The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-10


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now in, the ascendant. All care was
banished from the realm, and every
heart rejoiced as the brave Prin ce
Ironarm claimed from the willing king
his well-earned prize, the hand of the
,beauteous Princess Selma,
Our Prejudice Against Foreign Coun-
tries.
EHarpers Magazine for October.
Surely no candid critic would COM
pare the historical and artistic and liter
ary leharms.of other lands with2ours, nor
the society and scenery, of, monarchical
Europe with, those of our, free. and
favored lands, Switzerland = is very
well for those who have never seen the
White Mountains or the Adirondacks,
the Sierras and ,Yosem. te; and Rome,
with its antiquated history, and huge
old-fashioned palaces and mouldy
churches, and dilapidated gardens and
galleries, is doubtless interesting to per-
sons like Goethe, who have merely to
cross the. Alps and pass through Lom-
hardy and Tuscany, by Como and Mi
Ian, by Florence and Thrasimene, to see
it; and indeed it is very creditable
city even to those who are familiar with
New York. There is much, ALSO. to be
Justly said in favor of England and
France and Germany. I For very old
and necessarily somewhat musty coun-
tries, they furnish considerable reward
for the trouble of the American patriot
increasing the ocean to see them. They
are altexcellent countries in their way |;
and their Inhabitants, although exceed
ing queer, are not destitute of interest,
especially to the American philanthro-
pist. a ? Z - A-s a.
1t is, however, necessary to see them
with intelligence and tempered expecta-
ton. In the hut of the Esquimaux we
do not look for the lace draperies of the
Fifth avenue, nor upon the banks Of the
Thames or in the shadow of the Vatican
can we expect to find buckwheat cakes
and baggage checks. 1t was very
natural in the Englishman Of the last
century to be so hot against popery and
wooden Shoes. The gambols of polly
wogs in a pool are entertaining to the
superior observer. The American to-
day contemplates with equanimity the
labels that are pasted on his trunks, for
he remembers Gulliver in Lilliput, and
he neither expects or demands that the
landscapes, the customs, the conyen-
fences, the society, the government, the
religion, or the people of other countries
shall be as perfect as those of his native
land. God has been graciously pleased
to make him an American, as he made
Shakespeare the greatest of poets, the
rose the queen of flowers, and the sun
the source of light and heat. For His
infinitely inscrutable purposes He has
also been pleased to make some extra
ordinary countries and people. But it
would be kind of impiety to suppose
that the chosen land and nation are to
learn anything from the experience Of
such countries or the genius of such
people. How can people, for instance,
who have no baggage checks, and whose
idea of a dessert does not go beyond a
gooseberry tart, which, also, they, are
not yet civilized enough to call properly
pie-how can such people possibly in
stract the proud denizens ! of a free
West in any detail of convenience or of
government, in any kind of mechanical
workmanship, or scientific, or political,
or economical knowledge? Is not our
home in the setting sum- Are not our
institutions democratic and popular
Have we not abolished monarchy and
aristocracy? Can we not sweep without
change of cars, and with baggage checked
through, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific? We were victorious in the
Revolution, in the Mexican war, and,
above all, in the civil war; and did not
our little navy do glorious service in the
war of 1872? And if these things be
so, if these great facts are already his
toricaL is it not absurd to suggest that
we can learn anything of other countries,
or that we may not-nay, must not
have our own theories of commercial
intercourse, of currency, and of gravi-
tation? ssssA'@ 's' eS
Let it be enough to condemn anything
WhaIeYer- that it is not American, 1t
is, indeed, ridiculous in England to hold
out against the baggage check because it
is American. But despite the captious-
ness of unpatriotic snarlers, who are
doubtless bribed with foreign gold, it is
the height of wisdom in America to
held out against the laws of science as
expounded by Englishmen, and against
the experience of every country in the
world whose home is not in the free
West. These are evidently the patriotic
sentiments of one American statesman,
who, standing tiptoe upon a jocund
mountain-top, lately exclaimed
Fellow citizens, if we lack any
thing as nation, it is the spirit to rise
to the magnificent height of our posi-
tion and1ourE 6ppVfthnities. For this
grand America we must have a grand
American policy, which will not look to
FEuroPean bankers for theoriesof finance
or to FOebden Clubs for theories of in
dustriar economy. At least we should
| be;the arbiters and masters, of. our owr
/ destiny, even if we do not care to insis
ppeah baEseni il bon gs 1gigghsful psgssffu pre-
eminence in the affairs of the world"
I How Enthusiastically British-tha
Fis,l insuiani eockney provincial, small =
liz ste refuse to use baggage cbecks be
cause they are an American Invention
Why should those absurd John Bull
insist upon a grand policy ofsincon
,venience? !? % Other nations are certaini,
extremely ridiculous. But for our gran
Americawe ought to have an America
alphabetof the English language, and
grand, exclusive, American theory an
! practice of medicine. y NV III, Jliu
/. New ProVerbial Philosophy.
j'.7Li g N' ton City Derrick t5aA3 ,
A short horse is soon curried, but
, mule, short or long, ,9will kick you int
{. the next township. "a - ei
: IFs A wise man reflects before he speaks
fool speaks, and then reflects while h
eye is getting we'll. - .....'.-
Who hath a cold hath sorrow to h
sops, especially if his handkerchief hat
starch in it. iis aei2 .as1 Ira
Who wants to beat dog soon fine
q "a stick, but already has the dog sht
b around the next corner yelling " ki-yi
: y What cannot be cured must be el
: dured, but first try Jones's Magic Lin
ment.
Trust not a horses heels, nor a dog
tooth, neither, a man who says he'll pa
, you Saturday. M bsi 6" II .5i