, 1876-03-20
THE ROSTRuM.
The Rev. Brooke Hcrfortl'g In-
prcssioDs Of A,ncricn.
Some Praise and q Little Judipious
FaultFinding.
lecture by Mr. vocke Ilcfore the rhflo.
sophIcal Society OIL "Faust."

tor,.,,,,, ,oc1r,a vostornv .,tcruoon a. AJcf,or.
.n.o1 t1.1, Il, i'm recnI,r Rnnany 1,in,o f,orrao
m'on iia". ~ ."o 49,, ~, ~ y. n D,,., ou
HpectacteB.' Tho following Is 30 AbatEact Of The
dIscourso.
Tin lcc.utoe said that whon he first cano to
.,sa .orrtrs W. waa innrcsae1 vii, a ,n,,,,,,
.as eo".s5 ~ "sn .syesI ",1u .as'-
tudo Of now ideas; anu a'scf ho had been lnrc
fortnight ho thought hs wonld ba ab'o 10 Civo
lecture on America. After he hnd hoon
In t,,o country a mouth 10 did not
ioei SO much .so gaslns 'oesafo' ana sises no
nho peen nelo "vo 1iousns, Ana was snuut 70 go
home to England. ho folt like fcoping his mouth
closed In regard to Amcricn. After hn wont
hotoo I'm WAS askcd about hin tnnresslonx NJ th{a
nVn'u ~ s W." s,,.oo Ia .sa .a,naas r, a s,s.,s
counl'y' Ano esue1 A. 49,, ~ ~ ntoae1.
overy one ecc1heo ~ a""Gn' ~ aSRlhg h'nl "nas
ho thought about tue unitod 6tatch,
eouctimcs IL WAS usetnl to know how tho
Country stsuck a stranger. II hal oiyon him
49,, ,,rrnosi,,a-,ntnns;,v ~ olru,r;o r,,-n1
tA6eo u at.usH''' n'.sa
pseson'' a1ao poss'o'c glorious ta'afo. Inc dif~
nsu's'es , encouo.o5od s n th's country Ia ssfus-
ienyfnn of many things incomnleto, Vat thew
str,,rrief, m with rnsi.tfcsn entcrn,tacS vhIcR
ia I'll an imnrnAson unon linn tI,,t omr sr,tmte
davn1nnmnrt Tonj hn liz nohiest III In rarld Ia
tn hn cnitod n nation thar, lin iinilo,i E,aies
~ Hc thnu aiinacd to air. vnst ~ srtent ~ ~ tcrr,.
tory. to lie nsrtiatly-c!earod forest anj to Tia
ono1gy md pluck al. tLoso who tiiied lie soil III
rhic,ro hc hnd uovor rcalizc1 Inv umniI rr.
oIand was- Tho iInlon inrtf,n n.;,rond in.
s,resucd him with ou illimltRbio ysstneas. Xii
theso plainA told Of tndomtablo onergy. Along.
waaou-r11,s and ashes Of camp-f1res. nud l,nti
nsssod nmicrants eintviv n1oIa;nv s1nnr in t,n,-
wngnnal Xii thnan s'nw"l ouy yas,noes
.nd what tllo greatness Of tbos
scareniv tventv years si1,ce jonrncv anrosa t,,o
MAINS ~ decentralization ,raa ynmo.L,nr aInns
xhich to vrito book, VISA a''''''S "D'''
lie thon went over tho difficulties o1porlsnced
In trarci ovsr thcao ro,,,cs hafnTc tI,6 rnil1ooI
w,s n,oicctod nnS i'm dsnrors ,,hic,, than i'n"st
lin traysier froln snow anHI indians. Wo Sc,'
s,,o, tsavniod a,om, ,n oa"a ,,
Waen W ~ ssasoaoa aomg tno az I@o.no halifoA1 xh
wnn,orfni e,,tarnrtsc Hn t;,on ,o1,aa norvnr 49, a,S
n, W ;s no 'aen M aua
Jn,uitaho ana ara1a aus ,n ~.
nso,sao'o s. ua nsna GuRs y nnu sunEse Do'se. now
,a.,a NV -, I'll ~n rasra ,n'o a H. wls.n ~ aa
.,its ~ III" H. ~. ' T., Jti'n s" up'
ta. 'anse tnt In nt w.. '. 49,. VIC @ ~.
