New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-01

m view ia .ke!r coDpo itl0n. lie ".snes W SCI
forth TIE degradation Of the New World, IN such
u..nner - to warn tie OH sg,ir,. following TIE
pernicou. example Of American liberty lie
would loudly warn universal Europe assin't rePu'-
lean Institutions, from their social effect So VII
nesred in iris country. He holds up AmeE.,i IS
the drunken elot, in order TO fortify The virtues
Of the European aristocracy. Brother JonsInsn Is
mode laughing stosk a. chow the ia Ions .! tGe
Old World the perils Of pohticsl freedom.
Nor does he permit US to escape the s.ing Of Is
remarks By referring them excludvely % Boston
and he lAnk sided, grn-yissSei, cOld'blooied IN
hsbitauts of that btngh'ed locality II lie TIE Bo'-
tooisu. II is true, WAC are made ID sit for thelt
portraits. but tie Likeness holl, good Of all the
Americans. The Bcti,h Consul ha. nothing local
in hs abuse. He q admirably irss from al se.-
tional preutees ia his sbomiuaIon of this country.
He knows 10 North, and no South, in the exercise
Of LIS spi.ef4l personalities. Meet an American
where you viii says No Grattao, ''let his pur-
suits in life, or bis every day la1gusge be what
thsymsy. be he stakeholder or s5OltiOnls' of what
ever rel gous sect or political party, he is essen
tally the sane with his fellows Though the &C.
Luine Yarkee be Informs US. Is only he who De-
longs to New. EpgaLd, the term Is now as app;o-
pirate 10 tie natives Of the Union st large, as are
the aPpells!ioBs Frencbmsn and SPanlaId to
the people Of those countries. In feet, II is one OF
the sore sorrows Of Grattan, that lankeelsm Is
the general character of the Union. Yankee MN
nsrs and feelings perysde the whole country;
Yankee charac'erist. IS distinguish the whole pso
pie alike, aud are nowhere TO DE mistaken. TIE
term is equally sppicabc to The Inhabitants Of
Ch.eston snd New. Orleans az OF Boston or New
Hsyen. For himself, be would no., If ne could
hell it. live in any part OF America. He would
welcome even the moderate refoements of Europe
as Paradise, compared with the social pandemo-
hum Of the United States.
Oar readers msy have some curiosity 10 be made
acquainted with tie grievances that have inspired
these new chapters of the 4" Miserles OF Human
Life" First and foremost, then, among the ing5e-
dents in the bitter cup Of the pensve consul, Is
the want of breeding, vulgar manners and general
uubearableness OF the labOOs OF Boston. His fret
experience Of American life was on his passage
from New.York to Boston IN one OF the eIonlnston
steamers The tone of the men and women was
common. place; the fashion Of their d,ess The same.
The movements of all were very nearly alike.
They walked 10 straight lines, sat erect on the
stools or benches, smoked their cigars and rpat
on the upper, and chewed their guilds aud spat on
the log yer deck, or read their newspapers and Pat
in the cabin and had their drinks and spas at the
bar with a marvellous regularity" Such stu
GUAR specimen of living mechanism was rather
oppressive TO the mercural temperament of the
consul; but luckily some Of HE fellow passengers
by the Atlantic steamer were on board, and pre-
vented the monotOny from becoming fatal
The same uniformity was equally painful to Wit
ness st Nahant, where the author took up his
Summer quarters, soon after arriving in Boston.
The internal gong sounded at fixed and unvary-
ing periods, aud every one was obliged to bs at
table on the instant; nor was there any lingering
after the many had bolted their dinner. Inleed
we are informed, tina. in America, "thi. meal does
not form an epoch for social enjoyment" Like all
Olbeis it ia transacted purely as matter OF bu''
neas The men are too much absorbed in affairs,
or too much addicted 10 mean order Of amuse-
me IT, to enjoy the pleasures OF the table, as COM
biniDg indulgence of appetite and taste with intel
lectual intercourse. The women, to be sure, are
somewhat better, have little conversational talent,
and some love for literature aud the fine arts. But
this is mO.tly tteoietic. The ladies' OF Boston have
the rudes, notions Of singing, aud very Indifferent
performers on the piano. and can at best execute
but feeble pencil sketch. The affections in
America are without any solid basis. The Euro
pean is treated in hattering manner, in the first
instances be receives numberless invitations to
dinner parties and balls; everything looks like
friendship and hospitality, but the erroneous i'm.
preston is soon dis.ipated; and the stranger inds
tina. be has been literally taken ia. Mr.. Grattin
maintains that the subsequent coldness VIII IN he
experienced is owing to the heaItle.sLen OF the
country. - The men are too much absorbed IN
self to enter on the cultivation Of the nobler feel
ings;' and the women have only the sem'lance OF
those generous qualities which elevate the sex 10
other paris of the world to the very higbtof human
excellence. But Dir. Gr,ttan forgets TO add that
the Europesn often finds change Of treatment in
bis American acquaintance because they have dis.
covered the emptiness of bis pretensiOns 10 De in
proportion to the arrogance of his claims.
The American, according to our etbnologi't, is
Of an inferior order TO the European. He is only
d bad imitation Of 80 Englishman. The gentlemen
of tbs country are counterfets Of the gentle
men Of England Ia society, in business, 10 htera-
iure, rcitnce and art, they can bear no companion
with the stock from which they sprang. Though
Of the came blood they are Of different breed.
The Apglo-saxon race deterOrstes with trsnspaa-