The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-29

uculdte-i may be IN the of man, but II speaks
a language which Is understood in heaven. Here,
then, we reach result Here is one Of the rpened
fruits OF the grand distinguishing feature of English
civilization her system OF commerce, and manufac-
lures Not only have the Joyous seasons OF youth
and childhood been blotted from the lease OF life
but infancy, ITSELF must share in the stern abors of
manhood Modern Improvement sezes upon the
child at the breast, and numbers the sucking among
die are broken by the rude call OF the taskmaster.
The established order OF nature is reversed, her
holy teachings disregarded, and man and God
alike insulted and defied
ing processes OF her factories Forth to all lands
are borne their countless fabrics, and in return the
gtterlng tide OF wealth flows back into her bosom
But there, with the OF the enginery, is mingled
the official returns Of their products, have also
official accounts of childhood compelled to keep
pace through the long day, with the speed of the I'M
firing engine, till the body sleeps it's task,
to be reused by the blow of the overseer. We hear
from English authorities, of population physically
enteebed, morally depraved, growing up without
education intellectual or religious living literally
sent or to come. There is another feature IN the
| civilization of England, which demands from the
people OF this nation the severest scrutiny We re-
fer to her national church. This subject Mr. Lester
has touched with a fearless hand and he certainly
does the State some service, who gives to this
publican country the means of forming Just deci-
sion upon system, which forces itself upon our at
tentlOn with such lotiness of mien, and such AFRO.
giant pretensions This church claims to possess
that organization which alone is sanctioned by God
that by her scheme and not otherwise the gospel Is
to be given to the world There is no subject which
the people Of America are SO loudly called upon to
give searching investigation, as the tendency OF
church organizations-their bearing upon the inte-
rests OF freedom
The more 'simple the form which the religious be-
lief adopts,ithe more democratic the government;
No power on earth, has ever been found efiectua
to bind the human soul in the forms of civil despo.
tlsm, as the influence OF complex and imposing
j church organization Just in proportion nation
| Is released from ecclesiastical authority does it
adopt democratic principles in its social and political
structures. This IS not the result OF caprice, but
the sure operation OF the free spirit of religion, ele
waiting human nature to its true dignity and station
| When James said to the Puritans, " no bishop,
no king"-whether Willingly or not, he uttered
profound phosophic truth Deprived Of the support
| tumble in day. Change the form of religious
opinion IN England, and the structure Of her gov
eminent would be instantly annihilated The crown
and the mitre the religious and political arisocracy,
would vanish together.
| No bishop, no king! Let the democracy of the
United States remember, that the truth of this pro-
position involves necessarily, the truth OF its
verse that when there is a bishop, by authority,
| there will also be king.
! England calls loudly upon us to abandon our SIM
pie religious forms, and our voluntary system as no.
| thing worth, and adopt her imposing "establlsh-
menu as the only efficient engine for the diffusion
| of evangelical truth; and when we examine, we
discover that it was devised for the support Of the
prelae and not for the instruction OF the people, to
| adorn with kingly splendor the palace OF bishop,
while famine sits by the hearth-stones of the poor.
| We behold national church with her spendor and
pretenslon second to none-we gaze at her old ma
jestic cathedrals with delight and wonderGwe are
astonished at the imperial state other great officers
and then remember how the comforts. the life'of
the poor man have been wrepched away to maintain
in luxury and ldencss, fox-hunng, horse-racing
priesthood. The people are not only sitting like
Lazarus at the door of the church dives, but LaZa
rus is robbed OF his very rags In payment OF uthes
When we remember the millions yearly expend
ed on this man made engine, Tor the spread OF the
gospel, we cannot forget the religious examination
Of some Of the pupils Of the church, in the coal dis
| tricts Of Scotland and Wales, where some OF the
students in the great national endowed seminary,
at the age Of eighteen, had not yet arrived at any
knowledge Of Adam, or OF Jesus Christ.
| When we read descriptions OF the Sunday din
ners given by the clergy, we reminded of
scene, not far distant from the grooming tables,
where Englishmen inithe workhouse were quarrel
ling like dogs over purid bones, brought to be
| crushed for manure or we think of Irshmen
wrangng in the surf over decaylng potatoes float
ing from wreck, or Of the agricultural districts,
where thousands are living Just the3line that d.
vides life from absolute starvation.
We would not speak OF these or similar things,
for the purpose of reproaching England But when
she claims to have discovered, in her Institutions,
panacea for the diseases OF society, we have right
search when such things are revealed, to say that
these the results OF your plan tor rlghting hH
man wrongs this ia what you, thus Tar, have done
| tor the race. Laboring, with what might and cum
| ming was In you, you have come to this. Then do
we declare our firm belief that your scheme Is the
| false and not the true one. We do not accord to
you the right of being the flag ship OF the nations
we longer trust, or follow you, the llghbearer
| of the world. Rather will we cling with undying
affection to the institutions OF our American fathers;
| rather will we follow the guidance OF freedoms
western star rather will we commit the redemp..
ton of the world to the hundred millions who will
| soon, on American soil, rally beneath freedoms
banner.
Now, when an American goes forth to question
England thus, and search her national policy and
condition, and instead Of trusting entirely to his
own Judgment takes the opinions OF her greatest
men, ami facts officially gathered, and stated under
the highest authority OF the realm, and finds that
from facts under his own eyes, we claim that he
is executing a noble mission, and shows mind
deeply and diligently interested in the great move
ments of the age and the destiny Of man.
With regard to the idea OF the English govern |
ment, that it has checked retard the general
movement Of the nations by the power OF her nstltu
tons, we would answer, that perhaps some might |
believe if the seats Of the aristocracy, the church,
and the throne itself, were not rocking even to
the worldwide stream. We will believe, when by |
persuasion, or threats, or thrust OF bayonet, or
crashing shot, she can stlfe the agonised cry for
bread, the frantic demand tor reform. We will be-
lieve when peace and justice awarded to Ire |
land-when agitated thousands no longer gather by |
night on Arlington hills, when the island no longer |
quakes 10 the tread OF her charsts, and when, far
down, in the lowest deeps of the population, there
fires, kinded or kindling, which will not burn
beneath the surface forever; when even Sir Robert
Peel the most powerful British minister since Pitt. |
is not compelled to adopt the policy of the chartsts
and when the Duke OF Wellington is not borne
down before the avalanche rush Of millions of hum
cry men.
England has no power TO arrest the world Gods
immortal millions will, in the fierce race, trample
under foot, in France, every structure Of govern
ment and every form OF social life, unless they
seasonably satisfied in their just de mands.
When we behold the masses OF christendom ra
ging for liberty, and striking with the strength, but
vague aim OF blind giant, we are taught that the
political safety OF the world depends upon the bold
ness, the iirmness, the enthusiasm with which
America comes forward IN this great crisis.
This is a lesson which our author has helped to
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