New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-06

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MANNERS.
HALF tho world, it is said, knows not how the
other half live. Our exploring Expedition saw
the Feejee islanders getting their dinner off hu-
man bones and they are said to eat their own
wives and children. The husbandry of the mo-
dern inhabitants Of Gournou West ofold Thebcsl
is philosophical to fault To set up their house
keeping, nothing is requisite but two or three
earthen pots, stone to grind meal, and mat
which is the bed. The house, namely, tomb,
is ready without rent or taxes. 10 rain can pass
through the roof, and there is no door; for there
is no want of one, as there is nothing to lose If
the house do not please them, they walk out and
enter another, as there are several hundreds at
their command. cit is somewhat singular"
adds Belzoni, to whom we owe this account,
9" TO talk of happiness among people who live in
sspulchres, among the corpses and rags of an
ancient nation which they know nothing Of" In
the deserts of Borgoo, the rock-Tibboos still
dwell in caves, like cliff.ewallows, and the Ian.
suage Of these negroes is compared by their
neighbors to the shrieking of bats, and to the
whistlng of birds. Again, the Bornoos have no
proper names; individuals are called after their
hight, thickness, or other accidental quality, and
have nicknames merely. But the salt, the dates,
the ivory, and the god for which these horrible
eious are visited, find their way into countries,
where the purchaser and consumer can hardly
be ranked in one race with these cannibals and
man.stealers; countries where man serves him.
self with metals, wood, stone, glass, gum, cot.
ton, silk, and wool; honors himself with archi-
lecture; writes laws, and cont1ives TO execute
his will through the hands of many nations; |;
and, especially, establishes q select society," run
ming through all the countries of intelligent men,
seEconstitu.ed aristocracy, or fraternity of the
best, which, without written law or exact usage
OF any kind, perpetuates ITSELF colonies every
newp planted island, and adopts and makes It's
own whatever personal beauty or extraordinary
native endowment any where appears.
What fact moro conspicuous in modern his
tory, than the creation of the gentleman p
Chivary is that, and loyalty is that, and, in
English literature, half the crama, ana all the
novsls, f.om Sir Pnliip Sidney TO Sir Water
Sect, peint this figure. ;he word gentleman,
WHICH, ike the word CHRISTIAN. must hereafter
ca.raS,erizs the present End the few preceding
centuries, oy the Importance attached to Ii, is q
homage u personal and ncs''nnaanicaoe proper
lies Frivolous and fantastic additions have got
associated with the name, but the steady interest
oi mankind in it must be a tobuteo 10 he value
BILE prooeities which IL desi gnates. An element
which unltes all the most fOrclb.e persons o every
coua,r, makes them in,elhgiole and agreeable
10 each ether, and is somewhat 20 precise. that II
is at once felt il an individual lack the Masonic
syn, cauno. be any casual product, but must he
an average result Of the character and faculties
universally found in men. 1t seems certain
permanent average; as the atmosphere is per-
manen. composition, whilst go many gases are
combined only 10 be decompounded. Comme IL
faut, is the Frenchman's description of good
society, as ue must be. 1t is spontaneous fruit
of talents and feelings of precisely that class who
have most vieor, who take the lead in the world
of this hour, and, though far from pure, far from
constituting the gladdest and highest tone Of
human feeling, is as good as the whole society
permits it to be. 1t is made of the spirit, more
than Of the talent of men, and is compound re-
suit, into which every great force enters as an
ingredient, namely, virtue, wit, beauty, wealth,
and power.
There is something equivocal in all the words
in use to express the excellence OF manners and
social cultivation, because the quantities are
au1ional, and the last effect is assumed by the
senses as the cause The word gentleman has
not any correative abstract to express tho quail
ty. Gentility is mean, and gentilcsse is obso-
lete. But we must keep alive in the vernacular,
the distinction between fashion, word of mar
row and often sinister meaning, and the heroic
character which the gentleman imports. The
usual words, however, must be respected: they
will be found to contain the root OF the matter.
The point of distinction in all this class of names,
as courtesy, chivalry, fashion, and the like, is,
that the flower and fruit not the gam OF the tree
are contemplated 1t is beauty which is the aim
this time, and not worth. The result is now in
question, although our words intimate well
enough the popular feeling, that the appearance
supposes substance. The gentleman is man
of truth lord of his own actions, and expressing
that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner
dependent and servile either on PERSONS or opin-
ions. or possessions Beyond this fact of truth
and resI force, the word denotes good-nature or
benevolence manhood first, and then gentleness.
The popular notion certainly adds condition OF
ease and fortune; but that is natural result OF
personal force and love, that they should possess
and dispense the goods OF the world. LII Tunes
of violence, every eminent person must 1ail IN
with many opportunities to approve his stoutness
and worth; therefore every mans name that
emerged at all from the mass In the ieudal ages,
rsttles in our ear like flourish OF trumpets-
But personal force never gses out of fashion.
That is still paramount day, and IN the NOV.
ing crowd of good society, the mon of valor and
reality are known, and rise 10 ther natural place.
The competition is transferred from war to poll
tic. and trade, but the psrsonal force appears
readily enough in these new arenas.
Power first, or no leading class. In politics
and in trade, bruisers and pirates are OF Better
promise than takers and clerks. God knows
that all sorts of gentlemen knock at the door;
but whenever used in strictness, and with any
emphasis, the name will be found to point at
original energy. 1t describes man standing IN
his own right, and working after untaught meth.
DDS. In a good it5d, there must tltst be good
ANIMAL at least To .hs extent OF yielding the m
comparable advantage of animal cpirits. The
ruling class must have more, but they must have
these, giving in every company the sense OF
power, which makes things easy to be done
which daunt the wise. The society of the en-
ergetic class, in their friendly and festive meet
inps, is full OF courage, and of attempts, which
in,mida,e the pale scholar. The courage which
grls exhibit is like battle of Lundy's Lane, or