The Arkansas banner., 1843-10-07
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.
BY CHARLES DICKENS, ESQ.
 CHAPTER XvII.-C0ntlnued.

artia enlaYges his circle of acguditance increases l his stock of acisdom and has an excellent oppor- tuuitu of comparing his oUn experiences ciM those i of Laamy Ned of the Light Salisbury, as related I 5y hs friend Mr. William Simmons. . 1t was characteristic of fMartin, that all this thile, he had either forgotten Mark Tapley, ] completely as if there had been no such per bn in existence, or, if for moment the f. lre of that gentleman rose before his men, M vision, had dismissed 1t as something N nomeans of apressing nature, which might |e attended to by-and-by, and could wait his |erfect leisure. But being now in the streets gain, it occurred to him as just coming Eithin the bare limits ot possibility that Mr. Fapley might, in course of time, grow tired If waiting on the threshold of the Rowdy ournal Office; so he intimated to his new Fiend, that if they could conveniently walk |l that direction, he would be glad to get his piece of business off his mind.
 "And speaking of business,'' said Martin,
 may l ask, in order that may not be be- lind hand with questions either, whether Jour occupation holds you to this city, or, Ike myself, you are visitor here '''
 "A visitor," replied his friend. ::I Was |raised' in the State of Massachusetts, and |eside there still. My home is in a quie. |ountry town. l am not often in these busy aees; and my inclination to visit them does lot increase with our better acquaintance, assure you"
 "Y ou have been abroad D asked Martin
 "Oh, yes"
 "And like most people who travel, have |ecome more than ever attached to your home md native country" said Martin, eyeing him |uriously.
 "To my home-yes," rejoined his friend.
 To my native country as my home-yes," |lso.n
 "You imply some reservation" said Martin
 "Well," returned his new friend, ss if you |sk me whether I came back here with a |reater relish for my country's faults witll
 greater fondness for those who claim (al he rate of so many dollars day) to be hel Fiends; with cooler indifference to the |rowth of principles among us in respect to |ublic matters and of private dealings between ban and man, the advocacy of which, be- |ond the foul atmosphere of a criminal trial Fould disgrace your own Old Bailey law |ers; why, then, answer plainly, No"
 "Ohp' said Martin in so exactly the hme key as his friends No, that it sounded Ike an echo.
 "f you ask me-" his companion pursued whether came back here better satisfied Fith state of things which broadly divides |pciety into two classes-whereof one, the |reat mass, asserts spurious independence post miserably dependent for its mean ex. Ftence on the disregard of humanizing con |entionalities of manner and social custom b that the coarser man is, the more dis |nctly it shall appeal to his taste while tht |ther, disgusted with the low standard thus let up and made adaptable to every thing fkes refuge among the graces and refinement can bring to bear on private life, and leaves he public veal to such fortune as may betid' | Tn the press and uproar of general scram Ple-then again answer, No"
 And again Martin said 's sOhp' in the same Pdd way as before, being anxious and discon ferted; not so much, to say the truth, on pub nc grounds, as with reference to the fadin! prospects of domestic architecture.
 In word,o resumed the other, "I d, not find and cannot believe, and therefor |Vill not allow that we are model of wisdom (nd an example to the world, and the per |ecuon oi human reason; and great dea fiore 10 the same purpose, which you ma. |lear any hour in the day; simply becaus Ve began our political life with two inesti |nable advantages.n
 What are they ," asked Martin.
 "one' that our history commenced at S |a'e a period as to escape the ages of blood [hea and cruelty through which other na |lons have passed; and so had all the ligl ', ", helr probation, and none of its darkness i ne other, that we have vast territory, an |io.-as yet-too many people on it. Tines |ac's considered, we lave done little enougf think.n
 Education'n p suggested Martin, iaintly.
 fretty well on that head, said the othe fhruggng his shoulders, < still no might |,la''er to boast of; for old countries an |,esponc countries too, have done as mucl |, |y not more, and made less noise about it,
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