New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-10
SKETCHES OF LECTURES.
Great Britain.
BY HON. HORACE MANN,

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Britain The attendance was very numerous Tn
Lecturer observed tha, his intention was to give MR..
ly birds eye view OF British institutions and y.
spirit of British society with their eject on the eonA
/ ton of mankind. Il with no unkind feeling %
ward the Mother Country that he selected this them
he repudstei the doctrine by which the sr,lo, Of ,
mans love for his country was measured BY the
ferceness Of bis Hostility 10 another. He would noe
express sentiment or utter q word that would
not make even an EpgishmSn love his country
more wisely, though perchsnce not vel. Il
might perhsps be worth while TO inquire q whss
period in history a. IL what paroxysn OF arrogance aud
scli esteem, mere speck the ocean, lslsnd not
half large Of States, 20 be called
Crest Brifain--the whole island might be sunk in our
fresh lakes without at all obstructing the
iSSiion(susEter) But however arrogant that appel
aon mi ht have been AZ the time Of il sssunpton the
spirit vi the nstuticus Of the country had sweed 10
the Of the greatness OF the term, The
OF the greatness of England lay in her power TO
rste her power In many respects other nations sur
passed her-tr nee could muster more trcops-the
Urted states could yctuSl FOR greater number OF
paisns-oiher Dsions have richer magazines and proc
ably the Arabs could ou'number her in cavalry. But,
however formidable they might bs home those ma
were poseiless abroad: they limited within
certain bounds, which they could not transcend A,
what particular point, Tor instance could make any
demonstration against Austrsls But British power
was transterahe-it locomotive through her con-
mercial marine, she could spread her soldery all
the globe or at given Uionlent can concentrate her
forces around her own shores
TIE population OF Great Britain and Scotland wss
about 90OOOOO large portion OF which was oi course
Engaged in the manufacturers OF the country Yet Il
was considered that the force acting throas the
dunn OF the machinery Of the mills sc, &C., &c,
eous TO that of coo 0C00OO men This power Of pro-
ducton gave equal power of supply, and hence their
market supplied the world the knives OF the EsqGl-
naux the spears the nomadic Tsrtsrs the hstches
OF the jewellers the BANKS of the Niger were all Of
their Manufacture The richest fabrics OF the loom and
the cOstliCst productions OF ths jewelers. skull, all
come from her shops. The position, also, OF England
rs the banker and money changer of the world,
ferred immense wealth upon her. Then, again her
colonial possessions largely sweled her revenues and
made broader the foundations of her strength She re-
ceiyel twenty i've millions year from India alone
seven millions from the demoralizing opium traffic.
while as 90 were taken year alter year from Ire
land by absentee landlords not one cent oi which ever
returned In point OF individual greatness, Engianf
produced more Of what were called "the Plutarch
Men than any other country ami her discoveries would
constitute part of TIE civilization of all coming Tune
To be great in that country required something
end meant something. la 1imbuctoo, or in the State
OF Missouri, any mOubtebank or clamorous denia-
.ogHe might be great mao, but not so IN Sress
brttsin A man To be considered great there,
must have some sparks OF the Prumethean hrt.
which the Gods having once bertowcd would noe
destroy. Yet strange sn nlsy tnat nation so
wealthy enterprises 50 powerful go arJcnly deyo.
ted TO the advancement OF the arts anu sciences should
contain population sunk in the lowest depths Of igno-
rance and wr.tche6ness. Mr. VI. then described, In
c,prbic and key pointed stylc OF the great so
cialnequaties OF En- gland witnessed in the extreme,
OF luxurious wealth, ana squaid poverty, TO be- every
any seen crowdng the thoroughlsres OF the great me
tropois The m0st prominent cause OF thar state Of
things might justly be attributed to the fact that tor
generation afttr genorSton, the laws had been sdmn-
i-erC ntenee sprint Oi aristOcraic sehshness Ono
of the first thugs tbct struck stranger in England
the dicrentc into which society was divided Among
tie afistOcIScy even there were tive casts according
TO the rank OF the individual did he take precedence.
