The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-26
For the Union.
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In the New York Herald the other day. saw this la
COME important, and Casarlike annunciation
: never intended to write, | have not written, / am
no. wfng and am not going to write, any book at all
about my recent visit MARTIs f TupppR
Hear this, ye Americans Let the busy tongue of rumor
trumpet iorthet your thousand spread
the high decree from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
Hudsons Bay to the Cult Of Mexco-that Martin +.
Upper will not write book about you My country
men, your papltatng hearts may find repose your
mental VISION will no longer disturb your pursuits by day
nor your slumbers by night with the awful speclres of
gigantic types marshaing themselves in dreadful array
against you and you, people OF New Yok-of the upper
ten-may fawn upon the distinguished foreigner, and
lick the dust from his feet without any apprehension OF
ihgratitude: he will not write book about you
However, Mr.. Topper is very respectable gentleman,
an author OF the first order, whom have read with
great deal OF pleasure, and f. r. s., which is
honor. And them the poor has been compelled to
say something in selfdefence for the International had
discovered, upon good authority, that Mr. Upper
sly, and, notwithstanding his previous assertion to the
contrary, had secretly carried over the Atlantic peck
etul Of literary thunder, which he would lose time in
Illuminating Now, he had to defend himself from this
impuation, and was kind enough--very kind-to write
all the way from England to his cousins, to tell them not
to be alarmed He that we were in extreme state
of nervous sensibty, and he FASTENED to from
it's annoyance and effects.
We have the highest opinion of Mr.. Tuppers good ma
tue and Judgment and, were he to write OF US, we are
sure he would not set down aught in malice and in the
funess OF his phlosophic mind. would find much more
that is worthy of observation and recording than isolated
of individual eccentricty. And he has too much
poetry in his soul not to admire the beauties and grandeur
OF the New World He would not, like Dickens, descend
the beautiful Ohio" la belle riv,ere"-and be insens
bic profound sleeper to its charming scenery
But it is not of Mr. Tuppers mind his annuncation
that would speak, much as of that morbid sens-
tiveness at the opinion of foreigners We make
selves the butt the ridcule, OF every pennyaliner by
too anxious desire 10 please and atter strangers If
of foreign appearance walk about with knowing
quizzcal look and is cautiously reserve, and speaks
only to ask questions, and replies sagacously, Ah pr"
p 81 the foolish people throw gances OF aston
shmen at each other. II he put specacles, and travel
the railway steamboats, with the end OF roll
of manuscripts pretended manuscripts, sticking out Of
his pocket with his folded, s,rutng the deck alone
in mysterious contemplation, and every now and then
apparently taking notes of conversation skechng
landscape, all eyes riveted on hm-he is a lion
they approach him cautiously but with evident desire
TO be extremely polite and generous. Or worse dan
GER singer, writer Of some celebrity comes 10 favor
with the sunshine OF her or his presence and immedi
atey the cities in commotion; they vie with each
other and the press leads the way in the most fusome
they can be honored in having their
carriages drawn by bpeds and thousand other exirav
agances committed equally ridiculous, which serve 10
create disgust and contempt
What wretched folly! Why need we trouble ourselves
about what Mr. Topper, any other Mr. Mrs. writes
about U.S. Look at the noble mastf-how majeslically
he keeps on his way unheedng hundred mean and
mongres which barking at him Can paper bullets
ever destroy njure a granite columns? There is
enough in the past, and more in the presenand Oh how
much in the future-to give us dignity, and make us
smile with complacency and pity at the attacks OF our
enemesl II would be respected-and II is natural
and proper desire-we must be d'gnihed These mser-
able pueriles are unworthy of the American character
character in which is developing in the highest degree
the active intelligence of the noblest OF mankind.
We are no longer under tuleage Let display our full
manhood W. B. p.