New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-12

Whether they believe what tbey cay against them,
.lye, ns much ~ what they say % ,he,r ON praise
3; .no,he, nusssjon Now, within me last lev years
there seems 10 have arisen iesnng ma the
American physically is not WHAT ne OF she ought
- ~ wbe;ber the doctors have get the hea 10
$50 ., whether Mr.. kiugAsys works ard the
v"r,rs ~ ,be English public schools nave hsd an
EJECT on the Transatlantic mnd, cct'nn = - toas ore
Garnet take up an American mSga1,Ie Ae"spsfT'
r-,bout finding a iauentatlon On zoe musSusas DE-
1890 ~ The New World Parents anc .cncol-
masters and schoolmstresses are e'uo'p'u ', Vaxe
care of the youth OF both SEXES VINO slc E1""g up
under their charge, and to see Nm, my ~ 49,
mi mere Intellectual prodigies WITHOUT eny pputy
..;,a To believe these writers, the ne" receot
Americans is kind of ARTIFICIAL groWIn, "a suSn al
,be substance and yigOr which shoud go 70 'nske
ans legs loirs cheeks, teeth ana haH, nave oeen
in the brain. In the last censry bunon
- he natnrasts Of that time started theory tnat
snce the animals found in the Ne" W0rla were
smaller and weaker type than those oi the oiu Sue,e
~. ~ Erronean race Of men must necessarily de-
lo,e W. 80 after a century two, be as lar IL
ferior 70 Engshmen, trenehme ana oPAnslue S IoS
NINA il IN The Barbary hon.. lbs specaaaon ssec
10 cause great Niger among the % ~. ORC
.Cbool who after reciting their exploits against the
Fnsl;sb were accustomed To explain thNeN'h their
sayaees were the finest of s poSslos sayaS an
that no Asatic or African tribe cogia possibly COM,
n.rs with the red men Of the New World. bat ho
ssc,;on AGAINST This sefcomplacent estimate hs re-
Gently been carried far that we should not 90 su
prised to see some American naturalist resuscsosns
the old thery. -, I'M Dt,.,J,I;n
Frening journal gives fair notion OF the way IN
which Americans are accustomed 10 SPEAK oo .As
subject From all sides are heard similar conpiau.s
of the neglect of exercise by all classes OF tne
can nonuatiop and warnings that the physicai s,ruc-
ture OF the people is deeroraiing IN cOnseluepce'
There are indeed certain facts which are undemsoie
but whether want of exercise be the cause vi 'em OF
merely the Eff ct il is not easy TO determine Among
The well todo classes il seems undouuoted ina inc
standard of health is not high a. in England. It's
aid that among women especially there IS lar great
err amount Of general weakness than IN European
Countries and that those families OF healthy grs
which are 10 he found in England hardly nave an eN-
istence in the New World The men, 100, are gener-
alv dyspeptic though often tall their limbs are n't
6eyeoped the muscle. of the arm and the calf OF tho
kg seem wanting the cheeks are sunken ana mo
cheek bones high both sexes are certainly very SUI
iect 20 badness and the early lose OF the teeth 20
common that We cannot wonder that American
dentists take high place In the profession. Ia
the words of the Philadelphia paper; The mop,
4" lent man 1--WE take an extreme case Is th'', i"i
" creature His face Is sharp ana sallow, ana mas
" beared and bi Ous appearance. his oGck can oe
spanned with both hands, ard there VIII De some
hand to spare And so the writer goes ON TO crit
icse the chest and legs of the younger AeIcan
citizens The ladies are equally hardly dealt WITH;
Her waist is waspish and her foot is moutei but the
90 chances strong that she stoops or impS, mas
" cold and does no blooming without the ad OF
"rougep Allowing for some eXaggeration OF Ian
guage it may be said hoveyer that tbis picture OF tho
younger inhabitants of the Atlantic cities has some
thing of truth ~ Inc cause we 40 not pIrtrnu "
discover Probably the influences OF climate eceeny
concerned. In some parts Of the Union the race IS
certainly very fine, though still marked by the sane
character Of leanness and an absence oil ROUNDED
outlines The Kentuckian or Iennesseeap, now
ever, il about che last man who could oe
charged with want of muscular power, OF physical
activity and vitality. II would ,almost seem
that the European race undersoes ehsnge o.,
rectly il is transplanted into the New World, AMI
that in the course of few generations approaches
the Indian type. 1t certain that the cotemporares
of Washington looked far more Ike English people
than the slim gentlemen whom we meet wandering
over the continent at the present day. The od por-
traits would show this, if even we're not TO be no
ticed IN many old living Americans who have much
less of what ia becoming the national east OF counte
nance than their and grandsons IL may be, then,
that certain regions like the Atlantic coast, or certain
modes of life do not suit the white mans constitution
during this transition; and hence the general want Oh
health and strength the Discrimination for bodily
else and the early loss Of vigor which seems imPoa
sble to DENY. The next generation may grow out OF
this constitutional weakness, or the evil may continue
to sap the vitality Of the race In certain portions oil
the onion. Science or different mode oi lie may do
much 10 provide a remedy.
American writers generally utter the same exhorta-
oDs as we find in the Philadelphia Journal. The
athletic sports Of the English held up a. an en-
ample though with kind Of wonder that youths, aud
even grown men should take such pleasure in lespns
fence, striking and catching leathern ball. or kick
ng M inflated bladder Lately believe that cricket
has been naturazed the States, with what success
the future must determine. But il is certain that tbe
AmcfiChns, DOth young anu ou, are "lth jun
Guilty led to take any muscular exercise. A car
penter or gardener does his work because
he is paid for it but no will has
arms and legs without a prospect of remuneration.
Gentlemen will never walk il they can possibly drive
and when they have particular object IN gong any
where they sit down and smoke. Boys, in the inter-
vals of school hours, are far more likely 20 read g
newspaper than TO run and jump. The only sports OF
an Amt rcsn shooting and driving both Of which
may be INDUCED in without any great fatigue. We
certainly think that il the manifest tendencies Of
climate are to BE- corrected the rising generation
should b. accustomed to more active habits. Boys
and girls should not be dressed up within an inch Of
their lives from the age Of ten or twelve and taught
that is vulgar to soil their pants compress their
crinoline. Perhaps in the dry air of America there
may not be such absolute need Of exercise a. with u.s.
but the effect of IL in preserving health and importing
manly character must be the same in all countries
Ii the spirit Of public schools could be transit RED
to the New World, We think the result would be- To
rear race which would not neglect those noble pos
sessions of which the Philadelphia critic speaks.
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