, 1864-11-30
OURSELVES AND OUR RElArloas.
DAYAgD TAILOR At METROPOLITAN
HALL, BEFORE TIE YOUNG MEMS
ASSOCIATION.
Comparison Of american Institutions, aud
Governmental Powers with those Of
European CouRtr1es-Ahroad and Ut
Home


The lecture Of Bayard Taylor at Metropolitan
Rail last night was very largely attended. Nearly
every seat In the Hall wzs occupied. Mr., TAYLOR
VIE excellent1y well received and was throughout
loudly applauded-' BE is not aorid speaker, but
precise and eminently mattcr-ofAct. At times he
Is slightly inconsecuiive, but not 30 much so a. to
greatly mar the elegance Of bis discourse. Hls
lecture was devoted mainly to the indication OF
and social shortcomings, and aeioridcatiop Of tbe
excellent eat1res OF political and social life in En-
rope He was introduced BY Mr. J. 7, Garrison.
Chairman of ne Lecture Committee Of the Young
Hi: Taylor said: II he were to choose text for
hie lecture, It won1d be something Ike this:
and 'ey1l we're relative terms. Nothing was 40
ditncult as to reach point where all the different
egs.ems .s,. OF 9oEefnment can be properly viewed
oeet lone down pesaibs she co5es Ats
hueWith which we are wont ID invest our own sys-
tenn and to speak o[ our faults boldly and openly
impatient Of criticism. All classes and all psrtIes
wereg guilty Of this fault, While reverence lar he
past had been slowly weakened in other countrica.
lie most powerful eleaen lhat enter ito ope au
tssIy to maay of as belfsrs xfsTs a9a. an.
oqI Po1itea1 system Fhe political E Gr1eysaees naa
which made our revolution would never hare
i; made Of rs . hspnb,ic. 9a1 progress bad been
progress is political. There, there was stesdy..
hcallhful progress. Absolutism exists, there oaiy
In name, and every Government submits to the
aHepubhe might and should Be second to no Oh.
er fotm Of government.
The object Of government was to hind mankind
Which, intcrpoecs fewcst hindtances to the . pfo p
gEess Of the people No particular feature OF gov
esnment ts NECESSARILY good because 1t Is 1epabl-
In America The Government stands aloof Efom
tho people, while in Europe It Is and fcis ev-
United States was almost an abstraction. Onr
governmental burdens arc far too lightly felt In
Europe there fs tar greater order and inrio!able
che railroads are owned By the Government, and
run according to regulations that are strict aad
inviolablc. The passen ger becomes In come sense
tEes sy to s dc aels ra
roads are run by irresponsible companies In dch-
anee Of regulations, and almost With supreme In.
aese %ao to p.1epze To- @hds h.m aa bs1s s vas ct
Of course, more freedom to the Individual
here, bnt less ssfetJ. The history af the Erie
Nailroad. and the numerous accidents happening
by the Russian Government between Moscow and
St. Petersburg, and Its entire freedom from acci.
dent. He also tnstanced the common country
roads Of Europe, and showed bow immeasurably
they were superior to those OF or own country,
because they were under control Of the State.
This eoseInmsntal ini.ne1se Wa felt IN all the
In this country are apt consider the most trivial
and least Important
In GeSmany the prices q the principal neessss-
Ties Of life were fixed by the Government This
rule be said Was eninenty satisfactory to the con-
eumer. The Government there surrounds the In
diyidnal 1., witb H. restrictions thai that hamper
fault is that the Government does not furnish the
individual with protection. He epoke OF the in
TINT II euch influences were allowed to be ever
cdeed IN Europe, storm would be raised that
Nonla soon cause the Government 70 totses to It's
foundations; Social Independence Is secured in
Europe, while here we ere subject to the tyranni
cal cdiets Of something TINT Is called public
opinion: The most of us are governed By eome-
! Newcrc the ares people to teach the world that
home Is not necessary to married life. The
boarding house ia the Of the virtue land
The l1asis Of onr treatment Of woman in this
country Is confidence: there It is suspicion. II
there was any fault In this regard it was that We
extend this confidence to young girls. In this re-
land is better. Our custom Is to make Of the fam
tly circle democracy when it should be limited
monarchy: He deprecated the spirit Of emulation
ind political evils It unmstakably led. Hc said it
was ditieult 70 reconcile onr almost per-
caicts ofsoccy, and the influence Of corporations
Mr. Taylor said that England p1odncesa greater
P5op1r:ion .sd q Statement not politicians thaa
| he felt tmpe1led to make. that there was not
at present in the United States single truly great
man. twas not true that cur Government waz
| strictly democratic form Of government He knew
| Of but one truly democratic government and that
was Norway. No government is. democratie hat
ia not determined By the voice Of the people.
Leeielatures should be ieo convened. that their
| Ina3orihcs should always represent the wish or
the goles Of The: majority Of TIE peo-
| ofa President rs cumbro0 and absurd, and con-
demned that provision in our constitution which
sWare 4 he ] eae senatoisi ] % rspFesentation as New
York or Ohio. He spoke too Of, the inequality Of
the ratio Of representation in the lower house Of
ssd T. ss & e
Emitted States had more power than manly Of the
soyercigne q Europe, and Ills Cabinet, unlike the
eponstble to the people. In Europe, since 1879,
| t1Ezc had been everywhere progress We began
then N py 81 wdenas Sei
stood still while they have advanced.
| Be characterized foreign Immigration as the
ast sTsss had
refuge on our shores: and such was the liberal
eh"-acter Of our Laws that theg had equal inau-
manor born This mass Of ignorance was an clc:
n1ent Of strength Of which the leaders Of all parties
were not slew to aynil thcmselres. It was true
came AneEtcanized, but in the interim, ne votes
Of the untntcigent fathers were ftaunst with I'M
ninsn! danger to or institutions f. afgned =:
enjoyment OF the elective fr.1chise, and said
6e FOND r xillps q a. r. e siisea, sersiea
could not read % sad wiz Wiz he English iansusge,
apatfv III ht@s< r &c rsht Of cssnship % sseula
dangerous; rery vote Withheld Is weakening,
and cert fraudulent vote is treason.
Or receEt struggle has developed weakness
w,1eh he Illustrated By comparison with the
foresight This want Sharacterixed all parties
| ernments were conducted upon the idea Of per
petu1ty; here Of liability: He characterized in
allowing the rebellion to assume gigantic proper
tions, that the duty Of reducing 1t should ll upon
the new President. He advocated the centralIza-
uon Ct power, and desaded the doctrine Of state
Cur Fystcrn ts now undergoing It's last md &C.
verett u1a, md until that trial ia decided, fthe
question Of se1fFoVesnment may be considered an
enough to resist blows from without; now let Is
see fit ts strong enough to restrain its explosive
forcee within. The cfearest understanding Of the
thst onr en- found and
inst there that We hare the strongest and beet
friends in Europe
Hc cauid that had It not been for the Presidents
Emancipation Proclamation the powers Of Earopc
would have complicated our struggle BY Southern
recognition. We have received nothing but in
suit from England, but this WIS NOT half 80 bad as
To those whofsaid that Government haa no
power 10 cocrce State in rebellion, he wonld say,
Give it power then. II the "Union as 1t was"
sa4d see ne Pe4ee ps ssp Gsea @ s
ton as 1t is " will not carry Us through this uio-
meutoua struggle, let us hare one that will. It
as history that no nation can attain to permanent
power without the discipline Of bloody war II
was years Of this kind Of discipline that gave
France England and Germany their political md
social freedom. The cup is pressed to our lips