The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-02

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wHEnsswE p1rRs f FRpsi MD AGREE WITH
.E!5sl our, FrNss6ES BEYOND THE sea- :
Dean Stanley delivered presidential ad-
Eitess tofthe members of the Midlandf Insti-
tnte.at Brlningbnhl, on Mpndny, December
FI6th,.s Hetbonght that. Instead OF enlargins
ON the commonplace topics of education or
literature, which would, ;be equally advan-
tage9,is at, any, time or, 'inaany Fptace, At
would be ,as well 10, say. a. few words sus-
Fgested by recent Journey }to$the United
States He confined hfmssH in great mea-
sure 7to. that sides OF. American life. " bich,
perhaps, WGs of more interest to him than
to-, most trayellers-its purely historical
aspect; that aspect presented by the oriei-
nal eastern States. to which bis, journey
was confined. It was, Apart of history of
which, for whatever reason, EngIishmen
were strangely ignorant-at leust be spoke
for mself-until their .imagination had
been touched by the actual sight OF that vast
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EsecollectEons. !. He noticed III A Americans, as
q MAJ ked, popularity, apparent almost from
the first, tho singular buoyancy and efas.
ticilY both, Of tile national and Individual
| chnracters.ssft ft ln1ghEf ffbe the product. OF
their. brilliant; eyhilarating, inYisorating
climate ;rit, might be the. accom paniment OF
the sast horizon .openedNby their boundless
territory; it might be partly the youthjof
the nation; but, its existence was uuqueS-
! tionable. Ii at times there was something
| almost Of! leyity, in the readiness with
which misfoituneS were thrown OIL andlHe
begun over again ;s.if at times. The more
Isofer part or the, nation was depressed ipy
| the, sense OF the difficulties which theyIhadl
to encounters; yet, on the hole, this spriIl.ss
Of vitality, II turned to, good account, ntsf
be of. incalculable virtue in this working
world where. The imagination still played n a
! large part, sud where so much was glpento
| confidence OF ,pictoTt-eVeI, H1ore tbfnl VIC
tory:itself. II rerchance the: United States
\ had too, much Of it we, it might ,be, had
! too little; and this confidence OF Americans
4 in their own political, ecclesiastical. afid
social SYSTEM. was q, warning to us to rise
4 above those dolcful lam mentatiDns with which
in these days we; often heard citizens, and
churchmen, and Christians ot England, de-
! spar Of our country, and our, Church, and
\ our religion. Secondly, there were the
! elements Of that ctdracter which they pos
sessed In common with the English race,
Hith which their past history showed it TO
i be in so many res poets Identical In spite
Of some dark and sinister features In both
i countries, there was on the whole the same
keen appreciation OF. the delights OF pure
domestic lie. In spite OF the lawlessness
which was perhaps 1beinevitable outouIst
i of the efferyescence Of communities notYet
fullg organized, there was on the whole In
/ the mass of the people something of the same
4 self-coutroi and common sense and love
OF freedom and obedience to law on which
we prided. ourselves, and which We were
clad to recognize in our descendants. And
/ these points OF contact between the mother
country and the daughter States not only
4 are themselves encouraging, but they de
rive additional force from the guarantee
| which they give that the union between the
two, though severed By the revolution OF
| the last century, is in the essential elements
1 of character and social sympathy yet un.
1 broken. No doubt we had much to learn
from America; but ii this closeness ofsym-
pathv and homogeneousness Of race was
| still maintained they would always have
I something to learn from us, and would. he
trusted, be not unwilling to receive it. 1t
was a solemn responsibility which the re-
collection OF American history impressed
upon us that, as we were their fathers, so,
in large measure, we were responsible for
them-our children; responsible because
they sprang from us, but vet more re-
sponsible because our good or evil ac.
tions still produced direct impression
on their susceptible minds. CONNER
ciai dishonesty, blind political PARTISAN
4 ship, demagogc stratagems, frivolous lux
| ufY. in English society, were strong incen-
tives to any like vices which appear in The
I kindred stock; and on the other hand,
4 every attempt on our part to maintain re-
tiGement OF manners, truthful dealing, 4
policy that does not tend to popular fash
ion,, simplicity, and 5self-control in social
life, act and have acted with immense force
IN promoting the like virtues beyond the
Atlantic. =" 1t is the spirit Of the British
: Constitution" says Burke, (which, in.
fused through the mighty mass OF the Eng
ish settlements, perrades, feeds, unites,
inYigorates every. part, even down to the
minutest." Our kinsmen beyond the sea
might be flattered for the moment by being
told that they were 4 nation stronger and
greater than the English. But they had too
much sense-tbeg knew their Joint his
tory too we'll 10 repu diate. or dlsparage
| tlPlT IlPllSDt ,)aItutaoC: ahu AuCh ohSiSu'
home. Thirdly, with them as with US, In
spite Of the overWhe helming forces OF unedrl.
Gated or haii-educated Ignorance and fanati-
cism, there was the chance that the voice OF
the reasonable few might more and more
make, e,itself heard. I'm these latter days ii
had eseenn sometimes, piled that the unedu'
Gated. classes were always right ana the
educated classes always wrong But ip
every .rneighborhood..; i" and, not least IN
this great centre of.,' popular lie, from
time to time we met with Instances
which revealed Ito. lis as, with a light.
ming fash; the need Of higher insplra'
tions. The most widely spread and deeply
rooted OF popular deHsions in our time re,
ceiyed, If he mistook' not;:its first mortal
wound when an eloquent voice from BIZ.
mineham, beloved also in America, had the
boldness to den6unce it as a groundIess and
miserable ,jmposture.s And in the close OF
the eighteenth century 1T was never to De
forgotten that the last ofthe pilgrim fathers,
as we might call him, who was forced te
emigrate for conscience sake from Engiano
to America, took refuge in the solltudes OF
PENNSYLVANIA, driven thither not by klns
or bishop, but. by the illiterate mob OF Bur
minyham-the illustrious martyr OF freedom
and science, Joseph Priest'ey. We now al
acknowledge that the mob was wrong, anG
that the few who would have tolerated
Priestley were right. "a
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