New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-29
ENGLISH OPINION OF TIE IRhTELLED
AMERICAN.

From The London World.
Whit would Washington have SAID 10 lhc rdhd' rest
less upTenrinang Americans Of both sexes VINO lush'
like the pcrturbed spirits they are from one emu 81 E
rope To the other. who pray that hey iy 20 10 r'9
possible and who, wherever one may meet WIN ihel
are the showiest noisicSt most evershy locomotive OF
mankind or wOinauknd Ii is the literal truth that
Americans have had more to do with me soela pro
gress of Continental Europe than any other ioIelgh
agency. The vast hotels with them anneAes and de-
pendanccsn scattered over the face OF the ealth De-
tween the Sthpldt and the Nistula between the baltic
Sea and the Messina Straits, have largely Deeh caled
into being ny America and the Amcncahs AMERICANS,
more than any other members Of the human race nave
been instrumental In raising the tarlt OF prices Or an
The articles aud Injuries of life As in Pans SO IN IT.
and daughters of this land of Democratic promise are
without the pride ot patriotism II" one ""ud assert
But the sentiment a. II anlnatcs thcW TO-DAY II
altogether different from that winch Washington anu
his conieunpornres knew There is nothing now OF
that quiet Iesnlute selfcnntaned eXlt@tl' Oh hlhl
which drove America into war WIN Ehg'thn, ana
moulded in outline the fabric Of great state American
patTinSn az know in the present year OF grace Is
spt to degenerate into Wanted superiority over others
"a vanity and q COnceit 10 large extent personal I'd
IL character. -,
Yankees measure Themselves against their neighbors
an the manner that who intends 10 succeed meas
ures himself against the rival who stands III his way
Americans pique themselves on their wealth. th'ir
fnery their capacity Of display their literary and art
stic achievements, their culture. their knowledge "i
the English language. The poIlte ana lrsNeheH
American as we meet with him in the hest society Of
London or Paris, is simpering dandy or an efetc
buck lie is a collector of artistic gems of b1ca-brac
of pictures he Affects nOTdinatc love of Venice; e
writes the dainty English Of the aesthetic school
lie finds Thackeray and Dickens too tull-fiavoIed TO
suit his taste; and-as tho weak headed academic eX-
ouisile hcnvcs sigh Of disgust at the very idea OF
commonroom port. and drink only The heitest OF
Rhensh wine. largely tempered by Arolnars-he pro
tests feebly that the purity OF his taste Is such that he
can ONLY tolerate Mr.. Henry James or Mr. w. d. How,
ellis His mincing rcproduccs The nanhes ana
afectatous of al the countries Of which he has had
experience. His twans is his own; his bearing ana
presence are u compromise between The rams mus
cadin and the London masher Yet, though nc may
devote his existence wandering over The l"I0peah
world he is seldom able To divest himself OF an inmate
prOyincialism There is bore like the American
bore Imagine, if i is possible gl0rhcd edition ii
the talk general practitioner in an English country
town aud Won have fair idea Of the CONDENSATION OF
the typical American. The splcadeagIesm which
Dickens caricat;!res still slryivcs in the nomadIc
Yankees whom meets with IN the carayaiiscrdls Oh
the Continent; but IL is not the distinguishing note OF
the Yankee u la mode. There Was much that was
offensive aud insoent in the American with whom Mar
Tin Chuzzewit brought into contact ont there arc
some people who may be disposed 10 think that the
bounce and buster of Elijah PoSran arc preferable to
the SNUG selfcomplacency the eeeroplate gentility
and the ubiquitous ntrsiycucs "f the American VINO
blends in hfs The graces Of the city exquisite
with the atectatOns of the n'ctebrate eSthete who
happily now survives only In the drawings OF Ia