The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-02
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prove very delightful TO our vteitOrS.
We are afraid II will be SOM time before
the natural curiosity. expressed by the PATRIOT
will be graufied. The Japanese are the most
polite Of all people-not even excepting tue
French they are perhaps, also. An amiabie
people, and hence, will not be likely by WORD
or gesture, or glance, 10 express what they
think Of that which IL strange and displeasinG
in q nation which receives them with kindness
and hospitality. But certainly the prying
and intrusive " manners aud habits" Of some
of the sovereigns-if We may trust the state
ments of the Washington correspondent of the
New York Heraid-must inspire them with a
disgust the more intense from being sup.
pressed. There was . time when a moustached
Frenchman could not walk the streets of Lon.
don without being followed for half q dozen
squares BY a troop Of gaping boys. who made
audible remarks ON the French gen,lemAn's
strange appearance, compared him to a mon.
key, and laughed ia his face. The same re-
9ned, frank, agreeable style seems to be adopted
in this country towards foreigners whose
manner aud appearance differ from our own
They are logged about the streets by an idiotiC
rabble, who fancy themselves tue superiors in
civilization Of those strange looking men, The
most ignorant of whom has probably more
brains-certainly more poiiteness-than the
whole crowd Of Washington rif-raff that fol-
low at their heels.
For" AZ the B .ltlmore Patriot Justly observes,
.'let II be granted that the japanese arc, ply steal,
ly, an inter- race without the height, breadth o.
shoulder, regularity Of feature, wn,tenesss Of
complexion. Or msaly appearance OF the Caucas
sian race they have given most decided proof OF
their is,sn.eisai qualities. au,cknsss OF compre-
henslOn, rapiulty and cieverness. In those things,
where these Qualities write themselves .rih the
hand. in manufactures and ~workman.hip, they are
<sr mr. APtn M RnNh EnFk m n - n
executed. among ue, as they show IN fne weapons,
In dsmascene work. in perfection of polish, and
"fneir fine porcelain has not been equaled at
Sevres, and though we hsve in this state AS fine
the world. oar best production; are coarse pottery
BY the SIDE of them. They seem most interested in
cSnnectsd with the National Defsnces, in Navy
Yards and Foundries for Ordnance. 1t is most
condition John Chinaman. their neisnbor. has
come TO. because OF his connexions with foreign
e%ieotive mode Of warfare especially Of defence,
and the most effective means of answering ar re-
S SnnIh has !" shown them. When they were ADO It to
visit the Patent Office. the officers who were about
s. ss', snro rs:d t as I tSs sn 81 ana. !1ss,tq ino1w was;
Japan"
lie US hope that, in the visit which these in
t~elligent strangers will make to other cities,
they may be protected from the rude pressure
anu CO0ISc IcluoIkS VI Tic huIeElCdu N.Y.
that curious production Of our Western civili-
%zation, which, rs the Patriot well says,
fiourishes in no other region of the earth ex-
cept n these United States which never
knows its place, never keeps ii, and cannot be
made to keep it; which considers obscenity
and profanity elegant accomplishments,
feathers in It's cap, to be sported ON all occa-
sions and in every presence, and which indi-
Gates a barbarism in the midst of our ~civiliza-
ton more degrading and brutal than has been
heard of in Japan or even China for the last
thousand years.
The Newspaper Fight--The Politicians and
the People.
The war now raging in New York between
the great newspaper sachems Of the "Wig-
wam.' is only second in interest to the grand
mill between HEENAN and SAVERS. On one
side is RAYMOND and WEBB, soon to be rein
forced by WEED, whilst on the other, solitary
and alone, stands the redoubtAble GREELEY.
1t ought to be against the rules of the news
paper ring for three to fall afoul of one but,
Judging from the manner in which GREELEY
handles his "fyes,'' We will wager a small
amount that he will prove more than a match
for all his opponents. Having administered
a final knock.down to SEWARD at Chicago,
he is now hitting right and left among his
Ii~eutenants, like HKKNAN, who, after he haG
beaten SAVERS till he could not stand, let of
his superfiuOus steam by knocking over his
seconds and bottle-holders, and punching and
kicking his friends generally. We had never
given the philosopher credit for such an excel.
lent memory of wrongs. and such a keen and
polished edge of sarcasm, as he occasionally
exhibits in this controversy.
There are, however, points developed by this
disputation, which are Of higher and more
comprehensive import than its personalities,
aud IN which the public at large have some in
terest. A New York Journal coolly says
"WkBB. RAYMOND Il Co. all charge the defea,
of SEWARD upon GREELEY, as q consumma.
ton effected out of revenge, because SEWARD
did not make GREELEY Governor six years
ago. We SUPPOSE thai dkKkLxY had q periect
right 10 Oppose SkwAkD upon these grounds
and 1t is perhaps no more than aay other poll.
tician would have done. He made SEWARD
Governor, and Senator, and everything else,
and he had q right to hope for u reciprocity OF
benefits"
All this Is true enough, no doubt, but what
an illustration Of the practical workings OF
our republican theory! The people have been
taught to believe that they make Governors,
Senators and Presidents, but il seems tina they
have about AS much 10 do with the selection
of their public officers as the japanese in the
choice of their Tycoon. The editor of the
Tribune "MADE SEwARD Governor &c, and
because SEWARD would not make him Gov.
ernor, in return, the editor of the Tribune 70.
fused TO make SEwARD President!
Lamaraine.
The inevitable LAMARTINE has come ur
once more to the surface. Dynasties may be
overturned In France, new empires spring up
In Europe, but LANARrISE remain nm.
changed and Interchangeable. 1t 10 said that
SAVERS, throughout his fight with HxHAAx,
preserved astereotyped emile upon his visage
which was always the same, whether givina
or receiving . blew. LAMARrINE, whilst com.
batting his financial difficulties, whether. In
the language Of Mr.. MIcAwBER, he sadminis.
tiers q succession Of facers to them, - or is him.
sell compelled to give in, always comes up to
his work with the cheerful complaceucy Of
the late champion Of the p. r. He has such
An amtaole, desersntial, philanthropic way Of
presenting his literary claims TO the notice o.
tue poolc. snch . HORACE SxINP0L1 STYLE o.
DIMINISHING himsslf, and expressing his entir1
consent mat the world MAJ 20 it, severn,
Ways, u II WILL only let him continus 10 exfat
matt " next TO imposstble TO give him the boot.
1ng which II prompted BY the i~nyoluntary a..
ton OF every mans musclss ~ soon a n.
comes In sight. In . sew edition OF his cou
psets works. he has written one Of his mo.
characteristic papers.
! DO nat repatalsh thses works Of niae f,o.
Exssi Messmss;s1. fsss from ~ :x XII hn.ass
before this heal Of dad o. epAsmsrl leaves fsiIs