The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-21

A~erieo ana EaGlanA Compared
pnoF. GOODWIN aa1TTH'a LETTER. As
Messr1. Ticknor e Fields have publishet
IN . pamphlet Of sixty-f0ur pages, q "Let
tor to Wing Member Of the Southern In
win Smith,, The southern independence,
Association IL an English society, who's
ayo~ed object Is, by personal and parlia
.mentary influence to procure the recogni
fion 81 The rebels, and 10 facilitate the fit
ting out Of privateefA and other war YES
sels from English ports. in aid of the rebe
oause. 70 Prof Goodwin 6uith. already vel
known In this country By his able and no
blGstan6 In favor of constitutional liberty
IN this betteR shows that he comprehec6
the 0pifitosnd OhjeCt of our Institutions
We make the following extract from THU
production, which Ill Americans ought x
sTeod. y tagisFt ear eHs&9 sn a. Hin
acoNDtf1oM or rHk LAHonrxo CLASSES.
va.My reaoon for feeling . deep interest IL
the American 'c0mmonweath 10 this: II
cams TO- me that the aim Of al social effort
produce = real commupity, every meWbe!
of which, shall fully share the fruits and
sbeneata 0s ethe social union: cay this in
mo cOmlpunistic sense, but in The sense N
which il must be felt 70 be true by All, whe'
Their 4earale o. cpnBervativess VINO are trI'
lm0xOV4
and aepeciallv bv those who are doing ia
"a ohe6fenoe to the social principles laid
down E1fhe Gospei. Such b the goal to
Which fh9 nforress Of society, through MI
its various and successive phases, would
seem to be tending. If it Intending 70 any
Goalae all, and II it not a mere blind and
Simless current That sEnglishl society in
n nreeenf, afaae % vsrYtf liar from havina
Yeached thie goal is.what yen will acatcely
1Aink r. Ianobinioaa 10 ASSERT e Ia IN open
o,1ee1ion AMONG writer's on economical Sia-
- whe1her the mass OF the peasantry in
this country have really shared at eli in
Of f. e. :se sS%Sr Which iSa
oouree Of the hast three hundred yeare. No
one WIN venture to aay that thew have
tahared "A ANYTHING likA = fair nronortioh.
ToO,many Of them are it'll in, : state Of
.areate miserv. OF brutal ignoronCe. ma Of
d. vies' which misery aid ignorance al
,s6;MiSc n6nnisssoa i've consts nv IN r S~.
az meneI rSnneeiam. and NV = million
sfshem mn - averane ~ ac3nallv nm.
fners. nav naas Ak1uaeh ma vitknnt
hone. thew die In d>sti1utien. tha onlv ~.
ven az fhsir old are. altar . life of foil =
The work house. III most cottares Of manv
coi,nfieS{ He ckildren Sra nnderfaa that ~
fsther NAV have er,n,srh "a wort ,,nor.
and anv phvsicisn Who has been much
,snnn~ shi noor viii tan VIM, thst nnmNars
a thesS - in thair IN 4: nov 1rom vsrt ~
rrcn.er fnosi ana cioHhin~' . II Iral.s,ri c..,-
;, ffnrips If i,orrnre 70 Vh;ch' Is.v .,,oct de.
oHheratalv historv sfIords NO M railei, seem
rhsrs IL r,seish. I'M 1nrv ma snisaSdr .,,rh
= nerhsu~ the verld never ~. in IT, hi.
~ "a Inn ,nohles and ~, -Gl4hv No.
chants and stock hrok ara: hnh ts,ere - Nun.
or end tha horr;hlo d;scaeos thai ,,a;t ~,
sunsef. & the palace gates. Pass nom the he
dwefiihEs 81 tie rich 70 those Of the Door t,,
and Won Win own. that tho,irh .xe NAV hs
= craat ana noIyerf1i mafion. & c"m nnnn,rv
n lne i1tt sense o. me 9 ssFm n9 ve are nos.-
- ~r;,ars ,, Iy1a
ch;csc3 a L. to 3isn. IS "a fhe hrasont in NM
az ~ the mat. end + do moi sae whv -
should he Eeason Is state them when the
Ssstrov;nS tSe oi,eninr nrosnect. of,the
fotmres - IA - = - - 80
- Vvhi,e the mas. ~ tho naonle have n
,;t.le ;nen,s.t A. ~. er istinr stsfa If th;nvr
ma whiiethev ara n the ssme timo no
,Wantin. in ~ e3ucation and inteIlieance
requisite for the exercise Of our political
rights, our statesmen naturally shrink
from giving them The ftlnchise though
81 are conscious that = is not justor sound
=systen1 ualer which thel bulk Of thescom-
imunityJ while they bear all political bur-
dens, while they pay heavy taxes and
shed their blood for Ahe country in war,
are excluded from, all political rights. A
fraction of our citizens III it is not q mock
The rest enjoy what even the ieader Of the
conservative party has dexided - the from
ical franchise Of virtual representation
that is to say, they are left in the hands Of
Glasses whose interests areeften quite DIFF
fsrent from, theira- Great progress has