, 1873-07-20
A BRir0N I'M AMERICA.
Tour Of British Colonel in the
United States.
His Observations Presented in
a Book.
Some FREQ Criticisms.
From Our Oien Correspondent.

moro sensitive, nnu every WOru OF tHe A4Hu
which reaches. thom Is read. Is 1t oshorwino In
tho Statos? Nobody cares cont,-that NO aB-
sumo; but still, "Lot us 500 what tho ignora-
% Ts ,,a} e r,.,tor - +no s.t4a WIN ho. f,,ca 1is
49,. '''ns 'A1.s'. 80 t.Tss,,. ~ Mas,a, !,
impressions IN hooH ls Llous.-ool. Mouioy'
distinguished officer OF tho Royal Englnoesa,
whoao profession kept him long period In In
i,a Tho gallant ofIlcor coos from tho most
ss' "..s,t'a -. a. ,rori,| |no coroorr,.
consotsauso eoan'fy AZ .no Mo.,o 1.. son9s
two that ooo years count ous At1'e IN moo'sins
tho physical aspects Of tho country or tho Rocal
character Of tho pcoplo--to nation 40 progres-
o -s,.,' ,. ~, Moa,o, t,o1ao I,,.rai
paco Will ~. oot' A4'ui'y noiua Aipoiaa
opinions, and In tho civil war his Bympathtcs Wero
entirely with the North. Though uaombcr Of y
oroyoaefon' which, ia rsunly Instinct with nrotn-
a., .,o;,,4 ,or,1or e,,..ar,,,o,+ bo I. tn. ~
u'eeS nkainas .,s. Portn1 eo,o.unlS' ao 10 'oo W.
the n'nsary 1o1ylstn, "'lo wone 10 Anlof'ca' las1
autumn, determined to lind out what domoc-
racy in full power is like.
A,u,o c,,ona, ,, s.t ~ d,n,,or t,,o t,ro+ IA, ~
As 1ao ooionei 'as ~ olnnof wy uia' o's -
hiH arrival, at one OF tile largest hosois IN New
York, and studied the countenancos Of tho 400 or
GOO mon at table. who "swiftly and silently de-
- .n..1o1, f1o,,, ~. ~, ;, - so,t Ia s,ro
anu efaVeiy from sno ooof' ne ie's' no Haye'
That he waa amongst strong, earnost, md reso-
luto people, whom ono would rathor havo aa
frienda thon foes. Tbey were not nt all Eng
l.,,-loo1,;nor t1ov oro AZ , r,1o d1r,,or ana
"4n-''oA.ab .noy ~ 10 iu'o, uAlNot onu
snioWer than oufse!Ves; tno 1aco III 'afeor anu
leaner; and the almost universal practice Of
shaving tho whiskers and growing tho board
N IT, aan,;ta ho,saver that ttla tao1,nr todoa
ne au,nlss' no"eser, ~ .na' sh'7 'ee'"'s '"oou
somewhat as ho went West
THE ABSENCE OF pAupER1s1 AND DRUNKENNESS
struck tho Anglo-1ndian forcibly. He was as-
suluu 'aa ~ sooa o ~ I .a,-aa,.. soos ~
oot ac o'u NV eee ~. o.A1'oiS of0s u''t -
Drunken man anu the atroofs AZ night, III al
the cities visited, certainly presented tavora-
hora IA +ro,,nnrv ~ toh,coo.oho,v,no .v;tl,
,,"nu' 1no A1o4aoaoy y. uAeono"as, w."
LIS resulte, olsgustea hlm immensely Quafrel'
ing or bad language nre rarely hoard, and thoro
,vhoro w,c1, aro n n,o,aant contrast to tho
s~'.,.." L.11;.,,' MI ,s,s
e3ulnpnns u hn 1nRlsn'u"n. 1no HeiA-
re8traint and self-rospoct OF tho people are won"
dorfu1. Irritating oxactlon8 are raroly known,
and man nre mt nlvays tonching thoir hats and
.-,,,.;.,-. .,, ~ ~, +1or, f, Io;r,. oor,o .,+ ~
oApee.ms sou ~ W ,a1A ~ % ~ 49,. w.
common clElh'y. Ae' "o aua' "1i.os .oe
Colonel, that never was treated otherwise
than with porfoct courtesy. by every official
IT
~ 49, ;.,a,,sos ~. sso-a 49,
Askeo question VI anquneu As ioau i.on any
one without tie greatest pains being taken to
givo mo tho Desired information"
His own countrymen being provcrbially hum
bic Of spirit, Col. Medley WAS disasreeaby
struck by
AMERICAN EaoT1sM,
which is not even satisfied by one's admiration,
but which requires you to admire exactly what
Americans do. Not TINT thoy caro. Tho masR Of
t1,o ncpn1a tako ltt1o iDtareBt in any country er-
cept thoir own. The youth Of tho nation and tho
narrownoaB Of the education produce this ro-
su1t. The newspapers arc very inferior to those
Of Europe. While travelling il America, you up
pear to bo cut off from tic European world Of
politics and news, go meagre is tho flippant sum-
mary put bofore you in tho papers, and 'tso
shallow and ignorant are their comments on tho
ucanty sorapa Of news they furnish"
The Americans struck him geuerally as
a SILENT PEOPLE,
more tacturn and reserved than English
they mako less noiEe than hnlf tho number Of