New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-02

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he has seen more thin be ever dreamed the worid
eoItaiDed and those who have imaginatlons un-
tempered by age or knowledge, how will they reVei
in the remembrance and the narration OF their
wonderful travels To these happy sixty NOR
tails is restored travellers privilege, which the
world has lost for several centuries. They
are possessed of the eminent advantage
Of which FerDam Mendez Pinto avai'ed
himself so largely; for their journeJiogs nave
been IN unknown regions They are under no
necessity of limiting their variations By the circle
of facts, however vide that may be; for to their
bearers il has bOuudless horizon. Even 10 the
narrators il must seem that they have tasted ooly
" of the substance of things hoped for and tue
4" evidence Of things not seem Did they not
even at The last moment, as they were emo''klng
in the huge ship that was TO take them BACK 10
japan. observe steamer FIVE times as larg-, which
had come from the parent of the nation they had
visited and thousand years older? Must not
thet .lder nation be FIVE times as wonderful 10 al
the results of her civilization! How clear mus
this be TO the japanese mitd if he has sutticlen
faith, aid hOw entertaining book would be Wrt
ten BY some clever man of the Embassy-a book
entitled "From Yeddo to Yankeeland," which
should tell. not 50 much what they saw as VIVA
they thought they saw. They are not, however
people of books, at least not Of books of travel,
and we shall never know what they say of us.
We shall Iever know what they say of u.s. and
probably it is well, for We are people whose
epidernis is of the thinnest. 1t would be dread
fully scarifed we fear, by the truthful observations
of our distinguished guests The men we have
been entertaining are, the chief of them, gentle
men; and they will judge ofOur claim TO the title OF
being a well bred and courteous nation by the
manners Of those ithwhom they have been IN the
closest relationships men who, in several cities,
have had charge of them, who have made OF them
q public entertainment who have constituted them
selves their hosts both in private and public. Ii
they have the acuteness to see as possibly they
have. the uses TO which they have been pat TO
crafty the inordinate vanity, the nordinate greed
and the inordipate folly Of those with whom they
have chiefly come in contact, and II they believe
that in these they see reflected the character OF
the whole people, then heaven help our reputa-
lion III JupdH hHtu tutsc nous VI h'io sNb h'hiO
But let us hope they did not understand. la the
simplicity of their natures and manners, let us
trust that they haze gone back to their own coun-
try impressed not only with our material superio-
riiy but believing also that in all Christian graces,
in the amenities of social life, in the renemeuts Of
persopal good breeding, we are UNNECESSARILY their
masters. In II cir case certainly, ignorance may be
bliss. and also our good fortune, for were they
wiser they would have little to be thankful for. OF
almost all that an intelligent traveller would like to
be informed they have gone away as ig1 GRANT as
they came. They hare been dazed with the glare
of gas.light: blinded with the dust, and deatened
with the noise, OF public reception; but what
have they learned Of our institutions except that our
cities are large, that the race of our Tycoons
is distinguished by hating the head placed awry
upon the 81 oulders, and that ten thousand Amer
cans are supposed to drink, in one evening, ten
thousand bot les Of champagne? True, a navy
yard, printing Office, and glass factory, have
been opened to them. But they priut books at
home, hough not in our manner; our glass to their
porcelain is rude production; and they have
known the chips of civilized nations for centuries.
Mach of the outside of the houses and the inside
of the shops Of tour large cities has been shove
them, but they have seen nothing of the average
lie OF these thirty millions of peoPle-how they
are lodged; how they are fed; how they cultivate
the earth; how they work its metals and ltsstones;
how they prepare the skins of beasts for human
use; hew they weave cloth; and, above all, how
they educate their children for all the varied duties
of lite. in schools and colleges, the farm in the
workshop and She manufactOry- Against the
requirement of all useful know edge, except In
lew rare instances, which make the rule more
apparent, they have been sedulously guarded, and
the opportunity lost, which Will neyer reeur again,
of hupressing people, eager in the attainment OF
the arts of peace with the true source OF the
wealth and power Of Christian civilization. But
let us hope that the japanese have not found out
how much they have lost, ard how little they have
gained and that they have been unduly impressed
with the parade and glitter, of which everybody
else was weary and disguised.
ARP. HUGHES ON iThLy.
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