New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-23
Letter from Charles Lime.
ACCT HOUSE,, HA--.
Sus-ay, England, Nov. 70, is45

TO HoEAcz uEEErEr
Bear Fread Ia resumption OF M farewell
letter. I.s sred IN your paper CT Sept last would
be allowed 70 say that The ship Diadea TUNED
c3. t, be 20 packet, as was advertised her mems
+ Of personal accommodation were wretchedly eycn
cruslIv bad. and the crew was 50 much smaller
than !, ou-h. 70 have been that when the gales
ca:ne. which :bey did awfally frequent AMI cx
treaeIy severe. cur Danger was greatly augmented
BY the short.handedness OF the crew Our voyage
was COMPLETED in = days, bu; from the nliser, OF
7,r position il seemed at least double the uumbe-
We landed in Liverpool n IN abundance OF rain
and wind. ciea enough 70 reach the shore q, any
rate The custom bouse has grown more saspi
cors than ever although free trade is the fashion
and nearly a whole day was occupied in searching
baggage in spite Of winch. several pounds c!
flthv to;,acco the great object o: search. were
know, illegally carried on shore.
On the railway ride from Liverpoo to the me-.
tropol;s cur esddensd eyes were saluted b. the
old creon 6elds: F. rare color in New England IN the
middle Of October b. The way it is now past the
middle Of Noycnbcr and am gardening daily in
ich. clothing aid our fields and commons are still
brightly verdagi-
four wears absence has not been lcu- enough
In narn1it rianI important changes to take place,
either in outward or inward things, N this slow
ulo.iDg nation One observes not only tho same
trades carried on IL tic same honses but the
same names the same faces. and the same
IDEAS In the metropolis there are more aud
/ rhearer onDibtses nut the people seem less
dcnseIv crowded the town having increased IN
size more than in population Few Architectural
improvements are noticeable. but there is . supe.
nor cleanliness and some other police regulations
The yauntcd free trade is az Yet very unreal
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twice their prices in your land. While the arti-
sans means of purchase arc smaller although. inst
at the present moment. more employment and
! higher wages than usual can he hst. When Doug
: las Jerrold commenced hs newspaper IN July lest,
he wrote ID IS from this time our blessed pr,.i-
lege to instruct the nations to make them unearn
the dull and rompous -ibbcrsh that has hitherto
been the tongue OF commercial wisdom-and teach
them 10 speak the word OF Comson seuse Did
We NOT know the man who wrote thus We should
call this pompous nonsense indeed tor assurediy
! England is vet tar enough from commercial COM
mon sense If it be comprised in free trade and
cheap food or moral commerce and well PAID opo-
ratiyes Never was legal fiction historical 70
nance more creation OF the phantasy than this
ministerial illusion Of free trade
No approximation toward a ireer or more popu-
lar system Of government has taken place during
the last few years Nor does the Demand for Il az.
pear 10 be more active. sincere or enlightened -
n
the superficial The royal came Of dcusion Is still
successfully played. Between the inertia OF the
ignorant the abstraction to better things OF the trtI-
" wise and the checks secret and overt, OF the
cunning posscssors OF power, no progress seems 10
be making toward more humane state OF things
but doubtless the progressive law IS inevitable and
its workings will ere long be manifest.
Intellectual movement among the mass i more
evident institutions ci various titles stIli fair
" supported The taste has changed from matter
to spirit, So far an augmented desire Tor poetic
and literary discourses and diminished thirst for
scientific lectures can demonstrate. There has
now come up another modification called the W hit
tngton Club the idea of which IS read and
think think and read a nearer approximation
to independent thought and selfsustained mind
than mere passive listening. Considerable inter
est is also felt toward National Education, but the
individuals feeling arc very scattered, and have
vet attained no national force The Bible question
Is still made real obstacle by pretended friends OF
education, who dare not openly malutant the cause
Of ignorance ard degradation. 80 that we arc sul
very distant from the blessings OF ! ew, Engla ana
Common School System 10y which the door 10 a.!
knowledge kept open to all souls without eXcep'
ton or exclusion OF any kind. The old spIrit-the
church party-perceiyes clearly enough that unver-
sal education is tan,amount to universal suHtaee'
and under universal suffrage "Otheilos cccupa,
ton zone. Therefore they resist not ihdee'
frankly and openly but at every turn ny stahlil!S
behind the covers OF the book. whose contents u!d
them So plainly to do otherwise. And TINS DOCK II"
one wishes to assa any more than they love 10 see
bindered by it good work obcdlent 70 ITS spirit
Literature and literary minds at the present
time take very much philanthropic turn IL IS
almost the fashion write and speak Tor the poor
labcrer Many Of the most popular writers are now
advocating the working mans elevation. and the
duty of bringing him within The holy circle OF
,honrht end true humanity. This Is bat tar for
many al our best writers find So large portion OF
their readers among the mass OF the population
that they do but write as they were ever wont to
do for their employers. This is one consequence o!
Sunday Schools. Mechanics Institutions and cheap
printing Othcrresuts still more beautiful and as
inevitable. are in promise
Asto Association which define to be whatever
Is actually done relating to mans future improve.
,.ent and happiness. a few WORDS may be proper.
Socialism as 1t has been called, Is at very lo"
ebb Scarcely publication or meeting hall re-
mains 10 the PARTY who seek or sought by material
means to au-men, their happiness When crossed
the Atlantic to America ventured 20 prophesy that
within ten wears the Tytherly establishment must
PASS INTO the hands OF the splrltuallsts w thin tour
years the prediction IS halt fulfilled For upward
OF year the buildings, capable o; accommodating
three or four hundred people. have been empty and
shut IN and only small portion OF their cost can
be obtained for them. contemplate not this as a
sign of diminished faith in human progress, or III
associative means TO that great end, but rather a
conviction that somethlu. more VITA! than outward
material conditions IS essential TO human happiness.
As in The experiments IN the nIred states, 1t has
been discovered that justly prepared and well
qualified VIII in every indS dual comprised IN an
Association is necessary 10 IT'S success rs wei as
GOOD. enlightened and pure habits Manners which
are quite passable in indiyidua-s become into, ntel.
e-abl, in Association Tor offences may be borne
during few minutes where we have little OF no
interest, which. PerPetaal recurring where our all
is affected. wax into greEous i1lHTles Thus the
conclusion at which most nell have arrived Is that
which The considerable long ago deserted. namely,
that superior race of human beings IS requisite 70
constitute \ SUPERIOR human society This is the
one thin: nee,itul The good arrangements may
fairv and safely be ett to them
But. then. how IS this SUPERB: race TO he en=en.
6orad miss the fathers and mothers are first placed
in superior circumstances a 'sry proper ques-
ton, and to be properly answered from 20 other
pom, than that from which il is put It's scarcely
conceivable tina, an archangel from heaven could
de.cepd to life on earth without suaern: contain
ins-ioo destructive OF celestial beauty What
then can be expected from The exposed lie Of be
incs born with. and some born OF, downward ten
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