, 1866-11-08


like the English, who have reported SO
much and so truthfnlly OF SO many counties.
should flood their libraries with tales SO
false, SO inconsistent, and so full Of preIu-
dice about America. Such literary stuff
would not, however, find readers, were not
the ruling classes Of England we'll allied with
bate of our institutions. The fact is, the
majority Of these itinerant scribblers want
money, and they let out their honor for hire.
Their readers want proof that democracy is
failure, and they will have It, either from
fact or Imagination,
Mr. Tuckerman, when in italy. WAS called
to the garTet Of London professor who had
lived in America, but who found himself In
Southern Europe with fallen fortunes and
few friends. The poor man was found pacing
up and down his little chamber, every now
and then selztng pen and noting down some
happy hit. Lie had been offered, BY a Lon.
don publisher, handsome gratuity to fur
ntsh, within specified period, lively anti
democratic book on life and manners in
America. The contract provided that there
should DC enough OF practical detail and
statement of resources to give the work M
air of solid Information. There we're to be
anecdotes, adventures, descriptions Of char
acter, with word-pafntiug and enthusiasm
about scenery oil to be we'll Bpiced with
fldfcnle. The argument OF the book was to
prove the inevitable depreciation Of mind
and manners under the Influence of demo
cratic institutions. The professor taxed his
memory and invention to follow this pro.
Erammc, without the least sympathy for his
subject, hls only induccment being the
money order from London. This incident
truly represents the whole class of dilet-
tante critics whom the cockney publishers
Y send out to America.
| Z long time ago there assembled In A ccr.
tain cave jury Of twelve bats, whose bust.
ness, as announced by the presiding bat was
to pass law that NIL the WINGED creatures
OF the dry land, the forest, the caves, should
confinc their several flights more uniformly
to the earth. And in Lis opening speech thu
Chief Baron Bird-Mousc hintcd tl.at some
young eagles, whose eyry was on the cliff
hard by, under whose shelving brow he was
wont TO hang himself up to rest, had crown
~ toSe oolo a'ghts' nigh In air, sometimes
o'cr!opp,ne a, tae clouds and reducing all this
\ .a.Aa, ~ tae caeiet manner OF thinking, to
LUZ oin'enslohs ol paltry thing; quite
osts'epps"S tue modesty Oh nature" and
IiaAlns tne eon"rtablc lite Of bats appear
uleu'ous = IN tne eyes OF NIL aspiring bird
mugs VI y tnousana tfee'tops. This speech
1ouseu 'he Ire Oh the downy, skinny jurors i;
"Aa' as Tue eagles were become numerous
anu proud, ~ was unanimously resolved that
| An eios' from ard after the publication Of
1 'nue oioef. shaH not hy to an altitude Of
{nofc thon hfty cnbits from the earth" The
| }ha1s hrc Tie ccnsors OF our democrncy, tleir
s!ccoy publishers and the staggering Tories
| l"h" read Inc hie-and manner books. The
| pat PolicS has been steadily pursued by the
ffhiang c'nss OF England, tile oltgarchy of
loF'y 1amflles which includes the Govern
''ensi and syconhantic press has been
"eA dinnered at noble tables for its efforts to
! seseF III halses hepubiic too powerful In
| as example tos their safety, The young
| sag.es sun oney their Wontcd habit Of rising
.'t.inees' a1o Tue asse1nblases Of British
oals nave grown less and less frequent, till
Tue more modest anu shamc-faced have re.
urea 10 Their own carerns Of quiet aud OBJ
Sltslon.
soltaisc says England IS like the beer that
|soaks 1t; the bottom dregs, the top froth,
and the middle excellent. Now most OF our
censors, like the criminals sent to Virginia,
have heen taken from the lowest class. And
I. these dogs Of war have been let slip from the
hands Of pretended 'respectablcs,' the
"froth" OF the sharp-uoscd Frenchman. The
great middle class Of Englishmen ART lust bc.
sinning 10 understand the American idca.
The critics hare been able to make note of
our camp meetings, snakes, insects. elections.
house moving, queer phrases, dress, bugs,
lingo. parsons, politicians, figures, faces.
oplnlons, &c, but the ''weshticr mattcrs''
arc untouched. As De Tocqucvil1e we'll
says, tho one tendency Of all Christcudom
for the last six Or seven centuries has been
toward equality of conditions; aud ttiat
equality has bceh reached, systematlzcd, nc
fnally put In practice, and sent forth to teach
the nations. But no English traveller, and
fcw French or German, have seen all the
meaning OF Government founded on the
greatest good to the greatest number" ex-
teno'ns over territory wcllnEgh Us
large as Europe, and yet q democracy
quite Us popular as that Of Athens, and
much more powerful than the Roman Re-
public.
Three great French authors and several
t;crr,an travellers have written excellent
books upon America, chief among which arc
the great works of Dc TocqucyiIlc, and the
recent, highly appreciativc, candid aod
thoughtful book Of Augustc Lauyel. To
speak against Dc Tocqucrille's Democracy
In America" wonll ausur lisrcspcc; for the
thousand able critics In many lansua scs who
have pronounced It good. But that traveller
contendcd against tws or three Important
obstacles. lie WAS timid. lie trcmbicu lest
mankind would fall to pieces. lie came to
america at m exceptional period. AS Lock.
mart wrote to Prescott, in order to know the
Republic It must be visited once in every five
ca L. Hi.