The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-26


upon oy mr. eoser after Lord .fshbutons mission under
ms first instructions had ruaiiy closed is The secye
Secretary Of STATE"
As Tor the othe, British negoator. who is said IN
this negotiation but at the expiration Of that period the
anxoasiy looked Tor instructions arrived and The treaty
nave oren out'generalled," we suspect that some
mistake may possibly before long be discovered ia
mat quarter too, and that they may not have won
VINO have laughed The NEST Mr.. Dickens. TO whom
many illusions have been made in these pages hav-
ing w5.'en perfectly honest books must be pre-
snmed to have prepared himself for it, reception with
men q all opinions and parties But such a man
can anord 10 go on fearless" knowing the au.
dlence ne VIII address at last and we make
grave error II MS book Is not found in the oog run
10 have hit the hardest those evils of the American
character which cry loudly for instant
and with the most exquisite feeling and skill to have
developed those germs OF good in which, rightly
ana generously cultivated. the enduring safety Of
America and American institutions will alone al
last be found. In two French works named at The
head Ut this article (and to which we regret that we
have only left ourselves for very slight allu-
alon), we nave been struck with the unconscious
support which is given in almost every page OF one
OF them, to the sound and impartial observation of
Mr.. Dickens, and with the excellent means of judg
ment supplied by the other, as to the way in which
his style and manner OF recording those impressions
would affect an intelligent and perfectly impartial
mind M Philarete Chases (whUm we are happy
also to claim as an asserting party to our views on
the American press). gives it as his opinion. that
after examining carefully the late books OF travels in
the United States he has found the most recent of
them-theugh neither pquing itself on philosophy
nor proundliy, though neither illhumored nor pre-
Stunning = by far the most gay = the most
spirited - the most effective and complete, in
its delineatlon OF Amer. can life and character He
quotes, in capital translation, some of the comic
sketches OF Mr. Dickens, and remarks of them that
no doubt they may be charged as dealing with pct
~ and insignificant detail, but that this very detail
it is which reveals the pecuIiarites of such people
Ia Inv fq mill nd min foo ho oh
serves, that you arrive at The true understanding
OF nation, as y.t too young, and already too pow
erful, too Informed and yet too advanced, to have
escaped the susceplbiites, the weaknesses, the bull
lying, the nlaisereS des ptrvenus.' prefer these
sketches tor my own part he adds ito learned dis
sertalions" And this preference, we may safely
predict. will be one dav pretty general.
1t will have been seen, in the course OF our pre-
sent remarks, that we are not without some expec-
tation, fairly grounded of possible and early
volt Of the educated classes of America against the
odious tyranny which we have thus done our best
to expose We have noted what we are fain 10 be-
heve plain symptoms OF its having already begun
IN that shall not be easily tempted 10 return
TO subject which it is on every account most de-
corous 10 leave 10 the hands OF those whose vel
fare i most nearly concerns, and which we only in
the first instance approached with deep aid unaf-
fected reluctance.
But II will not do to begin the strife by underve-
lung the power OF the antagonist We never knew
good result from feeling of that kind. The first
pie at once with the whole extent oil evil not to
look at it with the reservation of your own drlica-
cies and doubts and perhaps limited field Of expert
ence, but fully, unreservedly, and with that broad
1t you will, that vulgar-gaZe, which shall take IN
every possible interest comprehended or concerned.
Some such mistake as this, we think, is the mis-
take of an eloquent, manly, thoughtful, and mos
acute writer, in the last number OF that excellent
periodical, the " North American Review" He
thinks that the prohgate papers, numerous as
they are, and widely as their circulation ranges"
may "open their foul mouths in full cry upon
man OF character. year after yeer, and through eve
~ State in the Union," but "can harm him no
more than the idle wind. They are read, despised,
and the next day utterly forgotten /" We do not
knew all that may Turk in that expressicn-a man
Of eharacfer-but We do know that there has not
been public man engaged in the service OF the
American State, since the death OF Washington
whose means OF usefulness have not been impaired
by these Infamous as-allants. Blu: we discussed
this fully on former occasion, and will only put it
10 this honest writer whether greater reec-
ION ne would feel as sure, supposing these prints to
be "despsed," that they would still continue be
>. read" o. him, and of Others with the same cul-
!ivated mind and lofty purpose, we would earnestly
lmplOre TO look abroad from the small and select
in which they live, and understand
without further compromise, or hindrances SELF
imposed, the mischiefs of this widespread pestl-
eace. We believe that, by forming raliying
point for all that is good and virIuous IN America,
they have il in their power to stay the plague. Nor
are without the confident hope of having, at no
distant day, to record some gallant and successful
Effort towards that great end
At any rate, when we meet the Americans next.
I will be with some pleasanter things to say oil
hem. Ii is our intention to examine the more ge-
leral characteristics Of the original works they
rave put forth within the last few years, as their
claim TO the commencement of literature OF their
} W.. Our former remark on this subject has been
greatly misunderstood, if greatly misrepresent-
ID. When we doubted il the foundations had yet
,een laid of a NATIONAL literature, we could not
IN unpIvy n (ocfy
hat natives OF America, since the establishment OF
heir Republic, have not written many able and ad
nIrable books.
Our attention has been directed since this was writ
on 10 indignant disclaimer by Mr. O'Conns oil for
red ettt with HIS signature that had gone the round"
II the American press These practices such every
lay occurrence that though several marked in the
,otes had taken for review found opportu
lity special occasion to refer to them Indeed the
Of Mr. Dickens has arrived at such an utra horr
bic and by periodical pitch of arocty render ndg
nation needless and De matter of simple laughter We
hardly open paper efthe States halt OF whh s not de-
voted TO reprints of his writings and portion Of the
other hall TO bes on himself We do not know the
act forgery 70 which Mr.. OConnell audes but " Aud
smong our memoranda the following, taken from the
u New York Herald"
An eastern paper contains an extract of letter writ
ry:- Thank God Dickens 10 not Irshman- h. 10 Of
he texture Of Saxon glutton-and the GU fill him
verbssrns an unsr.sfu You make him. The more
rindness you extend and the praise YOU bestow
lpon gormandizer Of this order the more arsocratc
md turbulent you drive into his empty
'hantic NOODLE. DANIEL OCoNrELL. This 10 capital
md is pretty fair account OF the celebrated Boz"
II may have boon this, or may have been other
for MIR. OConnell, as great fsvsre with the patri
s" rom the TACT OF himself and his great Irish be
supposed to be thorns 10 the side of England sub
ct to have his authority daily orgedon which remark
made IN the following extracts IRON letter addressed
0 the edi, or OF the " Pilot
saw with great surprise in the last Pilot" para
rsph which certainly took from newspa-
er, headed OConDell aud D,ckens and purporting to
quotation from an alleged letter OF mine the editor
a Mary land newspaper, published nj Baltimore, and
allied the Hibernisn Advocate The thing is, from be-
inning to end grsss lie. never wrote letter that
ewspsper nor am In the habit OF corresponding with
dtors Of American papers. have seen, indeed with
rea contempt, but without much surprise, In several
american newspsp-rs letters deliberately published un
my signature gwen to the American public GEM
ne documentosi Of course. beisg forgeries but pub
shed by the editors il perfectly genuine. This is
pecies of outrageous rascality which has been seldom
tempted IN this country, and reserved or the
ileness of great portion Of the newspaper press in he
ned States. Perhaps is right that should add,
lew people admire more the writings Of Dickens
tho inte thou