New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-22
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-1.Eo., ,h,. rr,.,t Of al human ioteguments, tail
-, 80, 81 . sid hat neither pair Of white gloves,
LII neri,h with the utng. never did move In 60
.,.,v-sot even when abroad where most Americans,
"a brsf resdeDce, become strangely familiar with all
sas,,ss and their tone of conversation and gyrate
h.ely IN cratic orbits the diplomatic ercIes,
nsrsry circles artifc circles salons and fashionable
s,les and Whatever other circles 90 10 make up the
..n,olyed ,ocial system of European capital Once,
i6sed did nclose myself in candid neckcIoth, vest,
and gloves, and mount to the higher spheres. That
WAS on occasion Of another parvenue entrance into the
Tsileries, in the year Of grace 1882 chaotic COM
,.p,v We were from the master Of the feast do 70
,spr servant caue ht sight Of my Disguised se when
na.sixg before large mirror, 10 the Sale dee Mare
shsu. and might have cut myself in the ass had not
a. drou reflection set laughing and 30 brought
.bspt a recognition. II seemed though had been
shsreed at nurse.
Rut this is foreign TO our subject-our own limp
kis. Beside what any may see in toe street, ADD
reed IN the newspapers and hear from tho,e who dogo
hte society pick good deal Of information about
lie at the grocers. The grocer ia an intelligent per-
ssp and sometimes when drop in there OF On evening
hnd two three neighbOrs or occasional customers
Thar eony.rsaiion il instructive, much 60 perhaps
as though it were carried from stuffed chairs around
center table instead Of from barrel heads and across
companies which always in order as topics OF
talk, it generally takes a biographical tdrn-each
speaker irving fsgmentary extracts from his recoDec
mons of his lifetime with personal sketches Of people
he has met. To do them justice these oral Plntarchs
Acknowledge with readiness that more pretentous
ssthors might take example from, the assistance Of
etbsrs in making their compilations. Thus, no one 10 |
efener quoted when the theme requires, than limp
kinss coacbmaD, who buys his ale and tobacco at the
sbop, and the shOpbOy who takes over to the house
ths groceries ordered by the cook or Mrs. l. In person
Let me be az h0nest as they. When, then IN the |
eourse Of these Views you catch clear gmpses Of New
Yok INTERIOR domestic manners, &C., consider the
corner grocery and it's habitues the Nocte Ta6erae
zyOpsGtuD as Of my authorities, my unedted man
u,crpts documents in the office Of the Secretary Of
State archives Of the Ministry Of the I0tenOr dosers
Al the Prefecture Of Police unpublished Barrel papers,
aboriginal sources Of information. jenkins is another
Auxiliary to my interest in Tmpkins as to~lsman
and ex acquaintance jenkins created new one when
he assured me, sir, rather impressive way, that he
was one Of a class The phrase with the air that
jenkins ID IN the habit of letting it and Other sach off,
imposes at frst Like roobeer, it is very filling
Presently meditation, it grows sottae and unpro-
6table-hatulent that regrets having swallowed II.
Most peopein fact, oil people, with exception of the
Wandering Jew, Napoleon Bonaparte, hs last Amerl-
can biogrspher and few each eceeDtncs are one Of
class. Timpkns could not be two Of class; that ie
patent. Coming then to question jenkins, found
that be is not strong in Classification, and In the end
resolves It's classical qualities to ths lie ID one OF
cur rich men, Sir came poor boy to Ne work, Sir,
and now one Of our first men, Sir; model for Amer
lean youth, Sir, Tmpkns." don't think he is.
Now if there be one kind Of cant weaker and ptifaer
than another is the cant against the rch class 1t ID,
II possible meaner than the cant sung in their auda-
ton There is surely inherent evil in money. That
good and celebrated Dissenting divine lately deceased,
The Rev. Harris ID. D.. of England, did he not pocket
the one hundred guinea prize for bis crowned Essay
On hsmmCnl The mass of murderers, burglars, pick
pockets and politicians are not opulent. Profane
s~earers Ssbbahbreak re- atheists not ordinar-
by holoers OF large estates real personal; unfOr
tunate females are not always wealthy; not all de-
bauchtes and drunkards roll IN gold On the other
hand, Cooper Unions, and Kane Expeditions, and Law
renee Scientific Schools, and large donations TO the
House Of industry, do not all come from collapsed
pockets To go on | must think that in our best
society some of the virtues may exist, domestic and
ether as it is certain that occasional lack of them
may be observed ameng the lowest Of city popula
Gcn And so for localities, holding az do that good
pess lie not typographical can believe with Catholic
John TmoD that impartial Providence has dis
psnsed even b the Filth avenue and adjacent streets
some Of those fine moral ENDORSEMENTS which bud and
bourgeon luxurany at the Five Points and ie pur
hsus. can believe that even in Grace Church. aud
other uptown tabomacles pure souls adore their God
although Brown tells me a as true that none but ele-
gently dressed sinners in easy circumstances can wor
ship there.
Never did court parasite address TO king, fattery
more gre or implying greater osul to human dignity
than the cant we constantly hear in Democratic Amer
boa from the stump, and read in political newspapers
and il-written sensation romanees, which makes the
virtues Of the poor, because they not nch, supe
nor to the virtues Of the wealthy.
1t 10 not money, then nor moneyed men, that should
inspire the ire OF the )ralstsbove all, Of morast
who desires to sell his written indignation at the highest
narketprice.
Tmpkins, then, is no. to be blamed for his large in
come but for his ignorance of its best uses There
is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing the
price is in his hand, bat he geeth no wisoom, seeing
that be hath no heart to it. This is not his fault
than his misfortune far as be himself IS presently
concerned. Toward community, however, it has the
gravest evil quences SO that is greatly to be
Se.n.d that some one of generous men, merchant
prince other who has gotten understanding, as SO
many no bic ones have with their pecuuiary resources
wsuld found asylum for the insane richor better
an assdemy-wherein the ignorant fortunate might be
taught the proper application of wealth. Certain
peor philosophers and moraizing pubhcists, would,
Scr reasonable pensatlon, cneerfuly profess the
theory, while there eDodgh men, of kindred spirit
with the proposed founder whose honored names sug
ge.t themselves to all Of us who would competently
teach by example the practice of expense.
Tmpkins spends fride Nec,ss CordincstarlG e