The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-05 00:00:00

TRUE RADICALISM.

Many well-meaning persons, impressed with a
sense of the value of past reforms, and disgusted
with the stupid conservatism which blindly adheres
to every ancient abuse, are so anxious to be consi-
dered " Radical" in their views that they fear to stop
even when they have attained all that is really
desirable or practicable. They distrust them-
selves if their common sense tells them to pause,
and feel uneasy at the thought that they have no
more fields to conquer, and no progress, as it seems
to them, to make. They dread the imputation of
Conservatism, and would almost prefer to have
risked what they have gained rather than stand
still. This class is never likely to form the majority
of a community, but as its errors frequently afford
an excuse for a reaction ag.dnst wise reforms, it
may be well to address a few words of advice to
those who feel troubled by such fears. The first
thought that occurs to us is the folly of imagining
that, for hundreds of years to come, there will be
any 'difficulty in finding subjects for radical reform.
As fast as one topic of discussion is dm,' posed of a dozen
are ready to rise in its place, all important, involving
much labour, needing long consideration, and sure
to lead to animated controversy. It is a law of
human nature that only one such controversy can
be carried on at one time and place. Slavery, and
the evils growing out of it, have absorbed the atten-
tion of this country for some years p=ast, and so
gigantic an abomination could never have been over-
thrown without an intense concentration of the
public mind upon the work. It has been cut up by
the roots, and the Congressional plan of reconstruc-
tion is rapidly extracting the last remnant from the
ground. Universal suffrage is so nearly established,
and appears so certain, that some who are more
anxious to be radical than to be right are already
casting about for some new demand for the benefit
of those who were lately oppressed. But who can-
not see that there are many other great questions
which have been lying in abeyance during this great
struggle, and which will give ample scope to the
powers of the most radical reformer ? Let no man
be impatient for conflict. lie will soon have►quite
With a
enough in the legitimate •path of duty.
system of taxation which demoralises a large
part of the community, with rotten legislatures,
municipalities, and judges, with systems of education
grossly defective, with extravagance and in.efficiency
in government rather than the exception, it is clear
that no one need fear that the work of reform is at
an end. In the next place, genuine radicalism aims
plant in its place that
only to uproot evil, and to
which promises good fruit. Having done this tho-
roughly, the wise Radical is content t n
o wait f
oorr final
results, and slowly to build up whe the wk of
pulling down is properly over. If we can never
de-
reach a state iu which growth rather than
all destruction is
struction is desirable, then
useless, and the Radical is the most unwise
of men. But such is
an ntothing thes, fareached thct. We he
stage
ave al-
ready, in respect of my
in which development, and not simple uprooting, is
the duty of the race. The Christian religion, the
education of the young, the Republican system of
Government, the family state, the libertty of com-
merce, and many other instances, migh be given
as illustrations of institutions or doctrines which
need no change at the root, but have yet vast room
for development and progress. The practical
application of these remarks at the present time
-elates chiefly to those.perrios who are tweasy legit

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by opposing confiscation and of her punitory schemes
they should cease to be radical. The party which
claims to be conservative is so amazingly stupid
that we cannot blame any one for doubting his own
sagacity when he finds hi►nsel C agreeing with it upon
any point. But it should be .borne in mind that,
like a man who sings on one note the whole time, a
party that persists in one line of conduct must be
right occasionally, and may happen to be right,fre-
quently. Let no one fear to act upon his own con-
victions of duty even if he does find him ,elf sometimes
in strange company. 'All the propositions which are
made by demagogues, looking toward special favours
fur special classes of people, are simply schemes of
robbery, which will, if carried out, despoil the majo-
rity of the very classes intended to be favoured.
Suppose the land of the South should be con-
fiscated and divided among the ' negroes, as
some advise. Not one-fourth of the negroes
would get any laud which they could live upon,
while the other three-fourths would be deprived
of a large part of their wages by the univer-
sal disorganisation of the employing class. Sup-
pose the eight-hour law should be made compul-
sory, as its friends insist. Who would suffer so
much as the workmen, whose wages would b 3 cut
clown, and whose employers would largely abandon
enterprises undertaken under different expectations?
It. is not the mission of true Radicalism to enter upon
such schemes as these. In the sphere of politics it has
long been the maxim of Radicals that nothing can or
• houldbeldone except to secure to :every man the free
use of his powers and a fair and equal opportunnity
for his development. In other spheres of action there
is abundance of work for the most zealot's reformer.
Nay, in political affairs, as we have already inti-
mated, there will always be enough to do. 'While
the nation has been crushing one evil, others have
sprung up which in their turn demand attention.
Let us be content with securing equal justice at the
South, and then combine to attack corruptions
nearer home.—The Nation.

