Daily American telegraph., 1852-11-15

''Now that the election il over, you,l have to
agitate some new subject, and endeavor to keep
up the excitement"
Such was the remark, says the Cincinnati
Daily Atlas, a friend OF thsmorning. as We
passed into our office, and such has been the
remark Of dozzns Of our acquaintInces since
the election. Pass along any Of our streets or
thoroughfares, and in the faces of the many who
ostle you they hurry TO and fro, you will notice
that peculiar expression that tell you. as plain
az words could utter it, that they are in quest.
of something new that may excite. and cause the
blood to flow mors rapidly through their veins.
Excitement appears to be the chief end and
object Of an Americans existence 1t Is sucked
in with his mothers milk, and the love for it
grows with his growth, and strengthens with his
strength. From the moment he orawls from the
CRADLE till the hour in which he isunwillingly
compelled to yield his worn out carcass to the I'M
dertaker and the sexton, he seeks TO be in one con
tinual whrl of excitement. II is the meat upon
which he feeds aud grows fat-the pith end the
marrow OF his bones-his vital principle the fuel
that sustains and propels him IN his go-ahead
career.
round, TO till and beautify the same patch Of
ground his father, grandfather, and great-grand-
father before him held and tilled--the versatile
Frenchman is ready for a Jtte or revolution at
q moments warning. and 10 content to engage in
any visionary enterprise hair Drained schemer
may point out to him-ths sturdy Englishman is
satisfied with his ale and beef and willing to take
90 ha End ha a
slowly whom he can do SO without any trouble TO
himself, or any ezertion to his corpulent system
Not SO the Yankee. The world dosen't get along
just as fact as ho fan0eS it should, and at it he
goee, with might and main, determined to force
it on faster toward its proper and ultimate desti-
ny The consequence 10 he wearies and wears
out himself, while he is yet in the primo and Vi
gor of HE manhood, and does not advance the
world or tho age in which he lives sufficient to
compensate him for the loss the wear, and tear
he has undergone.
We arc anything bat conservative in our We've
and notions of matters and things In fact we
endeavor 10 ride on the food tide Of progress,
end keep pace ct least with the fast age in whica
we live. But we think there is such thing as,
i-stlO -sabt tlli.A tAO cut
YANKEE nation gets little too fast sometimes, and
is loser in the long run.
We like to see the world progressing--ve strive
to advance il as much as possible; but if people
would take view Of the good consequences that
arose from this driving ahead so rapidly, and
then compare with them the evil results that have
followed, they would learn to move forward some.
what slower but moro surely--would geeE less
for excitement and artificial stimulants; yet
nevertheless, would find their objects accomplish
cd equally us soon, and be in much better COR
dition On reaching tho goals than il they he'd
rua,ed forward, stumbling in.o every hog snd
ouszmiro, and tanning their heads against every
obstacle. And they would ind, also, that the
world and the great cause of humanity was fully
as far advanced by such rational but deliberate
efforts, as by all their Juggling and straining.