Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-09-11
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Mr- GraelY's opin-

The following Is sis MI T. olo! n''e;! I srE7l
ION of The Germans: o9IzzR xeaa 4
al have been but two days Wholly
sH1f,r,ar' The Germans, but ! In nao
PREVIOUSLY met many Of them IN
B6siaud, italy and Switzerlanc.-
Tbey are seen TO the best advantage
At 6ome. Their uniform courtesy.
isaEeiis. he deiestabIe habit Of smok-
;Cu wbere others cannot help being
ANNOYED by their fumes,) indicates fnda. 6 I
notsnerely good'nature butigenulne
kindness Of heart. | have not seen
German quarreling or scoidlng
anywhere in Europe. Ihe delef-
epce of members Of the same family
70 each others happiness in cars.
bosefs and steamboats,, has that quiet,
y unconscious manner which distin-
guisbes habit from holiday orna-
ment. The entire absence OF pre-
tence,s of stateliness, of a desire to
be thought a parsonage and not a
mere. person, is scarcely more uni
versal in Switzerland than. here
But IN fact have found Aristocracy
"a chronic disease nowhere but in
Great Britain, In France, there is
absolutely nothing of il; there are
Hm0narchists in that country--monl
archists from tradition. from convic.
,aipn. from policy. or from class inter
ests---but of AFistocracy scarcely J;
trace isleft. Your Paris bootblacl
viii make you a low bow il ac
acknowledgement of a franc, but HI
has not trace of the abjectness o
London waiter, and would evident
" decline the honor of being kickec
vby Duke. 10 Italy, there is Httl'
manhood but no ciass-worship: he
millions Of baggars will not abas'
themselves one whit lower before
prince than before any one else from
whom they hope 10 worm a copper
The Swiss are freemen, and wea
1.-The fact uncensciously but Palpably
on their brows and beaming from
their eyes. The Germans ,submi
-spassiBely TO arbitrary power which
they see not how successfully to re
sist, but they render to rank or dig
nifty no more homage than is neces
s-sary-their souls are still free. Ant
vtlleir manners evince a simplicit,
and frankness which might sham
or even instruct America. On tn
Rhine, the steamboats, are so smal
and shabby, without state-rooms
berth rooms; or even an upper dec
that the passengers are necessarl
s>ly at all times under each other
observation, and, as the fare is high
and twice as much in the main as il
the forward cabin, il may be fairl.
r presumed that among those who pa,
-'othe higher charge are none OF tn
poorest class-no mere laborers 70
- wages Yet, in this main eabiI
well-dressed young ladies woul'
take out their home prepared Dime
and sat it at their own good time
without seeking the company an
couutsnance OF others, or troublin:
themselves to see who was observing
ALoweli factory-girl would conside
this entirely out Of character, and
New York mlliner would be shock
ed at tthe idea of il. '.a.is
,sen'l The Germans are a patient. long
suffering race. Of their Forty Mill
a. ions outside of Austria, probably les
.'a than an eighth at all approve or eve
= = acquiesce in the despotic policy i
= which their rulers are leagued, an
which has rendered Germany 70
the present a mere outpost of Rus
sia-an unfhished'7 Poland. Thes
= = PeopIeare intelligent as well as brav
i,s,s-they see and feel, vet endure an
forbear. Perhaps their course
. wiser than that which hot impatienc
-lalwouldr prompt--nay, | believe it i
-yiIfo they can patiently suffer withou
: :; losing heart until France shall hav
.ssextricated, herself from the tolls {
2 her treacherous misrulers, they ma
then resume their rights almost with
ont blows And whenever a ne,
.tI64S shall down upon them, the
will have learned to improve lis oT
poEf1mties and avoid its weaknesse
sTuand 'blunders.0 Heaven speed i
"a adspicious cofhingl HS.'aaa5 I.
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