Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-05

= aecessarily stiff and artificial manner {
- social and personal intercourse. justin
. reverse is true. five charge them wit
- mannerism, they might retOft on us
want of good manners. Therefore, let u
examine the case seriously and in il
larger aspects.
- Ii is true that I'm the mechanics an
mathematics of the social moral, an
- political worlds, on some line or Other
straight or curved, extremes do meet
And when they have met it often re
~ quires a nice discrimination todetermin
what relation they sustain toward eacl
% other; whether the meeting beaccidental
- which is seldom the case, or logical
which it nearly always is and, if logical
which is the cause and which the effect
and If each is found to bear "a miNeC
y chaTacter-that is, 10 be partly cause an1
b partly effect, and to have acted recipro
Do cally on the Other-then which has the
'r greatest inertia and which the least spe-
a cilic gravity Of ideal or moral power
Here is room for an essay, possibly 2
g book, but somebody else mustWIite It.
,s only suggest the fruitful field. The gem
orally admitted ease Of the severe moral
: ity Of the Commonwealth being followed
% / bv the gay and lasciYiOus manners of the
4 reign Of Charles is not exactly case in
point. That is the old and common case
y Of the pendulWm swinging. But the
| case 1 wan; discussed and explained
iS the ease Of a man, party, or A
, people embracing at the same epoch the
D opposite and extreme sides Of a social,
r moral or political problem, and men Of
different and opposing parties working
10 the same end, by different roads and
from different stand poins, jumping to
= the center from the repuhHve sides Of the
same battery, or, starting with a given
political impulse 10 end with effects the
reverse of what we would logically or
] 1 reasonably expect. Having At some
length stated the abstract question, 1
{ will now state the practical question
How is it that the people Of Europe, this
country of lines and divisions, where
! sub0rdination to somebody else is every
mans condition, converse mere treeIN,
more naturally, with more energy, m
pulse and gesticulatlon Of the hands
head ewes, AMI whole person with all
this, extremely deferentiai, less quick 10
take offznse, and, If a wound be given,
quicker amended and quicker forgotten
NhV are we the freest, the most equal
and the most democratic people in
the world, the stitfcst, most unnatural
I and constrained people In the world
in our Style Of talking May /
: suggest without dogmeJizing? Here
the nohlemau and the man Of wealth
I feel quite secure Of the position ar
3 f0rled by birth or wealth, and behave
/ naturally. 50 far as natural behavior is /,
compatible with high state Of siviliza- 4
I ton. The laborer, peasant, and trades /.
man, feel quite as well secured in an I
other sense in their position, and trudge .
along naturally, 80 far IS natural be- /
haviOur is compatible with subOrdina
ton to accidentals superiority. In Amer
lea the man Of position and wealth
knows full Wei that wealth, birth, eleva-
tion, are not al the powers at work. No,
thank God, Ours Is a land Of votes and
public opinion, and if he did not "spring
from the Masses he AZ least is amena-
lle 20 them in more senses than political (
and any Of them may slowly toll or sud
denly bound up to his own plane Of eNis-
tance. This equality of rights and posi-
bilities begets a semi universal equality
OF position. But the fact of position is
eagerly sought for, and in the attempt 10
please and yet be proper, the one 90
retain and the other 10 acquire, the man
Of position and the man Of Obscurity
become artificial The poor youth,
whose noble rage is not repressed,
knows from childhood what our institu- /
tons are, and the advantages they give
him. He is ambitious, and his oppOrtu-
mites are limited. He soon becomes
aware Of some Of the things he must :
avoid, gets a view Of the things he must,
and the things he may achieve, and in I
the attempt to steer his new and irail {
bark over tlie free but somewhat gusty Z
sea, he becomes COrCfU, constrained, :
artificial, but really carries more sail and
a far higher head OF steam, and makes
better speed than the easy, slow going, (
more settled classes IN Europe with whom !
the ballast preduminates. One floats in u
a channel already cut, prescribed and J.
guarded; the other 300rES Eis way where
be may be nothing or great deal
TINE and the full fruition Of the ackuowl- :
edged personal and political success OF !
viii cure this with us. That
polished freedom Of manners is not in q
with democracy, was proved G
at Athens, and there is in our system -
much 10 develop and eXalt, and more q
strength Of character than i'm Athens. p
Give Us a little more time and our sys- 5
tenn viii produce all the statelinessr I
dignity, polish and grace, without the @
iippancy and dissimulation Of other sys- q
TENS.
