Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-09-09
TIE GERMANs.

] have been but two days wholly among
the Germans, but had previously mel
many Of Them in England, Italy and Swilz.
erland. They are seen TO the best advaB-
iage a, home. Their uniform courtesy
(saye in the deieslable hahn Of smoking
where others cannot help being annoyed by
their fumes indicates not merely good ma
ture but genuine kindness Of heart have
not seen German qu1rselling m scoiding
anywhere in Europe. The Difference Of
members Of the ssme family TO each others
happiness in cars, hotels and steamboats,,
has that quiet. unconscious manner which
distinguishes habit from holiday orna.
nenL The enIlre absence Of pre,ence, Of
siateiness, of desire 10 be thought per-
sonage and not mere person. is scarcely
more universal in Switzerland than here
But in fact | have found Arisiocracy chron.
ic disease nowhere bu. in Grea, Bri,ain. In
France, there Is absolutely nothing Of !,
there are monarchists in that couniry-mon-
archisls from tradition, from conviction,
from policy. OF from class ipIeresl-bu, vi
arisiocracy scarcely trace is left. Your
Paris boot-black will make you allow bow
in acknowledgment, Of franc,-bul he has
no, trece Of The abjectness of London
waiter. and would evidently decline The hon.
or Of being kicked by a Duke. In Italy,
there is limle manhood but no class:worship
her millions Of beggars will MOI abase Them
selves one viii, lower before Prince thar
before any ons else from whom they hope
40 worm copper. The Swiss are freemen
and wear the fac, unconsciously but papa
bly, on their brows and beamlng from the
eyes. The Germans submit passively Il
arbitrary power which .hey ee,noi how sue
cessfulIy 10 resist. bu, they render To ranl
or Dig my no more homage than is neces
sary--lheir souls are still free. And the
manners evnce simplicity and Irankness
which nigh, shame or al least ins,ruc
America. On The Rhine, the steamboats, ar
so small and shabby, without state. rooms
berlh-rooms, or even an upper deck-tha
The passengers are necessarily at all lime
under each others observation. aud as .h
are is high and twice as much in The mai
as III the forward cabin. il may be fairly pre-
sumet .hal among those who pay The high
er charge are none of The poorest classes
no mere Iaborers for wages. Ye, in ,,hi
main cabin well dressed young ladies' woul
take out their home prepared dinner and ga
il al their own good time wi,hOul seeking III
company and coun,cnance Of others, O
troubling themselves 10 see who was Observ
ing. A Lowell factory girl would conside
this entirety our of character, and Ne,
York miliincr would b. shocked q, The ide
of il.
The Germans are patient, long-sufftl
ing race or their Forty millions Outside {
r Austria, probably less Than an eighth q. a
, approve or even acquiesre in The despo,i
policy in which their rulers are leagued. an
which has rendered Germany for The pres
erl mere oul pos. Of Russia-an uuinishe
, Po'and These people are inleIieen, a
f we'll as brave-,hey see and feel. vel endur
and iorbear. Perhaps their course is wise
than that which hot impotence woul
prompt-nay. believe il is. If they ca
patiently suffer without losing hear, url
France shall have exuicated herself fror
the tolls Of her ,reacherous misrulers. The
T may then resume their rights almos, wi,ho,
, blow. And whenever a new l848 sha
dawn upon Them, they will have learned
improve its opportunities and avoid hs veal
ness and blunders. Heaven speed It's au
picious coming !-.Greeley's Letters in 7ri
!, une.