New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-25
.QEETCBES OF LECTURES.
AMERICANISMS.

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American uis at Hope Chapel, Broadway.
Tic lecturer becn b. stating that on next Tuesday
evening io would recte humorous AID satteal poem
ar al lt,,mrt an tltt Kind Of comp on-enttcd MOL
On so.ietv lie introduced his Lecture by defining pa
totsm es.ling Il Nitue odyliing rs culture au'i
sli.i7lg those who were deFod Of IT, man should De
Hlo al AIMED Of his country OF bis mother Or OF his
f-Fc lie thanked God that although he was not blind
O. America faults and 5cs ho could stui be 80 proud d
er lie would not be ashamed Of even using her pecr
liar phrase olpgy md Of asking endless question: ID cQun
tv where he was yet h0n)rei she deserved %
IT, lie aid not believe thathere Americans deyOit
Of PATRIOTISM Such assertions the offspring OF patty
split lie despiscd those who were ways talking Of hs
faulis-those National Mawworms who glored in self
basement Their ready made atacA, were the m9.t %
tent weapons tn foes OF America Used Nle h5 od lo
l,i.ove iu that highly immoral maxim" Oar Country,
Right oI NToIg he held that t was wrong m Ameeal
uo o. feel proLdOl her and T. l6cnd her whenever O.
sailed We should not indeed set "roh over the
sae al sydney Smith whose laugh was provoked ~
the mere mention O! Penney arlt bard Out We snoaIl
ro uan.y leld the gross al,,hoyaa o. hamilton an o.
H. az and III contemplate oaricGiures OF IrOOpe aud OF
Dickens 'Appleusel Yet these men, after all' wore
exceptions the general race Of knAsh tfayel1rs lac
noLcst ants AM finest mt lecis-ta Carlyle To- example,
LyCL and Cocrdge-Were gust ana generous cIies anu
obstrvers He quoted from their writings clog3tlc pa
ssces in proof Of this statement The Press TOO now
better knowledge Of our country had beel asst lh-c
lad altered It's t0ues But be remarked, that he was not
here TO deliver Fourth Of july Grafton but 70 denver
Lecture on Anne ncanisrns-on those phrases ana tfa
which ar peculiar 20 America, and Of those which are
enormously supposed to be American Ot the latter sort
lie gave several specimcus. Progressed for instance
was q 81 akspaIau W I'd; talented denouhceu ~ ')i
ridge a. az American barba.s4b was used D. CLASSICAL
he ten progressed to those traits which undenia
by AmcIicani.als. ,,,
Yet in the South We had slaves in the North we were
subjected 10 public oprion il the West we bowed be-
fore the maiesty Of the People, with capital T.
We were an uitaTiGn people We invented reapiny
Ina hines vt every nation Of Europe-eyen the mot
con.emf ttl,-exceId US in the ornamental art AZ
Hyde pax we had only Powers Greek slave
We were initiative people. Il we BUN mouse we
coried ~ English n.iJn If church, an Anglican ca
thtd-al We Joke Of Eizabethal cottages AMI Italian VI
Ia " had tctoioi newspapers which exact copies
Of tie English Illustrated journals. We had deR.OraOie
attempts al humor printed il sheets resembling ne L0
ion Fund IL size-ald n lie Only.
We were title loving people Il was difficult % md
a rlan Dir anybody All were Mayor Captains, squlfes
Excelencies' OF Govern9rs 40 one saiIted you Ti.n
Htafn Judge and General the titles, by courtesy
ofthe r hest folk Squire and Captain the denoIn,ueE9
Of PEOPLE y 10 were possessed Of wealth. WHOM osng
We were On e.istocracy loving people Tbs might
sound singular J. not his Republic t might be asked
Are lot Democrats Are not We, the people ne rulers
Of the state theoretically, yes pFacu-al[' no. .he
majority were ruled, and not the rulers. We had " .
kings-hing Caucus and King Party ne people Wouii
never elect such often hold pubic ounces now u
they exercised that power in reality cf which IN theory
they Possessed Conventions elected not me Pope
We lad policel aristocrscy Of car haying i2ciS'
artccraCy there could not DC the reSotest d9aet ne
lustraed this very faeeOusly By sci told
between importer and dry gods dealer 70 De re-
spectshle and 10 be fashionable lit II yey lleel.
CstentsOn not responsibility al thst was exp~eled
from Fashi0n
Another national pecusrity lie partition we gave
% youth ard tie sudden Alteration wch marriage nsle
in tie age and deIaealor Of people. Young gr- wac "a
Europe, would be il the nursery ssd hall hecsa, "a.
died, dallied IN the ball room. Youth reigHed tsfe
Wien q wcman married, SIG suddenly Pai on III
iroDly dr-ss ard address, cap sad grave iece,.
Another characteristic Ct American coelety y LAIe
game Money was lay ahod in decorating dining 4o1ll-
not for mort but ssr displsyas Il EoftGn2tu Pl5s
WIS the property Of ;bs host He ilIsr-ed 'is II - u
fsrtut aspects. and with great saecess
there oiAer pecREsrss, which ne Eo, -, y,
ueniior-as Annerafon MorTaouisn. Negro aL1.l-ls
and Spirit Rsgplgs. Thee exercised gfeal -
/ forsien lands Annexation founded sn Umpire. a9IlnoI
srn had drawn an exodus from England Negro Minstrel
v-wbieh a. tie declaration said lad Increased Wa "a
cessing aud ought to be d.minished-iGa.gns0 p u'
tie Place q tic Opera.