, 1866-02-22
Is Boston Portraits In a French Set
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CURIOUS UlSlAuCe u utGTaI3 SuuulluE 4QQ
time serving has lately shown itself In d Bos-
ION weekly paper, which ought not 10 go
without exposure. For several months past.
In the l?tzr,e Ics Dt.x -Mondes, the leading Re-
view Of Trance, series Of sketches of Ameri-
can life and manners have been published By
n. Ernest Duve1gier de Hauranne,' we'll
known scholar and critic, who travelled in
this country in the autumn Of 1864. There
are many bluudess In his statements, and not
a few OF Ills structures are sharp and unchari-
table, especially those which describe society
In the Vest But IN Ills account Of slavery
and the shareholders, and in his estimate Of
their Northern allies, n. de Hnuyanne has no
eauirocatiou or doubtful word. Tic is always
friend OF freedom, and he has no charity Tor
tlese who defend or excrse oppression,
The fourth number Of Etery Saturday,
q weekly paper, published IN Boston By
27,h,} contains M article which II is pleased
to style 'tBoston Portraits in Frenci, Setting,r
1urporting 10 be Z TRANSLATION from N. dc
flnuyauneF Fssartlclc In the French Review, Of
December 18th. We have that number be-
fore us, and have compared carefully the
translation with the original. on1y small
In the English, and this Is strangely subled,
altered, and mutllatce- We hare noted nearly
fifty mistruns1atfone. In many Of the pur-
traits, there are also significant omissions,
especially IN Tie cases ot Mf. Epetcts ana h1f-
Emerson.
but inc most rclaarkaole omlss1nn Is ID ihe
caee OF Mr. George TicknoF. In Every Safar-
day, N. de HauyaGne Is made to eay: Mr..
Winthrop presented me to Mr.. 1fckuor, one
Of the Hons OF Boston, but q lion Of literature
rather ilnn Of politics. Every thing Ut his
Dwelling recalled the SPACIOUS interiors Of
lpElish nans1ons-an alr o. comfort ana ltK,
ury, tempered by q taste at once simple aud
appearance, 8 v'gofous old man, careful N
dress, wearing Als beard ~ tue Ensi!sh
iasAlon, ana anacea sesetaeAnT an Enssnsn
Farnamenla!1an EeIy nncA' ~ oeailns Is
interesting ana extremely notab!c. tnouSh
perhaps less ssytnpatnetae tnaa slr' "1nthfops
This Is given by tue Boston translation Us
q. de Hauyaure's t'portrall'' Of Mr. Ifcknor.
We propose TO hnish the sketch, to translate
tue rcst Of the paragraph, md to show what
tile French writer actually said OF Ar. Tick
nor: Aftcr tue few Words already given, u
dc Hautanne goes on to say. @l}oth of them
belong, Mr.. Iicknor especially, to the party
thai IL here called Copperhead- Parlsans Of
slavery tn the region Of abolition, both Of
Them n1tle a1astoerat1c III tht country of
thc world where there u most equality, pre-
dieting, when they Etye WAY 10 tSeis ieslngs,
tAe 0tu ~ I'VE '1AAN ~-As
up of the Kepubiic, tnes are aoo1aea f'o1.tteadas
badly resigned to their tate. ar. Ifcknor
sbove al, with an obstinacy pardonaele IN
bis sevcnty ty-thrcc years, las always reslsted
the movemcut which to-day Is fcceneFatins
Amtrica. ! see IN him ths man 81 the past,
whom nothing nas nvaiied 10 oead or 70 mol
lily, and who, IN putting on his words the
eonstraint which the sutn'uatlon o. Tue Lime
compels, resnatns meme me Less ~ Inc bottom
g. MS heoIt Inc n1ed 1llena oi slavery