sn.na ~ tSn nr,.,Iw b",s s''n "" "oa1 ',o ~
nn" H. Io6n1a on, n,7 ,,,r,, 1Io'er ns
IL Knrsas nnd M,usnnrI .s1,nro ~ 49,, sn.
toat hi, Inv anr,ni,as H.. Wv uul EteM
and ilooia 10 conto,, nraipss @ aa sso ws thn rsso
~ oer ,s,,a ti,ar 1.n5 M - "ae suo sase
~, ~, sas XIX Si;"na1nta a snSn % ho's
ennn,ss "t famnnsI,jsn ooas, MHo h1ou "neIs r,
bsrder tbero sban taev aver aid At Lome IS,A Ear.
tuner wore mnde in Colorado al and other bt e,a:e,
ia,rn ths huanoss man III - iaon,ra .o-dds,
Hrat IVA nn.an,;naa nno ~ ~ ~ ~
md rain or ,1irl, thn shormo,,atnr ~
2oro. md ofson without covering, and then they
tho hosra hnnting tIo,n ucrrSer,aro NV T., N,,a
annr Kannas Iso,ornIn ny "iaowharo ~ 1A' +
soomad a mnrn oranuIimo viii 1Ifn Va Il, tho
shapties thero wero 70 BE- aeon tbo awcot fases Of
snouod ",m Inay ~ snG pantE trains; Eyefy ono
holl o. In Tho strurrlo II wpo tho tIo v"st mnsot
lied country which cvmnelled these mon to In
Even In tovns and citizen IL vas no difror,ut
There nvcTynni,v wos ,l.,.a irI,iny snr iis
thing. Lilo tLoro A. On tIo horder. T.s mn mn
wat struggle. This was oniy = eroas couutry
not m do thia, lie thon made re coruuu.son @ @ Of % iho
cena wt ana 1G .ey
1ahorcr was nnfto Az M H.. nnonrca,,
Iho Sroyoi5inH s:rsrc IN sh3a cnru,r1
to lin an nicmnnt nf sI,cnrth and aian ~ pn,is.
.,est. yot there Nas no ustioa % uitbout "i hint
,rho Tinted Htstes ups but a Young uasion.
onIy iine Growing chlid now. viii, bnt inf ~
Ho: conntrv sot.n Thsrc ,r,a "'sa a, ' ,,ran,uhs1
mir In sImost o;eryintns tbst i,a r.M-a mi1turo
W -rnn1onr nrd nn,iST,nns, Nv .."h,a s,I 1,s',.
| Thab ~siirne5s shnwaa o,ta-nrto. - "n. nn
hAnL ana mesnnass on tl,s othor IIe
wns atr,,ck VIII 1ha .,sn7ao,ns Iooon,,,xno
md csra buk oxnont In ;nst.ncsa tbe rn,da woro
hsd,y snlt anI ta 1cnnta ~crc yintettv offsira
could goo. vaa as neas,V A1n ncrfent as nnvtbino
co,.d bn ib,a a;da ~ Hn,,en r,s ~ - tuRa
landlinr-it WA nenrty es .,ni, n. nuvthinr eom,S
In this aids Of the othn} n,cc .rnnn % taEa aon,o
-en5 ~ at.ns.s NH T suoa ocnuMu. uupasea aua
s"nn cit,es w,s fnar tast 'at ~ T1rl
nnan lawns and ''Ar rhon AS hn wnnt
10 Mancheator Tho etrests t,,oro ooscd s,nn,l md
soatt - 1,, h;cs .nelI ,a aas -, 1aa s.
~ hm'ianra a. ..%s Wea tal nauna H. ~ aS' nos
fnrtv Vc"rs nnnrovnn n,,ia"na ,ad 10 raon ptn NV
trov }1o fa nana Mua Ia" o vs .";, %iI
.nsaatn,a uaues ~ ~ sn 5eass ~ WIZ ~
SrI,c Tsisinv ~ hn;'dtn,a r. ,,,,o,, IA ,,,a.
l .1.a - H..eNS