The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-14

wnen ne makes proposal TO the owner. tie 6rxs
He \. tben . sscses 20 e stndsno: e be sold
pudpS;ee 1e intends putting 1t to; and finally, IN
exorouant valuation ID, placed upon it that drive.
s sssuise!y sSe = d,snss sws With snoras
buy my properly, It Is evident il possesse, sopss
value uDknown 70 me therefore, had better keeD
it myself" And This mode Of thinking is coma non
two or three hundred acres from extensive vast
lands belonging to some large landed proprietor,
and which by frugality and industry he might ex.
pect to yield him living, he is astounded by being
demanded price for small farm, completely IA
productive to the owner. that would purchase an
estate in England. II is useless to rem0nstrAte-
" Take it or leave it, No hay renedio.
And with all this 1t Is wonderful what liberal and
constitutional ideas are promulgated by tho menu
beers OF government and political economists. But
little goes beyond theory. We should define ideas
a. the spirited horses attached to the chariot OF i'm
proyement and progress; but here the horses have
broken from their traces and flying wildly over
the plain leaving the chariot sticking In tho miro.
The reason is because ihexperience and ignorance
held the reins.
try, ano inspired the people with confidence, they.
by their indomitable energy and activity, would
have aroused the stagnant quetude Of Chiliaa
apathy into cumulative industry and enterprise.
They would not have been satisfied. with operations
Of such limited character az only brought profit to
the pockets of individuals. Their continual efforts
would have been to have made all as active and In
telhgent as Themselves; to have developed and made
steam take the place Of reluctant labor; to have
Oper ed railroads, established lines OF steamers,
erected teegraphs, confident that the future would
warrant and repay their lahors.
How different has been the conduct OF the English
q do not speak Of other foreigners, for we do not
expect from them the enterprise that is confined n
. great degree to the Saxon races) Satisfied with
cleaning the present profits of the limited trade 81
Chill which is principally in their own hands. they
appear to be continually anxious to stay the march
Of Improvement to foster the ignorance and mex
perience OF the people to nip in the bud any spe-
impossible keep the resources of the country at
Just such low point that they may with govern
and control them. The principal owners Of the -four
terest they have not in one single instance iatro
duced into the country piece of machinery for the
improvement of agriculture. In possessi IN Of pow
erf interest with the government, they have never
used thatnterest for the advancement Of arts the
freedom Of commerce, or the amelioration Of the
me cbanical and laboring classes. Controlling for
many years the steam navigation of the coast, the
facilities for travelling at this moment are as pro-
carious and expensive as they were ten years ago.
while the comfort is considerably dctor1Orato6.
Harsh but true is the verdict to be recorded against
them: they have allied themselves with the gno-
rance of the people to form rampant against civil
cation and pr0gTeas.
The huge monopoly of the Steam Navigation
Company has ceased and the Pacific coast is free to
the enterprise of all nations. The CHILEAN govern
ment will be careful enough in future to avoid tying
itself hand and foot and placing itself at the mercy
Of company that has always shown itself UNI
sympathizng with the interests of the country The
people are anxiously looking to the Americans for
the Introduction OF machinery, telegraphs and the
establishment of easy and cheap accommodation
between points that are assuming daily greater
relative importance. To the English they look In
vain for improvement. The latter are like the man
in the Eastern tale, who found bag Of pearls and
fearful ofothers sharing his wealth, he buried
IT, and only visited his treasure at intervals to take
out sufficient to supply his actual necessities, being
in apparent poverty, TO disarm suspicion Like him.
of pearls has been carried or and will then regret
the sordid feelings that prevented him from making
proper use of them. LEO.