american Facts.'.
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Such is the title of volume just Issued from
The press:-a grand title, which suggests the epic
poet or the philosopher. The purpose, how
ever. of the work is modest. tits merely com
pla,lon, from which those who have lived at some
distance from the great highway may get answers
10 their questions, Us to events and circumstances
which have escaped them. 1t is one of those books
which will be valued in the back-woods.


ltwould be great book, indeed, and one that
would require the eye and heart of great man,
s''at as judge, great as seer, and great as
lOphet-,ha, could select for us and present in bar
nOnOus outline the true American facts. To Sc
sct the night point of view supposes command OF
IL held


such man must be attentive, quiet observer
q The slgh,er signs Of grewth Bat he must not
BE one 10 dwell superstitously on details, nor one
hasten 10 conclusions. He must have the eye
the eagle, the courage Of the lion, The patience
the worm, and faith such as is the prerogatlve OF
Nan alone, and of Man on the highest step OF his
el,ure.


We doubt not the destiny of our Country, that
&t Is destined to accomplish great things for HUI
3sn Nature and be the mother of nobler race,
s'naps, than the world has yet known. Bat She
rs been SO false TO the scheme made out at her
Ni'ily that it is now hard 10 say which way
as'destiny points We can hardly point out the
ne American facts, without some idea of the true
aa'ac,cr Of America Oaly one thing seems clear,
"a the energy here at work is very great, though


&c men employed in carrying out its purposes may
AVE generally no more individual ambition to un-
S'stand those purposes or cherish noble ones OF
a'Ir own, than the coral insect through whose
Nsless working new continents are upheaved
ION Oceans breast.


Such man passing in boat from one ex-
enliy Of the Mississippi to another, and observing
''Y object on the shore as he passed, would yet
snno,hing OF universal or general value, because
shas no principles, even in hope, by which to
Sttiy them. American facts! Why what has
ssn done that marks individuality! Among men
a,te is Franklin! he IS fact, and au American
ici. Niagara is another, in different style The
'sy that newsapers and other periodicals. are man.
'sed is American. A go-ahcad fearless adroitness
american; so is not, exclusively, the want Of
're, e,honor. But we look about in vain for traits
Characteristic OF what may be individually the


a'sc.vr Of the Nation, as we can find at glance
SPAIN, England, France or Turkey America


.aye, but an European babe some new ways


S'ae,lons she has, consequent on new position
i:ssas soul ,ha, may shape her mature i'ie scarce
sasic know itself yet. One thing is certain: we
IN large place, no less morally than physically /;
as'0 hun who lives meanly there and knows the


.a-oiens Of selfshness and vanity as The only
as.'ieaa facts. x
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