The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-10-03

DrOOkB OI tue oitiaIo ]Au's''So'b - ''f'
in England and furnishing that paper
with interesting letters. The following
Us bis first letter upon as arrival IN tha'
country.
June 1895.
Every heart beat quicker and louder
as we sailed along the chanel with o.o
England itself on one side, and the is'9
of Wight on the other. This is England,
Their With what Joy does an Amer
can visit the land of his fathers, IN whosb
triu,nphs over man and matter he share
Shakespeare is ours as well as theirs, an
so is Milton, and that by-gone host q.
the mighty dead, who in eioretimes have
consecrated almost every hill and gleH
that dots or makes the surface Of old Ell
gland. An American more than all 9th
er strangers, is just the man to feel an
share in ali the pride of England-and SO
is an Englshman, if he would but shake
off his narrow political prejndlces, the
very man to love us and ours, as we are
bone Of their bone and flesh o! their nesh.
A community of language and ot lterat-
ure makes us thoroughly understand each
other. But what adds more to the charm,
is that an American, wherever he goes,
exchanges the new for the old, and an
Engishman the old for the new. We
step from the forest, the mighty river,
and the terrific cataract, TO scenery ss
unlike ours as one can fancy-so sooth-
ing, so quiet, so cultivated, so deliciousiy
beautiful that | would hardly exchange
all the mere eDjoyments ofyesrs for the
one single day Of unnterable delight, 'hat
the eve alone had when | first put foot on
English shore. Gid not believe that
saw uature Il faucied that l was IN
airy land. ilwus 30 unlike for wles,
and miles, as rode on an outer seat OF
the coach from Portsmouth to London the
scenery we have, that it did not seem TO
me possible that ever nature herself could
cover the earth in such beauty--lhe
lawns were so verdant the parks Of the
mobiles and gentry so beautifully adorned
with trees and walks and BRIDGE; the
cottages SO t4stefully .inwreathed in flow
ers and ivy all, and all nature in such
holiday attire, that moving as we did more
than ten miles an hour, over road az
perfectly made as Pennsylvania Avenue
| in Washington, or the Nc Admised way
il, front of The old State House, (boston)
in stage coach with twelve passengers,
outside and four in, that l could not per-
suade myself that it was not aught else
iban deluson, ard even now ENJOY all
over again in the mere marathon. no
very horses, as they galloped over the
well watered road, (and here IS luxury
tor the traveller, for the roads are Kept
sprinkled for miles, on some lines 90
miles out of London from wells filled
with pumps by the way side,) the very
horses, { so superbly groomed as they
shook the flowers that festooned their
heads, did indeed in their light trappins,
"share with their master the pleasure and
the pride"
The peculiar charm Of English scenery
in an American eye is its cultivation
What we dislike most, an Englishman
loves most The trees that we hewn
down with barbarian iecklessness, he
plants with assiduous care. Forests that
are bores to US are as mines OF gold to
him. With Just as much avidity as we
(of the North) seek to build on the road,
he seeks to build Fl ON it. As we Of the
cities dislike country life, so he loves it.
As we cluster together in villages, 50 no
avoids them. As we seek the heart OF a
town, so he abhors it. These facts, and
the possession of landed property in few
amp noble hands, lead to some remarka-
BILE differences in the two countries
Hense, though we may ssy in America,
with semplance of tru,h. that "God
made the country, and man made tho
town." he cannot say il here with any
truth at ALL Man here has had as much
| to do in making the country as IN making
the town.-Wealth seeks it, and lav'shes
there its possessions. The chIei ambition
of almost every merchant is to have his
country seat One is quite necessary to
noblemnu's rank. Thus even the hum.
blest farmer catches his most delightful
taste. His cottage il often covered al.
over with flowers Tn h edges are Oft
on beautifully trimmed about II. Fine
walks are laid out A that il unpleasant
in farming lie, is concealed as much
ms possible from public view,--and
1t would he Disgrace for farmer hero
To have such front doors, nnd such public
barn yards as two thirds Of our farmers
have. BY the way, this is important, aud
the farmer who will reform, vii do great
service 10 his ncighbors--Imfouan' sey
for such taste has more influence upon
the character of a people than many sus-
noe, Hence too. there IS love Tor tAo
country al over England, and With It
there is a taste for, aud an appreciat ,an of
cultivated scenery, Of landscape .lie, wo.