Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-05

BAYARD TAYLoR's LEcrURE-A large and ap
precative audience assembled at Masonic Hall on
Monday night to hear the lecture of Bayard
Taylor. the well known tourist At o'clock
precisely. as previously announced. the speaker
appeared and was formally introduced by Dr.
Pmsin, of this city. His manners we're graceful
and dgnifed. He illustrated his points with
happy anecdotes collected in the Curse of his
travels. His discourse was sprightly and racy,
but devoid of profundity. The subject perhaps
did not admit of very deep thought; although lie
took occasion to criticize the want of investiga
ton and thought ia Americans generally. He
very justly recommended them to think more for
themselves. and not coufde so much in the dicta
of newspapers and politicians.
In speaking Of the Americans socially he adj
vanced some very instructive and suggestive
ideas. His parallel between the ''social govern
ment" of Europe and this country was perhaps
too refined. Judging from the tenor of his dis
course, he evidently better appreciates the refined
manners of the aristocracy OF Europe than the
rude and untutored etiquette OF American repub
licansm. Doubtless his travels in those countries
and the court paid to their aristocracy to such
men. and the little courtesy shown to them in
this country, had no little to DO in supernducing
this opinion But it should be remembered that
the portion of European society which he
highly eulogzed bears but very small proper
ton To the INDECENT countless millions of those
countries. whom he passed over by scarcely no
ticing them. His contempt for the common
classes of Europe was strong inference of con
tempt for American society in general. But il is
not to be understood however that many of his
remarks we're not appropriate and instructive.
There evidently much truth in the remark
despotic and intolerant.
When the lecturer came to speak of Americans
politically he could disguise his settled
and cherished principles. The liberal European
tourist Immediately merged in the narrow mind
ed politician. The associate editor of the New
York Tribune showed himself in every word he
uttered The bitter yirulence and senseless in
vective so Characteristic of that class of politi-
csans shone forth in every sentence. Why men
whose hate is so intense and abiding against the
people of the South should express desire to
fraternze with them, is a mystery. They must
be either sincere haters or vile hypocrites. II the
former. their object is certainly not Union, but
subjugation; if the latter. they are infamous
knaves Whichever horn of the dilemma they
choose to take, will not better their position.
Their policy in either event. will prove, as it has
already proved. disastrous to the country. They
would sink the nation in ruin, involve the coun-
try in beggary. and dismember the Government
to accomplish their own helsh ends.
Now as ever, under the guise of literary lee
turers they go round instilng into the minds
OF the people the most deadly poison. Al
ready with matricidal ingrititude have they
administered to our cherished mother country the
deadly opia:e that has cast her into the parox-
ysms of despair and death. And still do they
continue to dole their noxous venom. Doubt
less Mr.. Taylor is being out from the firm
of Greeley 4 Co. as a iorerunner of the doctors
of the pseudo Union party to be organized out of
the corrupt and putrid carcase of defunct Repub-
licanism. We call upon the farmers of the
Northwest, whose very life blood has been ex-
tracted by the political vampires, to beware.