New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-21
EMERSON CRITICISED.
ence Of The y. Y. Tribune.

corre.pcudence Of The y. Y. Tribune
BOsTON Alg. Il, 1855.
| AIN here in Boston after m absence oi FIVE
years l naturally supposed toat after sp.e Of
60 long a time, this, the very headquarters Of the
enterpti.iDg Yark KEGS, would show uomistakeabe
marks of the progressive character Of the iLbabi,.
ants But it is very different from New.Yoh.
There TO one lives in the same house or street. 10
which he resided five years before; the very hodses
aid streets themselves undergo Kaleidoscope
change every Elk mohfhs, aud more fine buildings
are erect in that time than in Boston ia Ms many
years. Boston strongly impresses yon with the idea
OF stability, substantially and repose The crooked
gloomy streets present ever the same array 0i
sharp, Intelligent, cunning faces, and person
would valnly look here for that endless varietyd
lineamcht aid feature betObcDiDg every shade Of
character which unlnteruptedly hurries through
Broadway. New.YOrk is to Boston as metropS
lis to a parish, but the parish has body fall Of
meaning ard intelligence. 1t is easily perceived
that under the sharp angular features OF tho par.
ish people there exists great degree OF mental
activity, and there is more intellect Ong them
tbsn among any other people in the world. Even
the most snobbsh must pay to it u certain degree
Of respect and defer. nce Boston might, atter all,
be endurable as u residence, if one could become
acclimat.d and not permit himself to be inc0m
mOded by the sharp angularities Of the people. Ii
seems impossible, however, for stranger to be-
come accust, med to the climate; years ago, at
ter a soOurn here Of single year / dep ,rted
with my health thoroughly shattered: and on my
return had hardly breathed this air agsin when
f0uLd myself once more an invalid and confined
to the house.
This was an excellent opportunity for me to de.
vote some attention to EmersOns "Fngllsh
Traits, aud 1t was with much grief that looked
yalnly through the book for h single warm impulse
or lofty Inspiration. 1t is truly painful % see
man, IN so many respects independent aud NOBLE,
become thus su.itten with the mere outward form
OF beauty, and almost outdo the English them.
selves in praising it, The book is q beauti'g
landscape, in Il beautiful frame, with only 40 much
Of shadow and darkness as necessary L. the hsr.
monJ OF the picture Aristocrscy aud refinement
attract Emerson and transport him to tbr seventh
heaven. But he breads to look under the fsir
surface and note the numerous ulcers gnswing at
tie English social state. While admlriDg the
parks and castles Of the arstocracy, and the com
forts Of the middle classes. he hes no word OF
sympathy for the brutalized millions of the coal
mines, the furnaces, the work shops spd the
streets. While gazing at the red coated hunting
ceDtaurs, be fOrgets that thOuss ssnds must go rag
ged and stsrye that the noble huntsmen may en-
Joy their sport. He does not regard the fact that
hundreds OF thousands OF acres in single tetato
make Lumber)ess families rOOtless, or st tpe
best Obliee tLem to toll AID slave for the
sole good Of the lordiy landowner lie Goes
not seem to remember that tbis very refae-
m,pt which has so great charms for hun is
pnid for by the very sweat and blo.d Of TIE
roor. from whom every single spark of manhood
is crushed out lie even applauds the scryile
cbeerfulress with which sery ants and menlals rear
the woke of seryituGe lie does not tell u.s. that
10 every one OF thts sleek aud muscular English.
men. well fed on beef AID beer, with whom as be
saws, Americans coMpare as many bags oi
bones, there are millions WIZ enjoy beoi and beer.
if at al, in homeopathic doses. How vita these
things before his eyes. an American can cal En-
elaI the greatest OF nations is difficult e. under
stand. 1t is impossible to admit that Lner-on.
If hi1 UiBd strc FREQ from AnglomGnis, doe' not
kn,w better bud his education AID mental culture
rlould revolt Q. what he says sis erudto Illus
'ratio,s ere wholly superficial aud, il another