The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-01

HE HABIT OF SAvIsG Things IN EUROPE,
A%D SOME ADVANTAGES THAT WE HAVE IN
AN KIcA.-[Colouel Forney's Correspond
Catc Philadelphia Press Now, many of
,H,>c hugs are admirable, but nothing has
Impressed ne more tnan the universal habit
O. -avinr We waste more in America in
~ one Of our middle-clusS families than
-. ala keep two of the same rank in London
q. Paris. Economy is compulsory virtue.
Mating is allowed to he lost, from the small
cst scrap of paper to The refuse OF the streets.
In Paris | saw the chf0nier, with his bag
a j his lantern, at midnight, raklng the gut
!era for pieces Of muslin or Woolen TO carry
..,.uc AID clean and sell.
We are most fortunate in the great inStitu-
ton Of sending packages from one end TO the
other Of our great empire. There is 10 such
thing as an "AdamS Express in Europe.
1t costs much more and takes much longer to
send parcel in England or France than it
does in the United States. 1t took two days
10 get trunk from Liverpool TO London,
and cannot get my Centennial documents
from the latter to Paris without great ex-
pense and trouble.
Here comes in the best Of all arguments 10
favor Of real American free trade as contra
distinctive from theorelic free trade with
other nations Over our eXpanSe OF terri
tory, u region greater than that covered by
the Roman eagles, you can travel without
change Of cars, or can forward any box or
package, however large, at low price, with.
out damage or Investigation, while in free
trade Europe your trunk must be OF GER
tain weight if you would get it through on
your ticket, and you must always be ready for
the cuStulu-h house officer. You cannot check
your baggage-you must wait for il and that
incalcuubie American advantage CT send.
ing your treat trunks ahead of you 10 meet
you at your own house, or to follow you
rapidly. is looked for in vain By travellers in
Europe. OF course these faults are incl
dental to people divided iato several coun-
tries, and most OF the time in doubtful rela-
tious, and generally watched over by vast
armies; but they prove the difference be.
tween The practical free trade Of one great
united Republic, afflicted by none of these
evil, and the practical "protection of ma
lions constantly preaching theoretical free
trade.
England and France are for, the spring,
and summer, and autumn, but America Is
thc country for all seasons. How often in
the fatal fosS of London and he severe cold
and ice of Paris, with their painted fires and
dangerous draughts, have l lODged for our
Portable homes. Even our hot summers in
the South are set off By the cool retreats OF
the North, and there are no resorts Ia the
world 30 delightful in the winter as Florida
or New Orleans. And so We live to learn.
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There are innumerable homes where, on
these win,fy nights, you may tiud the gray
haired grandsire, father, mother, and chill.
dren gathered around the fire, with bands
scanned By hard work and faces lined by hon.
est, shreWd thought. Some Of the neighbors
drop in, having stamped through the snow;
the talk runs on politics, on the PARSONS
journey east, the wedding coming off next
week. II is not brilliant critical talk, but it
Is intelligent, kindly, and, above all, clean.
Presently one of the boys goes down cellar
for the big basket Of apples, and there are
cskes and a great Jug of hot mulled cider. 1t
was such homely, honest home-l!e as this
that gave Lincoln to the country, Clay, Web.
ster, stonewall Jackson, Greeley, Frsnkliu.
as there any way for us TO 60 back to its self
respecting Integrity, its simplicity, its mod
.esty! Shall we ever give up our sham wines,
manufactured in the Rowery. and take to
honest elder again ?-Ne0 York Iritane.