, 1866-07-24

Ine chords Of The eonl. History could not be nc
elected by so political = people, and one 80
iopd og living realities. bancroft. frescosts
Motley. alldreth, TESTIFY sufficiently 10 tne
natural aptitude o! the American
,n,n5 6or historical studies. II secus 10 me, on the
other bsnd, nladap'ed to me'sphys'e epeeosat1on;
In Emerson, IN exquisite, poedcal, active mind: n
once nrm and supple, Iaud On the whole moral
nj rather thsu philosopher, \ sort u Montatgns-
l,ke him, heet1na, capriciou', With ICES WIT and
mnre depth, less grace and more faith, but above
al, profoundly human.
me saeaciy, The dnetee, aud the art OF moral d.
acuoetic which are the privilege Of the American
cn1rEeler* are not Incompatible with profound igpo
1ance md great saupl1tity-- Minds arc not cast In
uniform monldss They ne moulded from early
youth BY fhe aecadents Of lie. There Is alwayt
certain proportion between aptltudes and wishes.
There are no dreaming, ,unclas.tded, misunderstood
pecple. Hopes are nerer dxed on too tar-distaut
otiects. An American fs not fond OF complaining;
he IL loo proud. and at the samc nme TOO clever.
he knows that complaints ire the czy Of weakness;
he is always contented With his house. his wife, bis
children, his horset, his nelds with the school
master be rays with The member OF Congress for
whom he hss voted the President 10 whom he gaze
his support II he receives IN insult be says nothing
10 any one be Will treat his enemy As long ns be
Cal with an outetde poteDess, order not 10 give
him The pleafure Of noiey outbreak and insults.
He Il sure and faithful friend, though he does not
expect too much from friendship for himself. lie
has few Illusions, but he il happier than We arc for
he has never hsd amy, and We
snf1er in losing Ours. From
chilchood he has looked at the realistic sharp clue
of,hines, without deeeitfn prlss or false coloss;
the education giyen to him does not throw him
INTO life stranger 10 everything, and everywhere
deceived. The Americana are unaequa1nted with
thoso agonfes Of fine minds nuIturtd on chasse
thOugh's, c1ndled In sweet dreame, and suddenly
brought In contact with a Irving, cold, crowded
wcrld they never pursue the impossible, and ark
rothtne bnt from viii and intelligence. Those are
the weapons that are easily sharpcned; they be-
heve that intelligence leads to virtue, and that will
alone can ATTAIN to IL Their morality has been
d1pped IN the muddy river Of e, but It only comes
out the 1noEc lnru1perahle.
| There l. perhaps something Revere IN this Way
Of looking 81 fe and tins submission 10 hard Icali
| t,es, and this divorce fton all chImt1as; women
fortunately appear In the ndet Of all this, like a
my and sunbeam ofpoetry; 20 hard TO himself, the
American al~aIs preserves 1or her delicate md
subtle tenderness. She Is his equal bis Joy, his
true cou panion, the pride OF his hearth. They
eonsht each other, and chose freely. She did not
cv1 e with dowHcakt eYes. mute and tlnid, brt
open hand and rzlsed head; the Is his ally and
counsellor, the eonsole1 and inspircs beautlfnl
smiling, adorned, you think her f1s-
olous; che tmiles the earth, says the Persrsn
poet. but vir1le education has Implanted in her
heart sentiment Of duty proud and almost heroic.
with lcr, alone perhaps In the world, the conjucal
II etrouees than the internal love. Hcr
children have The future, her husband has " her
both ask from the litter affection rather than re-
speci+ They think they hare done enough when
they bnve cited them to live as they have livrd
themselves, and hsve taught them to value inde
| prudence above all things.
Whn sec The light a,rp*s that the Old World
throws at the New ~ pact. teiun ib<tls sins ictu
always remember three thIrgs: the United State:
have shown that uen can found 4 government cl
teasup, where equality does not s.,de liberty, aut
democracy does NOT yield 10 deepouem; thes have
thown that people caa te religious when the Stars
neither pays the church nor re:u1stes belief; the;
have given 10 woman the place that is h,r dnc IN
hristian and civilized society. Nothing csn taxi
from Them there three clalnat TO giorY. Al
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