New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-25
Prom the London Morning Chronicle.

the Et-Hec,ua Hi.iory Condiuon sni ProsPse" Of
tbs Country B5 RUFUs WILNoT GRis"oLD
A volume such as this IL treasure % an VINO
rsrch with eager h0peu.ness. aoc BAH with loyi1i
,rstalstion the daily extending in1mpns Oh our
FooIisb language Apart from rs excellence as
collection o. misceianles and the intrinsic beauty
Of the many noble specimens OF eloqlence .' CON
tails It vii possess, for cOnsidrfaoie src.'H o'
our reading public 81 me interests o' nc.
news The biographical notices Of the various
srt,ers .op4 OF them not vel known 10 tbs coln'
trv a. they deserve b. give msny curious iiu''
III American society and mannsrs AMI tne o
their literary sh0rs contain much "efconcr"os su1
soely exyressed criticism. t Il true ihat me eoloi
ulogie. sre often too large sn1 indcrmiuaie Dui ut
IL very excusable IN book Of which pflncPa J-c'
4. 70 and vincicste the literary claims Oh us
couu;rymen -,- -
M. must BE- a bold man who, with such volume a.
tbl, Def re him would decry 10. Amercaus 40 inal1ef
snf IN literature - unamb'tOus " = dstnculns OF
incapable Of It's schieve ments Slch snreI' - W
nave indeed been hszsrded but they have proceeded
only from few travelling Dook.mssers inceps'ir oi %
.eryiug truly or nferring rightly aud from critics whose
on y Inspiration 20 be found ia their prtslnpilols
malice and crspulrnt ignorance. Sometimes W. ni"e
been told thst the Americans could not produce soll
writer's because they produced good plucisns ana 700
citizens; that they could not be- literary because tntJ
were democratic As II the history OF The whole "of1
did not tell tina; republics have always bees ~ cf rue
10 sreat sUthOrs in great statesmen 1ud cotnanlos
and ,hst the home Of liberty 10 ever tne nome Oh Ms
Ills tue that the Democracy Of the Unei states Is
different ID ng from the Dem0crscies Of Athens or Flor
epce but IL OFFERS only 90 being more perfect 'Nrn.
OBLIGATION of st type and more logical d-'-i0pmrD 81 OF
| the principles which thess were constructed ABan
II s sad that the Americans cannot )e literary because
they practical jest 80 j The sresie'i hnsN.h an
thors from Chsucrr Sperser, chsks2eare' and hltn'
| down TO sir Waiter scott and our own coumporsfisf.
hsd not been emnenty practical Ia the scope ara
/ objects OF their lives Mr. Grsvoc has taken great
psns 10 well written dissertstion, 20 vn1icaie me
social development OF America from these sud similar
mpuistions be may rest assured th-i IN ih cou.
try a, least they were deemed worthy mom-tts
attention % woody who possessed the mesns oi form
iug An opinion. Coming % late inio me n-a ts NJ
Americans have done and hading ine harvest rr hlth
respsd Il is rsther surprisng that they should nave
seen much % 90 snd have done 90 Wen. t"il'.
| sophers ike Franklin ami E1wsrdt heologi4us ana
| morslss ike Dsisht anf Charming; Jufiss such A.
Msrshsl Kent aud story political -s'ayisi' IKE hsn
| itnu snd Everett oJyellsiG Ike Brown sno cooper
! (Wsshngton Irving Is universal genius y hsiou-ns
ike Bancroft Prescott and sparks, are names Which
| IN their mere mrBuon carry their owe OFshon Ano u
America hss yet given the world no great poet, the
| cause must be sOuaht neither 10 he nature a Der
pop alton nor the crcumstsnces OF nrr society lh@y
| ar, m.oe Of the stuff rs the people from whom
Shakespeare sprung sDo tbs eismeni Of poetry are ME
10 their glorious scenery, and me stiAing incidents oil
| or1il and battle Of adventure auc romance "h'ch
abound ia the history OF the sete ~ OF their county
| the lndiaa wars aud the Revolutionary struggle Nj
while telling their primeval i'rrst and iuins ihe
until ed EARN 20 the OF nafc ine Nnsfs nrs
b,en silent among them In our 0wnday, Hilrck, bfJ'
ant and Lonei. low sr0 men " hO blong y hlsn =
hsos The ighest order of lyrical genius.
