New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-23

y the ola sS bent sd ns' tho and
sth tons the spade. and he takes you 70 his gar
or 20 years Or II YOU are q novelist you may have
stories told you OF the very depth Of wiokedness
fsl back III The Winter upon the poor rates Such IN
the soil Now when you consider these facts you may
begin think of the problem that English reforners
unto the and think that every seventh man was
receiving help from pocket, or In every
twenty Of those you would meet in the country yeu may
PERus OF ENGLISH SOCIETY.
The peris of Englsh society four in number.
First the relationship Of the workinRnen with politics
second, the mass Of pSupersm which lives upon
rates third the tor.ibe unparalleled power Of degra
dstton which Is welded by strong drink; fourth, the
deficiency OF indictments moral and material TO thrift
and ambition among the working classes.
The lecturer then referred under the first topic OF the
relationship Of The workingman to politics, to the
efforts OF Joseph Arch When said he, the workingmen
had rights OF manhood that they might assert 1t was
Infinitely pfu hut, obi how gladdening 10 hear them
solvesi THIS movement must lead to important
changes IN EnSlSl agriculture II may oaue the CON
snrege. Above an Il is radical movement n,n NJ
must give impetus to the social changes going on In
Great Britain. The tradesunions OF the towns number
lsts and unonsts ia England cutting each others
throsts The former mas not yet learned that the con-
at a low price cannot he had for love or money. The
uUionis not yer trained TO measure how far his rights
golden L. t battle 70 be fought on Is there TO be
90 end TO TINS uu9o war; LEI every man De ne on one
Fsiling In this To neither side Is there ANYTHING Out
the ineyita6iei aad saw to the iaborer Stay your
hand You have numbers, and your victory IS sure
Take be not tue conquest OF stripped and barren
land Use your OTglni8auOns not means OF Oppres-
sion, but ueuus Of winning justice. You may sue
The fourth danger that OF the absence OF inceInent,
moral maJera for Thrift among the working classes
The effect Of the Poor has been sap tine ambition
of individuals. Tne Poor law revorses the maxim OF
cafeess thritless or women who can in old age
retire TO o0mpdr1tive comforts In the poornouse'
Can you wO@der that men shoui1 De improNvl-
dent under such a system There is also
the feeling that 40 amount Of saving they can can
promise OF rising life. II will not enable them to buy
land for INSTANCE 1Or there Is monopoly IN the hands
OF the rich in hands of great corporations, settled
the hands of trustees Land Is in England practi-
there other outlet for thu seethng millonsi" Yes.
there one There are the United States and there are
the Colonies. the statesman at once the arstocrats
and the capitalists friend has declined TO promote q
ton has su1natzed a blunder. aud the cOnse-
uence that might have relieved the terri
BE plethora at home lett those fearful con
would not have you believe that think the condi-
ton OF EnglHu1 10 he hopeless tue contrary am
mere to say England carries these evils stOuy and
Nesth every promise of redress. Her rofOrmers Rave
already achieved narV8s without bl00dsneu or war
have only you 10 Wnberforce BrougnaD, Rus
sell Field CODdcu, and Gladstone. slavery IN the west
Indies has abolished the OF 22OOOOOO ster
ling hard Reformers have removed the poht-
teal and social DISABILITIES which shut out Roman
Catholics rights OF citizenship There is the
reform of the constituencies by the reform OF municipal
corporations ana tue reform OF the poor law and one OF
the the repeal of the corn laws We
dsestabshed the Irish Church. we have reformed
the land laws have admitted
Jews Parliament; we have framed great system OF
education reOrganizcd the army and udicature. such
list as this the lifetime Of one man like Earl Russell
who has less taken part IN all those measures
recalls TO you condition OF English society in politics
at the beginning Of century. IL shows also the III
herent vitality the DaJlOn, thar, while engaged in
bathing with evils prOdlOus has gone on IN It's man
u(acturos, in its religion and philanthropy at rate
surpassed only by yourselves. lApplause.I
1t Of the characteristics OF English Reform that
&c sppeals not only will but to tue wits OF tie En-
Rsn people. Aud so, / believe, with reforms among
yourselves have little falth in those reforms which
are carried by revolutions, the reforms OF institutions
swept away Oy torrents OF blood. think the healthy
true reform is like the rising tide which, without
Storm without earthquake, without cohcOmtant waves
public opinion, kisses It's from pebble 10 pebble
until at last reaches ancient institution, some
vested interest slowly but surely covers II over out
OF reaches some stranded bark OF re
FORM one yet been launched, anu, as IL
great about it. it lifts the keel and the BARI
HOSTS ats sail ireIghted with blessings Tor ali mankind