Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-11-19


a whole people who are in fact The rhOic
! government of the State" told hum
( of our checks and balances, and all those
bulwarks upon which we rely. The,
conversation then ran upon what he
termed the utility Of an arislocracy, that
should in some degree concentrate
! wealth for the purpose OF patron'zlng
genius and reaGing up Il society III which
men OF intellect and learning should live
and flourish. | told him We must rely
upon our mercantile wealth for all this,
and then pressed the question, OF which
was the better IN the scale of human
happiness that he mass should flourish
! ~ Nth MS, or the jer as III Britain. The
mass, he contcndcd, were happy here,
and had enough to eat and wear. 81 he
aristocracy and gentry provided for oil
! the poor" | shook my head, and only
added that the mass seemed made for
other purposes than to cal, d1''h, and
! ircar. The conversation chaneed.--l
Thus do Englishmen and Americans dli-
| fer An Englshman has no idea ol
what popular government, by ever IN
pelling and exciting the mass TO improve
ment, can do in elevatlng their minds
and characters, to say nothing OF that
! lower object, the acquisition OF property
land what renders them doubtful OF the
! principles of the mass, is its ierocity
! when excited here in England, and Ire
land We have no such mobs unless it
be in New York, which is getting to be
an European city that some chance or
other has dropped Oh our side Of the
water.
I After dinner, when we were introduce
. ed to the family Of Wordsworth, who re-
ceivcd US with IA hospitality as kind aud
as unembarrassing as his, he generously
/ offered TO conduct us to some OF the
scenery around, which we expressed
some interest in seeing, as they were
spots which his poetry has made known
in America as well as in Eng land. felt
much reluctance in troubling such guide
,l,-but yet how pleasant it is to have the
=, Poet himself, in his own person, pointing
on, the vale, and mountain, and lake,
4, that his own pen has peopled with the
r. beings of his own fancy! And how de-
, lie htlul this idea OF consecrating one s
own home thro' all coming time, by throw
, ng around il the enchantment of poetic
! lancy-giving the hills that shall never
die, and the waters that shall never cease
to flow, trumpet tongues that for all ages
a., shall speak the poets nalne-mak'ng
, them by his genius the monuments o! his
! own glory-of loiticr MausOleums too
than man can pile togc'her--and as ev-
erasting as earth itself The pyramids
, of Egypt are no such monuments as
g l.angdalc ii es-and as long as they
stand, " ordswor,h's name will dwell
9 with them, and thus long the traveller
;, will view them with an interest that the
:. scenery itself, wild as it is, can never
create. W ordsworh showed US all aud
e wandered with US some three OF four
h miles more. He took MS to the grounds
- OF Capt Hamilton (oi men and manners
memory, whose book, by the way, has
done Us infinite mischief in Eng gland, for
;, all the intelligent people look upon h'n
:, AS man of talent aud character, while
:, Mrs Trolope Is every where viewed as
= an amusing caricaiure) )-and, as he was
:, not now at home, he showed us his hous,
|, aud grounds. The house is on but Il
narrow piece of grnnnd-Cnd yet th,
ground has been SO laid out, with suci
,, seizure ofprospect, aud such an i'm
: proyement even of the ledge of rock
:. ne ar which il is, thai 1t Is made charm
:, ing spot. do not know but that tins
- liturning Of i'll to good, is one OF the lines
- achievements Of English taste, have
=, ever seen. Even the little cliff is made
- an ornament. The water-view in iron
ii Is 6"o. AnA tho nnw"rs and shrubbery
a they 50 adorn the house as to make
seem fairy bower. But Lady, some
r. body whom Hamilton is to marry, or ha
" married, will remove hlm from this to
:. larger place, where more friends can b,
- accommodated. MIR. Wordsworth mex
-, escorted us over the grounds of Lady j
~ y Fleming -Ry dal Hall, as it is called
~ "To have an idca," said he, "of th
= manner in which property is preserve
81 here under our laws, and in Il single fam
ly, YOU must remember that this estai
- has been ia the family (of Norman do
r SCENT ever since the DAYS of Henry VI.
~ I remember, by the way, discussing ih
~ law of primogeniture, with an Eng
-, man in London, who, at least, gave IN
|, - new, it not good argument IN It's be
:, half. "Our law" said he, "makes bt
~ one poor devil in the family, the c'de'
20 20 son-yours makes many, for 1t thro"
VI wealth into the hands OF all. The young
- :" er sons with us must look out for tbcn
-, selves. Yours are looked our for! M
~ Wordsworth pointed out To us bean,
u" fnl cascade on the estate Of Rydal Hal
u near which was built "A rustic scat TO CIV
'o- n front yiew-and then from these ga