Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-08-31

ran. The Israelies are tchowjoufs, the Christians
are dogs, and ihere is no truth bu, among the fol-
lowers ofihe Prophet
'Pes,cr cried the Frenchman, there is nobody !
knows the true an, Of living bu, the French
There is no nation who's, music is not in,olera-
bic, but tho Italian, said the Neapol,an.
The Germans are all philosophers, quoih the ma
live OF Wemar
Yes, but England. old England cried John Bull,
is the country for roast beef and freedom, nobody
can deny that.
Il do, exclaimed the Yankee. The Americans
are the only free people 10 the world
'Mashallah whence did you come asked the
'Turk.
From the New World
Il never heard Of il before, said the Turk.
Nor L. said the Persian.
Nor L. said the Egyptian.
Nor H. said ae Chinese, don't believe there is
any such place
Nor L. said the Turk. There is but one world,
one God, and Mahomet is his prophet
'Wha, parcel Of ignoramuses" exclaimed the
Yankee.
As it is impossible to settle the claims of nations
by these loose generalties, the company proceeded
to particulars. each bringing forward the greatest
men and greatest achievements Of his countrymen,
in battle array, TO supper, his preonsons to superb
ority.
! was there ever so wise a man as Solomon, great
a poet as David, so brave a warrior Joshua, who
made the sun stand STILL or such prodigy Of learn
! ing Rabbi llamueskend, who wrote beyond the
comprehensions Of all his readersr asked the Isra
| elite.
sid the world ever produce such hero as Napo-
leon, such poet Voaire, such tragic writer's as
Cornee and Racine, such comic one as Moliere,
or such dancer as Testrs y cried the Frenchman.
BAH exclaimed the Englishman what do
you think of Wellington, Nelson, Shakespeare Ba-
con, Locke Newton, and all tina, sort of thngr
They can't hold a candle TO Arnenus, or Rant,
or Gall, or Schiller, or Goethe = said the German
Nor TO Julius Caesar, Scipio, nor Virgil, MOI
Cicero, nor thousand others, who were all my
countrymen, though they called themselves Ro-
mans cried the Italian.
'Pshawr said the Yankee, all your heroes and
philosophers put together, would not make one
Franklin, or half Washington
Gentlemen said the Greek, you may boast a:
much you WILL but had it not been for Greel
warriors, philosophers, poets and sages you NSoult
all have remained barbarians to this day. Wha
think you Of Homer, and Eschyus, and Sophocles
and Eurpdes, and Demosthenes, and Mtades
and Themis,ocles, and ten thousand others, who's
fame extended to the u,mos, ends the earth
Who are these hlockheads talking about askec
the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Persian, aud TIA
Turk, of each other.
Taking of cried the rest with one voice-'O
the lights of The world the children of mmortalit,
THE HEIRS OF UNIVERSAL FAME"
sWe never heard their names before and there
fore they must have been rather obscure persons
was the reply.
But il you come TO the Heirs Of Universal Fame
cried the Persian, 'what all these to the greet
hero Rusiand and the great poet Fordousi, VIII
wrote the poetical history Of Irak, in twenty thou
sand couplets y
Did any body ever read it. asked the Tur
gravey.
we never heard ef either answered all the res
- What ignorant wretches,' muttered the Persia
Hi Yahr exclaimed the Chinese. Hi Yah =
Your elder brother Loo Choo, knocks head ar
woIshps. What do you say to the grea, Moon
poetry, the light of the universe, Kwang Chun
, lord Of the Celestial Empire, and head Of the worl
who wrote three hundred volumes Of poetry, in u
nterpre, alton Of which three thousand learned pu
w dts lost their senses
re we never heard Of him BEFORE cried they all.
ne .Whsra set Of foreign barbarans, said the Oh
of nese.
" And what thinks you Of our great prophet NJ
is, homet y asked the Turk. 'Mashallah, his swo
OF was invncibe against the enemies OF the faith, al
he his wisdom more invincible than his sword.
we knowledge is contained in the Koran
m 1t may be, but we have never read H. said tn
all with the exception Of the true believers.
an Dogs" cried he, may your heads be convert
a into shoe brushes, and your eyes become blind
an, your undertakings
~, As Is usual ia these cases, contention succeed
e. argument, and abuse answered by recrlmin
En- uon. Each being unable to establish his own ella
red TO superiority made himself amends by detractl
ra from the claims OF his opponents and all ad be
3D. true which they said Of each other, their heroes
the great men would have been a parcel Of misers
ln- creatures unworthy the gratitude, or even the
he membranoe OF Pcs'eri'y.
Ict- And this is Universal Fame" exclaimed an
the derise who sa, smoking his pipe quietly in a c
ner, without taking part in the debate, to be ad
sen ed prophet in quarter Of the world, and
and bored as an mpos,or in the other TO be hero
one nation, opptessor in the eyes OF It's neigho
the 70 be held oracle Of wisdom on one side o.
ook river apostle Of error the other 10 be ven
aied in place the champion Of liberty, St
bot maiiKed "a another a rebel and traitor; and 10
-bs- either unknown to- hated and despised BY, M
rise than one half OF mankind This, this is UsivrR
i TO rinr"