GOODWOOD.

BY LORD WILLIAM LENNOX.
(From Land and Water.)
The monster meeting at Goodwood, as it has been feli-
citously named, has attained so great a pre-eminence in
the racing world, that it may not he uninteresting to our
readers to give a slight sketch of the house and domain of
the noble duke under whose auspices and those of his
father a tenth-rate country meeting has -been transformed
to the first place of sport in the land. The domain of the
Duke of Richmond includes the three contiguous estates of
Goodwood, Halnaker, and Westhampnett. The former
was purchased by tfie first duke, the son of Charles 11.,
about the year 1720, from the family of Compton. Hal-
naker did not come into the family until 1765, when it
was added by the third duke to the other entailed estates.
Westhampnott, which compries upwards of 1,800 acres,
was also purchased by the same nobleman. Halnaker
House, which was built in the reign of Henry VIII., is
now a perfect ruin, and is the only specimen in this part
of the country of that castellated style peculiar to the age
of the Tudors. In one of those beautiful, yet ephemeral
works of the day, the Annuals, we find a legend of Hal-
necke, which contains a very graphic account of the visit
of the unfortunate Edward VI. to this place in 1551. The
park, which was formerly stocked with doer, contains
some magnificent timber, and a splendid avenub of
Spanish chestnut trees. The manor house of West-
hampnett, formerly the property of Sir Hutchings
Williams, Bart., who rebuilt it, is now converted into a
union workhouse ; and let those who cavil at the present
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happy and content; the children cheerful, well fed, and
neatly attired; test their knowledge in the "one thing
needful," and it will be found that many of those who are
considered poor in the eyes of the world are rich in trea-
sures far above earthly value. Return we to Goodwood/
which in the Burrell MS. is thus described :—" Rot. Par.,
26th of Elizabeth, Godinwood Manor, with its appendages
and two houses, four gardens, two orchards, two hundred
acres of park land, ten of arable, five hundred of pasture,
and three hundred of wood." The original mansion, a
Gothic structure, of which no print or painting is in
existence, was replaced by an edifice erected under the
dit4ction of Sir William Chambers, mid erhieh now forme
part of the present building. In 1800 :f.o third Duke of
Richmond, who was a great patron of the arts,
and who
had expended a large sum upon the improvements of the
estate,* now commenced those additions and alterations
which have produced tho present noble domain.
The house consists of a principal front, with a colon-
nade, a portico of six Doric pillars supports another of an
equal number of lonic, of Portland stone, extending nearly
170 ft., and terminated by two towers with hemispherical
roofs; the wings, each presenting a front of 106 ft., aro
also terminated by similar towers. With the exception of
the front, which formed part of the building erected by
Sir William Chambers, the whole of the new edifice
neighbouring
is
built with square flints, collected from tho
downs, and which possess an advantage over Portland
stone, namely, that the longer they are expos dear the
the
weather, the whiter and harder they become.
principal entrance are some fine specimens of the cork
tree, famed for their size and beauty. The house contains
a fine collection of pictures by Guido, Titian, Vandyke
Salvi, Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller, Ostade, Le Nain, Bar-
ronio, Trevisani, F. Mola, goldsu Canaletti,
Lawrence,
Salvator
Rosa, Pneefs, Sir Joshua Re, Sir Thomas
Gainsborough, Romney, &c. The tapestry dra wing-room
is hung with magnificent Gobelin tapestry, presented by
Louis XV. to the third Duke of Richmond, wbenarnbassa-
dor at the French Court. It represents the adventures of
