New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-27
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time. in 1922 The Holy Alliance was then act
,yely engaged in the struggle against hDerai
IDEAS. by which it hoped to sustain the decayinS
institutions of the past. The Engish Govern
ment in the hands Of statesmen who had sue
seeded to the political inheritance Of Mr. Pit
had taken sides with the absolute sovereigns
against the people, and presented bind ana
dogged resistance to revolution both at home
and abroad The country was i'll at ease under
such an administration; she felt that she had
been placed in false position the streets re-
sounded with cries Of indignation against the
aristocracy desperate paupers prowled about
the abodes of splendid opulence' ana 10 the
astounded eyes of Lamartine, everything seemed
10 nredict the speedy downfall OF the great and
mysterious nation
In 1880, he made another visit TO England
soon after the French Revolution OF July The
political affairs of the country were then man
aged with wisdom, moderation, and healthiul
infusion of liberal ideas But the misery OF the
common people had reached high point OF ag
cravation. and exhibited a gloomy and alarming
sseelacle The glul Of manufactures had lel
loose a swarm OF starving wOrkmen. who how
cie,v with fire and blood. Lamartine was so
impressed with the sight, tina, he could see
nothing for England in the future but inevitable
TuD
On returning 90 England IN 1850, he received
an entirely different order of impressions. lie
could scarcely recognize London IN It's new
aspect of social thrift and prosperity. The city
"A ChO
active vitality and healthy enterprise Of great
people,
The appearance of the people in the streets is not
now like that which alarmed me twenty years ago
Instead of beggars in rags, OF destitute women ana
children who then Swarmed IN the narrow and dark
streets of the manufacturing part of the town, work
men decenty dressed are now TO be seen, strong,
looking and healthy gong to or returning from their
workshops IN groups OF two and three, carrying men
implements on their shoulders, we-clad young girls,
quitting without noise disorder the establishments
where they are employed under the direction OF
elderly women projected by the father or brother
who accompanies them home YOU occasionally meet
long rows of little children from five to eight years
old, poorly but respectfully clothed and conducted by
school mistress, who restores them to their mothers
care, after having had charge OF them during the DAY
they all have the appearance OF comparative ease,
the most careful cleanliness and OF health. There
few or no groups OF iderS IN the thoroughiareS
seldom any drunken men about, as formerly the
or at least. now only exhibit that amount of each
which must ever exist among the dre9s ant s'"" "'
an Immense Pop"lst'""'
II would seem as it during the rcposc OF the
last twenty years, some supernatural power had
extracted the venom which iemented IN the
social body OF Great Britain The causes OF tins
great change are traced by Lamartne to the
remedial measures adopted 10y the Intelligence
"a In n
were at first carried INTO effect by the collective
action of individuals, but which ultimately Sc
cured the cooperation OF Government, which de-
vlscd plans OF Moderation embracing religion,
the administration of Justice. better division OF
wealth, and a larger supply for the intellectually
moral, and physical wants Of the degraded pop
ulation This movement won the sympathy of
all parties Scarce an individual stood alooi
from it, with the exception of a few superannua-
ted and heartless arstocrats, and now and then
a casc.hardened political economist, who could
sec no connection between the policy OF Govern
ncnt and the wants of the people.
The effect of the measures employed within
the last twenty years for the union OF interests
among different classes according to Lamartne,
cialism between the wealthy classes and the
destitute'and suffering proletares. He describes
the leading measures of phllanthropic charac-
ter 10 which his attention has been directed, eX-
patating on their benign social influence IN 4
vein Of glowing enthusiasm, which finds expires.
sion in frequent bursts OF mpaSsiOned eloQuence.
The most important conclusion to be drawn from
I'LL "A.
Socialism for the remedy OF political and public
evils Lamartme clearly peroeWeS the pecesSity
OF union of interest and endesvor between the
different elements of society In the prevailing
want OF this, which charaCterlzes the whole OF
modern CIVILIZATION no less than the institutions
of England, Lamarune finds temporary relet
IN the grand arrangements OF charity which have
sprung up as a counterpart 10 a false and dis
sased social organization Regarded IN this
light, his statements are possessed of much in-
terest and are not without certain value among
the statistics OF social science. But the very
facts on which Ne dwellS with peculiar comgla-
cency show the need OF more profound course
OF action than he seems 70 anticipate The vast
array of public charities, which have produced
such a sense of pleasing satisfaction on the mind
OF the good Lamsrtmc, are themselves proof of
the intrinsic evils OF the present social organlza
ton. Their necessity arises from the influence OF
landed and commercial monopoly, depuving large
masses OF the people Of the means OF subsistence.
They are thus delraudod OF their buthright re-
duced 10 state of social debaSement, made the
wreiched HelOts OF the more favored classes.
and forced to become the recipients of calcu-
'S'ns charity instead OF being guaranteed the ex-
erc'se OF then natural resources Underline reign
oil justice there could be noneed OF charity Ad.
mlraole as are the institutions. which Lamartine
views IN such rose-colored hight. when con.