, 1860-09-01
Boston and It's Morality, m Baynrd
Taylor Views IT,

IFrom D,Tard r.. Iess Lcte1 TO 'hs y. 7. Tribunal
The general intre.s slon which Boston and lis
enrlrons made upon my fr1fuds WAs that Of
substantial prosperity md comfort. They also
co1traated with The seMi-pAtisian vivacisy Of
New York. Boston, 10 tacs. prides itseit on its
department.; it Is nothing II not proper All
the ridIcuIe v Whic other cities 9re In tie habit
Of hesping upon it does not seem to disturb its
equaoimlty in the least. do not remember TO
hare seen The Boston p1pera greatly enraged
BY any hostile assertion, except that tho hasbcr
sometimes trcezss oEer; t1en they cry out in
indignant wrath. ~ -e-~ ~:~~
/ must say rather a1rire thls ttoifd, self:
reliance AID Novauge1,esn assumptiou-if for
nothing else, at 1east because it shows q thicker
cuticle Than We e1citab'e New Torkers posses
bst of bs
aus, who raasack The Union for dero 'atory re-
marke, a1d ex2!t one horn while depressing the
other to corr all who d1nbt their greatness.
The genuine B7stonian Ia the most complacent
Of morta1s. With hia clean shirt on, aud his
umbrella under h1s arm, be sits upon biz pedes-
tai Of Quincy granite, aud reads his mild, une1-
cepuonRbta pe1sparer. He believes IN Judge
Story a7d Daniel Webster, reads The poems Of
Hannah Gould and George 1unt, votes for Bell
ard Everett. and hopes tha. he will 90 to Paris
when he die1.
With mt, however, who have been knocked
&oR0k aQe HQElA tQ0 4loGn ~ uhfe AA$ 4pEC@hl
veoeratlon Tor any particular class Of men, ex.
oessive propriesy is always supple ons eircum~
stance. would sooner trust The. ragged
Christian who sits in The hindnost pew, than
the smoothly -shayen deacon, whose na1al Iuu.
p: leads tho hJup. l hare sonstimes won
de7ed whether Il! the Bostonians postpone their
Pxrisian delights until after death. Is the1e
no.hinR volcanic nndtr this, cold lasa7 No in
dulge, &c in im2ropriet.es sli the mere sttrac-
tsve. because secret? My friend related to me
this morning an experience which he had made
s'Wbat curious city This isr' he exclaimed;
"la.t night while was walking cut alone, Il
occurred to me that g!ass OF beer would be q
goed thing for my thirst. So 1loQked here and
looked there; going throush manJ streets, bu,
every house uAs closed; only the churches we're
open At list stoppod man in the street,
and said TO him, in my iDperf Ct English, is Ii
posslble that il t5is great city can not aet one
| small glass Of beeI3' 'Hnsbr4 haid tho mau
come with me and will show yon.', So vi
| went through many streets, until he stopped 4,
| = little dark door. dsaid, go up Then he
| went away. l went up ore 4 Ehs of ateps; Il
wa: dark. Then went up another flight, snt
saw Ii hted glass'door With the word 'Ssren
ity' upon it. 1naide were many men dr,n king
beer. I also 'draak aglass, but was obligel
to par double trieefor it, and the beer was re11
bad"
1lapgaed heartily over ny f.isnd's adventure
The explanation Of which, Id ne into q state
ment Of the ratious phases Of the Temperance
| reform. In Germany, where a liquor lAw wonls
be not only An impossibilisy, hui an incredible
ity, such clA1dest1ne lodges are unknown, .au.
am afraid my friends respect for the admin
isi1ation Of the laws in this country WIS ,son1e