New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-09
Of course omitted ard more.statey reviews" Of the

Yesterday was looking the curious collection,
gathered in the past three years by an American OF
what you may styc the French literature Of our Ameri
Revolution. Beside newspaper files it comprises
hundred and sixty three books pamphlets. and re-
view articles treating Of the American Question.
Some few areeaonymous; some are by renegade Amer
lean authors TRANSLATED in manuscript flor publications.
the larger number by French authors who put their
names to their works. Among all these authors names,
there is lot one subscribed to book pamphlet or article
friendly TO the G. s. A. that was ever heard of outside
of France or that is hOnorably well known in France.
No one name OF historian statesman publicst other
Of SO high as third class rank.
Might 1t not be worth the while OF the refined Man
Miner higher classes ofour country to note what good
company vulgar Mr.. Lincoln and the low Republicans
are taken up by in these parts, Men Like Laboulaye.
Berger, Guizot, Favre, Martin. less fastidous than
the Muscodins OF fierce democracy as TO the social
proprietes less profoundly logical in connecting
Turveydropism with political principles display no
horror at Mr. Lncons deficiencies in matters OF Ell.
quette and quite fail TO that man not tire qudfre
tpin9les is consequently wrong on constitutional
questions. That the Mackay clon Of an illustrlous
Glasgow house. exiled like that other poet Ovid, to
barbarOus country. should spice his ZftSd letters,
addressed through Tie London Times TO his wonted
British arisocratc circles that mourn the absence oil
such bright ornament-that the Mackay the truthful,
the mournu the tender the refined the exquisite the
wel.ngh poetical, the sensitive, the hgh.born, the
delicate. the fondled Little Mac" Of English good
society, the profoundly philosophical LID Mac, the
comfortably pensioned, d. Macthat his sensitive
nature should be painfully rasped across and his
intellectual should be that arbter Of the ecgancies OF
literary style viii permit mel 1abbergasted and dumb
founded, at sight Of raspter and tailor set up as
candidates Tor the Presidency and Presidency OF
our naton-that Mackay should be so affected By such
phenomenon, one can conceive why an American
should be troubled in the way is not so exphcabe
even an American, who can read his ancestral title
clear back 10 the Lire dOr to the passenger LIST OF
the May Flower. Of convict ship bound from London
to Virginia Of the steeroge OF Dutch tub come 10
New. AmsterdaIn--an American who has the ineiable
honor 10 descend FROM or the next best and well nigh
neable honor Of bengon speaking terms with the folks
who do descend from the original corner grocery and
petry dealers Of Ncw.York. even such an American
yainy struggles Tor equal rank with this Mackay,
whose Scotch fathers came with William the Con.
queror.
French folks in good standing" have long since
ontgrown such nonsense AS Taine sptly remarks in
his admirable critical and philosophical essay on
Thackoray, when treating OF one Of that authors
cloycrest books the Book OF Suobs," there IS no
word in language. because there is nothing in our
people corresponding TO the English snO0.' Would
that we Authorizations. in declaring our inde'
pendencc Of British political rule. had made ourselves
tree Of the soulegrading empire, the dospotism OF
English snobbism. Why the bravest Of MS howl, and
squirm and lose our tempers and common sensc-or
lately did-over what The London T.@es and its
nj .df nrtallv md
printed from It's gentee" correspondents in America
Little Mac"ay and the clever, more amusing other
abty skSau,iarua Snob OF my friends poor trembling
American creature IL in your sonl, or substitute for
.ha, organ. you will bow in bowling homage to the
might and the right, aud the principally. and the
power Of two hhed correspondents of two English
newspapers why bow and be done with IT, or course. It
would be better have national courage TO do your own
thinking about your affairs. the great national
mass in the rural districts" does have. in sublime
consciousness OF what Messrs. Msckayi the poetcal
LID C. 4. SOla, clever caricaturist, Mowbray Nor
MS smart writer CT Times leaders. and the anonymous
English rect oil EN- write think
Can you stand another paragraph about the Sdcll.
AJnan g. s. a. ships. the Shanghai and the San Fran
cisco, They have made their trial trips out of Nantes
backwards this week The san Francisco. especially.
made very good time "a knots hour) Beside South.
ern American welcome guests board, there was
French Government officer assisting" at these trips
Tho Moriie.r de Mates Government and Arman jour
nab grumbes because tho steamers not let freely 60
being Sold as pre,ends TO French party. The Phdr
de Ia L0irc journal friendly to America. and need
say then belonging to the liberal French press APP
proving oil French Government precautions in the
states It's editors confident belief that Government has
definitely ordered that Gale TO French parties Of the
Shanghai, and San Francisco shall be suffered to be
corsummn;cd except condition that these vessels,
patiently constructed for Privaeering purposes origin
ally shall be- first 4aftted in those respects.
The last or Of the last stories abou. Scumcs the
gallian-him his officer his crew aud accompanying
warlkc freight lately gone out OF the port Of Liverpool
on the peaceful neutral Laurel. runs TO
this effect: The future flag ship, romantic searoYcr
bearing Raphael Scmmes, direct descendant, as Bis
name imports. Of the old Norwegian vikings, brother
in race and pure Anglo. Norman blood of Memminger
!, no dates his doughty name nom an ancestral Cru
snder and Benjamin who descends in right line from
Isaac Of Yorkthe ,nure flagship say, according to
Latest rum0r, Is 20 be the Sea King This il Glasgow
built steamer that las proved It's singulory good
sea going qualities by exceptionally fast trip made
from China to London. under hostile conditions OF wind
and weather reaching London in seventy nine days.
This vessel reported TO have left its far eastern port
the 9Th of October will be met at pre- arranged Tende
vous by the Laurel; commander. aud guns IN |
freight will be transferred from Laurel to Sea Kingthc
latter may change its nome--aud Scmmes will have his /
new Alabama. Some OF us have fear that our
clever guessing in the dark of Scmmess and the Lau
rcs destination will find its solution in bis ship priya
teering on our American coast.
spoke in my last of the profitable Improvements"
on Mr. d. A. Weiss pamphlet aiming to show that our
national strength and wonld be equal TO the heavy