Amor the commoners too, the member OF Parliament
took preC, dencc OF tie OCCASIONAL man. and he la turn
took preced. OF the merchant Even among arzans
and trades people those lnyolable castles obtained.
and the principle extended also to the emales-he la
dys maid considered superior to the cha nbermad,
and the chambermad held her head above the cook and
go on. There two ways, however, IN which tho
Fixed boundaries OF English society could be oyereape,
either by victorious Intellect immense wealth But
the talent which would triumph must be OF the practical
sort-it NUT be developed IN law, politics, or war
However the possession OF splendid intellect developed
In srf, science or literature, did not necessarily
exsh It's possessOr to the ranks OF the nobility
Newton, Humphrey, Dayy, Watt David BE sster,
aud others merely knight. d. the next rank
above that Of country squire Nuehundred and nine
ty-npe OF every thousand who with rose To
competency, hled the civil offices Of the State or
achieved the character OF public benefsctors would in
Engsnd be doomed TO spend their lives in the obscurty
in which they born. Then there middle class
consisting OF farmers, people in business &c, &c sni
the rect of the population ten million strong we're de
pendent chance charity for a subsistence Hence
crngng, and trembling and paltry submission In order
to obtain employ ment-henee sycophancy and con-
tompble sdulson get Offices the most trivial
in fact the teebest rays OF rich iniucatia mans
favor were eagerly sought after with self hunt
hation and debasement most utterly disgpting-
so one might the royal the
door of London tradesmen, with the announ-
cement that John Smith or Bill Brown was PIN maker,
stocking maker to tho Queen. At one Of the first
hotels in London the Brunswick Hotel there bed
room door with brass plate upon il, bearing an in
scrpton that the Ducness OF Cumberland slept Ia that
ON in 1894 Loud laughter Tnis by way OF showing
that extent ~ which toadyism went Those engaged IN
agriculture might be divided into three classes-he
owners, 80 coo in nuuber-then the middle men,
es.ees and lastly the lsborers who set down In
the census st3 800 600 not one Of whom owned q sin
Gle OF land had the slightest prospect OF owning
one for be commenced life a weekly aborer, and his
usually ended his days IN hessme poston. The lecturer
then referred 10 the highly demofazipg and degrad-
ing the social portion OF the agricultural aboreTs
AID of those employed in the mills and nanufactories
arising rom the sceDty compensation Of their labor and
the contracted bsd ventilation and imperfect drain
age OF their dwellings Speaking Of the bad condition
(snd s effects Of the unfortunate lte ones doomed
exc out scsnty subsistence in the great workshops OF
capital Mr. NJ obseyed, thst for those children there
were no Joys of childhood they knew no ghtnsss u
heart they heard no songs Of birds, they bloom
Of hOwers-the fountsin OF feeling turned into
cup filed with bitterness and hate their young lips
were trimmed to obscenity and blasphemy often de-
formed their bodies were, yet they beautiful
when cOInpered with the deformity Of their minds.
Another horrible phase OF the manufacturing system Of
England was the substitution Of late years of female
labor for male birmingham paper stated that
the wages OF young woman for making 500 hammered
roundh nals, amounted TO 81. pence-sbouta
chilling Of our money yet ia the making u them she
obliged Ia WELD hammer weighing pound and
half and give eighteen thousand blows Of the ham
Mer The lecturer then directed attention 10 the man
segment of the EBglsh mines snd referred 80 me III
human treatment OF the unfortunate children employed
in them The execution Of their allotted tasks was ex-
acted with most despOtc severity II they tailed IN
them HoggiDg excoInfions and mutilatOn o the limbs
occurred The majority of the children employed in
the coal mines hal the slightest idea Of n0rsy, or
Of eternity many Of them heard OF Jesus Cnrlf,
II - ..a.n.
tfey ever bear the Of God except when some Of
the miners used the OF the Deity blssphsnousy.
There wss but solution for thus dark problem, snd
II was solution which forced the mind the contefn'
ul..iou Of d human dutea The Al