Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-06
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.dUericc, from lSlI 10 1920, SrO. London:
1t is not every day that the public has opportunity of
getting inside the doors OF Embassy. Mr. Rush came
over 10 nis country as American Envoy at the close of
lsl1 and resided here about eight years in that csuacy
The single year OF iSiS however compes The whole of
the present volume except few poges al the be ginning
ana The end The office isone which seems to have been
wen bestowed upon him. not less the public account
man on his own While he fought his countrys battles
Us Son'y II not as crafty, Mr.. GaaGn himself he
saw all mat was 10 be in high places and the
same time, let official ceremonies into his mind
ana cheat him out OF the nse epioymens Of
p'a'" NE" Without revealing any secrets, lie shows
we sor' OF HE ambassadors are leading. We feel satisfied
mat The ow-paid plenipoientay OF Republic will agree
WIN u.s. mat profession, which is abundauly paid in
honor anu IN pleasure, need press quite 20 hard in ne
cuniary hgureS upon oar Civil List
Mr.. Kush appears to have had all his eyes about him
while he among u, and it was his first yi4i 10 En-
rope. AS every thing was new to him, many Of his de.
scrpons WILL of be upon the other side O,
me Atlantic than on this. The most familiar incidents
however, may be viewed with pleasure in the company OF
"good-natnred an observer Ii get back time into
our youth when we 90 sight seeing with children the
hrstnpressons OF an intelligent ger TO do something
more Tor us hey give society chance OF original
upon subjects habit has rendered worse than common
place The case OF England and America has been so mis-.
managed 10y most preceding Writer'S that kind of OH
ghai'y, perhaps the BEST has been placed easily within
tho reach OF Mr. Rush. Good sene and good cling are
The first requisites in our respective critics The i,cIe
uoh Wich can Judge justly, and prsdisposiiion Judge
evorabIy in this instance all the talents in The
world These qualities are eminenty characteristic
author HIS journal is the evident irui, of sensible and
vrtuous mnd, "a ndovng truth, and (what, it is
strange, should be ccmpIsenO DESTROYS oil being pleas
bird and four A,
a'e offensive FOLLY, OF which the sensible and humane of
both countries have had much TO complain TO
meet win the orbearance aud canior which he dipl"ys
OH all occasions
We viii mention few examples OF the spirit of conci.
h'uoh WIN which Mr. Rush continues as an author the
good Cires by which lac was NJ r,i,is,r
shd seeks 10 remove the grounds family disputes by
bringing US 10 friendly understanding of each other l.
seems TIN 1913 there silly drop curtain at Covent
Garden representing the flags OF the nations with whom
we have been at war; (ADeca among the re
ana suelec!on Instead OF the twenty pages threaten
rug PnnPPcS, "h'ch Mr. Cooper would have waved over
our heads on such false and misplaced exhibition Mr.
Rush only taps MS reproaChfuly lie shoulder kindly
observing What England has fame enough, military and
OF all KINDS without straning in small ways after wha,
does not belong 10 her. Literary mischief makers who
IRON went Of sGiris9iY dn"si"g between real lie
one ana gentlemen of their savages in the olher have
ido'red also TO persuade their counrymen that their
te"!@ 'o@"nfrJcEcs D. bach yapklipg in our
VINO had been in Burgoyne's army and hal boo ~,
prisoner at Saratoga, Mr. Rush slludes to the yood b
LII WIN VII when the campaign talked Of II,
aus mention the incident, because although H.,
ns', II was not the only instance in which I mo, :;
ipgSno those who had shared ia The war Of The Amr
n ne'0'9"on ana who spoke gifts events in the same
n he w 70 an age gone by, it seems longer
10 ne recalled In any other spirit Than tina, of i,o
~ @ WHO attribute their owl temper to others have
% poe" OUT me Vias oil their wrath on the
"0Fgue OF our upper classes that citizen Of a seoi
'sPuo"c might Imagine he would want A pocket nsnl e.,
Is projection IN our drawing rooms On the cnnrsr,,
Mr. Rush observes, that at our private 1innors a.
