The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-09-19
BRITISH MANNERS

under date of Angus, 6, has the fo'lowin
remarks in reference to snme Of grand'o,
lher Johns pecullari'ea.
.Thc general stiffness Of English man
ners has often been noted. Not ihst gen,
,leman Is aught but gentleman anyWherH,
but courtesy Is certainly not the r.ngilsb-
mans best point. No where else will per
picked stranger inquirIng his way rec"ir2
more surly answers or Otlener BE- Tcfmsf:
the policeman. who is paid to direct 81,
replies tn your inquiry with tho Fhor'e :
and grutlrst Tonosy Liable thot Will 10. -
Awkwa ardness Of manner pervodes al! class.
rs; the least elaborate and most thorough y
natural. modes: nrd easy mannr.ed :0e" !
n, ;vas lra". wbNga hr"esi"rs hG. neS
Fnkes for many genrrntI"nS; but some o.
The most elabora,e!y ii! bred men met also
inherited titles of nnbIlry. And. Will"
have been thrown intn the company of En-
ylishmen Oi all racks who werG cordial,
kind. md every way models Of good breed
ing, have also met here more cons;l'uinn.
ally arrogant and unbenrnb'e persons than
had crossed my oath IN al my prevI"l Cx.
| THINK the Military service exhibits some
If tn" worst specimens. Bat Boil IN au'
,hor'y anywhere Is apt TO exhlhl1 his horns
to those whnm he suspects Of being nobn,
dies. Elevation ~ unprOplti"us to the dls-
play of hl- more alnlab' 'qun!itlrs.
have elsewhere spoken of the ind ,tin =
en-, figure made by most EagiIshmen at pnb-
llc speaking. Many Of them say good things;
hardly nne delivers them ap'Iy or gracefully.
Any Frenchnan having Lord GrsnviIe's
braIns would make great deal more cut ct
them IN a speech. attribute this Nationni
de'cc, to two causes; first, the bab''uaIy
prnss'c iev"I OF Brni-h thought and conver-
>ntinn: n"xr, the int, nse pride which is al
so NarInnal characteristic. john is emil"
ed on, at festive gathering, and spring.'p
his feet really intending to be clever. Bot
The next moulent The thought strikes him
This is beneath my dignity. utter at
Why should subject myself to m,SceIia
n"ous crl,lcism2 Nhv put myself on the
vedct nt thIs crowd? Does il become gen
tIeman of my Standing to fish for lheI, piau.
| dts! What will success amount 10, II ai-
| tanned z" Or elso he crIliCises his own
| Thoughts md m'dtuted forms Of eYpres-
SION pronounces them Iam", trl" or feeble
and r"cnI!s from their enuucin,ion aS un'
worthy Of his abilities, position and rcpu'
taliun. The result ~ the same in cl'hc'
casn--he he>i'e'es. b!undcrs, cho&es, nnc
EnalIv s'ammsrs out few sentences nnt
subsidies INTO his seat, sweating a. every
, pore. red-tuceh with chagrin. vcXrd viii
7 hrnsef and every hody else. on nccarn; %
HI failure, winch might not hnvG cncarr q
and certainly would nat have been SO pal
pablo, had his sell cpnsCinu>nrsS occn les
/ dl.ea>ed and ex'ravagan'.
! have said that the British orc MT il
manner n winning people. Their self con
crIt Is the prlnclpa rensnn. They have
solid md excellent qualities. but 'heIr soft
coup AGENCY IS cxUrbirnnr nnd nnparn i"l'd
| The mnlorl'y are not content win esre'n
! ING Mar,hnr0rgh aud Wellington tn" great.
ct Generals and Nelson the first AdmirG
the world ever saw, but clam like snpr"'
macy Tor their coIn'rymrn ~ every fed OF
human effort. They deem Machinery and
! Manufactures, Railroads mud Steamboats,
r.scn,inIIy British products. They r"gRrc
! Morality and Philanthropy az in effect pc
/ GUAR 10 ".it," IA; anchored Isle. and bibr
erlv as an idea uuc"mprchendfd CERTAIN J
unre,rzcd, my where else. They nrG h"r
ror stricken Al the liberation III Slavery ~
the United States, in seeming IgGoranc'
that our Congress has 10 pnwcr TO Abolish
!, and lh,t their Parliament, which had am
pie power, refused to rX"rrise 1t through
generations dawn to the last quarter nt a
century. They cannot even consent 10 Q" to
| Heaven on road commnn 10 other nni!ons,
out mus, seek ndmissi"n rhrongn rriVs'e
gate Of then own, .touliy nlalna'Bing 'hn'
ihe.r lucsl Church rs The very one founded
by the Apostles ard that II others nre 'G"r'
or less nposta,e Lnd schl>mr'ic. Nlh"r Ma
,lons have their weak p"in's--'he Frcnrh
Glory; the Sp,nlards, Orltod"Xl; the "n'
kreS, Rapaci'y but Bull pIun''crs India
and murder. Ireland, yet deems himself 'I'r
mirror Of Beneticrnce aud feeds ms self
righteousness bv resolving no, 10 fellowship
slavehod d"rs of different lnshon fom hun
self; he is PerpetnaI!y fighting aud extend
ing his possessions all over the gi"b". ye
wond erlng that French and Russian ambi-
tion tciH keep the world always H. h", wa
ter. Our Yankee sPDf-conceIt snd self-isu'
daIr"n are Im'nodernte; but n"body else J.
80 perfect IN all poin,s--himseIf belng ~
judge-as Bull"