But that IL a dry subject We started \
out 10 be practical and commonplace a.
the condition upon which | could write. s
Much has hten said Of the superiority ],
uf American over European hotels. n
There are marked differences, and on :
striking the balance the advantage Is :
with tie American establishment. The
European is a smaller, and, In all Of itz Z
sDDointments. more inferior structure,
the rooms not So well furnished, many
not carpeted al all, or with q rough, :
cheap material, and when YOU are re I
mitred 10 the naked floor it is a much a
rougher Job than any yuecent joiner would a.
tdru of in America, the planKs three !.
times as wide and the work not 50 good. q
beds so narrow and so short that yOu !.
can't turn without danger Of turning y
out nor take q good morning stretch =
without either heaving away the foot =
board OF crook your neck against the
head board-candles instead Of gas, small =
wash bowls, and no place to empty the I"
water when used. That is one side, and
Of course there Is another The servants r.
are more attentive, more Intelligent, o
more polite, and better dressed the bells a
are more promptly answered. You or $
der what you want and psy for what you L
get-so that your bill Is large or small, P
Is you like; and always smaller than in q
America. BE cure and don't order par q
fridge, wCodcOck, or snipe, for they bring s.
them 70 the table 20 rotten that the first p
VIII spoil all further attempts Y
AZ breakfast or supper, How polite, II
civilized, and scientific people can recon- n
eile il with their ideas Of de- b
rency and health to bring carriOn 10 q
the table Is more than ! can di- Y
vine. No doubt a fashionable French q
man could explain il most satisfactorily P
to himself, but not 10 a plain Western B
man. who goes out to the fields in the $
evening. shOots the birds, and has them a
broiled for supper by a tidy wife or trusty c
mig. Than they taste like birds. b
With this notable exception their cock -
ing is generally as good as ours; but the D
visnds are served with much less profu- q
sion. Their ham tastes as far superior 70 G
The American article rs saddle Of vem- v
son Is to a cut OF OK neck, bat some how a
an uglv story has got into the papers tnat n
tbev are occasionally infected with nu- y
merous infinitesimal worms, invisible to s.
he naked eye. which get into the stom- a
acb. increase. grow, and kill the eater Of a
the hinder parts Of an unclean beast. / ,
am now a Jew on the pork question. Il
Irish potatoes. from the size Of c musket- Il
ball to 9 small American isS!inut, eXcol- II
lent IN quality and most eXquisiteiy =
cooked, little " rose cabbage, - about the ?
Size Of a Hovey strawberry, one head p
making a moderate mouthful, very deli q
cate and rich grows thick on the stalk, 7
making II look not unlike NEeg lhfEe I Il
bunch Of grapes, except each little one v
4 attached directly by his own stem, and y
not associated in sub clusters like grapes. 81
American gardeners may be familiar o
With this, but / was not, and Il looked b
-ery curious and neat. Their dessert IS q
ess snowy and less profuse than ours, q
1ut a. good grapes better, apples and 4
,aars n8eaneE have not seen hot bread 81
ince I left america, and In this they are v
much wiser than We. The vast quanti- v
les Of hot. tough, greasy, half baked, 81
lncivjlized bread which the Americans a
.at three time day, frequently dOsed o
vith chemicals 20 make it 4" rise,' would 81
,ilI auy animal but man, and is telling a
h effects on our healthand constitutions n
IS a people. 9
Europeans and Englishmen talk about e
be vast quantities Of ice, iced water, iced y
Irinks. and all sorts Of frozen dishes .
which we use, with amaHement and even I,
,orror. They deem the habit extremely Il
,reiudicial TO health. / might hsve q q
-iyen some importance 10 their opinion
lad not found that they entertain pretty q :,
much the same opinion o. water az nome =
nat they do of ice abroad. An Ameri- 8
am asked an intelligent head waiter II =
hey had ice az tine nCtsi. " Ice ? les, :
VIZ. for cooling champagne. But don I y