Don Quixote. The state bed-room adjoining also con-
tains some beautifully preserved tapestry, the subjects
being taken from "Ai iop's Fables." This suite of apart rates,
nts
has been occupied by crowned heads —princes, potent
military, naval, and senatorial heroes. In the draw-
ing-room is an exquisitely finished work of art, the
production of John Bacon, the Ca,nova of Eng-
I lish sculptors, which was purchased from him by the
third duke for 500 guineas. In the park and ornamental
plantations the' surround the house, aro to be found some
fine timber, consisting of beech (which flourish greatlyn
this soil), cedar, American oak, tulip trees, Turkey oak,
cypress, plane, and chestnut. The pleasure grounds,
orangery, and conserv:dories aro planned with great taste,
and the kitchen garden is well stocked. At the extremity
cf it is the tennis court, which has been e,oustantly used
by the West Sussex Agricultural Society, the object of
which is to encourage industry, and to reward those
sons of the 'soil whose general good conduct en-
titles them to the " golden opinions" of their
employers. The kennels and stables are two, of
rou
the most complete establishments of their kind in
abbag a
-
land ; the former is:oracted on a rising gnd, oh ulft
quarter of a mile from the house. It is now nearly
Gaud!
century since a pack of foxhounds have been kept
at
iolt
ha
wood ; yet sincerely do we hope that the kennel t
restored to its original purpose ; for, although th?
hcofuirnsty_
of Sussex is too full of woods and downs to furnish
property to have a pack of foxhounds,
under
lierriers, and is
rate sport, it would be a most valuable acqderuistihturounutsopituhues
of the Earl of March, who hunts a pack o
woods were well rettled, would affor p
celebrated runs
devoted to the chase. Foxes aro numderoleuielt,yanodf, it the
There is upon record an account of several
days;liatntlde
think that
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a
"faster" Ilan their ancestors were, wo still a
and then a smartish gallop from wood.
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by: rosotd ode across
s as the
downs,-
l well-enclosed e with
'Cohn country
would bo hailed with ',leaser() by every resident gentle-
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oucke's
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sioually hunt the Go odwood con
distanceuntry ; but for weeks their
places of meeting are not withi.
To return to Goodwood as a phtce of sport : the meet-
ing of 1867 went off brilliantly, the company was nume-
rous, the races welt) well contested, and the prizes were
worth contending, for. Full particulars have already been
given of the racing, but we cannot refrain from remarking
that a more successful gathering never before took place.
There were visitors of all ranks, of all countries in Europe,
and one and all expressed their delight, not alone at the
excellent sport, but at the admirable arrangements made
fur the comfort of the visitors. The Duke of Richmond
and Captain Valentine were indefatigable in their exer-
tions, and were ably aided by others. There was but one
drawback, the absence of the "Rose of Denmark ;" but we
hope that ere long the Princess of Wales will be restored
to health, and again appear on the Goodwood Stand,
amidst a galaxy of beauty, herself the fairest, the "ob-
served of all observers."

TILE WINNER OF TILE QUEEN'S PRIZE AT WIM-
BLEDON.—Sergeant Lane, of the Ist Glocestershire (City of
Bristol) Rifle Volunteer Corps, has just boon presented by
Captain Williams, cf the 19th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers,
with a handsome silver salver "as a small token of regard
and esteem, and in acknowledgment of the able manner in
which he vindicated Captain Williams's solectioa of him as
ono of the Englieh 20, 1861 and 1835, by Ircorning the
winner of her Majelityto prize in 1867."