The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20

! Another time Morse went with Ais
| ton who was ailing. to consult with the
| famous Dr. Abernethy. They were met
! at the door by one, coarse looking With
"A shaggy head of hair" whom they took
for a domestic.
I Allston--Is MIR Abcrnethy in?
Tho Person--what do you want OF him?
| Allston--I wished to see him. Is he al
| home?
The Person - COON in. mon: COON in
! Alston-Bui he may bc engaged. Perhaps
! ] had better call another time.
The Person quilting the caller through the
door, tell me what Is your business
with MIR. Abernothy am Mir. Aberncthy.
! Alston--t have come to con5at Sou about
| an aneCtion---
| Abernethy--What the dell hae | to do
| with your affections?
Acknowledging, AIR. Abcrncthy, you arc
engaged at present and l had better call
| again.
Abernethy--Den the bit, dc'n the bit
| mon!
Then. conducting them into his office.
he made the required examination with
a gentleness rivallng AlStons own.
"Mr." Alternately and Or" Abcrncthy
were two quite different persons.
Morse and greater Samuel. Colcridgc
had sat up till midnight with Allston.
who was i'll. Morse was reading Irv-
| ings "Enickerbockcr." Coleridgc bor-
rowed it and sat up to read. When
the American got up in the morning he
found Coeridge in the sitting room
shades down and lights burning. intent
| on the book. Have YOU been reading
all night?' Why" said ColcridSc. lit
is not late" Morse throw open tn"
blinds and the 10 o'clock sunlight
streamcd in. Indeed" sad the Eng
lishman, II had no conception OF this.
| But the work has pleased me exceed
ingly: pray. who is tho author?" Thus
was the way paved FOR we'll known
! international literary fficIdship.
But it is perhaps not these records
that constitute the most cstmahlc Gle
ment in the first volume OF Morse. The
distinctive claim, nest after tho artists
personal record in his prorcs sion. may
well rest upon his reileH Of the war
politics of the day: The aggressive spirit
| OF Young America. Tho English peo-
pie in general are GSlD las much op-
posed to war as tho better part of the
American people" In March. 1872. the
elder Morse At home writes: II have
no belief that our wa ,awhs will he
Hllln 10 llNtNlNp NIlf country III ~ Ndl
with Crest Britain. 1t is
thought that all the war talk and prep
arations are intended to effect the ro-
election of Mr.. Madison At the same
time the scr was reporting that party
debates in England were much less
virulent tnan those on tho other side
Of the Atlantic. and that some " the
best politicians in England foreSaw
M. = f.,
Gil directed agains. Napoleon but IN
Guiding American commerce in thcir
balcful scope. and believed that SHOULD
the United States either persist in n
intercourse or declare war England
would he reduced 10 the lowest eX-
tremity.'
Originally prejud!ocd AGAINST the
policy Of non-intercoursa. he had. by
April. 1872 been converted to belief
in it's business aS rctaiatory meas
ure. lie was an eye witness Of its cf-
fects. which he may possibly have cN-
asgerated a little in his description OF
them as seriously threatening rebel
lion. He hoped il would he Vigorously
enforced Some OF YOU az home.
suppose Wi! cal mo Democrat
\ man - judge properly o
his country must view it nj distance
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81, ,,,,i, Co.. ,,,,,,,,,. ">r,ori,., n,n,,Id
a,,a s,,nr,t, en-, yos no,
49," -rha rot ho,rc,
~. r,r,,o,,dor Lo,ioved Il, for tat
49,, o.ha,,,a ,,,.rica hut doc,ara war
before hostilit.es commenced Grea'
. Britain would sue for peace on any
, terms" The Mins;ry's best supper
he thought was the violence Of thC
t..,a.a,,a, ,,ross ..r,,oi,. nrocc,d,ros ar,
80, .,o ,,ra,i,i ,a,,re r.,,
,o,''c' ~" ,,',. t,..,,,'..a,
,t,.auor ,b, cour,r,.''--,ud Epclishnsr
called descendants OF conviets' rnfI
luminous" and so on. tlnaIiS, IN
only way 20 please loAn buil u ~ CIV
, him "a good beating. ana su'h IL IN
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