Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-01-24
From the Ne,o York Tribune.
MIR. EMERSONsON ENGLAND.

favorable impressions of the English char
acter. He spoke of The steady balance of
the qualities Of their nature as their great
characteristic, and Ihe secret of heir sue.
cess. Everything in England bc,okens
life. The land and climate are favorable
to the production and preservation Of good
men. Mr.. e. Gaceiiousy remarked that it
was against his theory to travel-he did
nnl like ii, and in most cases he believed
il disHdvan,ageous 10 the literary man.
Running up hills and over valleys he be-
lieved the office Of wheel not of aaman.
But he had prof,ed by his Trip TO Ensfapd: ::
He referred 10 the elements Of 4hat
power which the English now hold. and
have held for centuries. After lookingat
her manufactures, scattered all over The
land her commerce, her agriculture, her
ats, and Witnessing the slupendous results
which have been wrought oul, Que is con-
vinced that if he would see The best deyel-
opmen, of common sense, Qbe standard
sense) he must 90 10 England 10 witness
it. The land, in every part so like gar
den, shows the triumph Of labor; The fields
look as if finished with The pencil, no, the
pIow. Every arabic spot has been cult-
vaied, and everything turned 10 the best
possible use.
England, indeed, is huge mill grand
hotel, where everything is provided 10 ones
mind. On The railroads we ride twice as
fast, and with one-half the shaking that we
do upon our roads. All Ensaud is
machine-ererybody moves on galway
no Enelishman ever touches the ground,
England has The hest working climate iu
the world, it is never hot or cold, their
Winter days are like our November days
in the early par, Of the month. The only
drawback which Mr., Emerson mentioned
was the dark grey color of The sky, which
renders day and night too nearly alike, and
makes il painful al lines 10 read and
write. To this must he added the dark,
dense smoke Of many Of the manufacturing
towns, the smoke pervading aud COM
plclely envcloping al times every sur.
rounding object.
England has all The materials for a
working country-iron, coal, &C., except
Ing wood.
The EngIishmun enjoys great health and
vignr of body. They are larger than
Americans. One hundred Engishmen,
taken a, random. would probably weigh
one quarter more Than the same number of
Americans, taken in The same manner; and
yet The skeleton is said not To weigh more.
The Englishman is plump, sound and full,
and presents a stout, respectable, and
srand,ialherly figure. The women, even,
have lhick-sel forms, and seldom a tall.
spare Enslishman is seen. The figures Of
lhc days Of cIivalry carved in stone. some
of hem 900 years old. which adorn the
churches all over England, present The
same types which characterize the present
we'll, aud their animal powers Are Are Aiafreef.
" devclored. They are great eaters. and
claim that pocd supply Of food is abso'
!ulely essential to health. They have
more constitutional energy and vIeor than
we have. Piuckis the national characlc.
risric-Ihe cahman, the porter, The NOBLE
man. the bishop, and even the women,
have it: The press run over with il.
An Englishman speaks with his whole
body; his eIocuIon is so;nachy-an Amer
leans is labial. lie may growl al the
pelIy annoyances, Of hotel, but he he has
abundance Of self-command. But the
lakes OF his eyes" arc united TO his back.
bnne, and only move with his trunk. Who.
ever else may fail, The Enslishman will
nnl. He has existed (nr a thousand years,
and will continue 10 exist, as his character
possesses as much energy as ever.
London and England now are in full
growth. Birkinhead, opposite Liverpool,
grows as fast as South Boston, or Brook
lyn. opposite New York. London is ell.
Iarging at an alarming rate, even to the
swallowing up of Middlesex. The British
Museum is not yet arranged; London,
University is growing as rapidly as one o
our western colleges. Everything in Eng
land betokens life.
BE sure the EnsIishman does mol huih
castles and abbeys, but what the Nine
teeth Century demands. he builds; docks,
wharves, warehouses, &c. without num-
her. In all tha, The Englshnan does,
even 10 the noise of clearing his throat he
gives evidence of strength. 1t 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 as he pleases,
and his neighbor pay, noarenIion to him,
so long as he is not inIer!ered with; and
This it not because Englishmen are trained
to neglect. bu, because each man is trained
10 mind his own business. Personal &C.
centrici,ics are allowed here. and no one
observes them. Each Islander is an Island
himself, reposiuS in quiet and tranquil
waters.
+. is very certain that the EnsIIshman
has so much confidence in the power ol
his Nation that he cares very little about
any other. Swedenhorg, who visited
England frequently during the last century
an Italian author, who wrote in l5O0. we're
both quoted in This connection. The
Englishman is handsome. and has always
been so. Il handsome foreigner comes
among hem the people declare it IS pity
that he is not an Euglishman. This arro-
gancc is bis birlbrishl. His praise is to
tell youil is $50 English" in character; and
The highest praise is 10 say to an acqna'n'
lance, IL should not know you from an
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