The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-03
oEonoE rIcKNon crRrIys nrcruHn
"But OF stntesm-n How Mnnyt"- where
General INSTRUCTION is Needed

Mr.. George Ticknor Curtis lcctured last
evening in Association Hall ON American Con-
stitutional History. Next Tuesday evening he
is 10 speak On Returning Boards and the Flee
toral Commission. In last nights lecture lie
said
VIII thc.audencc indulge me in n little
personal oNplanation1 l resolved. n week or
two since. a letter from Il gentleman in one OF
the New England States. "a part Of which is
somewhat pertinent 10 the subject Of this oycn-
ing's le ture. Hosays Having Just rend your
letter 10 Messrs. Morgan. DN. and others am
induced to nsk you whether your lectures Will
b. published" 10 this answered that the l,'-
tur''s will not be publ. she'd be.ausr have un-
dcrtukcn to teach constitutional history tu pop
ular audiences, which deem the h"st mod" of
teaching II IN inc present state ol popular
KNOWLEDGE Of the subject. The writer go'r ON;
In illustration Of on" remark in your letter.
allow me To add that in recent interview with
member of the leading law firm OF this
county. the late solicitor OF thie city, and n
graduate of Dartmouth, he remarked TINT
tho relation which the Slrt's hold to
the Union is essentially the same which
the counties mold to The state. and he WA Sill
ccrr-aud no, one-hali {" our hur would ns.
sumo to gains0y his Irut"sitior. nope mat
my cores pundent IL nialnken. hut of course he
knows the opinions hrld by h- nnighhols bet
ter than | do. am surr, however, Tint Su'h
any 0ther lh tudc or ipneiiud" ol inns Erent re-
puNllo by my profess ipna lr'uhrrn or any olhrr
II
for mOucnt, what is about the average pnpu-
lar knowledge OF tn So subjects. We eNh hit
nn Immense amount Of energy in our prriodi-
cal pol q 'Hl cont ATS. hut II Is tho energy o
ueity spirit. unlnsiruat"d in many things when
II hnhuOyrs Hll parties 10 know. We have gr"At
numbers of "a tive political leaders. OF high ana
Of low dcgrn'--shIcWd. chpa' lr, amt udro purly
Wana4.t .trs-hut no one would th'nk OF imputing
90 thcar men any great prom rnnY "a th"higher
Arion"c nf politi =. ThRrk ray IN his novel
Vanity Fair, niluiing 10 the crowd of we'll
dressed and we'll hammered men everywhere
tl ha mot with ~ SO'l"ty, whom cN"rSNOdy can
count by hundreds. 81 ldrnly puts th" stnrtllng
question, But OF grntlrmrn, how maHyY And
tlen he gO'N, ON u toll ~, in Ii rs sly way, Of
hitting oT n charrtrr with u sn .le stroke OF
Ais pnn-iht lac counts his Grru, NHur Doh
hands uul feet hrr quito llrg his manners
uWeNurd, and his clothes not OF thr new y rWl
y, "" may ark CONCERNING tn multiudro' our
unltiniNu~ of nll ranks and Kinds with Nl thor
euppiour~- saiil. ami address -" But of states
Wru, how mlnyF Aui Ntnou-h each Of us.
ht''rlIn- IT, our party or personal preiil'c-
lpus luight b' r"dly enough To- name som" one
~ luy a- lr our rodu.tlors and proceed TO
.Wu-r mon hN any p'lp-ophi ~ definition Of
r.lt euHn9hip ", ehudii pr1bihly Tot con-
riul' llut our country IA m pr"rnt OVERSIZE kod
wun thHl kini ol "iutHOicio, lii r'sur t. the
great body ~ ihn Inpui", thpa" who uiNkc Nnl
uumukr putin" servants, who rhlS" und drprrs -
parties. an whose VIII u'tIn1i"ly dntrrrI iutH
th0u-nt prr1uuIiu0us II ! repent the su@lf'.~-
uun thai There H. "a want ui general iuSltu ton
roapn ting the org u, structure, aud PURPOSES ol
our pOiitlral institutions, considering Whdllh Sc
lHfiiuuOnS are.