The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-10
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-. -. KIN New York. From the
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" CLASS Of readers; but
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o'o lie".n 10 wor,d, Humboldt was the
N"'e' ,.., the unri> allied traveller, the
s'e"' ...,r,.,,ed by rhyme, the writer Of
p"e' '., ,,,e,cal than the loftiea epics.-
,xuAoYS. he was a captious, Queru-
x,c,in, discon tented Old man. forever
nna,ny fault with those around him, and
.,.nasring his friends behind their backs
t,xcer, his onslaught upon BAYARD TAYLOR,
wa have thus far seen nothing in this cor
resnondence which we thought worthy OF
communication. We confess we were delight
cd with that. There is a class OF small beer
literary folks in this country, whose repre-
sentatiyes are forever rendering us contempti-
bls in Europe by their pertness ard want of
ind.u4ndence thrusting theInsels - Lninvited
upon the notice Of literary celebrities, aud
thus suhjectiug their Countrym'i at large to
the charge OF mean-spiriteI .'nlrrAnence,
which il they were fair repIes IL; 1tises OF the
national character would be T.tlly deserved
What title had BAYARD TAY.oI; he smallest
| of all the small beer tribe, to .Ufce himself
upon HUMBOLDT 1t was doubtless the dis
gust occasioned by intrusion> Ike TINS, that
| gave rise to the con te,nptuous notice which
| he takes OF the great love which he says mas
| arisen for him in the United States. He had
not been here since toadyism had risen to
| its present level but doubtless he had very
| lust conception Of what it is, in the visits
| of prying Yankee bardliGgs, and small lite
| rary pretenders Of all grades. We trust the
castigation received by BAYARD, IL he prove
| incorrigible himself, may at least nave some
| weight with the tribe 20 which he belongs.-
As matters stand at present, men IKE
| HUMBoLDT can enjoy no peace IN the Sc
clusion of their homes, where they are con-
! tinually liable to be intruded on by Vagrant
tourists who do not hesitate TO expose the
minutest incidents Of their household exist
ence to the Frying eye Of the public. from no
higher motive than the love OF a little notorle-
ty In the 10th century to be distinguished is
to be- cursed beyond measure, ana from TINS
quarter the curse proceeds
| 1t must he refreshing to the American al
| ulators of HUMBOLDT, to know that all their
sycophancv was completely thrown away He
continued to entertain, to the day of his death
the most con temptuous opinion OF eN eryt hIns
in the country, except PRESCOTT and Col
FREMONT. The latter he thou It resembled
| CHATEAUBRIAND in personal ~ pearance, and
| probably it was this, quite as ;uuch aE his at
ventures among the Rocky Mountains, thai
; secured the admiration. OF the philosopher
al In nothing else can see the shadow Of goof'
His defamation against slavery would {
credit to PHILLIPS or BEECHER, and We lC
hardly disgrace the columns Of the New ORR
Tri5une. 1t is PLAIN either that he utterly mis-
apprehended our position and the workings o.
our institutions, or that the remark Of ole
FREDERICK alluded to by US yesterday find:
| a srecial illustration in his person. Puiloso
pliers certainly are not necessarily statesmen
To the credit Of HUMBOLDT, however, be il
spoken, his opinion of royalty was not m ucl
higher than his opinion Of the United States
Prince ALBERT he regarded as little better
than a shallow coxcomb, and a very dull one
at that. Of King ERNEST, of Hanover, he said
"What shame to call such a fellow a German
Prince" OF the royal family Of Prussia and
| their friends he says: think only of the en-.
livening presence Of four crown princes and
| throne successors-one lame in the knees and
pale. another a drunken IceIander, the third
blind and POLITICALLY raying, and the last ca
PRECIOUS ard infirm in intellect" Or the
| French Emperor he says, he is the son of a
I Dutch Admiral; and of his own KING and
benefact tor, he speaks as Of Il man deficient in
intellect destitute Of stability, and prey to
silly fancies. OF clergymen, he speaks as
"black coats. who know how to enslave the
world-yea! who are putting on the armor OF
their former adversaries:' alluding, we pre-
sumo, to the designation of " the gentleman in
black frequently applied to the devil. Sir
| ROBERT PEEL, he thought, "looked like a
Dutchman," and was more vain than ambi-
tious, "but very narrow in his views" Lord
ABERDEEN he tells US, is universally taci-
| turn, without being able to convince people
that his taciturnity covers anything worth
| hearing"