New-York tribune., 1870-01-07
WENDELL PHILLIPS At STEIYWAY HALL.

Mr.. Phillips delivered the fourth lecture of
the Mechanics and Tradesmens course at Btenway Hail.
last night, to large audience. His subject Street
Life Europe" The lecturer sought to lmpart instruc
tion touching the different peoples among whom he had
travelled and 20 that nations mental and moral
status and much OF Its history always be learned
by the traveller, without reference TO books His anec
dotes and phy sketches showing the ignorance existing
among intelligent people relative to lands beyond
their own, were much enjoyed He said Even those OF
blood do always understand u.s. do not COM
prehond the fact that like unto themselves.
Not long ago Prof silllman, the elder, whio
dining with q British family, was asked by
lady: Professor, wherever did you learn
to speak English :" and his questoner much
prsed to learn that Choctaw not the medium of
communication between native Americans. Gov. Gore.
when in conversation with number OF Elgishmen, was
startled on being requested to speak little American
the impression being that Yankees threeiourths
Dutch and the remainder Indians. Travellers often
mised by witty and mischevOus natives and is there
fore unsafe as unjust TO accept singular specimen
of humanity the type OF his countrymen to place
implicit confidence in all his revelations. Thaokeray,
when travelling through Ireland noticed along the
highway a number OF what appeared 10 him TO be
blocks OF stone, all bearing the initials q.
T. o." On asking a funloviDg Irishman the
meaning OF the letters. he was told that
they sgnihed God Praise oConne and on his return
to London he made mention of the fact in his book and
Irish to the memory OF Daniel OConnel. Fortunately
Tor the future peace or mind and reputation or
the author, there Irish printer in the office from
which the book was to be issued who wrote upon tho
pase In note For goodness sake, don't print this as
fact The three letters mean General PostOhice We
Americans look for examples; we are the most tmid
people in the world In that we fear to compromise our
odd it is the dry.rot that eats the timbers OF
ship OF society Miss Martneau noticed this char
acertc dependence among u.s. She says In one OF her
letters: never found so much concealed infdey in
my life as confessed 10 me in America" This fear OF
naali IN nnt all aff N
opinion which is the despOt in Republic. The English
mans brusqueness strikes the American as the ncylty
OF rude man. 1t is only the expression OF his In
dependence. In Englanda man dares to dress as he
peases Here he is bold man who defy the fashion
He must what prescribed, or become the butt OF
rdcue. We have the narrow idea that all expression OF
emotion Is unmany Homer makes his gods whine with
with kisses in the plaza not OF whom ever thinks OF
making INQUIRY as to the opinion OF In Mrs Grq9dy rev
who had been acquitted OF grave charge,
through the efforts Of the counsel appointed TO
defend her, showed her gratitude by throw,
ing her arms around his neck and kissing him In open
thus in pubci once when Jules Favre the great
French lawyer had finished an eloquent speech Beryer
rivals kissed and huggcd each other for ten minutes
Fancy Charles sumner and Ben Wade na eXGhaahgln6 ~
like loving embraced This expression OF admiration anC
respect for rlval not childish, not unmanly III was
the strongest evidence OF large heart anu OF a1ec2n
too deep for the stlted e0quence Of set speech In
Europe you divine the nature OF the government by
the architectural style OF the houses ana Dy the streets a.
we'll the reign Of George Ill the highways were t9r
horses. There were no payemens No LashaIna9e
but went from point to point in MS carriage or MS cn
You could read in the streets OF those days tnt %
racy had no regard Tor the people IN ia'el & & n
streets told when democracy came in Pars Is the place
OF revolutions and Darrcades NO el9aen k1Ws NOV now Tow
soon 1t may be necessary to convert ms mouse nto loi
tress. In Genoa, the Magnificent you cannot hlre a
carriage The streets and the porerage Is all
done on backs OF men, The houses OF COnstannope
tell you the history OF tho people Ihey speak Oh mug
The lecturer when at Yiterbo desired to Secure tho
services OF boatman. He could not come, because he
put BY aud then you can 7ost tomorrow" "To-mcr-
rowl WIG eyer sew to.moTrowi was the reply OF M the
msccaroni thereof On the Campagna, which Virgil de-
scrbed 2OO years ago. the farmer of to-day dresses In
wife and horse yoked together In Florence you can
not find carpenter who can bore an inch hole with an
with poker heated red hot Chesterfield found no bel
lows in Italy. ,.. -. A.. ....,. =,
Europe we must admit that in the appreciation OF the
beautiful they far advance Of u.s. The laborer In
him as not one American out Of hundred can The
poor people who visit the Borghesl gardens in Rome re-
auire no police soldiers 20 keep them in ORDER or to
prevent them from destroying the flowers And yet but
very few OF these PEOPLE can read and write Thsy yd nave
That When av he his Boots on saSe n e %as stared n at
by all Who passed him. In London he was nsulted In
Paris while having his clothes brushed IN public place.
% p9Gps % JsoS fat h1E %
tempts TO enter an omnibus In Paris her feelings would
Know how to read and write but they better ed
ncated than the residents Of the FaubOurg ST. Antoine
In Continental Europe &C nohg fespectaPe virtue
No Sshkee tries to save dollar without tenlng ne
sbont t The lecturer then compared the condition OF
woman on h9 Continent to that OF the sex elsewhere
lie Thought the sneerlng reproach hat there can pe
no home" France because tho word Is wanting IN
the French Dictionary, comes with bad grace grace
fron peope whe quote the proyerb No Two families
can live m the same house. and that other Blessed Is
the girl that moheTless boy" There IS home
love among the peasany Of Europe that Americans can
NOT appreciate. What Americans heart lies so deep
down In the hearhstone as to seken like the exled
swtzer and TO break at last with the home song on ms
ps There is much In the character OF these chldke
people which would be we'll for us to initiate Ihey
love the beautiful they kind to strangers they are
charitable they know difference between the black
man and the white. The lecturer was listened 10 with
great attention and frequently greeted WIN ap-
plause.