New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-03
,,rr ~ EUROPE AND AMERICA.
1...4..trh.N.Y. Triaans.

LAfI l3
-, LIE than q native American This Is
.s.ersl remark, made not only by inyseh' w. y
.a.ay ,rsselers Of the latter class whom n'o' :.
Germany during the la,t Summer. LII IS TIC o'1
.xcer,epce Of neophytes beng generaly .n m
zeslous than old believer. Especisny .-.rIs
IN any cause he has once espoo. 80. .,d c,n.
distinguished by degree Of tbs a.,;o,.l yice
.,;,h him a even nationA VICE.
'sN"'' - no., .4ppen TO be nsnonai virtue
"Sehe'oi ~ ,'5ermans who have emigrsted 70
Ahops e.stes. few only would be capaoie ol
~" t,,rooean life, it, after nine or zen years o'
eooo'i"s IN America they should return 20 .,aA ir
resIoe,Ii tnuever they may nave uporaldeo VIZ"
tos country during all tese nine VI sen
D. ms however, as IT may-.bu' iiS -.turning In
Fn,oneap. naturabzedn AineIi0S a..y;no bin.eIf
..y visit to his naty, N.o .S ner;or charms of
YIJned by what be tbhhs 'ne Supo pn,a ~ar,, an.
suooHeo W 80 mut have undergone very su'
EuroPeau srf A,ercaBzst0n; WbHea NATIVE
perbcAl P'oo natnally, may fall under the innl-
Amei'1'.t u asa cbarys. But whenever lne AIieII'
snoo .;on -. n,ocess has been a tnor"ugn one, 10
canHs''on r. European mind can only be com
effects upon "" n,cess Of turning glove. The
pared 70 tbs Seration, still has the same shape,
glove si'. si',,ti il was. Here you see the thumb
ana 'enloiDs g., ,hpgers Just before; but inside
ana al 'no atsdf and outside inside; and the
Dss oe.O IT. il fted the left hand, now hts the
k'os.' = 4 rdtive American who, OF course,
nkot k". nrdgne 30 wonderful an operation ai'er
has no, =; hrth-the only case OF being born
snat oi MI.penened to him-may be unable to
WHICH Hatle strong feelings Of d twice born man,
sPPfe,cNr rot want 10 have had the extra trouble
WIZ W. This is a consideration which, i tear,
'oI 10 Tered the head Of know-Notking.
he,e. at resemblance to this case exists when-as
a. il with our friend 80 at Pafis-Sn Amer
Il .,.Ia IN huv
Hsi Hsrp of being spoiled for American life. Such
e however, ~ less frequent and, as the trans
snaten is a lets violent process, its effects are
decided and may be supposed not to be lasting.
iherwise Americans and Europeans would eA-
hit 10 the world the ludicrOus spectacle Of tw0
,ersons converting each other the one to the
others religion.
In a practical manner, the relative merits of
American and European life come in question when
n.rent. are in situation 10 choose between
European and American education for their chill
dYn Here are German parents, whJ 10 the
astonisbment Of their cOuDfrymeD, prefer 10 edu-
cate their children in America; and on the other
aide YOU see American parents, who brlbg or send
their children 10 be educated at Dresden, at Frank
fort. or at some other place of Germany. who ls
right and who s wrong Of the twOi or may,
perhaps, both DC righ' aiio o''i oo "io"s !" WI
tain way
Indeed. M general rule, IL must be contended
that education, like government, should be con-
Quoted after system calculated 10 satisfy the
essential wints of nation, and those wants being
different il different countries, the same system
cannot hold good for every country, aud for every
people. Education, like government must be
national and if German parents educate their chill
dren IN the United States, it is because they
educate them for the United States, and not for
Germany The contrary would be grave mistake.
A German boy, educated in the United States, and
grown up there under the inll influence Of Ameri-
can life, would have to suffer seriously from the
fact il he was tO enter INTO he in Germany Most
of his Good qualities, according to the American
model. would be found shocking IN German society.
His superior practical knowledge OF men aud facts,
from greater experience of life, would be thought
unnatural" and dssgreeable in youth; his
sefrelsnce and independence Ct opinion ana man
ners would be considered as vices IN young man.
Even what he has learned tO consider as p0litenesS
that matter fact politeness which can be
prac,ced with the hat on just AK well as with the
hat of, but which will never forget to offer seat
even To "A person Of inferior position IN hie-thls
American polteness will not be appreciated, while
his reserve III social intercourse, his omission OF
certain fine words and phrases without much mean
ing, but, nevertheless, thought Indispensable, and
his criminal forgetiulness in taking off his hat at
certain places certain occasions, Will not be for
given And while he is thoughta most uncouth young
fellow am sure he feels just much offended
at the impOlteness Of others toward HIM. The
standard of potencss tappears, Is different one
for the two countries as different as that OF what
10 deemed interesting conversation, or as that OF
individual perfection in general. The young lad
educated in the Uniten States, then, will not be
considered as particularly amiable in Germany,
nor, fear, in any other country of the European
continent But what is still more important, he
will find himself mis- placed in almost every depart
ment of ~ actical ite however superior his prac-
icn facull es may be- unless be should at the same
ime have tl'e talent Of quickly unlearning bis In
,pendcnce .of opinion and character, and OF ac-
lring the necessary pllsblty and Difference.
nat thus ha, opens to boy Will, IN another sphere
0ife, happes to girl, though exceptions from
uue NAV he easier IN this case than the other.
w If 10 in vert the situation, American pa
relare going {, have their children educated IN
rr'c or Germa NY the presumption accordingly
sno' be that the intention is 10 educate them for
nuiN and not IT America ibis, every BODY
KNOWS not the ca Sc, however, though American
boys' girls are t. be found IN many OF the bosrd-
ing scls of Germ, my and France. A yourg
man ohme or the e.. her of your old families, edu-
Gated Germany, n ny aiterwsrd hnd 1t smt
MS tasto become a lieutenant in the army OF
one OF lesser German potentstes, OF another
may ieei vanity satisfe by being raised TO the
,a'u S.., ation Of an al acne 10 a niiuor ueiiIa"
oiFiomaus even at the 'rice oi resighins ms
rights OF African citizeasl Ip--those cases which
have really ,nsns3 of Is,a. re exceptions toe isO-
lated in thet to hs I, ken into consders-
ton. As eral rule. Amer can boys and girls
educated IN E,ns must he an, posed IL return 10
America Thst Lest mn.t h : presumed to be
the intention Ohs;r nsrents who OF course, must
have the conyiSn tb,t E.rnne, n education in
itself, without srsssrence IN wb ,ther its fruits
are 10 ripen undtbe moral climate of the Old or
the New World, n,sfsr.hle Ar, they right or
wrong in this opin win NOT the ', ,ung Amer.
can educated in g., = -. find him.