The Cecil Whig., 1879-04-12
|CT LITERATURE.
IS OF AMERICAN LIFE.

f1Htic MoHih!y.
then, III America the phcuom"-
Mole cpaS>iunatciy devoted 10 money
M with little economy of faculty
fott. Money is desired for the posi-
tic'ury ii vii! give t" him who has
1t, lavished for these purposes rs
Gag is made. Accumulation for
tleounding Il family is rare, and il
+ Is Cd hy olir peculiar conditions:
the es oi, the stability il would give
To Try are oVcrhalanccd by other
Is. conss. This desire to make money
:. divoM economy, in America. and
: atten discomfort with any settled
positcic,y, Is iraceable TO Il certain
= iund;poli'ical conditiot. here. We
:. re:@rscalled "cquaiity.' Weha>r
:. establlitical equality. In theory all
men a There is Il constant attempt
: /" ded this sociai equality. We do
not sun this was any more inte:}dcd
hy thelon who landed at Plymouth
than b.tlcnen \. !3o landed at James
TOWN.. additions of grades in society
ai!h distinctions are III ro race
Stfon in the Anglo-SaXon. Th"
Latin r'e ii facility of fusion. There
Is gre proach 10 sn,ial equality i'll
France America. And c>,.ii before
the Rev of 1893, there We're fewer
barriers to sympathy, and the cN-
preston of yec,i ,he French nohl" and
the Frencant than cHisi. to-day, be
tween the ! upper class and the Eng
lish lower. have not the wcll-marlled
divisions aides of the English social
structure, L have something of the
traditionse. .,eiaty, and probably there
is as little. and exchange of sympa-
thy betw -sa.liIitreni sa:iai states iii
Ameri> Mere in the world.
Politi are equal, and it is our
boast tl~tall equal before the law;
whether mot, they can Judge who
have MOI brraignment before q po-
lica c"uri man and Il poor man Tor
similar The Eaglish also boast
that thei are impartial and their
courts eq .;:tn to ala fact that is
taken at i. jvalnc by the wife of the
navy, VIII 3een beaten by her huS-
band iii: ST {: .e like a Jelly than wife,
when she j; y ~ .iraristrate that the
courts Of W, stcr are opei. 10 hea TO
apply for j. separation, and that the
cost will be ndrca pounds, when she
has Eof as IN mnirS.
Yet while il To talk of social equal
ity i'll Ameri,'iS ,rlte ,i.a. the absence
here of titles, etinitions Of classes, f,,li
of inherited lcgcS creates an appear
ance OF cqualimich stimulates constant
efforts for plaGl position. The absence
Of other artiticsgnS of social rank gives
to wealth rnd Stincti0n, and it natu-
rally comes ih ,ealth is coveted. Our
real approach soiaiitv in America is in
Ga whole, wearL les him
Tered and havea frer chance for any ca
'eer we choose thathcr people. But this
quality of opporrty begrts discomfort
sitA any position life except the most
and 81" Whole community
5 on the march 10 ,n,1 ~ha; IS called
orietv, or to get thlrpoSed luNurics and
nioyments Of Soc'. through the only
atcs open to all, tbs. h5- means of money.
f we were all sncicquaiS, ur i, We were
/ the more fixed editions of the English
/ the Germans, or there was thai broad
between lSscS, in spite of birth,
i!ich exists in Frae, there is every proha-
liiry that, if wedi ios eXl:ilii: less inSan-
y Ill the pursuit wealth. there would at
'ast be less living eyond our means. 1t is
1ftalniy an o'ansult Of olir equality, po-
tical and the&ical, that it should stimu-
It" rs t" 90 .iusLhat which destroys equal
). f'of We al further away from til,
lual distrihutk # wealth. and tn.s lct,iS
put classes tSlcr apart. 1t is true that
lcre wealth Snot always opcr the way
ITO what >eGfA, SO well, I'd expert
Ice so mncht sculty III finding (in coun
les where i. Aot defined by \ c"urD-
le best S"c1t I'm America any more than
'l""S i'll n Aid or Germany, and pv!,
bps not SO II shGif as i!;cre, hut Wealti
III do aim aything, and What 1t can
n do it cfN7 state. And so it happen:
lat this CO.. Il of ours that we call equal
Is one o Alain causes of or tcVcriSl
:AiGlg 20 Zone, and make Il diSpla!
it'll II. l. Srs ,,, Is. Sgcn what sort o
neral sol SiIl result from the ilnposl
III OF p" . equality and equality "
portunit the class tendency of TIN
nglo-SaNEl se. If anything like Socia
ua!ttT j srraliZrd anywhere in th
'riu, II g., S.. ii,:ti wealth VIII II"
an cleA an il: that it will ncith"
IKE II nc GENT it.
The Am srrnpIe, in stru"lr t" real
us tn sal equality, both at hom
Il ;tbsas L srti,nrs mistak" display fn
'elions 4 o, IL. 'illiS ii:t' g'r III
&uutatiun of extravaganza
II the V II Amtation of :, vulgar oStcn
ION Of" For in old and *ettlc'
le'lcS Shc signs of conSriouSn"'
lhferi" Aositiou is the o't"utatl"l
hton"FSI Ecing how nearly all-p"W
~ hi"i 3,yvurto. II - .,a,',i. III
mist: al lc made. Money, ii
'e'@',DV 81 the presentation door "
i''' ayp,I Yin Europe; can procure
I mt A.l Statc- Senate, and tn
st coLNlS j pew in the most fashion
G shu ,A,n.rica: it can do aln">
'"ihs 8pufchasc the s"t't"i r""i"i
nose .4sre.pect is alone OF perna
II Nap &ss~4
mas u sccssary todwell little" "r"
,e ofNEI Ro,,I;,-ities of our situation
iuse fh.c SINS i.f :, neN d"rarfnr
ne w AMI &,tor;al development and tn
''m"' f wealth. During our frs
Jury 8sual existence we have bee