise. which defies all
restraint OF reason or common sense."-Hamil-
ton.
English Nationality" The English never
theless allow stranger, with manifest reuc.
lance, to form an opinion of what passes in En-.
gland. Among the politest Engishmen, an un.
equivocai Impotence, is exhibited; and those
who are less courteous, take no pains to dssem-
Bile their feelings. Nobody could find fault with
the English, il thew exhibited towards other ma.
tons the reserve which they exact from strangers
speaking Of their own."- D'Haussez.
Clergymen IN america. wish to record
my conviction that those who adduce the state of
religion in the United States, as afordng illus.
traton Of the inutilty of an Established Church,
are either bad reasoners or ignorant men. -
Hamilton.
"The education of the clergy differed in little
from that Of the laymen. OF the learning there
was none, nor did there exist the means Of acqui-
ring it. 1t is probable that within the limits Of
the United States, there was not to be found a
single copy Of the works of the fathers. Ibid.
SteTgyNtSV I've TsHgtUNU.-' An CleF-
gvman is a man Of distinguished birth, surround
ed nv numerous family, provided with rich
benefce, living in luxury, participating in every
pleasure, in all the enjoyuents Of the world,
paying. hunting, dancing, attending the theatres,
neither grave nor serious, unless nature has made
him so; he is one who boards his emoluments in
order TO settle his children: VIM spends his tor
tune in wagering, in horses, in dogs, sometimcs
(when he is thoughtless and devoid of foresight)
with a mistress; in any event, giving little to
the poor. and leaving their case, and the fulfil
ment Of duties which he disdains, to some unfor.
tunate curdte. who for a miserable stipened is
obliged to exhibit the virtues and fu! the duties
which the incumbent despises and neslects."
~ Haussez.
american Congress-" A portion o. the
House of Representatives at Warrington, struck
me as vulgar & uncouch, in degree which nothing
in my previous experience had prepared me to
expect II is impossible to look on these men with
out at once receiving the conviction that they
are not gentlemen by habit or education. aud
assuredly in no society in Europe could they be
received as such. "-Hemilton.
"He would fud in the Capitol Of Washington,
two assemblies Of PLAIN farmers, aud attorneys,
men who exhibit in their whole department an
evident aversion from the graces and elegancies
of polished society; OF coarse appetites, and
coarser manners; and betraying practical con.
tempt for all knowledge not palpably convertible
to the purposes Of pecunary proit!"-i6id.
British Parliament 80 The members are
dressed in the most careless fashion, in frock
coats, in boots. with their hats on, or with an
umbrella under the arm. They listen to few
speeches. They but repeat the cry Of I" Hear,
hear" with intonations which give TO the words,
alternately, meaning Of appreciation or disap
probation, as they perceive their friends, who
have heard the speaker, cheering ironically or in
earnest. They talk, move about, cross the room,
without attention to him who speaks, or those
who listen.-U 'Haussez.