, 1876-05-21

intimations Of q pezsonal knowledge that
BErnun is an adulterer. He Is an utterly
dasptcablo character, whatever view be taken
! Of his position in this matter, and respectable
society generally will do well to initiate
Plymouth Church, and kick him out
NATIONAL ANT1PATH1Es.
Tho London Spectator, in gossipy article,
calls attention to the national antipathles OF
individuals. National antipathies have often
been discussed +; but the anhpathies of an indi-
;vidual against nations is new theme. There
ase almost endless illustrations OF this. Dr..
JoHssoN hated Scotchmen- HE1sE always
abused Englishmen- CARLYLE docs not like
North Americans. TBo11opB IS spiteful to-
wnrds the 1ewa Lord DERBY hates tho 1tal-
ians as cordially IS FRoupE dislikes the Irish,
tn which dislike TaAcKERA1 WIS quite IS cor
dial as RnouDA In our own country there is
probably not an Iishman who does not de-
test the negro race, and there is probably not
q negro who does not detsst the Irish race
The Spectator very ingeniously. assumes as
the cause OF this antipathy that the hater At
tributes some quality which he detests to the
particular foreigner, aud then takes
the ground that al the foreigners of
that nation possess this particular quality,
and hates tho nation ever afterward with
that yehemenca and passion which be e1-
pends upon the peculiar quality he dctests.
Another odd feature OF this antipathy is the
fact that the hater ct particular nation
very often Knows nothing about that nation,
bat acts upon the general impression that it
is possessed of the quality which be dis1ikes,
and this prejudice In TINA grows Sd strong
that il becomes belief which cannot be
shaken by any amount Of testimony. This
Is txue to such IN extent that some envoys
to foreign countries, although they have had
amplo opportunity to become acquainted
with the nations to which they have been
accredited, have been rendered almost USE
less by their prejudices. The most
singular feature of ,!this individual an
tipathy towards nations, perhaps, is
tha cordial dislike Of the French
as well as Of The Irish by the average En-
glishmnn and this dislike is fair il1nstra-
ton Of what wo have already said. In each
instance it grows out of the Englishman's
dislike OF certain qualities which he inputes
to thesa nations, and in each instance these
nations are aharaoterized by exactly tho op-
posite qualities. Notwithstanding that the
Irish and french are next-door neighbors,
the Englishman does not seem to be aware
that he IS disliking them for qualities which
they do not and never have possessed For
IT, Inn
as conservative as the Chinese Fhe French
peasantry are the most conservative people
in the world They pursue agricul-
tural methods which were in vogne
centuries ago. They are conservative in
manners, speech, aud dross- Notwithstand-
ing this, the average Englishman will never
be convinced that they are not tie most
tickle people in the world, and, o. he dis
ikes foklenesa, he consequently dis}ikes
Frenchmen; and his dislike has become SO
persistent and ingrained that it is proverbih
the world over. The Same Is true with re-
gard to the Irish They arc as race
melancholy people, and yet the Englishman
believes that they are a merry, silly race,
and, as he hates Stiffness, ho hates the Irish
with the most oeaseless prejudice and ms-
Ggnity. With regard to this point the Spas-
tdtor says:
The same dislike accompanied with knowledge Is
common among Fscncamcn, and We saould, on
oax personal observation add Americans, who
have lived much in England,-it wns distinctly
percept1ble In HAwTuoHsE. while 1t ia, on tho
whole, the rule rather than the exception annong
Englishmen Who have lived long In Switzerland,
that puzzling country, where the people seem to be
able to do everything except develop considerable
men. France charms the great majority ct man
kind, but there are Ensliahmca whom no length OF
residence cures OF their dislike, while 1t seems
nearly impossible for Frenchman to esteem ltal-
ians, ncArly related to them he is. even to the
degree that Anstrians esteem them. One would
say that IN ob.ervant, rather dreamy American,
who thoroughly knew any part Of Germany, would
Ike eithc. MI Germans or ti.~ section Of them be
knew, but JULIAN uAwrEoRAn's ''Saxon
Studics, "a book most attractive for its tAouSht-
fulness its acid hnmorousuess. and its inslSht,-s
seriously injured by the sort Of paasion OF dislike
which breaks out III almost every paye,-a dlslike
the more remarkable because NJ. HAWTHORNE
unlike his father, docs not dislike the English.
The Spectator might have pursued ths sub
ject farther, and, if it had, would undoubted-
II have found It'd these individual antipa-
thies towards nations were peculiarly Euro
pean- Wa doubt il the Americans possess
these antipathies to any considerable extent.
Americans have their preferences, but IS
rule their relations toward other nations do
not actually amount to hatred or even to
dislike which is not removed by contact and
knowledge fact which lies at the bottom
of our friendly relations with all European
nations and of our impartial comment and
criticism Of European international ques-
lon8.
AN EPISCOPAL VIEW OF MIRACLES,
A very remarkable article has recently ap-
peared in the English Church Quarterly Rd-
oietc upon miracles, which is attracting con-
siderable attention in that country It may
be promised that the Church Quarterly Reuie1o
is the leading organ Of the English Church,