But gghy AK 0 the the tfulgE gl0res 81 noon
day or the sOi,ts rad snca of svraud-f Ihey nave
vet ,osen rather 90 worship reserrpuy ~ ths shnr
Of the great bards who hsge gone before IN the Ian
from which their fathers came, than u essay NJ"
WAYS of pOrtzlus. ia these my take PRIDE iJ4 tn".
are 20 them rs 10 IS, an impersaable heritage hho
now that the sources Of disc.rd btt"rcn Britain Hu1
America have b,ch dried up, ~ look 10 such iecorc
tons - these To tighten the ponds ~ unity snd 90 r.
store tha, intimacy Of feeling "hen should exist be-
tween the two great brsucnfs Of The bfn-h race ne
year which passed brought Win II n1oe ana a1ect
ing proofs of tbr warmth 90 irHttfuhi interest lh oAI
destipies which stl exists beyond the Ausnuci and
the tongue speak IN cummln shuuld De- Tor tlptr
families of mankind the pledge oi concord snd h'r
monv which ~ deeply Tust Will endure forever un'
broken 0v anything serious ihsn brothers ticN
erng 10 ever sgsln the hOrzln should be d"rkenfd
by Toe prospect OF frstrcidal var, the language IN
which We sruut BE- Inclined % address Amsrcs would
o that la which veut at civil strife ~ss crpftcstfl
hy one Of the chief lights cd our elder Poesy
Come ths Elegsuth Pssas rather than THIS shoua De
Come 4alheI iu the sea-
| Come rather pcst4lcucc and reap rs down
Come Ood,s~ord rather thsu our own.
Lei rather Roman come as-in.
, Or saA0u. N0rmsn 0T The Dane
la al the bonds ever bore, lore
We trieycd, shro, ~ept, We never Dluslee DC
B The Americans m-y iske pride 10 their histories
iaurrls Tor 10 10 department oi l'er'S rAtien na
their success been moro ssns We csuuOt forget ina
the disiiug uished msn Who noT frpreseus me Lnei
states Ia country has .lso pr snuent claims 70 '
regarded representative % American ietieft '
Baucroits historical style 10 marked - sewers SIN
pAciiy and grandeur which might b. initiated WIN 90
vAnlsss by some OF our o~n Writers. 90 vii o. PER
ctiscd from tns t.Acfln. nae p-,i7sci ueAeiif'' '
tbs youth O. Wastiuator
After long wears Of strife q repo.s end o. ST. f. re-
ntwec, England ano France so.rnn1 ati ee- ty .e -
peace The Treaties of Alkla llapric n-a peer trfo
listed by the abet Statesmen oi ~ pp- n lnc rP-tl
: forms Oi uI9uaf.lcl diplomacy lte3 believed inrli
selves the af1tes 90 nansa ihe p--n-aiois u i-'
world leoon.tracIiug tAe Colonial system 90 basil
which should erauTc nr co thinning t1e festc ID
Eafope by The a. meat Of material forces So l'
sery me " the Congress o. A ia Claprls tue WOO.
VI Virginia shr rrcd flr fpu-til Nr r. W. So L.
he 90 oil widow Born ~ tle sds ri tlc fuotac De
70 meath The roof % Meslmorrland farmer, almost .u in
. fancy hi. lqt tec1 the u of zoo phan ~ &c t-
had We coined him shades, 90 College cr9~n-d nn
J. win its its houofs o. fssd O. te cipher these ha
beea his degrees 10 ku0~.edfe. Aud losi o. siAier
years al age 90 gaesi Of honest mainienaace' sacoln
write o. schoot4s frrrl, Der Richard, lVst4-t-
nv constant ssin every aay z4a slletues * pc.e'
himself cook, having 10 spt b-- iof.sl 81
no plate arse chips, roaming over safs 90 De Al
4 me-. and soar the banks of the sneu.ndosh aF
II 20 Nature, and sometimes sFenols the best % Ar %
in sdmlrns The trees and richness 10 tn- il-a anon
the skincia4 sasases, ~itn tnelf s-a-fs az .a-e
. uncouth EN- sanis thal would nevef - 81 II -sa
n, rare sleeplls bed holding ocais> 81 sl-.
couch glad VI arrsius-Psce Tor ihe nisn- lF'l -'.
u hay straw OF fodder often camping n the '0fes
p where place nearest The ire was hapfs llAai
stripping surveyor tn The woods With 10 eomPae D-
i- bis uul-ercd and prnelis ut forn-
% bot his compass ana chan, cnutasd strangely Win -
imperial masnItc-nce VI tl- Congress % Aka taps
q not Mouar-h u The House OF HaPstaf. agr Of aose
bat The Virginia stTrug. % give a. impulse % h-l-
n placed tbs ats aud he desni-s countless m oas
-. he keeping OF the widows >1u."
d Fatal ACCIDENT ON THE NIAGARA FALLS Raj
D. Road lssl car IL trau Il the usek n
8 mornius Al the bridge jast below Black Rock The ca
wss upset very grsiusy, being held ~ oy TIE chsi
y connecting W',h ih8 forward car which was slN
- tss,ed Z farmer Who vs. Ia TEE witn rs = Il
snd family OF four cb1reu Jumped out as the car ~
2 | falling HIS head caught uttwttr TIE ground 40
y upper psr OF the and csn crsr-d 80 II st,ni
lr ueoa.ly that proosoy nitc p,n wss suffered Ter
Of several other passengers stl remained IN DC ca
T. -smosi the best p.sn-sni we sishty iflaird-
terribly calamity ass thus 5eiAeu tis vile AID iAmi
10 OF chdren TO young - appreciate mir miscrtsce
= Buffalo Com. 2lst
'' FIRE AND Loss Of LIFE ~ RACINE COUNTY
-n On M-dnr.faH Iast me ". H. lavlra ssnd