The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-05-23
From the Liverpool Journal.

AME' IcAN ELoouRNcE. II is too
much custom in England to undervalue
the merits of our transatlantic rivals
Because, all at once, the United States
has not produced such long hst Of wor-
thies as, from the accumulation of centu-
ries, England can boast Of, they are taunt-
ed with having produced none. This,
too, while Irving Is one of our naturalized
British classics, while Bryant's poems
have found place on every table, and an
echoe in every heart,-while Leslie and
Newton strive with the best artists Of
these isles for the pre-emnence, and cer-
tainly have not strivon in vain.
There is something at once supercili-
ous and III bred in thus asserting that
America has not yet produced any man
Of supassing intellect. The caveliers for
get, that while Scott reigns on the land,
America has her Cooper, who is unrival-
led on the sea. We have had our Fox,
Sheridan, Pitt, Cuiran, and Canning
with the proudest productions of these
great men. There is Webster, with an
over whelming strength of argument,
which, while it requires not the aid OF
beautiful language, does not disdain to
use it,-there is Clay, whose wit sends
forth many shaft, and whose eloquence
takes many lofty fiight,-and there is
Calhoun, who condenses his thoughts into
the most forcible and lucid form OF ex-
preston, there is Poindexter, who 1T
ters sarcasm the most withering and Bit
ter, in that quiet tone which yet further
irri,ates the victim wrilhing under the in
Fiction there is Preston, who (true or
ator as he is) is most eloquent on the
sudden emergency, and unites elegance
Oi language with force of reasontng,--
there are Sprague, Porter, Leigh, Clay
ton, Frelinghuyscn, all Of these are now
living-all these have seats in Congress,
and we venture to assert that the best
speaker in the English Commons is not
equal to any one Of them. Nay, were
these away, we would venture to back
Edward Everett against the field.
The memory of Lafayette is honored,
as it deserved, in America. Throughout
the United States, there has been much
sorrow, private and public, for his death.
Among other. public manifestations was
that by the young men of Boston, which
took FaneAil Hall, the anniversary OF his
birth day, September 9th.
The commemOration was got up 10
honor the virtues and services Of him who
died I" in the fullness of his years and
fame" The Honorable Edward Ever
EFT was invited to deliver an Eulogy on
Lafayette /; the task could not have been
confided to worthier hands, us we can see
from the printed copy (extending to 96
pages 8vo.) which friend has forwarded
u us from America.
PALM LEAF HATS. The braiding of
these hats is an important and increasing
business, which has sprung up within ten
years pasty and which il doubly valuable
in consideration of it moral influence, in
asmuch as it offers remunerating domes.
tic employment for thousands Of Indust, j.
Gus country women. Few are aware of
the extent to which the manufacture is
carried on in the country towns. In Ash
by, in Middlesex county, according to the
Yeoman's Gazette, SO, 900 hats are brai-
ded annually, for which the braiders( more
than half of whom are girls and small
boys) receive between and $1,000
This is not high compensation for the
omount of labor bestowed /; but the ad-
Vintage is, that this labor may be bes,ow-
ed at odd times, and by those who might
otherwise remain unemployed. In Pc
tersham and Barre, in Worcester county,
great numbers have been made. We
have been told that single commission
house in New York, sold hats made in
the couatry in one year, to the amount OF
100000. The southern market was for
u great while the principal outlet the
sales have huctuated considerably, and
the prices have been gradually com
ing down. Recently, large quantities
were shipped to France, and sold readily
with profit, at one quarter of the rate at
which the English had been in the habit
Of selling an article not as handsome, tho
rather more substantial. The French
government have somewhat checked the
trade by imposing duty of one franc
(about 20 cents on the finer kinds Of
these hats the consequence is, that the
common ones are principally sought for
export. In this country the business has
been prosecuted to some extent. A dea-
Ter in this town, who commenced few
weeks since, has already hundred and
fifty braiders employed. In Shelburne,
and in other towns, we believe that a con-
siderable number are made.
Northampton Cour.
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