Year: 1869

nies The very homeuess Of his genius was It's dhtno
tlOn His kingship was conspicuous by tts workday
homespun. Never ruler absolute as he nor 80 lit
te conscious OF II; or he Was tie inoarnate common
whose sweet sadness touched whoever SAW him with
something Of Its pathO thoo was no trace OF sent
but rule OF codue always that Of practical and sue
cessfu politics. 70 Vet himself DE guided by events when
they 20 bring ham cut whore he wished 10 CO.
though by what seemed impractical MINDS which lot 10
the possible to grasp at the desirable, longer road


GENERy. GRANT.


look forvs ard with wen grounded confidence to the
administration Of Gen Grant Elected it may be truly
said, IN spteof both parties but in sympathy with the
more Judei0Is OF the party 0f progress he Will he Inde
pendent Of che extremists whether Of blind advance or
bin<er reaction. Knowing by tho most thorough ekpe-
led, he will know how to deal firmly with the one
side and 20 moderate the other As soldier, he has
been scheOed to LOOK forward 10 remote results rather
than TO Oe OvercoHdent in immediate successes. He
has shown nd0mitabe perssency in plans well con
sdered and Justified by good fortune He has chosen his
heutenAnts with instructive felicity and done justice TO
their merit with almost unexampled magnanimity He
possesses beyond most men that virtue OF moderation
which many American politicians eschew as unpopu-
lar Above all he has an almost heroic gift OF silence
which prevents him from allowing himself TO be
dragged from his moorngs by the strong current
OF elOquence and afterward feeling bound TO sacri.
flee his of what is prudent TO the tyranny OF
tration will dsappoint those only who believe that
States and in lasting influence OH the conduct OF men,


The present number of 1.-The North American" is
edited by Professors James Russell Lowell and Il.
w. Guney. under whose charge the Review VIII
continue to be published Mr.. c. f. Norton having
retired from the post of editor.


THE NEwENGLANDER JANUtIr, 1863. W. L.


Kingsley.


A large space in the present number is devoted to
topics of educational interest, commencing with an
account of the system of instruction at West Iot'
The writer presents a view of the internal arrange
ii AcaI a
discipline and routine of study far superior to the
methods of American colleges in general His state
ments will be new to most readers who have not the
means of gaining exact impressions OF the details OIL
West Point life The official funcionaries appointed
by Government TO examine the Academy as the
writer shows do nothing towards the diffusion OF
correct information on the subject.


The visit OF the Board OF Visitors, too. every June,
though OF some length and intended furnish Just that
information which the country should possess usually
il must he confessed fails OF its object The members OF
the Board are often appointed for political motives, and
are neither able desirOus 10 follow undcrsandngly
the subjects which brought before them In the eX-
animation (and still less to report upon them) and
they entertained they desire dinners are given
them. officers attend the examination in tu dress pan
is given at the hotel, "sklfu rs they describe
their last report, boat is witnessed by Them and
they in return bestOw praise so mdiscrminaely tha
il loses lis value noticing Just what strikes the eye and
recognizing wherein that horougness consists which
is characteristic of the Academy ~ tho visit ~ the
Board of Visitors does not bring before the public the
sketchy letters OF transient visitors The Academy has
won its high by the faithful patient
labor OF It's Professors who largely recompcnsod
nor greatly cheered by the intelligent approval OF The
Produced method of instruction which is botn admra
bly, carried and attests by its results its worth


The description given by the writer of the daily
routine of instruction is highly interesting and full
of useful suggestions, exhibiting a degree of thor
oughness i'll preparation and recitation which is
rarely found in any literary institution In COM


a. Il q. .F Aso
with that of the Colleges, he remarks:


Though cadets have the abandon of students they
carry with them, a graduation punctuality an accu
racv in lnoledge an honesty triIthfulness which are
greatly TO be praised. A low. Immoral fellow seems at
times almost hero because he holds 10 the truth SAID


man who left one OF our colleges to enter West Point
For some months great fear that should be
caught in falSehood ana dismissed the service had
got so in the habit of lying said Professor OF one OF
leading colleges, years since II Is my opinion
that it takes man several years after graduation,
to throw of the lowering influence of the hah OF un-
truthfulness dealing with instructors, which college
standards half sanction" These exaggerated state
ments have some truth az their foundation Two
points in which students chiefly sin. are-givng untrue
excuses for failure IN college duty tine persuadg ones
self that lazinoss Is sickness and using unfair helps III
the recitation Neither Of these is possible at West
Point All men who consider themselves nnwel report
to the surgeon and after an examination are ny nm eA
cused from duty; and the rociatons are all made at
the board all materials for help so easy TO use AT ones
seat must be left behind ON most points, indeed the
power OF public opinion greater at the academy than
college, AT least the lines between things allowed aud
things forbidden sharply drawn, and evasve or
misleading answers 10 questions OF an officer, answering


TO anothers name IN rocall ana the ke are not AT All
tolerated; the guilty reported by one Of his own
fellows, and with the appreciation OF the whole corps
dismissed the service.


How wonderful the effect which holding the body
under control has upon the mind. Take rough uncouh
fellow, not only clumsy in movement but clownsh IN
manners, let him stay AT the Academy few months and
he IS transformed, in eXternas, to gentleman Defer
and courtesy, rgidy eXaced in daily intercourse
with the officers MS sup6ror, come TO be naturally pad


to others and poise and control OF body give steadness
and possession Of mind, that he can not only stand
and look like gentleman, but even talk Ike one. And
everything which is done by cadet gains greatly
from the prompt sOderike way OF performance. Even
in the daily recitatons, the prompDess with which the
place taken at the board the exactnes OF the diagram
the attitude on the bench, and the attitude IN recitng
are all the reverse of the careless, slouchng habit
which often dIstgurcs tho demeanor OF students.


GLOW To Build Nation" is the title of the next
article, by the Rev. DR.. Thompson in which he main
tans the sacredness of the family relations the fusion
of foreign populations into American unity a civil
organism adapted to preserve the historical identity
of the nation the largest scope for individual enter
prise in harmony with the national spirit the dignity
of labor. the elevation of woman, the diffusion of
sound culture, and the maintenance Of universal
Justice the essential conditions ofnational develop
ment and prosperity. On the subject OF blending
foreign elements into the American nationality Dr.
Thompson offers some eloquent suggestions.


immigration be not Over-smuaed IL il is left 90 the
natural healthy influence Of tradcaws, without adven
titious political brides, then freedom OF alliance will
gradually fuse heterogeneous populations into
With better imported stock, who come intelgenty.
and not like driven cattle who come to work rather than
to vote, and with restrictions upon the ntornaIragc
of races our immigrant population unless cOmpacted
politically enthusiastically into clans Will gradually be
absorbed into the national stock and their descendants
Of the third generation will be undenably American.
Just nOw the fusion Of all elements into the common
which the silent influences OF language and society
would effect is accelerated by the cOminngng Of blOOds
upon every battlefield for our national unity. As OF
old the blood baptism Of the martyr canonZed him in the
church. though he had failed TO De baptized Of water into
the Christian uame SO this warbaptsm upon the brow
OF Cet Saxon of German Gaul African. naturalzes
each immigrant race into the family OF the American
natiOn-nO more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens OF the household OF freedom, wealth
Duilded together into holy temple founded upon the
apostles and cOnfessOrs 6 Cemened with the blood OF