The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-09-05

Ill Yah = quoih the Chinese, every DO.
dy knows my nation Is the most anciet, by
at lels, forty thousand Years and lhai The
foreign barbarians derived oil then knoWl
edge from them tt
Msshallah" said the rurk, taking his
pipe from his month - MashaIlah! there
is 20 religion but riiat Of alahomct, and no
knowledge but that Of the Koran. The
lsraeltt $ arc tchouonts, The Christmas are
dogs AID there is 10 truth bu, AIMING the
followers OF the Prophet
PesleF cried the Frenchman, - there
is no body knows tho true art OF living bu,
the Ffench'
There is no nation whose music is no,
intolera5le, but the Italian, said the Nea
politon
'Tss Germans are all philosophers,
quoih she native OF Weimer.
Yes, but England, old England cried
John Bull, rs the country for roast beef
and freedom, nobody can deny ,hat.'
Il do exclaimed the Yankee,-'The
American are the only free people in the
world
Mn.hnIlalI whence did you GOMEZ ask
ed the Turk.
Prom the New World
| never heard Of il BEFORE" said the
Turk.
Nor I, said the Persian.
Nor !, said the Egyptian.
Nor ; SAID the Chinese, : don't be.
licve there IS any snch place
'Nor H. said tic Fork There IS bot
one world, one God, and Mahomei is his
prophet
'Wha, a parcel Of isnotamusesr ex
claimed the Yankee.
ASH IS impossible 10 settle the claims Of
nations by these bose generalries, the com
pany proceeded TO particulars, each bring
ing forward the greatest men aud great
achievements OF his couuirymen 10 batlio
array, 10 supper. bis pre;ensons 10 superi
Only.
Was there ever so wiso man As Solo
mon, 50 great poet as DAVID, 50 brave q
, warrior a, Joshua, eho made the Sun stand
still, or such q proj,gy Of learning as Rabbi
Ofh itdthtbt ohtboi NV Nt'AN w ' NV nv
comprehension Of all his readcrsf asked
the lsrseliie.
Did the world ever produce such hero
as Napoleon, such poe; as Folsaire, such
tragic winters es Cornellle aud Racine,
such a COMIC one as Molierc, or such .
dancer MS Vesirwr cried the Ffeuehmun'
! 'Bah " exclaimed the Englishman.
,what do you think of " ellington Mel
son, Shakespeare, Bacon, Locke, Newton
ard oil that sort Of thing
They can, hold candle TO Armen'us
or Kou,, or Gall, or Schiller, or Goethe .
said he German.
Nor To julius CIR ar, nor Scplo' uol
Virgil, nor Cicero, nor a thousand o'heTe
.ho were ak NY couuitymen, Though They
called themselves Romans, csIed the ltal
ian.
,Pshaw snid tho Yankee, - oil you
heroes aud philosophers pot together, "ou''
moi mako one F,aukhn nor bali "a Wash
iug,onF
'Gen,lemon, said the Greek, you may
boast as much rs YOU will, bot had II no
been iur Greek Nltrofs, philosophers, 20
pt, and sagrs, YOU would oil have remalne'
oa,banans 10 his day. What think yo'
II Homer, aud .Eehylus and Sophoclcs
i Ala Rlupidcs, and Demoslhenesc, au'
Nlitadcs, and Them,s,ocles, aud lei
thousand Others, whose fame extends t
The uuermos, cuds Of the earth 7
: Who are these bockheads takIrt
abou, asked tho Egyptian, the Chinese
persiao, aud The Turk, Of each oiher'
Taking Of cried lhe rest, with on
yoioe,-O the Ilahls Of the world The chi
i. dren Of immortality, qnr HEIRS OF uNivER
/. SAL FAME r.
,Wo never heard their names before
4 and therefore ,hu, must have been fa'he
# obscure porsars, vas the reply.
y Bus il you come to the Hers ct Tn
:. ccrsal Fame, ctcd the PcIslln-' " TIA
are all these to the great hero Rusian'
Is mad the erca, poet Fotdousi, Who wrote
: history Of LAX, IN tseuty shousand couE
1t let's = 4,
! DID any body e,es read il ? asked til
TURK grayoly.
>. we never heard OF either, oussefe
al the rest. :,
n. wha, ignorant wreiches = muitered ii
IN Persian.
= Iii Yah . exclaimed the Chinese
al Yahl-Your elder brother Loo Gao
r knocks head and worsmps. W bat do y,
Is saw to the great, Moon OF poetry the y
Of Of the universe. kwaug Chung, Lord
no rho Celestial Emplre aud head OF the VOL
a Who wrote thrcc hundred volumes OF 20
=. nv in the Interpretation OF which 'nf'
:. ,Lo,snnd learned pundlts lost ihe'f senses
of The whole ua,yefse is tIIed win h's w
Nv Sos 49,, -,
10 .Wo never beard Of him before cru
DIS they ALL. . y .,
no ~ And wha, think you Of our great prep
hs ., Mahoinme,r asked the Turk M
ballah his sword was nv'nc,o'e agar
m tho enemies of the faith ana DIS w ,
49, 80 - .L.c h,a sword, III kuON