LI rtiKARY.
From t^e j^mcriccm^Mnnrto,
tkms tm the Ut. volume uf Pr. CtarkeV
travcU in Rutiia, Tartary and Turkey.
BY A RUSSIAN.
Continued .
At Sarskoes^lo the author manifests his
disposition to misrepresent all he sees, ami
all that he hears of in Raisin. 'The act of
vandalism by which several pictures vas *ie
nays), were cut ** in order to adapt themH
to the accidental spaces left vacant," (page
IS,) never was committed but in his lma
-fpnatFon. Those who ki*ow with what
care the numerous collections of pictures,
be tending to private individuals^ are kept
at St. Petersburg, and who have visited the
galleries of the Hermitage, and other im
perial palaces, will see the improbability,
of this story, and will agree wah us, that
in th ? Jin* a*u at least, the '|n ogress uf
Russia has been great. Since the death j
of the empress Catharine# Sarskoeselo
has never been inhabited.? Some of the
pictures and statues have been removed
from t hence. We suspe&lhat Dr. Clarke
mlks^-of-this palace, wimfln^vipg been
admitted into it, fur it is usually shut, at
the season he pretend* to bSBfeSegyhevc.
The inspection of the mHaWNov
gorotl a flu ids him an occa^Bphrdescant
ing on some of the reftgioti&practices of
the Russians. After an "historical summa
ry of the .introduction of images into Rus
sia. he observe* that the different re pre
seniatioftS of ^the Virgin ? will show to
what a pilch of absurdity superstition hat
been camif^&Wit is not a new discovery
that the appearance of images is coeval
with that _of the Christian religion in ou r
couniry? ?nor that those images were de- 1
rived from Greece. We willingly ac
knowledge that they are wretchedly execu
ted?We will not deny that there prevails
AiUch superstition among the fewer clas
hes of society ; but if we comprehend the
meaning of the term superstition) it signi
fie s implicit belief granted to ideas or facts,
whicn are repugnant to human reason, ? \
which we are unable either to conceive or
to explain* because those ideas or facts,
admit of no demonstrations, and are en
tirely out of the ordinary laws of nature.
Now. on this subject we would ask Br.
Clarke, in what couuvry the mass of the
poputatiop is not superstitious? England is
no exception ; for he himself informs us
(pag^H^O) when speaking of the Tartars
who hail as a good omen the appearance of I
martins its their dwellings, that the same
Idle opinion - prevails in his q,wn island.
We kqow that the belief in'ghosts is not
Uncommon there, ancT that very recently a
poor woman was tried for witchcraft before
a British court of justice.
H we mistake not, Jumcs I. king ofl
England, supported \h Writing his beliefVl
that' it vat possible tor ride on a broom
stick thpough the air? a distance of ' two o;
three hundred miles ; and so lately as the
tniddle of the seventeenth century Sir
Thomas Browne seriously combated the
idea) that it was possible to sail asfofas the
EastlndlWtirim egg-shell. Did not the
superior minds of Dr* Johnson and Dr.
Kobe rt son give credit to stories of witches
and appatration* ?*? And without recurring
to such illustrious examples, may we not
presume to atiifOV at the risk of scftndal-t L
latng our piouj author, that there ^asff
glimmering of superstition abou t himself,
when on the? shores 'of the vsfc of Axoph,
at Tmgantog* he could discern " a very for*
title firoof of the veracity qf the aacred
?m t /?wv ?/ ycr?vs#y w<
Scrifitvrf" in th$ diminution of waters 1
consequent on the ^prevalence of violent
easterly winds ? Can he, after this, be so
much astonished at seeing the Aartar&mt
of Russia attach miraculous virtues to their
Obrati, and addict themselves toother ah*
surd superstitious practices I
But to procefed. Having informed us
that it had snowed heavily before his arrival
M, ovgorg$ on the 4th April, and that the
anow increased rapidly during his progress
to T*er, Dr. Clarke tells us in the next
page, that M the toil i* /or the most part
*an<ty, dud apparently of a nature to %et
agriculture ttt' dtfahce*" ? He alone can ex
plain how he saw this, as the ground whs
covered with snow. We notice the ob
servation, trivial as it is, merely ae an
instance of> the want of reflection* With
which this writer commits his remarks
to paper.
