New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-06
NIr. Emerson on ENGLAND.

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Der 27 on England. giving the results Of bis OBJ
servationS during his recent visit. He appears 70
have derived strongly favorable impressions OF the
En-lish character lie spoke Of the STEADY hs-
Of the QUALITIES Of their nature their great char
sciersc and the secret OF their success Everything
in Engsnd 5etokens life The land and climate "a
vorable % the prodsciion and pressrvston Of good
men. Mr. +. iaceu0usiy remarked that q was against
he theory - travei-he did not Ike H. and in most
csses b. believed Il cssdvantsgeous % the literary
msn Running Up hills and valleys be belle we'd
tie Office OF whee. not % But be bad pror.ed
by his rrip % England
lie referred o. the elements of that power which the
English hold and hsve held for centuries Af,sr
looking - her manufactures scattered all over the
land her commerce her agriculture her arts snd wit
messing the stupendous results which have been
wrought out one = convinced that he would zee the
best Development OF common Sense, (the standard
sense be mus; 20 % England 70 witness t. The land
IN every ps-, 50 ike garden shows the triumph o.
labor The fields look finished with The pencil rot
the pow Every arsb.s spot hss been ugvsted, and
everything turned % the best possible use.
England indeed. Is = huge mill grand hotel. where
everything ia provided 70 ones mind On the railroads
we ride twice fast. sni with one halt the shaking
tnat We DO upon our roads All England - A machine
everybody moves on rsilvsy-no Engiishmsr ever
touches the ground. England has the best working
climate In the world u "a never hot or cold their Win
Of the month. The only drawback which Mr. Emerson
mentioned was the dark gray color u the SKY, which
renders day and night too nearly alike. and makes II
painful At times 70 read and write To this mus, be
added the dark, dense smoke Of many OF the msnuiac
turing towns. this smoke pervaing aud completely en-
velopng AZ times every surrounding object
England has al the materials for working country
iron coal, sc. excepting wood.
Tee E7gishmsn enjoys CREST health snd vgor OF
body They are larger than Americans. One hundred
Englshmen taken at random, would probably weigh
one quarter more than the same number Of Americans
taken IN the same and yet the skeleton s said
not 90 weigh more The tngishinsn IS plump, round
sud full aui presents stout respectable and grand
ittheriy figure The women even, have ihicSsetiorms
and seldom tall. spare Englshman IS seen. The liz
uTes OF the dsys OF chivaly carved ia stone, some Of
them 900 years Old which adorn the churches al over
England present the same types which characterize
the pre-cnt race Enjoying vigorous health, tney ast
well and their animal powers are perfectly developed
They great eaters, and claim that good supply OF
food = absolutely essential % health. They have more
constitutional energy and vigor than We have Pi4c,
i the national charscteristicthe csbman. the porter
the nobeman, the bishop. and even the women, have
: the press runs with H.
An Englishmsn speaks with hs whole body his elo
cation Is siomachy-an Americans Is lebal lie may
grUwl az the petty annoyances Of hotel but he has
sbunda nce OF seif-command Butthe OF his eyes
united % his back bone and only move with his
trunk Whovcr else may fs, the Engishman Will not
lie hiss existed for thousand years and will continue
- exist as his character possesses much energy as
ever.
London and England now are in full growth. Br
kouhead opposite Liverpool grows ~ fast IS south
Boston or Brooklyn, opposite New.fork London IS
enlarging AZ Alarming rate 10 the swallowing
mp Of MiiileseN Tne British Museum Is not yet Ar.
ranged London University IL growing az rapidly as
one Of our western colleges. rythiog in England
bctokens life.
Be sure the Engshmsn doe. not build castles and sb
beys, but what the Nineteenth Century demands be
builds docks, wharves, warehouses, &c without num-
Der In all that the Englshman does even 10 the noise
of clearing his throat he gives evidence Of strength Il
is not the land for faint hearts.
One thing Is very noticeable among the people, and
that Is their total neglect OF each other. Each man
shaves dresses eats walks and runs Just ss he peascs
and his neghbor pay attention 20 him. 60 long he
Is not interiered with and this not because English
trained 10 neglec', but because each man 10
trained 10 mind his own business Personal eccentrci
ties allowed here and no observes them Zach
Islander Is an Island himself reposing In quiet and tran
gull waters.
!, is very certain that the Engli.hmsn has 50 much
confidence In the power OF his Nation that he cares very
li,te about any other. SwedenborR who visited Eng
land frequently during the last century and An Italian
author who wrote in 1900, were both quoted IN this
connection The Engishman ia handsome, and has al
ways been II handsome foreigner comes among
them the people declare it Il pity that be i not An
an Lnglishman. This arrogance is hs brihrlght His
praise 10 tell you IT'S 80 English in character and
the hghes, praise il 30 say acquaintance should
not know you from an Englishman.' Now this 10 ad-
mirable In some respects.
The English surpass All others in general culture
none go tremendously developed. They are quick
70 perceive any mesnness In an individual. And tits
reasonable that they should have all those fas,idious
views which wealth and power are wont 10 generate.
But 1t is not 10 be disguised that there 10 much In Eng
lsh culture which will not bare analysis IL il mate
rial, built solely upon wealth cOckneyism and is most
fully exempifed In boxing racing, cunning, &C what
are called true English sports. They neat, orderly
and respectable and have the incest OF their wines
politics, guns, sc. But these are tribes The manly
forms are attributed to the exercises such as boating
boxing and riding, In which they indulge from early
youth. The attachment 10 horses among them Is al
most uniyersal-they are always on horseback-the ho
tells SIRE crowded with pictures Of races. Betting not
without It's uses them % be very exact In their
data and settles everything 4 fact