Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-03
From the Chicago (TllinoIs) Inter-Ocean.
WENDELL PHILLIPS.

HIS LECTURE ON STREET LIFE IN EUROPE.
Wendell Phillips lecture last evening, at
the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, upon
"Street Life in Europe" was listened to by a
large audience. The lecturer came upon the
platform at o'clock, and introduced his lee
ture with the story of the Vermont stage dri-
yer, who, approaching gentleman in tav-
ern, said: "If you're the man that wants to
ride in this here stage, I'm the man that's
going to drive the coach" "Ifyou have come
to hear lecture on Street Life in Europe"
said Mr.. Phillips, "Im the man that's going
to deliver it." Laughter and applause.]
The first thing that strikes an American
abroad is the great amount of individual in
dependence. In this country we think we
produce independent individuality, but here,
the lecturer thought, we make mistake.
The republic tends to create herd Of men,
while monarchy tends to create the individ-
ual. One phase of this individuality was il
lustrated by story of Napoleon l. Once,
when in Italy, he said that no Italian could
make a boot. This remark coming to the
ears of an Italian boot-maker, the son of St.
Crispin sat down at his bench and manufac-
tured magnificent boot, which he presented
to the Emperor. "Ah" said Napoleon, as
he stamped his foot on the floor, this is boot.
Make me another" "No," replied the artist
in leather, "you said no Italian boot-maker
could make boot. I have shown you can
make one I won't make another"
The American is governed to great extent
by the opinions Of those about him. In Eu.
rope he claws in the velvet, and feels around
before he expresses himself; the Englishman
is like roug bit of granite, broken off with
a hammer the American is Ikea smooth peb-
BILE from the beach-so slippery that you can
not hold him. In Europe men carry the
signs of their vocations in their clothing. In
Paris, some years ago, the lecturer was refused
admission by sentinel to public building,
because he wore cap which in France was
only worn by servants. Hefnally convinced
the sentry that he had another cap at home,
and was permitted to 60 in.
Americans think it is an evidence of man.
hood to repress their emotions. Homer made
his gods whine and howl, and did not imagine
that he was detracting from the dignity Of the
god, much less that of a man. This is the
sentiment in Europe. After one of the ses-
sions of the French Assembly, Jules Favre
and the orator Berreyer fell upon each others
necks and kissed and wept. Imagine Sunset
Cox and Ben. Butler kissing each other.
Laughter.
One thing that forcibly strikes an American
in Europe, is the lack of what we would call
enterprise that is, the application Of the
brains to work. Ralph Waldo Emerson says:
"a Yankee has as much brains in his hands
asa European has in his SKULL" We harness
steam, and send the lightning on errands. A
genuine Yankee baby looks over the side Of
his cradle, plans new one, and gets out
patent for it before he is nine months old.
[Laughter.] The difference between the
Yankee and the European is illustrated by
the above, in connection with an anecdote of
Horace Greeley. Mr. Greeley, when in
France, once said to Frenchman, who he
saw moving with rusty old knife: "Why
don't you get good, sharp modern scythe ?
it will do three times as much work." The
Frenchman's reply was fuller of economy
than the Tribune ever was: "Ah, Monsieur,
I haven't three times the work to do" In
Europe wood is sold by the pound, and bread
by the yard. The Italian wood.sawyer places
the saw between his knees, and rubs the wood
on the saw. This, according to the lecturer,
was the dead low tide of the application ofl