The village of Yadtova attracted our
traveller's attention, Alter informing us
that it consists of a single street as wide a|f
Piccadilly, and describing the ext
pearance of the buildings, he a
window in such places is a'MNo
tin, .ml seldom noticed." The
meaiit to be intuiting, and U<
tempt ible
At Posckol, another village on this higL
road, the sledge which supported his car
riage breaks down. Being obliged u> wait
a few htara until the necessary repairs
I ore madeN he loses no time, and hastens46
take u ? very interesting ficrfi into the man
nrrt of the fimnnnrry He stCS the Woman
ot the house prepare 'dinner during Her hus
band's absence ? he sres the husband re* I
iurn from church with his chileren, holding
id their hands sonic pieces of consecrated
bread, not larger than a pigeon's egg i ?
the family goes to dinner, and all eat out
of the same bo wl^- much crossing and
bowing before and after their frugal meal.
? Dinnev ended, they all go to bed? af
terwards they drink vinegar or quas* ?
And that this first sketch of the mannera
of the country may be wanting in no par
ticular, Dr. Clarke does not forget to com
municate to us the effects of their diges
tion, uTterms too indelicate for us to re
peat. Possessed of these v*ry interesting
discoveries, he seizes his pencil, and gives
the following Jlnidied pouait of t&e Rus
sians.
?* The picture of Russian manners va
ries little ?wilh reference to the pi i rice or
the peasant* The 'first nobleman in the
empire, when dismissed by his sovereign
from attendance upon his person, or with
drawing to his estate, in consequence of
dissipation and debt, betakes himself to a
mode of - life little superior to that of
brutes. You will theft find hi in, through
out the day, with his neck bare, his beard
lengthened, his body wrapped in a sheep's
hide, eating raw turnips, and drinking
quass, -leeping one half of the day, and
-growing ai his wife and ?imi y the other.
The same feelings, the same wants, wish
es and gratifications, then characterize the
nobleman and the peassnt ; and the same
system of tyranny ^ which extends from
the throne downwards, through ^he
bearings and ramifications of society, vven
to the cottage of the lowest boor, has en
tirely extinguished every spark of liberali
ty in the breasts of a pebple who are all
slaves. They are all, high, and /ow, rich
and/ioor, al?kc_5crvile to superiors; haugh
ty and cruel to their dependants ; ignorant,
superstitious, cunning, brutal , barbarous ,
dirty, mean. The Empteror canes the first
of his grandees , princes and nobles cane
their slaves ; and the slaves their wives
and daughters." Ere the sun dawns
Russia, flagellation begins : and, through
out its vast empire, cudgels are going, in
every department of population, from morn
ing until nightc'*- - 7 -
We have seen the empire of Russia 1
transformed by the magical pen of Dr.
Clarke into * vast house of correction,
where flagellation proceeds with a regula
rity comparable only to the effects of ma- I
chinery at Birmingham or at Manchester !
Upon what authority worthy of credit has
tjais author founded so monstrous an edifice
of calumny ? Among the various passages
in which he has to liberally poured forth I
the grossest abuse upon our nation, we
meet indeed__jvith some rttatrnns from 1
<Seattus"Tmti~from Meyenberg, (page^tt) j
and some letters in verse of one Tuberville, I
(page 83) who was secretary to the first ]
ambassador sent frofn En gland - -to Russia; |
about the middle of the sixteenth century ; I
but since he refuses fb admit the authority I
of Puffcndorf) (certainly as respectable as |
the naoiea he 4mls brought before us) who 1
Wrote a hundred and fifty years later, and 1
whose opinion differ* from* the Doctor**, I
ought he not to produce in tuppnfrnf hiaJ
assertions* some more recent testimony ? I
The question between them i* nothing I
less than whether or not the Russian na- I
tion is as barbarous in modern times, as tt I
was* in the reign of the Tzar Ivan Vassi- I
lievitsh. The manuscript of Mr* Heber J
and the Voyage de deux Francaia , (which I
Dr. Clarke cites so frequently,) wil not I
bear him out m the preterit instance. Nay* I
when he cites them at flritnesae* upon other I
occasions, they are from being *lw*y* 1
of hit opinion* For fck&mple, the 44 Voy- I
ageurt Francais" (page 49,) concede at I
least to the Russian* the merit of being I
hospitable, and .Mr. Heber, though his I
Statement is in several respects very de- I
fective, represents the condition of Che pea- I
tantry in very different colors from those I
used by Dr. Clarke. Let us be allowed to I
express our great satisfaction at finding I
the respectable name of Lord Whitworth I
brought forward in the book before us? on- I
ly to corroborate remarks purely scientific* 1
The testimony of thatneblema*? Veil ao I
quainted at he it with Russia* and so dit- I
tinguished by his leatAtng and virtues, I
would indeed have been of the greatest I
weight. Wo have sufficient gtfeunds there
fofe for believing, that the disgusting ac
count given of Russian manners and Rus
sian character, is the result solely of the
writer's own observations but here again
new difficulties present themselves to every
impartial mind. A few general reflections
' will not be superfluous, before w^proceed
to confront Dr. Clsrke with himtttC
\ VAi.UK OF TIMBER.
