Litchfield enquirer., 1835-01-22

imHHheSSs IS a buge buyer Of books, and
 wlil.bid higher for pictures than any body. else on the western side of the Atlantic.--
 As New-England is to America what Tuscany Is to Italy, SD may we continue
 the parallel, and compare Boston to Flo- l renee, which cities resemble each other in more points than one. Boston, like Flo- rence, is distinguished for letters and the polite arts, for polish and civiliiy of man-
 ners, for the. talentof.its citixens, for their early love of liberty, and for the appear- l ance of tho city, the beauty of it's sitnainn, the splendouf of its edifices, the cleanliness, of its streets, and the general appearance Of industry, wealth and comfort; while for the orderly character If the population, 1 their sDbriety of habits, and the correct tone Eof moral feeling that prevails among all Iclasses, itmay challenge a comparison with any city, large or small, upon the earth. Some well-inientioned but ignorant peo- l pie, itrtheir zeal t0 encourage the consnmn- ton of cold water, have been in the habit of telling one another that much intemper- ance has prevailed there; this Is totally wrong impression. have seen more per- sons Intoxicated at Rome itl ten days, than
 ! have seen in Boston in ten years.
 Boston, however, is by no means the 1 whole of Yankee-land. Paris, we know, is all France, and London may carry all England whitbersoever she listest. Not so in America. Brother Jonathan, with all his guesses, is another guess sort of a per- son: the Yankees of the country cannot be led by those of the capital, except, per- haps, in the fashion of a go-to- meeting coat, or the hue of a rband. There is a watch- ful jealousy among them, which is forever on the lookout, lest the capital should get an undue ascehdancy; no matter what tlse l an alarm among the lowest yeolnen of Berk- shire and Worcester counties, were it to be noised abroad that Boston had one feath- er's weight more influence than was allow ed her by chapter and section of the con- stitution. Urban, influence can sthus get no ascendancy {; the city has 'not, like great heart, all the life blood of the com- muniiy at command the country is all heart. All the great cities were occupied by the enemy during the revolutionary war, yet was Dot the land conquered-I should rather say, the people were not conquered. {" Men, 'shys Sir William Jones, ss and not cities. constitute state."
 There does not exist that difference be- tween town and country manners in New England, which you find in must other countries. Education, books, newspapers, and the facilities of communication between 1 all parts, bring the different classes upon a, level. The rustic dresses tho same as the cit--when he undertakes fo be dressed discusses the same topics Of news, and at .,T common matters and as to his speech and behavior, ne must beaa rare animal among his neighbors who displays boOrish rnar- ners, or talks bad English. !" The land of steady habits" has sometimes been used as 1 nickname for the country but nothing
 is more applicable. Habits are so stable, and the whole moral frame of society is so
 well organized among these people, that,
 were all restraints of law removed, things
 would go on as usual: they are a law to
 themselves.
 In European countries, he that is born peasant will be peasant all his life his
 chance of forming an exceptiois to the rule is exceedingly small. But, on beholding
 the most rusiical clown of all Yankee land,
 it would not be safe to affirm that he would
 not be numbered, at some future day, a. mong the most eminent men of tha coun- I try. There IS no blrying man of gsnius there; the humblest birsh shuts out no one either from the hopes or the facilities ol rising to tllat sfation for which his native talent has qualified him. Rare, indeed, is it to find an individual who cannot read and
 write every one has therefore that lnodi- cum acknowledge placed within his reach l which will enable him tn obtain more, should his wishes aspire. Clowns, proper ly speaking, there are none among the Yan-
 kees; a Yankee is emphaiically a civil man, though his civility may not produce all il,e
 bows aud grimaces and unmeaning cOmpli-
 ments which accompany or constitute that quality among the French; rndcness of manners could be charged against these only by those who know nothing about them. Countries" says Goldsmith, wear very different appearances to per- sons in different circumstances. "A travel Ter. who is whirled il,rougtl Europe in a post-chaise, and q pilgrim who walks ihe grand tour on foot, will form very different conclusions" Now, sundry people have whirled from Boston to New York in a mail-coach. and said know not what a- bout manners. I have travelled over ibe' New England States on foot--over high-
 ways and byways; supped at the most Ia n M q { A1.....