, 1866-10-26
EUROPE.
Our London Z .ttr,..
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLITICAL
RE ORM,

EOmponIr8-L1tcrAFyC COpyr1EhtA-1u.
comes Of Literary Hen.
lcorrespoudenec Of the Chicago Ttsbunc.]
LONDON. October 10, 1865.
soc1AL SCIENCE AND POLITICAL. REF0EM. |
The accounts you have seen III our news
rare,s Of the proceedings of the Social Sci |
rucc Congress, give little idea Of the topics |
started and discussed. Only those papers
which dealt with stock subjects, or which |
were read by we'll known men, obtainad the |
honors of priht; but there were besides a
host In wAicl. the fancies OF moon. stricken !
dreaners; of psosy, sleepy borcs; and of
ignorant literary fops were grave
" ret down and read entire TO cotcrics aver
aging dozen Mt q Time. Earl Slaflesbury
tried from The first to lead the Congress away
Gsosa political reform, but lie was
forced at last to say something
about It, Wl.nt lie did say was
that il thnse who wanted the suffn,gc were |
but peaceful aud orderly men, he would like |
not a few thousands only 10 l,nyc yotc, but |
millions Of them. What his Lo7dship, who
Las always opposed every measure that
would put the workingman In the wuy Of re- |
dressing his own WRONGS, really means by this |
Is, tl,at If he could Int secure thut the new
claimants would, OIL obtaining the right they
claim, vote In 4 mass for aristocratlc rule;
for III army oi11cercd Gully by scious Of great
families; for an Established Church for the
ds,cstable sa, E.me ncm 1--we; ;on1, 1sr , sSctaFian
Ills hard for admitting them; but,
otherwise not. I recognize freely his Lord.
ships services 10 the poor, but dispute his
political philosophy. lie il IN excellent re-
lusMez in q particular sphere; but in the broad
sense he is none at all. lie will patronizc and
n@f ffY n fsSn
other night he told 5, coo Of them tha: he was
concerned to observe that they had 1cfl their
fair relatives behind them. There were nnnt.
OF The other sex lTestnt-would they t'yiye
Ills love to them when they returned ho,ne"'
A man who talks rubbish Of this kind does not
ut all understand the spirit Of those who are
asking IN nyriads for political power.
Viii the dense thousands who assembled in
the West Riding, And heard the stirring
words Of Mr. Bright, on Monday, be put ulf
bY silly r'n1fery Of this kiud? Ills Lord
slip will sec next sessio3.
tscnctal Neal Dow was indiscrcet in at
tempting, while addressing miscellaneous
gathering. to connect together, US 1ic seemed
IT, do, the American civil war aad its objects
with the legislation against the liquor traf
may be PERFECTLY sound, or they may not,
but they are Ut least dclatable, and he lost
all excellent oppLrtuhity, created preiu-
dice, md supplied i p=eteSt FOR handsal
who wcrr On the Confederate sile, by
dragging in the Maine liquor law, and mix
cral armies. Tie hostility he thus created
lad not altogether Disappeared. cyca when
Mr.. Dudley Field bcsan tO speak, and was
slightly trsaceable to the last--,hough the
enthusiasm of the hearers for the American
sentiments was very marked and gratifying.
JnIlN BRIGHT
II Mr.. Bright has fewer friends than ever
amongst the official class, Wing " Tory. lie
has more than ever amongst the multitude.
During the Rnti-corn law agitation, there
wcrc large clnsses Of working men who
wanted the charter first, and WHO used to
break 1p the free trade meetings by at
| tempting to pass amendments in favor OF
| universal suffrage. It was the middle classes
! wlo gave us tho priceless boon OF free trade,
| and Mr.. Bright Was tlleir orator. but there
is not workins mai, in the Empire who
docs not acknowledge that the anti-corn law
league brought shower OF blessings upon
tie country, and the whole class Of inc
! cllunics aud artisans feel all the more con-
tltence In Mr.. Brigh,'s political leadership
from his success III setting OR commerce
fer is not strong, and has to aroid
! addressing outdoor meetings. lie speaks
as though he was free ftom excitement, but
in fact. he Is nervous by nature, anl con.
| queFs his agitation by the force of an it,dom.
liable will. Ills Characteristic as m orator
| A9"{'OFNts Af ~ 81 kA4Ak HhE s4Islk1 LII
t.n words silence every jafrins sound, aud
rivet attention, while his ncighbor cannot
secure all car. They shall be both good
look nav, for my orator / shall ask
nothing. In the way OF figure, Or feature l,c
shall be mean in face and shabby III attire
they shall both bc educated, intelligent men
fully understanding the subject they attack,
sud yet the world shall drink in the words
Of one, and yawn in the face of the other.
Il is no1 sincerity that makes the difference,
for both shall be sincere; 1t is not want
e aensy fe or o2.tor Of presence Of mipa .
7 voice; in his air; in lis manner. au inaes.
cEibab1c something TO which the mind at
once yields homage. Mr.. Bright is short
and stout in person, and his face Is massive
IT is true, but is not unlike that ofa country
gentleman who never spoke to twenty pco
pie without blusljng or stammcriuS :; hi$
vutce is clear and strcnr, but il is not ,uclo
dioTs like Mr.. Gladsto,e's, yet when hi
speaks mankind listenss I have heard hin
under the most unfaSorao!e circumstances
struggling !" I'LL drcndful hoarsencsS, f,-c
Ing lie words to his lips, aa.s ri-i1., in tllt
midst Of g UaEg" nr CuH,tae3. WIN liza,
lxtn excited against him TO solnt' hin.
IKE IKE fren<y. yet sultsse tAs sxei1e
ere,es, tai f"S' ~" s, @s 'ti<s II. se.,tments It h
rot merely s7i:l!ou. interruption, bu
II the mit:st CT ::n auIie'.cc who's.
nteFt>t Was 80 :nie.sc rs 10 bc 1,aintn}
I lE:sc sccn him. in Il gathering Of the IN cm
| c.actiL. of ali Ararers-snraR srore n,
two wrTf1, in an anl.ry llsc1,s.;n, n1,,sn .,,n,
,yho1Iy n,,iln,,orfa,,t 1,;,,nns finn mi ,r;,1
1Eecisvly the SAINT end. 1t is worth te,
yrats' agitation tn have sucf man as tl,t
for the i adcr # the movement now cor
bc long! Great cnirrrri.ns srrniv ,hc ~
ccssary men / sunnost Int III, ro,,'1
in vain tu dad o,t.. ssh" co,,tI ,s,,t IL Il.
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of directors have been comnellekl "a, cnnf,.
| That tlcy lied from ber;nninp 10 rrt1 r., n,
| half yearly reports Of Their l,Eoceedit.rs.