New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-08

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| ty that surround them 10 hfihhD ~, 10y.
thex have meyer seen how tho highest AMI The lowest
n,yf.te alike of the COMMON enyoymerr-fAe prince
seated beneath the trees on TishDo''oit' cHall'
before little wooden table, ,ipplns hls Gomez pr ms
ice with The freedom from state a''1 ietei>oh
80 INC s,nnIest subject. Drawing room convention
a,;cs are too narrow for mile or t"o vi spacious
garden landscape. and one can De hippy win zen
| thousand IN the social freedom OF 9 community o,
gcr,,l ,ufueuces without the unu'terab.c palg d
no, baylrg been introduced 10 the company present
These social doab;ers who thus lnirench them
sell @ in the sole ciiadQ OF e-cSusrfsS repuDlI
c,n America mistake Our people and thei- destiny.
II We would but have listened 10 them cur mlgnlh-
cent ryer and lake steamers those real palaces OF the
million, would have no velvet cOuches. no splendid
mirrors, no luxurious carpets. Such costly arc rare
appliances OF civilization, they would have told Us,
could only be nightly used by the privileged families
OF wealth and would be trampled upon aDd utterly
ruined BY the democracy of the country wGo travel
100 miles for halt dollar. And yet these our float
ing palaces our monster hotels. Wlth then purple
and fine linen, are they not respected by the malor
" who them, as truly other palaces by their
r. gntful soveregns Alas for the faithlessncss of
the few who possess regarding the capacity tor Gull
iuTc Of the many who are wanting. Even upon the
lover platform OF liberty and education that the
masses stand IN Europe, We see the elevalmg lnfu
ences OF wide popular enjoyment OF galleries OF
art. public libraries, parks and gardens. which nave
raised the people IN social civilization anc social cu
ture % far higher level than We have yet attained
in republican America And yet tins broad ground
of popular refinement must be taken IN republican
America. for i belongs Of right more truly mere,
than elsewhere. 1t is republican in It's very IDEA
and tendency. II takes up popular education where
where the common school and ballot-bOX leave IL,
and raises up the working man 10 the same level OF
endowment with the man OF leisure and accomplish
uen;. The higher social and artistic elements OF
every mans nature lie dormant within him and
every laborer is possible gentleman, not by the
possession of money fine clothes, but through the
refining influence of intellectual and moral culture;
Open wide therefore the doors Of your libraries and
picture galleries, all We true republicans Bud hails
where knowledge snail be freely difused among
men. and not shut up within the narrow walls OF mar
rover institutions. Plant spacious parks IN your
cites and unloose their gates as WIDE as the gates OF
morning 10 the whole people As there are no dark
places at MONDAY. 50 education and culture-ihe
true sunshine OF the Soul-wlll Danish The plague
spots of democracy and the dread of the ignorant
exclusive who has 10 faith IN the refinement OF re-
pubic viii stand abaShed III the next century, Oe-
fore a whole people whose system of voluntary edll.
cation embraces combined with perfect individual
freedon not only common schools of ruilmentaTy
know ieage but common enjoyment for ali classes, IN
The higher realms Of art letters science, social re-
creations and enloymentS. Were our Legislators but
wise enough 10 Understand to-day the deS'inles OF
the New World. ne gentIlity of Sir Phhp sidney
made universal would be not half so much mird-
Gle nifty years hence In America, as the idea OF
y hole nation OF laboring men reading and writing
was. m ms day, IN England.