The Trinity journal., 1856-06-07

pom lnN bosom warm
Cold blows the wind about my head,
Aud wildly beats the storm!
AMERICAN CHARAcTERIsrcs.-Th follow
ing is from late number of the PresJyteri-
an Quarterly Rer,e,c
1--WE now come to the other characters.
tic of Americans. Ntt emily is erery uomqa
tre2tcd as lady, because ste as a qromon but
Mis is d. ne ly er~y Amcricam. 1t is not es-
pecially characteristic of city or country, of
cultivation or want Of cultivation, of the old
States or the new wherever there is wo-
man who behaves modeStly, from the one
ocean to the other, she has a protector in
erery Amcr,c0n size meets. This is exceeding
" beautiful. 1t deserves more culory than
it has attained. The world has never seen
anything Ike it, For observe one sign of
its deep beauty and significance. In the
masses il is an unconscious grace and excel
lcncc Twothrds of the men who will put
themselves to the mo t generous inconvcn-
ence for any woman whatever, just because
she is woman, would hardly understand
compliment upon the matter 1t is thing
Of course, ike Kindness to a parent, or tax
in@ child ont of danger The Amer,can
simlW feels Mat a mon who wH MT eonsuh a
tcem as ccmfon, IN prefr rnr 10 h,s oun, rs 4
brute and so the whole thing lies in u nut
shell.
This isa foundation Of immcasurahlc hope.
No TeYie in ony me Hmg, ercr came sociaHv,
so Ae1r lie DHIenium If men could only
take another step in this direction, and man
ifcyt little more pol.teness toward each
other ! II is Obvious, however that anoth-
cr and n different principle here comes in
the siurdiness, vigor and Scfhelp character
istic Of our race. Men, they think, if they
are worth anything can take care Of them
selves. If they have any business with each
other they may MS well he civil, but what is
the nsc of perpetual bowing, and smiling,
aud shaking hands, aud taking of Of hats
A great deal Of use in it we say, if it pro
notes good feeling, makes us all better and
happier, and it would tend powerfully to
make the great Anglo American race gen
tlemen externally as well as internally.
To This as n people, we have not attain,
al 0nL,I I,I
There is n huadrm times He lanJncss Mat ap-
pearS N Me snrfcce-a Mousqnd times more
courtesy IN mems Ie1rts Mon there IS IN he;r
0c'uns; rnd Americ rs are cona1atiy moth-
e'1ng d(wn good fecling, wh,n cusiom mW mai
cllolo them 10 express, lccqusc IL IS MI claad-
crcd map(y Manners Of any elaboration
are considered If not dcccitful vet danger
ous and i is almost as much as any ones
character for honesty is worth, to say the
simple truth in the way Of commentator
of book, lecture, speech, or good ac-
tion. While every one, Of course. kcs to
be honestly praised, the reputation Of n fiat
b'lcit VI w 81 NI'lc 'thp WI IL hlNllIphiSIlcu
man, is amongst the most repulsiye possible
TO Americans. Our manners, in truth, great
ly need amendment, or rather formation.-
We are not SD much an ill-manncrcd as an
unmauncrcd race. We get through our bus
mess and devotion in some kind Of straight
forward awkward fashion, and so that DO
one is knocked down and hurt in days
operatiouS we feel as if we were safely
thronob that twenty-four hours. There is
n great deal of wfnIncss in this. Because
we can fight bravely, VIC think we will be as
ronoh as we choose; because deceit is char
octeri.tic of courts and worn.put aristocra-
cies. we determine that we will he blunt
and because French and Italian often make
themselves ridiculous 10y grimaces we will
make ourselves stiff and dsagreeable
take leave to say observes Mr.. Thackeray.
tina: courteousness can be out of place at
no time, and under no flag. A poiteness
and simplicity. truthful manhood, geatle
respect and deference, which may be kept as
the unbought grace Of ifs, and cheap do