New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-22
TIE NORTH AMERICAN.

Mr.. Anthony Trollopc's article III this num-
ber on The Genius OF Nathaniel Hawthorne j. etG-
CRATE selCcOmp accent, VITA no pre,cnsous TO Impair
TALLY, often peryerse not miscAleyous, and VIII De
widely read though viii fail 20 command assent. Nj
Irolope mad somewhere got sight OF pivae letter of
Hawtuorncs. III which ne speaks Of tuc novels OF the
former as solid substantial. written strength Of
beef and through the inspiration Of ale" and though
the purpose ia artiuly Oh Euiscd the English writer ey
identity takes occasion tus article 10 pay Oh old
score The leading idea oil the essay Is tnat HaWhOruCs
mind though active and powerful, essentially
"lou-sided" unprecedented with the morbid uncarthy
spirit which made tho most CHASTITY creations neccs-
Sly Of bis nature " In American writer" says Mr.
TrOiope, is TO be found the same predominance Of
weird Imagination as IN Hawthorne. There was some
thing OF 1t in NJ q lie wis--our Monk Lewis he came
be called, from the name OF tale which he wrote
but with him, VITA many others, We feel that they
nave been weird because they have desired to be
They have struggled TO achieve the tone with which
their works are perydded. With Hawthorne we are
maze TO think that could not have been anything else
# he would. It's though he could certainly have been
nothing else In his own inner life. We know that such
was not actually the case. Though man siaguary
reucent-wntt generally call shy-he could, wneu
things went well with him, be arGumentatve. social
and CHEEKY. nave seen HIN very happy over canvas
back ducks, and have heard him discuss, almost with
violence superiority of American vegetables. IN
deed he once witnered me with which any.
thing but mystic or melancholy because l expresseda
patriotic preference for English peas. And yet his I'm
auaton such that the creations Of his brain could
not have been other than such / have described"
Professor simon Newcombs profound discussion Of the
" Standard OF Value" demands attentive study
from and the hnaucier starting from the
Principle that the precious metals form the only stan
dard Of value adap,ed 10 the use OF civilized men,
century and half says Professor NewcOmb. "haye
elapsed since John Law first induced the French Gov
tho tf Ufu Ina rae
tce aud during that time statesmen, hnIncers econo-
miss aud theorists Of grade have tried 10 lnd
some improved system of measuring values. Standards
real ana standards ideal constructed without
end but have ever left the paper on which they
were written without carrying disastrous failure with
tncm. Leaving ont few bankrupt or semibaukIupt
nations whose poverty will not allow them 10 command
the precious metals the commercial and financial world
to-day IS with respect its standard OF value, pre-
cisely where Abraham was when be bought Held for
400 shcEels Of silver current money OF the crcLant
Among the other papers in this number The Diary Of
a Public Man VIII be read with good deal Of curl
O-y, perhaps the less because tie name Of the
writer is q nominal secret specimen of his disclosures
in regard to scenes behind the curtain at
the commencement Of the war, may be found IN
the following estimate OF the Blair family, under
date Of February %, 1851: a visit this morning from
Senator Douglas, ana who is much concerned as
at the affairs taking H. feels exactly l do
ucy from Harrisburg; and both stares and shocks
by what he tells me Mr.. Stewards share IT,
ing positively as Of his own knowledge that, at the
urgent request Of General Scott Mr. Seward sent his son
to Mr.. Lincoln at Phadelpha. to impress upon him aud
his friend, the imminent peril they would be IN at Ba
more IeXpIesscd my utter surprise and asked him il
he had spoken with Mr Seward on the subject since
Saturday. lie had not. But YOU must remember hc
said that in all this business Scott does with
Seward as he Vca.e; aud General Scott is OLD woman
in the bands of those born orators and makers Ol
mischef-the Bl5rs. lie went or from this 90 give
his reasons for believing that the Blairs were moving
heaven and earth to get control Of Mr. Lucon's Admin
stratIon and that they have made progress that
way than is at all suspected. 10y Mr.. Seward do
not Ike any Of the BARS. and indeed 1 know nobody
who does. But OF them all / like Montgomery
least and l can imagine nothing less 10 be de
sired than his entrance into the Cabinet wllch
Sci ator Douglas regards inevitable He goes further
than can I'm h!s views a. the policy which he thinks
the B.ars ARE bent on ceioluC or compelling Mr. Lin
coin f. adopt. They are COOPERATING now for the
moment he thinks, with th" extreme ANA Seward men
bo,h acre aul m Ncw-York. what they really want
SAID Sguator Douglas, civil They ar. deter
mined lrst on seeing slavery abolished by force. and
then ~ expeliug the whole negro from the con
tinef That was old Bltir's doctrine sir long ago
and tlst is MJntgomery's doctrine SIN he SAID with
even more than his usual emphasis aul II they can
get eld keep their grip Lincoln, this country will
never see peace or prosperity again. 10 your TINE or In
our chdren's chidrcu's time. They viii DE tae evil
genius, sir, OF the Republic. Tucy, and nobody else
Won may depend upOn It, viii be found the bottom OF
this abominable smuggling scheme The Confession
OF an Aguosc" is not of character as II
wOuli at first eight, being dgmure satire on
modern license IN thought aud hbcrtlnsm practice.