New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-06
breakfast unless he come as bearer OF dispatches
from his ExcelIency So and So

But LEI not be supposed TO advocate the sys-
tenn Of ell work end 10 play, or TO delight exclusive
ly in the pedagoguish and Goody Two Shoes vein.
Reader. if any such accompany me TO this scene OF
my vision, cheer up, bear the sound o! music IN
full band, and see the banquet prepared. Perhaps
even thew are dancing the Polka and Redowa IN
some Of those airy, well lighted rooms In another
they find in the acting Of extempore dramas, ar
raugenent Of ,abeaux little concerts or recitatons,
in.erminged with beautiful national fancy dances,
some portion Of the enchanting, refining and emo
bling influences Of the arts. The finest engravlngs
on ali subjects attend such ike 10 employ
themselves more quietly, while those who can fnd
a companion or congenal group 10 converse with,
find aso plenty Of recesses and still rooms with soft
er light provided for their pleasure.
There is not this side Of the Atlantic we dare our
glove upon it, more devout believer than ourselves
in the worship Of the MUSES. and Graces, both for
itself and its importance less 10 the moral Than the
intellectual life OF q nation. Perhaps there is not
one who has so deep feeling or so many sugges-
lions ready, in the fitness Of time 10 be hazarded
on the subject.
But in order to such worship what standard is
gold or Delphian talents! fashion or elegance
standing" the power 10 move gracefully from
one position 10 any other
Our nobleman did not hesitatei the handle TO
his door-be was not of gold but mother OF: pearl,
pure and prismatc.
1.-The did no! gointo the alleys to pick up the poor
they were not excluded, if qualified by intrinsic
qualities to adorn the scene. Neither were wealth
or fashion cause Of exclusion than OF admis-
sion. All depended on the person yet he did not
seek his guests among the slaves of Fashion for he
knew that persons highly endowed rarely had pa
tience with the frvolities OF that class, but retired
and left it to be peopled mostly by weak and pie
beian natures. Yet all depended on the person.
Was the person fair noble wise, brilliant, even
only youthfully innocent and gay or venerable In a
good old age, he or she was welcome. Still, as sim
plicty of character and some qualification positively
good, healthy and natural was requisite for adms-
sion, we must say the company was select, Our
nobleman and his family had weeded their circle ,
faithfully year by year.
Some valued acquantances they had made in
bathrooms and boudors and kept; bet far had
been made through the daily wants OF lite and shoe
makers, sempstresses and graziers mingled happily
with artists and statcsm en-, 10 the benefit OF both
IN. B.ANone used the poisonous weed in or out Of
our domestic temple
cannot tell you what infinite good our nobeman
and his family were doing by creation Of this true
social center where The legitimate arisocracy Of the
land assembled not 10 be dazzled by expensive fur
niture Jour noblenlan bought wha, good in tex
ture aud beautiful in form bat not because was e
pensive,) mol TO be Toasted on rare wines and high
seasoned dainties, though they found simple refresh
ments well prepared, las indeed il was matter Of
duty and conscience in that house that the least Of
fee should be well fulfed,) but 10 enjoy the gen
erous confluence of mind with mind and heart with
heart the pastmes that waste times of taste
and inventive fancy the cordial union beings from
all points and places in noble human sympathy
New-York was beginning to be truly American or
rather Columbian, and money stood for something in
the records of history 1t had brought opportunity
to genius and aid 10 virtue. But just this moment
the iostling showed me tina. had reached the cor
es dischareing their eager freight, il hoped to
see nv merchant. Perhaps he has gone to the Post
Office to take out letters from his friends in Utopia
thought |. Z" Please ye give me penny scream
ed ragged, hafstarved little street sweep and the
tancied cradle of the American Utopia receded or
rather proceeded fifty years AT least into the Future
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