New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-27

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and their high standing on Chanee a. WYNN
bags OF gold. ..,o,, merely IN the interest Of
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selves and legislation AFFECT them nnaN va Ionge
hor movements 10 new dclds OF operation. But VIC W.
licvo that the best prosperity of the hntioh mi
Inc Development OF AL the resources ~ our iti4 3
wealth; and further that this can best We seceu rS
the admission OF men Ia our halls OF legisauun @
thoroughly familiar with the great interests ~Icn
require attention We urge d in The
interest Of the nation as whole
TIE RELATIONS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR IN LN-
GLAND.
BY A. J. MUSpELIA, NJ. r., SHEFFIELD ENGLAND
Mr. Mundes, IN the course Of long address, sl"e"
the history and position Of the labor question III EhS"
showing the changes which had taken place during the
last ten years by means OF cooperation Industrial part
nerships and Boards Of Arbitration and Cancellation
lie illustrated the origin and working OF these
Boards more particularly, aud advcrted to the
iron districts OF Pennsylvania; showed now,
by means OF Boards Of Arbitration the , iron
and capital and labor recOneled; pointed OUT me I'm
portance OF employers considering these gnesiUs oo
fore they became embittered by frequent strikes aa con-
slant strife It clear, he said, that the Woikhen
were not only entitled TO make the best possible bargain
for their labor, and to maintain Their uadtshi3n IN
order that they might do So but that II was possible 10
make the combinations Of workmen useful 10 inc EN-
plOyed, the capitalist, and the community
The following papers read in the evening"
THE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.
PAPER Mr.. LowRlE
The subject of study in Social Science ssomcthugrea
being man himself a social being in all his ciIcum-
stances instincts faculties, affections and aspirations
in all the steps his individual and social growth, and
III all the laws usages aud customs that grow up with
him. Social science comes logically after all other
sciences because they all enter into the conditions or
which it treats. There no chemical law OF definite pro
portions in the combinations Of social life No mathe-
mates give us the measure of any Of its causes.
principles and laws OF man, social nature These must
around him. Notwithstanding his degradation all the
germs OF his Intellectual ana spiritual ne are sun awe
AMI may he developed into more and more perfect
social reforms canno, he made by men OF science but
only by those who are maintain them in their prac
dee Accepted principles OF science gradually work
their way into the social dind and then The appropriate
stands aside as peculiar The Christian religion had at
frs; to sep2ae Itself from the general social orss,n
in order t. live at all and then 70 nfiSe new ne by
degrees into the general life around IT, Only principles
that socially accepted can be vital forces IN the so
cia organism Religion suffered long ana aeepy lGI we
which law and official influence took IN assigning u
c,ce we cannot say Religion has every where been at
times subjected 70 ana prescribed by law We do yet ac
when accept the instructions OF parents ana leach
and the customs OF society before We can Know any
thing about thor reasons and without TINS We can make
orr reason is developed ont Of mental instincta All
ant begins from instinct Science must be preceded by
progress in the arts, OF which IL TO impress our
prucipIes Human art must Law the foundation of the
prccede the science OF physiology For the most part
e IeoPs NCy INv ,Sr 1 ~, 1 -
social organism. Almost all the usages and customs of
society usually called its law and regulating
almost entirely the private aud commercial relations OF
men, have this origin, though they may often be codhcd
In these practical functions OF society are involved all
the social principles and doctrines which IL is the func
ton OF science to evolve These nnGuons are distinct
and ought to be understood. Mr. MILL III his logic, ex-
plains the true relation between them, thus: the art
proposes Itself end TO he attained defines the end,
and hands il to t science The science receives it,
considers II phenomenon effect to be studied, md
having investigated its causes and conditions, sends II
back 10 art with theOrisn OF the combination OF cir
cumsances by which could be produced Art then eI-
amines these combinations OF CIRCUMSTANCES aud ac-
cOrding auy OF them arc not in human power
found functions without iniurng science and sub
sung first more practical skin IN the management OF
society truth spreads itself gradually and then spontsne-
fitting Institution thus L is that language and I'll the
general customs OF society, and all the special ussges
And thus science in all its departments, becomes
and more accepted until IL becomes the common creed
ordinary politicians Social science and truth have less
annual intoxicaton intermittent fever into which
they eDtoe or mecate society hence the exaggeratio
OF nope and dangers and the annual preparation for
OF social clements the drumming up of recruits the
invention Of hard names for those who do not the
emb.azoned on their standards, the numerous offices
offered prizes TO those who show the most zeal and
cunning and all the noise Of partisansIp and buster
order 10 levy the immense required BY political
cOmnissares TO carry on the campaign.
This is really state Of war and calm reasoning ia set
aside; public voice falsely expressed 10y men who
are driven by systematic agitation 10 the polls and who
have right 20 vote, because they take
IN the subjects proposed and do not study what their
duty is Hence the value OF warke skill with its ruses
spies, masked batteries, and night surprises hence the
machinery OF force and registration toprevent fraud and
force, which prove the Increased decentralization, and
perhaps aggravate the disease Surely this school
OF public MORALS and flour science cannot reveal to so
ETY. the true vital forces by which it may grow and
slough off the effects OF ignorance and those induced by
quacks and charctans then force and its attendant
fraud must give the law OF social order aud then Macch
svel is best teacher, for in and for period
when passion and force had aside and when
there no hope for any normal social order until all
differences OF opinion should he senced and subjected by
| bis power OF government.
PRESENT CONDITION OF AMERICAN CIIARToG-
| A PAPER BY PROP. j. WHITNEY OF CAMBRIDGE
The object OF Prof. Whitneys paper was to forth
what has been done toward getting together the
rails for correct map OF the United States also,
show the deficiencies of our present system and the
desrability Of concert Of action the part Of our
scientific associations, with the aim OF securing
the legislation for placing somewhere
level with European nations respect to our
national chartOgraphy. After briefly describing the
method pursued III the great trgonOmetrca surveys OF
speaker proceeded TO review the various sysoms by
which geographical information has been obtained in the
United states. He showed how, in the Atlantic States
state maps were chiefly the work OF map publishers who
compiled from various sources and especially from the
town and county maps solely for the purpose OF making
money, and without the means OF obtaining aDything
Ike accuracy.
Finally, il was urged that by slight changes at Wash
hgton not involving much expense, and by the intro
Nast Improvement might he effected which would result
In adding greatly stores of geographical kuoyl
edge, ana remove from the reprOach OF being OF all
cN%eu nations the most backward In chartogaphy
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