The Weekly register., 1843-08-19
Universal Fam G
BY ]. K. PAULDING.

hA@" VA SAOh OthOl
the vanity of human nature whispers
every, distinguished person that his fame
is, or. will be one day universal. The
myriads of Asia and africa, with a few
solitary exceptions, never heard of the
illustrlous heroes, statesmen, poets, and
philosophers of Europe: and a vast por-
ton of the latter. are ignorant Of the
very names of the great men of the
East. But instead Of an essay, we will
give our readers a story to illustrate our
meaning. g..
1t happened once on a time, that an
Israelite, an Egyptian, Greek, a Turk,
a Persian, Chinese, Frenchman, an
Englishman, German, an Italian, and
an American, met by chance at cara
vansary, somewhere in the East, and
being all great travellers, speaking many
languages, entered into conversation
with each other. AS usual, they all diff
fered in their estimate of human happi-
ness, the comparative value of all the
various enjoyments of life--and, above
all, in their own individual importance,
in the scale Of nations. Each one held
up his own country as the achme ofper-
fection; and the utmost he would allow
the others, was degree of merit exact
ly corresponding with their approach
towards the infallible standard of his
own self-lmfortance. =, =, 3
"The Israelites," said the Jew, "were
the chosen people; therefore they must
be the most true and virtuous Of man
kind.n
"The Greeks" exclaimed the Aths-
nian "were the brightest race that ever
adorned the world. Look at their laws
their literature, and their arts"
"Pooh!" cried the Egyptian, "you had
nothing bat what you stola from u.s.
You were ignorant barbarians, and Sc
would have remained, if your wise men.
as you call them, had not come to Egypt
to learn their A B c."
'By your leave,' said the Persian.
"the natives of Irak being the most an.
cient people or the earth, must have
been the parents Of all human know
ledge"
"Hi Yahr' quoth the Chinese, "every
body knows my nation is the most an
cient by at leaet forty thousand years
and that the foreign barbarianS derived
all their knowledge from them"
"Mashallah! said the Turk taking hi
pipe from his mouth, h,--"Mashallah! there
is no religion but that Of Mahommed
and no knowledge but that of the Koran
The Israelites are tchOufoutS, the Chris
tians aredogs, and there is no truth Blu
among the followers Of the Prophet"
"Pester' cried the Frenchman-"ther'
is nobody knows the true art Of living
but the French"
"There is no nation whose music is no
intolerabe, but the Italian said the Ne
apolitan.'
"The Germans are all philosophers,
quoth the native of Weimar.
"Yes, but England, old England,
cried John Bull, sis the country fol
roast beefand freedom, nobody can de
my hiatt ''-..-.,-,-
/ 81 do" exclaimed the Yankee. "The
Americans are the only free people II
the world"
"Mashallah! whence did you Gomez
asked the Turk.
aFrom the Net World"
81 never heard pitt before," said the
Turk. ,
aNor IL said tie Persian"
..Nor IL said the Egyptian" 5as
aNor IL said the Chinese. y doni
believe there is any such place."
aNor J." said the Turk. "Ihere is
snt one world, ono God, and Mahomei
lis his prophet
aWhat parcel of ignoramuses!" ex-
claimed the Yankee. ).
GAS it is impossible to settle the claims
oe nations by these loose generalities,
the company proceeded 70 particulars,
each bringing forward thesgreatest men
and great achfvements of his country
men, in battle irray, TO support his pre-
sns to suSerioritv