, 1866-11-25
EUROPE.
VUr LO1lU0U 14CtttT.
The English Farmer and his Condition.

The GHEIg~A EafhleE-IAS 4A0ItSh %nA" |
tf,.fpn-Thc Farmers Club--ThiA@s |
In Ancrica-Thc Farmers In Coun-
cr1-An English Manufacturer on
American AdutrB-Chtca.o In the
Ascendant.
tcouespopdencc Of The Chicago Tribune.1
LONDON, November I, 1868.
II will he long day before VIC can look to
tho English farmer for cooperation In any |
work Of reform. In England large numbers
ofacricultu1fsts are merely ''tcnants at will"
II they offend the landlord tlcY must give up |
the farm and move to pastures new. The |
ah,eet state OF most OF our 1illcrs Of the soil |
is position on which no true Engiishman
likes to dwell. They have no freedom OF
action. They are virtually serfs. A lew
weeks since I Mas in Essex, an agricultural
county. md was thrown Into the society Of
| several farmers. Gcncral politics were
| broached, and liberal sentiments ex-
pressed. Hearing them, I exclaimed,
.:But If these are your opinions, how Is 1t
ali your representatives In Parliament arc
Toricss" They shook their heads, md one
By one observed that voting at elections was
landlords matter. One gcntlenan-arn-
iuc nearly one thousand acres, which Is
1arrc far,n here,- me that his two sons,
who held farms under u particular nobteman
l VINO WIS u &lC ANA SkAONA1 tAAASA "HS~"A~~
times, for after recording their names on the
milling lists for their landlords nominee,
| They felt ashamed to speak to any one for
the rest Of the day. 1t is rarely the case that
4 farmcr who Is 1issenter IN religious con-
GERS, can obtain iarm from conservative
lnndlofd. Even If he succeeds, lie l. ex-
nrcted to be at church on all the festival
, DAYS, and ~ subscribe to the church chati-
But as free trade Is bette,ing The condl-
: lion Of the rest OF the community, and IS f.
ci'!tics Of inteTcommunication With other
! lands are multiplied, the farmer ehatas uu-
the o. e'7 tsan coad
what can he do! Land Is held in 50 few
hands that there Is no competition for time:
"Msss said one have O. IL f' s;te4s ashe5s
Cinh' st their monthly meeting on Monday
y "bere We nre 50 oycgpopnlated that thou
r sands Of young men arc unable to obtain suit
of able and semuneraase emrioymc1., ,ot or 20 en- 4
snccrss. Farmers aud their Rous find /
euna]Iv difficult to settle. The consequence
u is that Eente In this country have been lorcei
Is up to an artificial standard. What with a
So lover standard Of prices. greater risk ifor
be disease in stock, and uudimlnfshed taxation
W I cannot see how the present race Of farmer:
ne except few favo.ablY situated, eau hope
IRE to increase their casltal, a. to become 70
III respectablity."
M But your readers may ask
"a" WHAT Is THE FARMERS cLCny
mi Though the English farmer Is stu dcptass
ps, of political Freedom though be has no =
re, ton Of his own In religious affairs he has 4
II liberty given him ofgetting as much ont OF .
!, - | ground rs he can, not forgetting 81 tne san
time, the improvement he effects 70 ms lass =
Fuc lords property. English a:Eiculture 2
han @ shared wttk ali the other arts IN the be1eti
the Of modern discovery and Invention. Ney
he. was land 70 well cultivated ~ It = IN IN
..1 In "a al the present hour. Aud the psese
In their fathers OF the sister arts, and they re-
ang and think on scientific subjects {; n1
lore they organize themselves into societies
f,c. tClubs'7 for the purpose Of fcomparins mol
are 18th each other f. to tne1 oer EScm
ons, Is emphatlcally the representative o.
rted | farmers throughout the country, was ionnt
fairs upwards Of twenty years ago, oeneSe
a.on the late William Shaw, Wh9 vas !os W.
to years editor Of The Nark heiiIsns c1uer
lusic farmers writer, got into debt thros'sh =,
tier, tiie stteupt 10 Establish cattle n4rkri
that the metropolis, and d!sd = r. a";aal IN
.ef fSg,sss fsqgAegs c7se Il fi'sa f. @es,ai: ~
rtain - tir,cs year In l. .=.13n.
rst Of ~ censc % the metropolis is the only fendsz'
ix.n +haf ihe farmers would be at all 1iAely 10 u
,poli- upon: INC uense a,nm~ 1a1 then ar,. the :
upon tHs nT;,Sh fsrmers. fou hear In Il
> did AZ d;.russiors The burr Of Llneoln.hise;
first broad accent Of Essex, and the y, SCUM
this the ysomen - N1'n.g 1aeY 'ag' nj
elf an tenant iafmG ~ og4sosnt and 1sndlord.
4 sup 1ats Fisher Hobbs was an Instance: +
b had ioTis proper rarely come. and when iney
egard they never dine: and things are SO. sa.o
xerer r. ss moi agreeable for them TO near.
lit, .nh;ects discussed are ofan emfnentlS p!
pouus csf character. General politics are Avo1
b2t The usual course is for paper to oe fSau
II one. member who Las undertaken one ~ 1ae ~,
aIIhar- iects Tor tho year, aud who al"a.s q
,,xner1ence. 4 discussion then ensne
Wuo which the questions raised arc vleNeo
$50 sides aud ths pT,nslpi RsoFfGa e 1
s,aoJ tested ey taa spf1ist The Cub in
~ z,,a .Sa1 meei afe part Of hotel built b,
~ Mars 1or the accommodatfrn OF perso
lent or ~ ~ oudon would ind himself were J
lot feel torc ~ m bis quarters in Salisbury !
;ctcts Eteet s1Feet. in The midst of brother cn
.s1.a1n tors Who would give him va1m
ion and assan him Wath tao
afford esssr ,s questions sna gRen is stock. a " +
as most rew 10 ,nteTest. Il only. = temporary on
.rmuch sen snrnnr M among the worthy agrlc9lt
q oftbc throush q lectufe,:giyen them On
kind Of night py ~. =. .orcnltnral impie1
public vtce% trhe %orine inst returned frnm the
season. Strtcs. where he visited lndiana, oal
tern ap- no,s, Iowa. Peunsylvanta, ,naJ Sew 1ssse
e so re- the New EnE!anu Staee, s,,+e ~ h;e nj
es1napy, netote tne Suo ~ .siIad .Thiues In Amt
e tnher- e1ono !" ~ nv r,PwERs IN COUNCIL.
| educa- To hear tht. address the largest au
-. But ever known In the history 9! tne Siuu
seldom blcd. Slice the "at tno alseo ,oon
5, where gfo.n g r. @ ~. 1ro ~ Nnt oniy the Irjsl
OF good ,s sne dssnie,ea Nv Mr.. Bright, but tho
ormcut. of enItiyatcd Enrlishmen, wan'in. SC
.lebIg in their energies, "turn their eyes 10
b US such ting sum- And 50 we naa giea. 81
ly voted q farmers ~ W. ~ HawaTd let II be
emand B -tnoS KIT he had no anecdotes to Il
idittoual HnTnusinr" scenes to describe; bl
found in plain business details, entering into
row Of tho lives Of grave and ea1ne!
:. .., As 4 rule the proceedings Of the F