The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-31

man nature, concur in presenting married
Ito in this aspect. II will also be observed
that. in all novels pretending 10 ncluaint.
ance with human nature. the story stops
with marriage marriage is uniformly made
the catastrophe Of love. The curtain il
prudently dropped on the scquel--the long,
long contest for the brreches Lord Byrons
or Bnlwers domestic history would be IN
invaluable commentary on this theory Of
marital avcrsions
The Me'lca Of Euripihes and the Othello
of Shakespeare. are memorable instances Of
lady IN one cnsc and gentleman In the
other, who permitted their matrimonial pre-.
judces to get the better Of their cquanimity
and their Judgment.
orr rRkJuDicKs As CITIZENS
Ia America we ought. according 10 all
preccden,s, to have no nationality, For
nationality prc-supposcs q past aud tradi.
tions and honogenonsness OF race, aud tho
lateral aitrition Of external enemies to rc-
mind lis Of thaac- and We have nothing OF
the sort. We have nothing but two oceans
and continent, containing vast quantities
of land. water and whisky mixed IN indefinite
proportions. Bunker fIill Is the sole me.
mortal OF our past, We have eghty,wo
years OF history, end we claim nationality
and we may claim II without niIcctation aud
arrogance But il Is u new type OF nation.
ality corresponding with the new conditions
on which its r,sts, II Ii not because Amer
lea il our home that We glory In its name
but because re orn H. We do not Lore II,
but p,nie ourselves on II. No poet sings.
America with all thy faults love the still g
( The national bard invoke. not the past, bu,
the future. in his "llai Columbia happy
land" No American was ever home sick
| lie has u home, 10 be sure. somewhere, but
bis tendency towards II, and his tendency to
| fly from il, balance each other Ike the ccn
irpiia and centrifugal forces, and keep him
revolving round IL in an eccentric orbit with
! out ever going near IL.
Oar patriotism Is unalloyed cgotism. Blu,
/ il is moi the ntr0yericd rutcan ant egotism Of
John Bull, corked up like old wine and put
u9say IN n dark cllar, to be brought out only NJ
Lord Mayors dinner. Our patriotism s,oa,ns
up in n perpetual eSbalaion Of newspaper
puff and fourih Of July orations. We
boast invetgalcly and loudly Of our energy,
our greatness. our wealth, our institutions.
our magnificent destiny, But like all par.
renuo who have grown suddenly great, We
DO not feel quite sure Of our greatness. We
want TO know what people say Of US abroad.
Above ALL we are anSi Si0us 10 know what tho
Englishman says Of us. Tho Euglishman
who Is principally engaged in admring him
self has no admiration TO bcstow upon 9th
crs. He sceS nothing IN America but spit
'oons, and boots resting on window sils ..-
lie puts the result Of bis observations into
book, and Columbia, Happy Land, goes
into convulsions. The happy land might
have consOlcd itself with the observation Of
Montcsqcn, that the era Of polished manners
10 Rome was that of the establishment of
despotic government.
POLITICAL FRrJrDICEs.
Popular parties are the offspring Of free
societies, and are NJ necessary to free gov
crDmsDt IA the opposition of forces TO tho
equilibrium Of the Uniyorp. la, the ne.
c,ssary connection between the moral phe-
noIncna of differences Of foplni0i,. and tho phys
ical phenoigeDa 0f gutta purcha canes, which
il tbs latest embodiment Of political preju-
diccs, does not appear II ia easy 10 under-
stand why the party In power should I've al
ways conservative, md the party out OF
power always reiormatory and progrrsiye 100
fJr conservatism and progression are merely
different tensss Of tho same verb, haUs
and ! J,aH hare. Of which the subject IA the
party, and the object the spoils. But j, is
not 10 easy TO understand how from the 10.
terror and conservative point Of view, ,bs outs
are oil scoundrcis. fanatics and liars, or
how from the rclormat0ry stand point, the
ms are . act u unmitigsted rsscas. stecped
in iniqui,y 10 the eyebrows Yet the fact
remains. from the O~tracism Of Aristilss to
the last knock down intbe Cnit@l States
Sspste, tia, parties were made 10 fulfill the
canine destiny denied 10 little boys "to bark
sLd bite. and tear each others eyes"
sicK.s.sks-TnEiE POLITICAL UsEs.
The convenience Of such conclusive term
in political logic IL nngiwstioaabe. IL dis
p~nsss with ths pecessity of analysis, reason
ing or reflection. and thus reJuoes the most
intricate psoblssns of political science TO the
simple questi0p--are yOi . Gueiph or n
Ghibilens. . Whig or . Tory, Democrat
~ n Republican. You have but 10 say.
that man 10 . Feisrslist, . iIOcofoco, u
Border. .Ruflian. damnsd AboIitIonist, or q
Black Republican, IN upset three hours sr
gument, and dcnolish conclusions supported
by the united testimony Of . whole people.
The nickname II you would bring down
giant to your lsvel--nsy. PROSTATE him W
rhe .d--yoa have ooly to take smooth
,ound nickDame like Dsvids pebble. from the
muddy bYp0k Of y0us ns0lostioo aud fling
!, a, blm-wth gin sling. II will crush
through helmst of iron. and crush lace
Of bra.-, ike porcslain mug i, ms kind
II moral lcns II collects the scattered
rays of party preiadice from nll the air into