, 1866-03-15

in Congress. 4 few months or years at most
In spite of tho Prcs,deut.s encouracinr smiles.
will convince the Southcrners that mob law
cannot win. Let Congress, by Its firm ad-
hercncc ia nrincinle. assure them that while |
Northern mc,, arc unsafe ut the South, aud |
the laws are not executed, they cannot |
layc seats in that body, and peace aud loyalty /
to the old lag will have rapid growth and |
y1rorous deyclopnent
ENGLAND In 1866
While America is bent on making Tue res
torntion o. the Union SYNONYMOUS win thc |
reign Of universal liberty, England II trcm-
bling undcr Ine moral anu political caftn-
quake produced BY our Wal, and IT ls'
not httlc interesting to survey Inc condi'
lion IN which tha consolidation ana fegen-
Grafton o. 1ne Ame5aean kcpuolie mus Inc
fn'efs ana 1no people o. INC "mo.her country"
11e"1 ns'ta1p, oeoue.tae Luz dlaooos, e1nGa-
lcee, Nc" zeaiandefs' caareS. and other
more or 'ees savage races ana trioes who peo"
PIE her most important colonial dommions,
ana VINO arc ~ more OF less d'saaected' and
WITHOUT counting INC eahaofanss ha1tese, &C.,
contains on!y popn4at'oh oS apou1 twenty
m1lnoae n hheiRno anu ocol1aho, ana ABOUT
anu anlason1s''c sno)eces ~ tfetano- Inc
coHmetaA Greatness o. Enslaao - iatEe4s
ptoPPea up " tug "ea eeuats ,.s nse naae "
tne ~ eouatt1'o " 1ao .u"'oes ., .ue
VnsS nnoostau ea0le No. s,
- uons ~ e'a.e ene'e ,.1@ tns =. u
man ,s:nns ~ ,ne a .:ss. y. "anao'u, a,.oo =, apa
everything ~ uone - =, eounsm tucG ~ 1ns
eono''on o. p'uNs. tne eono's,sta. M po"e1
o. eF'al nliia1, "tAeu 70 nes eue. sAo.5,
Is tnue ~ loe tasne 'niis u ~ ms4lea. 49,. - us.
gtea'est 7u!usuee' a. no"e We uno 'ne
masses oi INC ass11ca'1ufa! ~ popala'lon set's ~
cse[5 lung put asme. lnss T. iaool no@ sos
thcar own age1anolzesnent, oo1 .of tna1 oi
nano'u.4 u Heo aua "o1'en Mao 'iou .us
time Of Alired 10 1hat Of sac.oF1a are 1nses1ea
with landed and, consequently po1t4cai mon
opohes iof fsal or 1uiag"ars paone se'Slces
rendered o5 tneir more o. less 'etnote ancs7-
Try Nitnoul any pafunluts 'o' eue lneofles
OF socialtsts or communists, nc arc e1uP'y
struck VIII me 1aet tnas mlinons Of men ano
women arc aeAo III I'on.eeaa a,lo sos''' oouo,
age, ano leoucea 10 sta1sauon "ases' anu
berett OF tne blessloes oi eoncaelon, oosaousN
Tor no other purpose tnan 1nat OF making Inc
ar1stoc1ae! rs po"ef1al Is 1ness ca'e'e's 1ot
the'1 wealth. are MISERABLE. sure eaoasa'
there Is Miss bnfdett contts' nnd 1here arc
I other kind-healted persons who strive TO
cure the mental sores and to mitigate the
general misery; but thcse ifagmentary enorta
are like drops to the ocean, ns compared with
the sFila which they aim to remove. The
aristocracy may well afford TO patronize eEen
Reform bills, 50 long as they are onlS aimed
ut the political elevation Of classes whose In
creased rights do not Interfere with the source
I . 1xnHr,4 Lax
omnipotence in the landed estates
Mr.. Arnold. in his recent essay in Macnil-
lan,s Mapazine On The middle classes, refers
to The Greater dignity Of the asistocsacy, but
altocether omits to traca It's source to that
| fnnrnnr3a1 monopo1y in the land of Eng
land. which sasures their position. while TINT
n the ,Dida,e e3asses Is more or less lacking
in this al1.import.pt element Of "an assured
nosttion.n The more powerful man, tbe
1c.t A. ran IL afford In he ,rarious md dinp{.
fed The aaocrr of Mr. Arnold,a e.posltiou
!, is thss tbat Tf,i.e It roar,i1es a lesser evil
:, tha re,fehnaas and n,osfness ut the middle
= .1a.sos- ~ -a5ncas M co1ossa1 nronort;ons Il
a. o-c.ter cr,,~,,,c LANDED ana hence M
7;tsc.i nononolies of fhe ,r3stocracv. and con
: eocra,tlr ths n.r;sh,1;le ohasornnnt NJ N.
.,4;nrt,.-,, tohorars r. +ha cn1+n,a -
~ s-t.,oc-.cr s,,,,.4 tnr+e 60 br;l
.ae as's'oesas sa.aes ,.e sos'a 30 wv ~
.,a uaol's, .u,.b W. 49, ssuaa".;4, - -
! the masses : But Is not this culture yitiatet
!; m its verv source by the oppression of NIL
1.,n.o oe fsuonr.1ccn whose tafl has nrovjdet
nons ,Sa,. =, .nt,,1ass Tesstars ths ,eesrs -
r leisure aad education. The mlddl
= .,.seas m, hnr3nc had tbe sam
e,an oano-$ ,n,,ise @ a-e a' Te6s cn,,xa,ea ~Itl @
| ont bc4nr INV less selfish. The se1aisl
ness of The aristocracr is rendered a,
j. ..,,~., ~ 80 .r-ses.a ~ h,c,,.1;fs A. wc,,
hv nrond conseIousnesa of traditional p1e
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