Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-02-02
A Candid Letter.

Mr. William Chambers, of the great pub-
fishing firm of Edinburgh, has been TRAVELLING
IN the British Provinces and the U. States
for about three months in a quiet and mos
tentatlous manner worthy the imitation of
some foreigners of far less worth. The oreat
objects OF Mr.. Chambers visit have been to
examine our country, it's institutions IFS oov-
ernment, and to observe for himself the eve
ry-day life of free -people-and also for ma
king arrangements for issuing his worI[c
Philadelphia papers state that he has decided
upon making that city the point from which.
his publications will in future be given ont
MI Chambers is about to return to Scotland
and from the following letter which he pub
lishes In New York paper, we have no fear
that the report which he will make to his rea-
ders at home will be otherwise than fayora-
BILE:
To the Editor Of the N: Y. Tribune:
SIR Il beg, through the medium of vonr
columns, to say few words of farewell he
fore departing for England, which [ do to-
morrow, in the steamship Europe.
[ have been able, during the last three
months, to realize the long cherished wish of
visiting America. Necessarily brief as has
been my sojourn, and recalled home sooner
than anticipated, my excursion through the
the British American Provinces and the U.
States, has impaired indelible impressions on
my mind. Greatly satisfied with all that has
fallen under my observation and deeply
grateful for many personal attentions, can
not depart from your shores without tender
ing my sincere thanks to all for the unmerit-
ed kindness that has. been extended toward
me, as well as for the opportunities frankly
and Hospitality afforded for my research into
4bo oio1 Oth Of 4Io
country.
I leave. the United States with much re-
gret carry with me the conviction that
great and splendid future is before them.
Contrary to the opinion of most travellers
from England, see here young but rapid
ly growing nation, Offering an example to the
Oldest communities in Europe. It is far from
my wish to fatter but what do [ not feel
vast delight in seeing? am overcome with
the stupendous proportions and capacity of
the country-its far-stretching fields for hu-
man subsistence and happiness of the Anne
rcan people, so little understood, and often
misrepresented, candidly own that their re-
markable love of order, their energy and
perseverance, their love of independence, the
self-respect of even the humblest classes
among them, their striking sobriety, their ad-
mirable educational systems, their many ex-
cellent libraries and universal fondness for
reading, their press free from fiscal exac-
tions, their fourishing religious institutions
untampered by civil polity, their economi-
cally and spiritedly got up railways, now
pushed half way to the Pacific, the neatness
of their dwellings, their wonderful to
an Englishman, alarming-progress in the
mechanical arts, the marvellous growth of
their cities and ] will add their civility to
strangers say all this gives me unqualified
pleasure; and when [ contrast their cities.
free of pauperism and vice in it's most 1oath-
some forms, with what meets the eye in Lon
don, Edinburgh, Glasgow and other large
cities in Britain, I feel that travellers from
the old country have really little reason to
speak disdainfully of America, or to exagge-
rate faults which at most are only partial
and of no sort of account.
Such being my impressions, it will be my
duty to represent, in my own poor way at
home, things as they deserve to be spoken of.
Nor shall | fail to speak of the advantages
to be derived by an emigration Of the labor
ing classes generally to this country-feeing
as they will do from perishing and unim-
proVable condition to state of comfort and
boundless prospects Of well-doing.
Trusting that you will impute these unstu-
died thoughts to sentiment of grateful emo
tion. [ am your obedient servant,
WILLIAM CHAMBERS.
Astor House, n. Y, Dec. Is, 1853.