Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-10-29
From the Correspondent fths Portland AaSerfissT.
THINGS IN SCOTLAND.
GLASGOW, July q, 1885.

rxisteuce TO nation, undoubtedly the ffeest, !
and the happicst ON the Globe, and If God in
his providence continue to protect as, destin-
ed to be the greatest too. No true-hearted
American, am sure, wherever he be, can
forget this day, with all its proud associations
and il he can be in a foreign land, and thus
enabled to draw contrast, the more VIII ms
love of home be aroused, and the more will
he feel the responsibilities and duties that at
tach to him as an American, to whom as one
individual at least, has been intrusted such
beOuest from his fathers. The more see Of
the old world, the more am convinced that
a man must be educated Republican, aye,
must be born Republican in Republican
land, or, at least 60 through the training OF
wears before he can have the feelings an Amer
lean ought to have, before he can shake OH
these trammeIs. and these prejudices that the
old world Rxes upon him. / do not believe,
repeat, that our institutions would as yet tit
the people here. They are not used to the
enjoyment Of such blessings as these impart.
They have never tasted their sweets. Their
habits of servility and love OF rank are too
firmly fixed. They came into the world
with them, and they will not leave them till
they die. Their children may be made Re
pu6licans of. but doubt whether they could.
They have liberiy-they are not slaves; they
do-thev seemed to be restrained in nothing
hut the lawsuit there is a servility. strug-
gle for rank, and such forgetfulness of mans
avn dignity, that, give them full power. and
thew would become intoxicated with it, and
run mad in licentious revelry. Am under
stood? The British people, mean to say,
are as free az we are to all outward appear
auces-but such is the slavish adulation Of
mower, such their long submission to it, such
their hold on all antiquity strengthened by
customs, by associations too Of old cathedrals,
ruins, common fields of glory. the fame OF an
old nobility; such their state Of society. trap.
pings, pomp. parade, show-such the habit
of tradesmen, workmen, farmers Of being
more than ciyil-servie too-that God only
knows what would happen if all such things
were broken up at once. I'll give you single
instance ola British freeman. We entered
miserable hut after dark, near the Crinan Ca
nal, out of which the peat smoke was stream
ing, with a stencil strong enough to knock a
man down. Upon inquiry learnt the man
was tenant Of some "nOble lord" and that
he was voter too. "And for whom do you
yote?" "Oh-fOr my MASTER" Think Of
the confession-and yet go where yeu will
the tenantry never blush TO tell you they
vote for their masters! Hence the Tories of
England, having the larger part Of the landed
property, have "the country" in their favour.
while the wings have the cities and towns
Hence the reason too, why the Corporation
Reform Bill is unpopular with the first, and
nopular with the last. for it will give them
more members in Parliament, and therefore,
more power.
From all these considerations. moral 10 to
be drawn. My object is truth. and If can,
to do a little good-and l therefore cannot
help it, il what say. may sometimes De PAIN
full to our pride. The truth then is. I" the
good society" Of England taken as whole is
better than ours, not that We have not circles
of such society--congregation here and
ahere-but as whole we have no such "good
society" as the English have. The edit
catpT men here are better educated than ours.
Their, knowledge is wider. Their topics Of
conversation more abundant. There is in
this society too greater sentiment Of honor
than there is in much Of ours. The esprit du
corps is stronger. When principle with them
cannot be depended upon. honour can, for
the court of Man who adjudicates on this, they
often fear more than the court Of Heaven that
tries the other. Their society is close. Ours
is open. Mere wealth will never take man
into theirs. Into ours it will. " Gentle Blood"
and fame or acquisitions are passports there.
So with as, but not so strong. Here, the di. |
vision of the castles is broad, and is seen and
felt. Among Us, the division exists. but is !
never seen and seldom felt. The man who |
Is born 10 certain sphere here expects to J
stay here. With us he is for getting out Of il
M soon as possible. Wealth will give him a
passport higher. Wealth won't help him |
here. The man who is up high here, seldom
looks upon those below. He stands on their
heads. to leap yet higher. and is for keeping !
as few as possible from coming after him.
Hence the real good society 10 very close. and |
made up Of the men who really stand highest |
in the cOuntry-and Of the most requirements |
and there Is therefore refinement in il pc !
culiarly belonging TO such men that influences |
their actions, all their conduct and conversa-
ton. and makes it az circle the most charm !
ing in the world. Hence too the British strug- |
gle for fame and knowledge with an impulse !
different from that Of ours.. I venture to say, |
that ifthey will confess the truth, it is not SD
much glory itself they seek for the sake Of
glory, as for the purpose Of getting into bet |
ter society, mounting one step higher over the |
heads Of the circle in which they are. The
.society.principls here is the great impelling
lever Of British ambition. Lord Nelson was
willing to die. il he could repOse Ia. the socie-
~ Of the kings and mobiles Of Westminster
Abbey. This leads to many curious exhibit
lions Of character. Our landlord here 10
Glasgow is perpetually telling us an American
-" that the most respectable people OF the
town call on him." ask him about persons
20 whom have letters. hereabOut. One Of
them, he recommends rue to deliver immedi-
ately-for he 10 a cousin to some lord-Rat-
lletrap or other searched for a lodging in