New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-24
ENGLAND. Moral md social.

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Han. Surry. Eng Jaly i-i9
DEAkFRrE>D GSrrLEY Your columns arr TO much
occupied by records Of important political sgitsiion'
70 permit many words 10 appear tro one who stands
% far back from the busy ct sometimes such
observers can best see the players
a individuals have iominan; organ, which under
eli circumstance in all places, At all times disrn
euishes their characters. nations have their ruling
principle though IN ae innnty OF nation actions Il
msy be less easily ti.ccrned The courageous man
will be COURAGEOUS whether b. be disr. pctis shop
keeper. or poet In Ike the sey note o. na-
ton. morals i audible 10 every II plays u you
have once really and truly detected q nation moral
principle re bass note you should prec piatciy
conclude 1t h. adopted higher and uobler one.
Were all England 10 be calmly and npaTti,'y can.
vassed from queen to gypsy. from duke % dicher the
| aggregate would yield overwhelming balance ot
.ensuousness over sentiment Men will toll and aght
criugp and cnea, for more wealth the means com
msndlnc physical pleasure but Tor the establishment II
the noblrr sentiments, either politics religion
,oclrty. they Will scarcely singer disturb
irowsy minute. The outward the gross the physical
and sensible Joys are the aim OF Englshmen. Content
md psssivty offspring OF ply steal supplies SEN
susl conservatism seems 20 be- not our main spring. but
our main dead weight England should adopt
vahAfEf anu iA'ttaa oi -oh eAoAt1
stze herset as drowsy pig
| Do cxaggeraiei Look al the Government. the
Church the legislation the Poetry the Art the Social
Intercourse This has been leading trait for ages
10 fact ever since the national debt system began and
ought not hastily believe it will be changed Tor
better To sink - essy. but T. rise Is hard.
You would be.astonished ay, dlsgusted and stssger
ed to behold the Of ignorant and uniformed
people this old corrupted land. Il deplorsble to
witness how with the total absence OF literary and scho
lsstic education the poorer classes tainted,
the Government has long desired, by worship OF
the money principle. The present intense and iuri
Gus contest for mental existence which roiaRes the
European continent Affects not in any notable degree
the condition Of the British Isles England lies in her
repose behind the breakaHd OF few leagues Of
ocean as calmly as ship on the lee side Of Plymouth
breskwater while the storm outside In our in
sular coseyness indifferent the great strug
gle for Manhood if we cared not what degree OF po
tical liberty prevailed or whether al the Nations
reduced the condition Of Russia Nor Is this state OF
mind altogether unconscious nor unusuhed Almost
every one thinks, Why should carer The Queen
receives her pay the Government officers their
salaries and patronage the Church annually seiIes her
immense revenues trade has its profits the sborers
are kept from actual starvation. why, then uld
We trouble our beads about Continental Affairs Let
each mind his own usiness Why should we convene
in public to sympathize with struggling Sicily or val
ian, Rome, heroic Hungary indomitable Germany, or
youthful Francel What have we TO do with thee thou
Spirit Of Freedom and OF Human Nobility that only
contest 10 u.s. II the Pope Is forced back
the Romans matter shall equally receive our d.
vidsnds let the French Republic be crushed our fac
tories are ssie'
Such sentiments too much prersl. among the active
portion OF the middle classes those who might be best
compared your fellow citizens in respect to wealth
and influence and the poorer reduced to
notions OF dependence the good opinion OF employers
aud Of the managers OF the many eleemosynary inst
tutions with which country is studded that their
state of mind 10 still less hopeful There never
tirne perhaps in which displayed little manes
taton of generous enthusiasm as at the present
mcnt. British hcrosm no longer dsrss 70 oppose
France or the United States but it can act the bull
dog toward the Chinese, the nndoos the Cairss
other weak whose principles less sanguinsry
than own.
Amid this almost overwhelming mass Of discourage
ment is there hope that may shortly live and
move aud have his being atmosphere OF Truth Free
dom and Love Is there 10 radical lesven work
thu. huge lump Of conservative dough Have public
.prt the love Of liberty the desire for progress entire
" died away whiting bosoms This would be a
sorry conclusion .or with 20 large organ Of
hope still think it quite clear that Brtons
manifested 80 little progressive spirit At the present
moment especially II consider the strong invitation
which Continental events hold out Not tho less how
ever, may England be made to enact her part in the
great drama For do not mean TO deny that under
the surface there may be in places profound and
earnest love for human holiness Chartisn may be
dead and buried temperance societies asleep, moral
formers of all kinds inert aud yet the spirit abound
no lees
II would not be difficult account nationally for the
present torpor for the great change since those days
when Church and King mobs exled Priesiey, and En-
glish artisans did not. they now do, ny by thou
sand, Al the sight OF two three red coats and Tor
the still greater change from the Crom~eliIan days
when We were really worth something.
Our Inertia may be- at the result OF Increased
.ervility aud increased morality Both these pnnei-
ples tend 20 peaceful state And 90 far A. external
tranquility favorable moral and scientific progress
We are 10 a happy position Money being the ldoi
which 10 worshiped, and each one being pnes' or
ruler according 70 the share Of money be possesses
every individual Of talent genius or skill endesvors 10
.el himself and his God given faculties 10 the Nam
mon principle Tor the mknesi PiiDr II vi" PaJ- vi
only the best singers players dancers and mechanics
hold themselves in readiness 10 accept the highest
ODER but artists Poets Thetorcsns Jurss, priests
men Of the highest intellect and OF the elesres, In
sight vend their genius the highest bidder and thus
the very prophet who Is sent for the redemption OIL the
nation confirms and deepens her degradation.
By the cunHing device Of Expectancy the Aammon
Government holds IN It's singers the invisible magnet
which attracts al youthful talent in the State 70 ito
corrupt embraces Every superior mind urged oy the
relentless fashion Of high living and Of extending the
wants OF the family most absurd and srstoerat
&c Ienxths has bartered s ready 70 barter away s
nobility TO the powerful demon. For want Of little
more true manhood in lack Of little OF that old Asn
ioned herosm which would prefer bread and virtue
with rectitude to wealth and applause for "sns o.
more personal morality. the leading minds Of England
suppress the dictates Of conscience and become "'
Leading minds 10 their less favored brethren
The latter the mere industry Of the country skep'
m Il. good behavior and reduced TO the needf, hum
HE point BY certain exclusions from participation ~
Al. relief beyond the absolute letter Of the law Ine
,,,,hers which this refined and extensive system Of