Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . fgranite, all presenting the neatest and brightest appear-ance, everywhere meet the eye. Along the wharvesimmense ranges of warehouses extend the whole length,at which the finest ships are discharging their foreigncargoes. Again, encircling her Common, rise in beau-teous outlines spacious mansions, having the appearanceof palaces, and presenting a scene of quiet beauty,unsurpassed by anything in the world; they are theresidences of her merchant princes. The whole scene isclothed in neatness, regularity, and good order ; there is achara
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . fgranite, all presenting the neatest and brightest appear-ance, everywhere meet the eye. Along the wharvesimmense ranges of warehouses extend the whole length,at which the finest ships are discharging their foreigncargoes. Again, encircling her Common, rise in beau-teous outlines spacious mansions, having the appearanceof palaces, and presenting a scene of quiet beauty,unsurpassed by anything in the world; they are theresidences of her merchant princes. The whole scene isclothed in neatness, regularity, and good order ; there is acharacteristic quietness about it which the people of Mas-sachusetts have made their own. Her public men are far-seeing, discreet, and dignified; and when they move it is tosome purpose. Her merchants are cautious, systematic intheir business transactions, ready to advance in theirproper time, and distinguished from that recklessnesswhich marks the New Yorker. ^- CHAPTER II. FANEUIL HALL. FANEUIL HALL MAKKET. CUSTOM HOUSE. — EXCHANGE.— OLD STATE HOUSE. ^k. We must not leave this neighborhood yet, for the OldHouse we have just been describing is not the only objectof interest hereabout. There is another noticeable build-ing — second, indeed, in interest to no other in Boston. (9) 10 BOSTON SIGHTS. It is Faneuil Hall, or, as it is patriotically and meta-phorically termed, The Cradle of American to Boston alone, but to the entire country does itseem to belong; for in the annals of America it holds aforemost and most honorable position. Within its wallssome of the finest specimens of American eloquence thathave been heard from the days of Washington to thoseof Webster were delivered. When despotism threatenedthe colonies of George the Third, the first tones of defi-ance were uttered in Faneuil Hall. Liberty held thereher high court, and from thence issued decrees a thousandtimes more potent than a kings proclamation or a czarsukase. What wonder, then, that from far and
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