The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-28

sion of flint and steel, not by steel alone that Ore is
struck IL Is by promoting this interchange Ct Ideas
that commerce in every age has powerfully oontr6ut
ed to the advancement of the human mind Nor 10 |
such knowledge OF ees vital Importance to individual
and domestic happiness. {" All views" says au
thor who knew the human heart wsl spring from the
convince you Of the truth o. La Bruysrss remark
Thence comes the dssertion OF domestic life, the neg
family and that wretchsd craving after external excite
ment which converts the paradise of home itself into
arid wilderness But can that man over be alone can
he ever dread solitude who converse alternately
with Virgil and Cicero, with Tssso and Arosto, with
Racine and Cornslle with Shakespeare and Scott! To
such man Is really true what Cicero said of scipio
Africanus, Never less alone than when alone never
lees at rest than when at rest" Thsis the real exclu
sye society-this the magic circle which indeed, dig
nihes humanity for 1t interests without corrupting,
and eevates the feelings without hardening the heart
But no naughty pride guards Its approschno jealous
spirit forbds its entrance the portals open
to s but they are t. be passed only the wings of
dcatss Of the ascent the toll requisite to reach the
summit or such study may truly DO said what has
It is like the black mountain of Bunder in India
the higher you advance the sleeper 10 the asoentthe
but At the summit tho
heaven above your head and at your feet the King
my 1sas
ly assembly Of men, but large proportion Of the
addres myself part and that not In the spirit Of
chivalrous galantry but ofserous moral duty (Cheers
will do so in the words Of man second to that
be swayed in matters Of thought by the attractions
of your society cit !. my decided opinion" said Ma
polaon " that everything in the future man depends
upon his mother" If anything were requisite to sup
port great authority would add that. far as
read Of a remarkable who had not remarkable
mother H. then, study be requisite for men who
form the men whose blessed province it is implant
those early essoDs OF virtue and ncucae those early
Of @ Oh % on S
blessing OF God when once received will never be for
gotten? (Cheers) Thus It is that you will duly dis
charge nestimable mission; thus 1t is that you
will contribute your part to the great work Of human
advancement and thus 1t is that you will regain in
homo the lost Paradise of Eden and be enabled to
of it, in your last hours This 1t Is which has softensd
the trials of time; this has indeed been the gate of
RICHARD CopDrS, Esq, M. P, rose amidst the most
animated applause which, after apparently subsidng,
the cheering at length ceased the hon gentleman said
| MIR. Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen
Now gentlemen have, as usual made few practical
room What shall talk about ~ He answered Tell
them something about your foreign travels because it
been from csdiu to Nishni Novgorod." sTell them
something then said he about the two extremities
continent at all without taking the first public oppor
tuny OF expressing my thanks, as Englishmou for
the col dial welcome which have received In every
country which | have visited loud cheering cay
as an Englishman, because 1t is something rare
annals OF the world that foreigner should visit
every country ofthe continent and there find men
pared In public tosympsth.e with the principles whcl
ne was identined with in this country and those prin
ciples merely applied as thought, to the domestic
concerns Of this country, ear, hear) Now, without
entering into question which even here might be
Euglishman being SO received abroad, is proof at all
events that we are snlarging the circle of sympa
| thies-thst the sphere in which politics is work
ing, has wdsned in day-that instead of viewing
each other In the narrow jealous spirit which formerly
distinguished the different nations II Europe,
prepared to take wider and more generous view of
the interests of ourselves and neghbors and that
are approaching that time when we think that our
| Wall anti
8. ss ou10": found the
In Andains,a the rsmain. Of tn: Moors as evidenced
and found at Moscow the remains of the
artars evidenced by precisely the signs in the
ton But in these two extrsntes and in every inter
mediate place country through which
are so similar there is so little real difference be.
tween us-in our moral attributes at all events
SO identicay the same having the same sympathss the
same domestic traits, the affections and likngs
and disikipgs-my constantwonder was what sit that
has ever made these different families Of man. placed
made us enemies7 (iesr, hear, and applause) There
little comedy which has been lately performed with
-" The want Of understanding The substance of that
little comedy Is this: The parties begin with misun-
parties and they go through two or three acts in which
they to the greatest possible perpexy
deal Of real suffering and in the end they find that it
Is altogether mistake and that If they had only
derstood each other there occasion for anything
of the kind Qsughter.) Now, believe In all Europe
there has been the samo comedy playing among the
governments 1t has been a want Of a proper under
| standing We have been playing not . farce, or a
comedy, but sad tragedy sometimes and all Tor the
want OF understanding that have one common in.
terest and one common object after a,-(hear, hear,
means-snd we sometimes are vain enough in Man.
chester to fancy that have discovered the clue to
this secret you ceud only find the means by which
could show to the different nations of Europe that
their interests Identical that their objects the
same you would be the blessing upon
hat haaa hoov
Of the world (Cheerp) Now gentlemen, in that most
Interesting oountry.interestns IL is to you who
hterature-l mean Italy, found there new life
| sprnging up; and when ! inquired how It was that
Europe, came to the conclusion, from all that could
observe hatt from the quiet progress thought
and Of ntesenoe arising ont Of the education Of the
people There have been Italy great efforts made for
the education Of the people. found, to my astonsh
ment in almost every town. even:in towns Of 10000
10000 inhabitants several infant schools upported by
voluntary contributions, superintended by Italian
mobiles and sawa school at Turin, which q marquis
attends daily, and rides upon hobby horse with the
children and joins with them In their play Applause
tbs an honor to him. and will mention his for
all His is Dazaio and he is the brother OF that
Dazslio whose writing you have lately upon the
present state of Italy Then you have in Italy
you have always had, leading mnds-great and power
full indivdualites in every town. who have been
gagged In writing and treating upon every question Of
men who are not only taking deep interest In schools
put IN prison discipline snd in every question relating
cal economy was amazed at the number Of people
found In italy who sympathse with our practical efforts
aud controversies upon the subject of political economy
Every lawyer every councillor in Italy studies political
economy part Of his education and hence arises the
great interest that taken upon that subject upon
which We have been long ana 30 arduousiy engaged
in England 1t has not been from violent outbreaks in
Italy that the present state of things coming
Violence and revolution retarded the present pro-
gress but trace to institutions kindred to this,
though not the same hs- trace to those insttu-
tions all the progress that has been made in Italy
aud join with the worthy chairman In saying
that 1t is by the progress Of the human mind alone
that governments make progress, or that good
governments can be maintained at all ! join with
him In saying that at this time public opinion will
troll governments go further and say from my expe-
rence In Europe, there is such thing despotism
existing, in the old of the word public opinion
rules less everywhere the better OF in
proportion as 1t is the wiser but give the compound
ratio Of the intelligence and the morality of any people,
and will give VOL character Of