Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-01-21
Brooks, Letters.
Correspondence Of The Portland .aireri,sr.
THINGS IN SCOTLAND.
GLASGOW, July 4. 1895.

Il 1lilNGS in SCOTLAND.
No. XXI.
GLASGOW, July A, 1895.
This is our National Anniversary on
which is the celebration of,hat great day,
that gave existence to a nation, undoubt-
edly the lrcesi, and the happiest on the
globe, and if God in his providence con-
tinues to protec, us, destined to be The
greatest 100. No true hearted Ameri-
can, ] am sure, wherever he be, can for
get this day, with all its proud associa-
tions:-and il he be in foreign land,
and thus enabled to draw contrast, the
more will his love of home be aroused,
and the more will he feel the RESPONSE
bilities and duties that attach to him as
an American, to whom as one individual
at least, has been entrusted such be-
quest from his fathers. The more ] see
of the old world, the more am convinc-
ed that a man must be educated a Re-
publican, aye, must be born Republi-
can in a Republican land, or, at least 60
through a training of years, before he
can have the feelings an American ought
to have, before he can shake off these
trammels, and these prejudices, that the
old world fixes upon him. ] do not be-
lieve, repeat, that our institutions would
rs yet fit the people here. They are
not used to the enjoyment of such bles-
sings as these impart. They have new
er tasted their sweets. Their habits Of
servility and love Of rank arc too firmly
fixed. They came into the world with
them, and they will not leave them till
they die. Their children might be made
Republicans of, but doubt whether they
could be. They have lberty-they are
not slaves: they prize the blessings OF
freedom as much as we do-they seem
to be restrained in nothing but the laws,
but there is servility, struggle for
rank, and such forgetiulness of mans
own dignity, that give them full power,
and they would become intoxica cated with
it, and run mad in licentious revelry.-
| Am / understood: The British people
l mean to say, are as free as we are &c
all outward appearances-bws such 's t"s
slavish adulatiOn Of power, such theI
long submission to it, such their hold OF
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,
trappings, pomp, parade, show,-such
the habit Of tradesmcn, workmen, far
mers, of being more than civil-servile
too-that God only knows what would
happen if ull such things were broken
up at once. III give you single in
stance Of a British freeman. We enter
ed miserable hut after dark near the
Crinan Canal, out Of which the peat
smoke was streaming, with stencil
strong enough to knock man down.
Upon inquiry learnt the man was ten
ant Of some "noble lord," and that he
was voter too. "And for whom do you
votew "Oh-for my masier" Think
of the confession,-and yet 60 where
you 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 favor, while the wings
have the cities and towns. Hence the
reason too, why the Corporation Reform
Bill is unpopular with the first, and popu-
lar with the last, for it will give them
more members in Parliament, and, there
fore, more power
From all these considerations a moral
is to be drawn. My object is truth, and
if can, to do a little good; and there
fore cannot help il, what l say, may
sometimes be painful to our pride. The
truth then is, ''the good society" Of Eng
land taken as whole, is better than ours;
not that we have not circles Of such so.
ciety-congrega atoms here and there
but upon The whole we have no such
"good society" as the English have
The educated men here are better edu.
Gated than ours. Their knowledge Is
wider. Their topics Of conversation
more abundant. There is in this socle-
ty too greater sentiment Of honor than
there is in much OF ours. The espra du
corps is stronger. When principle with
them cannot be depended upon, honor
can, for the court Of Man who adJudi-
Gates on this, they often fear more than
the court of Heaven that tries the other.
Their society is close. Ours is oPen.-
More wealth will never take man into
theirs. Into ours il will. "Gentle blood,
and fame or acquisitions are passports
there. So with US, but not so strong
Here, the division Of the castles is broad,
aud is seen, and felt. Among US, the
division exists, but it is never seen, and
seldom felt. The man who is born in
certain sphere here expects to stay here
With us, he is for getting out OF II as soon
rs possible. Wealth will give him pass
port higher. Wealth won't help him
here. The man who is up high here,