I** The Earl of Aylesbury tin England, has
Recently fallen 5000 oak# on his Yorkshire
estates, valued at !00,0001>-*nd oo one
estate IfHtie neighbourhood 6f Bath, of a*,,
bout tC^OO ?acres, belonging to ThondjhiN
Swymmer Champneys, esq. the tirobet
baa been valued at upwards of 50,000/*
Cucumber * trved from Bugi.
Set out an Onioar. or. set up an Onion
stalk or two In each hill of Cucumbers, and
the streaked bug will keep'4#*y.n
M oral Keticctious. _ J
A
Ths fijiioiving vrticie is Jrini the /ten &f Is -
?l//>0, a jriernber oj the late convention of
France, and one of the celebrated infidels
of the present age ; it in contained in a
f book fiubtished by him under the title "On
Prejudice," and tve select it as the con
strained testimony oj on enemy oj i/ie I.ord
Jesus Christy in favour of his divine mis
sion
u He callfed himself the Sottrof God 1
Who among ns dare say that he Is Dot ?
He always displayed virtue ; headways
spoke according to the dictates of leaiQirr:
he always preached up wisdom ; "he sin*
cerely loved all men, and wished to do good
even to his^executioners ; he developed all
the prtnciple*^poral equity, and Qf the
purest pauioliww: lie inct dangci'uuUls
mayed ; he shewed hiakgplf averse to the
greit, who in all ages have made a bad use
of their power; he described the hardheart
edness of the rich; he attacked the pride
of kin&s 5 he dared to resist even the face
of tyrants ; he despised glory and fortune ;
he was sober; he solaced the indigent; he
taught the unfortunate ^ow to suffer ; he
sustained weakness ; he fortified dccay^ 5
he consoled misfortune, and knew how to
shed tears with them that wept ; he taught
men tp subjugate their passions, to
! to reflect, to Jove one another,. andTo live
happily together. He was hated by the
powerful men whom he offended, and per
secuted by the wicked whom he unmask
ed ; and he died under- the~ indignation of
. that blind and deceived multitude for whom
he had always livjpl.".
I may say of the earth, as a philosopher
said of Athens, ?* it may fceffe tor a tran
sient lodging, but not for a. constant dwel
ling." Outward plenty* way be a com
fortable ship for indigence to a|U in ; but
it-i^a dangerous rock, for confidence to
build upon* - Give some people the earth
in their hands, and they care not Who has
heaven to his heart.
, ______
We have beenfavored with the follow
ing curious observation from the pen of Dr
Franklin. It was found among a number
of remarkable manuscript notes ol his,writ
ten on the tnargin of a pamphlet, called
Mora! and Political Reflections/' pub-,
lished in London in ITtO, and has' never
before been made public ?
4* The difference (between a civilised and
savage life,) in not so great at may be im
agined. Happiness is mote generally and
equally diffused among savages than in our
civilized societies. Ao European who ha t
once tatted lavage Zi/e, nm afterwards teat
so ttueutourjbcietica. The caie and la
bour of providing for artificial and fash
ionable wants ? the sight of niany rich,
wallowing^ superfluous plenty, whereby
so many CTe kept $oor and distressed by
want? the insolence of oflftce-? the snares
and plagues of law ?and the restraints of
custom ; all -con t ribut e to disgust hlmVub
"what it oiHcdctvil society?*^
The correctness of the Doctor's opinion 1
may perhaps be disced ; we, however,)
give the dbaervation as it was found, with
out comment* more as a matter of curios
ity than as an absolute truism.
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