New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-21
1ErrERs FROM OLD ENGLAND....No.
Correspondence of The Tribune
TILE Axrrcops Law 1rAcrr-rnEx soIL.
g,.n,souAx. England, July a, l34'

B,Rn,ScuAx. England July "a l346
Mr. EDITOR: promised on leaving my native
New England for first visit TO the Old World, 10
send Won an occasional letter for publication in The
Tribune and my intention, at the time OF making
the nro,oise. was to write by nearly every steamer
Blu, the fact is that, since the day OF my landing in
Liverpool from that best of packet ships the HIN
RY CLAY, some four weeks since, nearly up to
this present, my mind has been in such whirl o;
plcasurable emotions, in such . fine phrenzy,
that the idea OF writing has been absurdly com
mon place and practical 10 be entertained for mo
ment | have qualified this statement by the little
word nearly" not because the excitement spoken
OF has wholly subsidized (which IS far from the cas- 81
but because for the last day two have resolutey
shut self out from any objects of interest
and by induging III 4 short period OF ntrospection
have become comparatively sober Thus much By
way Of exordium. Now then, for some first i'm
pressions 1t IS said that y. p Willis iOne loves
compare himself with distinguished persons
wrote h's . First Impressions OF Europe the
passage out You may rely it that er
tempore.
70 begin with arrived here in England at
most fortunate tme-that is, time Of general ,-c
element up0R topics Of general interest; at time
when the waters OF society we're IN state oi
heathtul connection, and the great Ship of State
was beginning 20 feel the impulse OF a iayorhe
breeze iconaing from dark cloud which TO the TIM
I'd and distrusttul had seemed pregnant with una'
vorablc gales and to plow her way through the
agitated waves ike thing OF life. A nd since !
have been here 10 be ia the midst OF that hVei.y
cominotion incident to bracing round the yards ana
trimming the sails so that not whit OF the wei
come breeze might be lost, has been one OF the
pleasantest experiences oil my NE. iour reauers
will of course detect beneath tins rather common
place figure alusion TO the general impulse gwen
10 the public mind by the successful termination OF
the war which for the last seven years has been
carried on with so much vIgor under Feld-Marshal
Cobden) against the Great Corn Law Monopoly. The
particulars of that have been given from time TO
time with so much fidelity in The Tribune that no
further allusion to them lis now necessary-thoush
cannot forbear adding after having given the sub
iect particular attention, that III my opinion no war
upon record was ever prosecuted from the hour OF
its humble commencement to that OF It's proud ter
mnation with so much mastery skill in every de
partment OF its extensive operations, as the war
of the late Anti Corn Law League OF this coun-
try against the odious e Corn Monopoly, which
had for SO many years impoverished and dsgraced
it, say the late League, because 1t Is one OF the
most characteristic and credltabe facts IN the ms
tory OF that Association that the moment its work
was done. and the enemy, however uncraclously.
had yielded up their arms--its organization was
given mp aud prompt measures taken to wind up
its concerns aud withdraw 1t from the eye OF the
public or rather from actual existence. at the EARL
est possible day Thiscourse of proceeding, adopt
ed as it unanimously and by acclamation and
moreover without note Of vulgar or ungenerOus
exutation, has secured for the members of the
League the respect OF every person III the commu
nifty whose respect any decent man would covet.
end evoked the historian OF the Seven wears War
under notice record 1t not only one OF the most
brilliantly successful wars in its achievements, but
one OF the noble spirited in its whole conduct
and character, which the annals Of human conflict
can boast. Nay more, and this will lead me, pre-
sently, to other subjects OF INTEREST," the faithful
historian will not only have to write thus commend
atory of tins III its general conduct and charac-
ter--but if he be man OF single eye and comprc-
hcnsivc mind he Will have 10 record 1t as war
equally to be honored for various aud wldcl yeX-
tended benefits for not only has II resulted IN
the overthrow OF one of the most miscEievous mo-
nopolies but also in the defeat and discontinue OF
of the most unprincpIed tyranmes which ever
oppressed q neck-rldden and back-brokcn race. /
allude to the Loiid,d AriStOcr0cy Of tbs Country
"a body of men who, holding about all the soil OF
this Realm within their grasp, seem resolved nay
with few honorable exceptions are resolved to
make every interest IN the Country bend even TO
breaking If necessary, to theirs They are imp
ously enough called Lords yet the way they lord
it over Gods heritage allows for the name a bit
terness of sarcasm which II their moral vision was
not too oblique for any keemcss OF moral perceP-
ton. wcald make them quite ashamed OF 1t AS 1t
is, shame appears to be one o, those emotions OF
which for the most part they are quite ncapablc)
These Landholdcrs were, OF course, the most pow
criul enemy with which the League had To CON
besides
war, they had the Throne their side--both
Houses oi Parliament-that powerful body III all
countries the Educated ClGsses-to say nothing OF
the Church (which in this country. you know, IS
"kept' by the State)-all of which influences II
is important 10 observe these seltstyled Lords
hold in almost constant abcyance-l say, be
sides all these influences the Landed and Lord
ed Arstocracy of Great Britain also WELD the
numerical power OF their too abject tenantiy-wield
it. not so much by compelling their tenants to any
positive course of action. as by compelling them 10
almost absolute iR0ctioR Against such power
who shall contend with any hope OF success =
Verify tie League hare GNSicered tbs question 'rHh
a WitneSS And the answer they have given Ia II
contains within tselfa truth even than their
whole system Of antimonopoly. That answer Is,
that any one righteous man III the country. who
has Truth and the God of Truth f0Ad Re rat hare
both a he has either. upon his side, may contend
and contend successfully. against not only the pow
er alluded TO. but any power; III other words mas
much as every revolution, every conquest was
first a single thought against winch the united
and concentrated thought OF whole communities
was enlisted therefore will no true man be dls
couruged because prlncipali,Ies and powers have
combined their energies against hli-ior sooner
or later in Gods time OF course, the
iaures of success are sure to crown the head
oi every faithful warrior, True. IN the language
of nm American clergyman yoW cannot hurry
God but bear in mind you can hurry me ptt1f
and IN no way more efectually than by moral
cowardICe. In few words ana oeau'i'", "U'us
they are indeed the solution which the his
tory OF the League has virtually given the world OF
the question who shall conteAd against the power
ofkings and mobiles r. has been rendered by Charles
Mackay thus
The Pen shall supcrsedc the Sword,
And Right not Might shall be the Lord,
In the good time coming
J3Or,f Birth shall rule mankind
And be acknowledged stronger:
The proper impulse has been given.
Wait little longer,
Let not word of this be passed to the charge or
credit of mere rhapsody; for it is now the common
n,terance OF the streets. Indeed the fact that the
noble song from which | have Just quoted-and
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