New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-01

nsstions for the Ee~ Year....Ameri-
eaas abroad .....- A meriea.-.--.Europ
france, Engiand, Poland, Italy. Rus
Us. Austria-thetr Poiiey--..stili ku
rope toiis ana strusgies....Ail these
tsds new 0utbreak The Eagle Of
America stoops to Earth, and shows
II the character Of the yultaro..-.Ab l.
L ties---. The Ysatk 81 tho Lad An :
| tieipstions eftheir Usefuiness
rsis lett. viii resra the United States about
IA< let Of January. and 1t may not BE- i'nPertnent
10 Offer q few New Years reflections Every
NV yeas. indeed, confirms the old thoughts. but
,!so presents them under some new aspects.
The American in Europe II a thinking mind, can
civ become more American In some respects
hna great pleasure to be here. Although We
lnrs an independent political existence, our posi-
LIS toward Europe. a. To Literature and the Arts,
h sill that Of colony. and one feels the same Joy
ss that is experienced by the colonist IN return
Iae 10 Ae parent home. What was bat picture TO
h becomes reality: remote illusions and deriva
In sysble 90 more we see the pattern Of the
las and undesstAnd the whole tapestry. There
Iss srsasal clearing up on many points aud many
lu~less potions and crude faDces are dropped
Zen the pet haste passage Of De business Anne
~ through the great cities. escorted by chestipg
nrssu, and ignorant raiefs dc place. unable to
~ ixercosrss with the natives OF the country.
Il pses,ns Ill his leisure hours with his country
II -. Who know no more than himself, clears his
| N II scme mistakes lifts somc mists from his
szm-
~ Ners are three species first the sesvile Amer
-. heins utterly shallow. thoashtless. worth.
= He comes abroad TO spend his money and
tkss biz tastes. His object in Europe 10 70 have
tkossbie clothes. good foreign cookery to know
u utled psrsoos, and furnish himself with
hose gossip, which he wins importance ct
~ BY retailing snoos those less Travelled and
ssniusnrued - himself
lkcI With unspeak able contempt on this class
- which has Ill the thoashtlessness ase par
alsy Of the exclusive clssses 10 Europe without
10 ol sbsir re6sswcn, or the chivairsc feeling
vSA soil spuhles among them here and there
sse,,r though thcse willing serfsin free age
Ibsas lsssle hart and cause some annoy snce a.
ups,t n cannot last: our country 10 fated 10 .
-, in3~pendcnt existence. and. - it laws do
-. these parasites Of . bygoDe period must
A~ sod drop away
4 ~ there IL the conceted American. instinct
~ brssling and proud of-he Knows not Whist
Goes not see not he. that the history o! ha'
nky ios many centuries 10 likely TO have pro
ID sssslss &c Requires some training. some de-
=. 10 spsrscisss and profit by. With his great
wy hssAs oaly 6sted 10 vork on steamer
H be .ises the old crsmooa violin makes u
II with anguish in his srssp and then dec'ares
Hpsxht il vas all hsmbas before he came. and
hks Knows II eat there 10 not really any ma'
sbsss old things that the frogs in one Of our
Dups make mach heer Zoe ,A<y are young and
To him tho stiqaetses Of courts and campo
sks.l ofthc Church. seem sipply silly--aDd no
Isr. prosooodIy ignorant a. he is Of their origin
..snlns Jass % the legends which are The
-. a pictures. the profound n,,hs which are
,,~tsd IA the antique marbles amaze and re-
l~ a. indeed. such things need to be isdsed
=. ..,<s.-x s.spJsrd from that OF the Conneeteas
.Lsvs He criticises severely pictures 'es'
u,ss sur, that bic natural senses are oe''''
- Of Judgment than the rasss OF oonna's'es'
-. t.sInr that 70 see such objects mental WHO"
- :. sssAly eyes are assded. and that some
\ Aimed Al IA An beyond the imitation OF 'ns
,~,sse sprms q Nsssre.
~ 4 Jonathan u the sprswlins state me
= svss. no. yss aspiring sssssh 10 DO ssoes
.sg. Yx IN Ais folly there 70 meaning ssa
81 cod eslssrs 10 bis Independence and Dc
~ nsa u might be 10 not creature w''o-
- ms shs thick shisnsd dandy Ut the class
bYsdesd- - We.
x.m ,hOssh ssstiss special aims BY 'ps.
49,. nav also ~ soasd the hneans1ts %
49,. 1900. - val - Of The third % vh'ch
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