The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-20

OF their intelligence through all The opera
tons upon which ~ Y brought 80 bear. ne
the elections. and Of Judging how far they have as
much real independence as electors Ut home, TO
what extent they are open to bribery. ana wae.ner
as much intimidation as Is 10 be found IN the most
hoty contested elections in England, or even IN
Ireland. He Will do well also TO inquire wletner
the intellectual alacrity which Americans und0uDt-
edly possess IL ai,Uavs guarantees Of' me sgfetv
q ne p'.oo money h, the hands or hoss 70 schons
for pubic employment Ii carried on In way
to excite respect for the revenue he mas PROMISED
to report upon the effect OF their common school
system In making them better citizens and
worthier heads Of families For that purpose he
parents and children and husbands and wives. and
especially to take note OF the grounds on which the
latter can dissolve their marriage ana Of the annual
o not iiliDeral law. Finally, he VIII have TO con-
slider whether there ID the same intellectual lie IN
the states as IN England-the same evidence OF the
highest class OF educati0n-the same rennemens
and the same power OF calm inr0spectl0n by which,
with full sense OF their quits as race and OF their
enumeration Of their faults, and are oiten their
own strongest accusers. II he does an tnls nis
report VIII be valuable indeed But 1t Is to be feared
the canvas is too large TO be filled in the time he
proposes TO stay In America, even II the powers OF
the artist were equal to the undertaking.
What Mr. Connolly can 40 perhaps as well as any
one else is to give workmans view OF the condi
ton Of working men IL the States Upon bis own
enough for one man. He proposes not only to lnves-
tgate the condition Of the natives the legal position
OF their trade unions, and in what respects they dt
fer from those OF England, but to follow up the
stream of emigration from the seabOard till settles
In the far West taxing note OF the different kinds OF
labor 70 which emgrantS OF different nati0nalitieS
apply themselves especially those OF England,
Germany and France. 1t IL as regards the 1nf0r-
nation ne can collect upon this head that his
repOrt Will be OF use. No One-whether he con.
sders the differences that occur between capital
aud labor from the masters or the wOrkmnn'B point
Of view-can look forward without the deepest re-
greet to the possibility that will continue to be set
tied by the appeal to hOstties by which they have
been settled heretofore. They have been the ocoa-
sion OF ineaculable loss, and they have settled
nothing. AS the confession OF the Trades Union
Congress, they nave wrought bankruptcy to capital
and poverty to labor; and, though they have been
renewed again and again with such frequency
that there Is not perhaps an hour In the year
during which IN some branch OF industry men are
not standing out against masters. or masters
against men, they have not made tho slightest
approximation to law, or principle, or conces-
unnecessary. 1t would be Interesting and valuable
what extent their action may have been modified or
prevented by boards of Cancellation by any other
court OF appeal Nay, 1t would be Of importance II,
six or twelve months hence, Mr.. Connolly should
report that the experience oil strikes In AWertca has
been the same as IN England. In that case English
workmen would surely make an effort to avoid nav
Ing recourse to them IN future more especially as
they are at last convinced that whatever influence
they may have had In raising wages and shortening
hours mas been more than cOunterbaanCed by their
rulnOuS elect upon themselves and tneir employers.