The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-06-17
caglish and American Manners.

1t Is common notion, originated b,
English people who have visited the United
States, that tho conduct OF the people /,
extremely rough. uncour,eous aud rude
! can readily imagine why this impression
sometimes gains currency. English PEG
pie are generally reserved race they
journey aud commune with their thoughts
wherever they may be, instead OF convers>
ing with their fellow travellers in IA coach,
railway train, or steamboat IN the old
country, aauteur is often assumed, from tie
idea that !, conveys with /, dignity aud i'm
/ pof,ance. To be short aud brusque in
your reply, is TO be man OF great mark
and likelihood; to be particularly sullen
and disagreea5lc Ia your department, is
supposed to convey to vulgar minds an i'm
preston OF aristocratic txclusiveness IN.
swer person in England particularly CIV.
Ill., and fear ! must say, you are at once
regarded by the lower classes of no nc.
count. lie tart, .nappish and imperious,
and the hat is touched, aud YOU rise in cs.
iima'ion. These ideas, firmly impressed
upon the mind OF the English traveller,
when he arrives on the other sids of the
Atlantic, aud finds himself IN the [ n,ed
States, on " foreign ground, the national
Thermometer falls to the freezing point,
the Englishmsn feels he is abroad. among
Americans; aud that himself and his ma
ton are the better OF the two
This idea may be all very patriotic and
very good III it, way but It ope Hia- una.
voldably On the spirl' OF inquiry, b. con
tracing the disposition to be PLEASED with
all one sees, and It opens rather widely the
green eyed spirit OF jralously. Our travel
er starts on his tour; he is addressed cly>
i'll, BY some American gives curt and
bfusque retort; "lankee dandy" is up,
aud probably, be learns few home Truths,
sessonabl, administered >meflcnus are,
at once. jottcd down Ia Ills journal 81 in
pertinent" "htuics" democrats" Ac,
aud on this theme chapter is written.
can most SERIOUSLY aiii IN, that never once
received from an American II rud reply
my inquiries, IT, Whumsoevcr addressed,
IRON the President t. the engine d,iver were
Invariably answered with politrn.ss, aud
anxiet, togive every Information. IN tav.
cling. | remaked particularly how atten>
lively yonr frIlnw passengers were aud
Whenever btieycd To b. IL ON the Oh Cuun
Try | received additional courtesy. Nv
plan was 10 address every one, whatever
his station, with civiliIy lha, is all that is
required IN America; eNility is "A passport
all over the Continent, from the 81 Laws
renee to the Rock, Mountains. But once
assume the naughty airs of the Old Couu-
toy, aud YOU get what You richly deserve.
some sharp rctntt, conveying probabl,
: ,ue uuw,lcome Truth. touching artistic
crat,.' DC. The politcuess OF the Amer
lean, tn ladies Is beyond Ml praise \ Ia
dy can travel all over the | Union, aud never
,,ns~ hr insuit'h " She is alone il /. ia
ken lor granted that she is Obliged TO tiasti
without protector; she may 20 to join
or t.ion her friends ~ distant State OF
business may require her presence; they
know not. aud ask not why she chances to
be alone. 1t appears to me 20 marx veiy
strongly aud iayotahly the manines, and
chivalry of ap.oplc, this treatment Of the
" e,kc, sex with courtesy aud pollteucss.
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