Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-06-10
American Horticulture,

every one lamlIih win BRUSH literature vet5
well knows. Is it worth our while to inquire
why ?
In this cage Of steam" as it has been ap,y
termed, when the Atlantic ocean is reduced 10
A mere ferry, less formidable to the traveller
than the channel between Dover and Calais,
or the Hudson river between ALBANY and New
! York, once was-when ten DAYS, or less car.
ries The news Of the week from continent to
! continent, and travellers, on business or pleas
ure, flock hither and thither by thousan le.--
m such times, too, OF printing and reading az
these are, when the publisher Of New York.
] u sion, London aud Edinburgh are making
liberal weekly exchanges Of the literature Of
! the two continents, with the daily papers of
/ New York offered in the streets Of all the large
cities of Europe while scarce week old. and
/ European journals landed on our shore by the
cart lead from every steampr-witb American
! booksellers in London, and English bookseller,
! in New York--in short. with the most intimate
1 connection, In every irsprC', that could pussi
( bly exist between two counttics,--oHe ~1mo
suppose that if popular error, ignorance, OF
/ prejudice, ever existed in either in regard 70
the other, it would by this time have been bre,-
~ thoroughly broken up. We fear, however,
/ it is not SO.
/ In Enro7e one generation after another has
imbibod The idoa both from history and trad-
/ tion, that the American continent was a vast
wilderness Of woods and prairies, with here
and there partial clearing or a rude village;
that the population is a mixture Of negroes.
Indians and semi>civilized whites that in two
or ,hree Of the maratme cities. favored bv a
more intimate intercourse with the old world
there w2s a germ of civilization and refine
mpnt, but Loyond their limits all was wild, un-
cultivated, 51,'barjan. These ideas are at this
time consderahi, modified, we admit, but those
,i..- l.,
/ Great Britain, and lainge and converse with
the country people, know that there they arc
not much modified. Nor Lave the most INTEL
lirent classes-the men wha read and travel,
who know the world and more its progress
been able to Givest themselves wholly of heir
early Impressions Prejudice is c1e of the
most fatal fraiIties Of human nature. 50 OBJ,
s'inately blind and deaf is il, that il vii ngc
allow its victims either to hear or to soc sae
slightest evidence that conflicts with the no.
tons and traditions in which they have been
| reared
Thc great exhibition Of 1851, in London,
produced some striking and memorable illus
traiious Of the views and feelings which exist
in England in regard to America. The arti-
cles we sent there were held up before the
world as laughing stock, 10y the English
press. They were the standing theme for all
the wit, and sarcasm, and ignorance Of re-
por'ers and it was only after careful and
thorough investigations and trials, the results
Of which bore down the most inveterate pref
ndice that some halfway admissions Of merit
were grudgngly accorded. The English news
papers themselves have made this q matter Of
history.
The visits Of Engshmen to this country
have unfortunately done very little, if anything,
TO soften the ptejudicrs and diflnse more
truthful information. They Traverse the coun-
try on railroads, at the rate Of thirty or forty
miles an hour passing generally through the
poorest lands; visit few large towns, and
return with the material for a book-and such
a book st they would do az Mr.. O!.MsTEAp
did in Englanj-throw aside their old preu-
dices. buckle on their knapsacks and foot i,
through the country from village to village,
and from house to house. explore every field
: and garden, and orchard, AMI barn-yard, aud
converse with the actual tller of the soil of
every conditOn-tl.ey might be able to say
something credtable to us and to themselves,
at any rate to tell the truth. But tlcy have
, no idea of embarking in such a tedious ans
:. toilsome way of exploring the country; they
must do it by steam. They find totally diff
! erent state OF things from what they have been
accustomed to. There are no prncely estab-
liShments to attract their attention, no Grea,
public gardens, no ducai conservatories, nor
III ;n hnrrv Onr bnild;rgs fsnces anb
c r,ads srnoar to ,bem rn5a and tsmoorarv i,
:, cou,,ari!Inrn yi,b iho soIJ substantial cos,Iv
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