epeakng at The moment OF the highest cclesI 'vo" -
,n, "s so "ueh as certain simplicity, The last at
,ahment OF high education and prsciis.d iner.ouro
"hen foreign countries the subject Of discnsio
nc suyo,hS'-if was in the Split OF commentator re-
marx 70 De so usual Cordial wishes towards Americ,
IN particular, were every where expressed NJ RI
wac present at Westminster election and ie az !.
anoo o. IT, "Uery ought TO feel, when liberty is dis.
go" ny lis supporters. He did not, however gene
raw; on one repusve picture of an English sIc
,o', w. w., Gooper remembers his inference from the
statement That Plt aud Fox never mel in nrivato ,
re,er h!m to Mr. Rushs more extensive obssrv,,ion
heir P"Ohc men exclude politics from private life V
see persons OF opposite parties meeting toge,hcr W.
brptl a
ehce ana The word of their representative for Of DC
description rather than The siIted and spenetc ox"
thlng so truly az themselves >' nv
D.gos on both side, the water have agreed on the
snee o some peculiar Americd'iiSm character and
language which disqualies from feeling a, home
or ever even becoming well acquainted There is M
% ls lh vi Rush He examines and Judges our narvcIs
anu OUT cohUass-the rich and poor the Lord Mavors
ana 81 Jamess, with the philosophy and The
OF prdctised European. Tie Emperor Ale Sa,ier s
b" Ore ason'hed at our city wealth, the miles of
rue ornament OF London-or al the crowd for
ever following crowd along streets a largo nonor,;on
o. mem were oil The working classes yet all were whole
IN thelr attire; you coul barIly SEQ exceptions The
year 1913 seems to have been almost cal, wear or ill.,
Court The painness of the White House at " ain,,n
owSFer' had mol spoiled is eye for other circles and he
t'nHs among hc Ministers Of royasi Europe looking at the
thousand equiPagcs and the hoops and feathers , ti
admiration OF gil at her FIRST drawing room Most nrone
are lender cIics OF good dinner We sre not heeGro
AZ an 'urPled ~ The evident sau faction ,,ifb ,vl.h
'ie pHI'ny OF dc service. and of the noble ene.ts ia
n're" VI we Oi"fy long-ido the rather me gre spec
NM r.
ed however That the recording pen is more restrained in
proportion as the tongue may have been SO and tat
dinner i'so hoes not lose by being served over
a|h' man ls most agreeable ReIes edI
cation "ded by the public press is every day more and
more VeryiSg The saying which disng uisbed the soc,
chIp7 o. ne two eXremics OF London lone aoo priuci
Phiy by The tact, that what talked TO vas c.nIles a.
one enh was talked 10 follow condles at the other IT,
Hrbeer'nce with which Mr. Rush has resr,incJ is ia
sc'lPl'h oi London rous to The mere mentoo If lei
crowns ara Ia the diculty Of eouiug TO them, ami r,
'l 'hr'Neh pha'duxes OF clrfiages' IT, after all lilo
Ftae'' proof OF biz pOhteness. II is not much diuipsb
81 10y passing horre Of the pleasant Young lolies ot
e'spV wv" whom be meets there, and OF bigL Law Of
ncels' whose ghosts viii day have 10 Jspute win
Pope, ani claim dlbt '" " VIZ "ne OF
-" .nn' tho pcces where his Honor, died,
WI 'oNc OF We cOunity was felt by Mr. nush t. - !
some 10 or artificial habits /, co,yoy
Vi0ug" me ch'uheI- OF bundrcd out.oCd,or .,ss,
inens' hrchery mcengs and the chase arc ,,,,"s =.
lemuIy descIped ~ being sometimes g,acsJ ia , 80
Pshiions OF female agility while the susnecs; aT @
ms d'pon Ntc conferences abundsnuy married. H. W, ~,
orPlem'cF, our only remaining Saints' d,y s,s, VI
W's5 on soWe KIND are wanted 10 save our biy,,, Il
rom VIC hHur1l effects OF London So ason It,st ~,
nu'pnen combination Of contested qualities and ,n;'
sisis. "' "'"'"'' character con
nIsn eonhr9' by bic experience the limos
uy ""Cn M oil member Of the diplomatic bolv I, d
W ', a. % seeing his way clearly through the
'hoh'hes o. England The difficulty il one n psoof 81