The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-09-02
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explain. when stepped ashore there
tbongh Twas n larger Rotterdam
when y iound my wsy 10 Broadway, j
seemed 20 mo - though ! was Ia Paris,
ana iast Paris bad tAEcn 70 besiuCss.
There were quaintness, grace, and Esy
ety, brightness and grlmpess al about.
Broadway ! thoughtA LonEway, for ny
trsi Invitation in it wss % Ne. ta3.
~ 6fti dave 10 toe city were spoai :.
No, Broadway, in The Washington
hotel sllnred lhlther BY lts Eagiish miIil-
airy and diplomatic associations, going
back 20 the davs when an ludisn war
hoop was possible in Broadway. AZ that
end you are dsEed by forest Of tall telc.
graph poles, aud = clAtter by night and
day that no pathway OF pAndemonium
could rival. Car bells, omnibus bells,
drAy horse bells, railway bells, aad loco
motives In the air were resounding night
and day. An engineer turns OF bis
steam at your bedroom window. When
| got mp TO see what was the matter, |
found engine No. 80 almost within reach
OF my arm, and the other 9s bad been
there that morning before ] awoke.
When one day at railway junction !
heard nine train bells being ruug by
machinery, il sounded as though disestab.
lishment had occurred and all the parish
churches OF England were being impor-
ted.
A whole sale distinction OF America is
that industry alone is universally honor
able there, and has good chances. There
are no common people there, In the En-
glish sense. When speaking In the Coo
per institute, New York, was reminded
that the audience would resent being so
addressed. Every man In America feels
as though he owns the country, because
the charm OF recognized equality and the
golden chances OF ownership have enter
ed his mind. lie is proud of the statues
and public buildings. The great rivers,
the trsckless prairies, the regal mount
aims, all seem his. Even the sleep curb
stones OF New York aud Boston, which
brought me daily dlstress, ! was asked 10
admire for some reason yet unknown 10
me. la England nobody says TO the vis-
itor or foreigner when be first meets him,
What DO you think of Eugland2 The peo.
pie do not feel that they own tho country,
or have responsible control over 1t. The
country is managed by somebody else.
Not even the members of parliament
know when base treaties arc made in the
nations name, and dishonoring wars are
entered into, which the lives aud earn
ings OF theiI constitutions may be conGsti.
Gated TO sustain. II that our representa-
tiyes can tell us is that that IL an affair OF
the crown. Ia America there is no
crown, and the people are kings, and
they know it. had not landed on
the American shores an hour before ]
became aware that | was ina new nation,
animated by new life which had never
seen.
If young Englishmen could be sent
couple OF years to take part in American
business, they would come back much
improved. An eminent English profess.
or, whom | lately asked whether II
would not do this country good If we
could get our peers to emigrate, answer-
ed No doubt II we could snarten then
up a bit first. Everywhere in America
you hear the injunction, Hold oni la
every vessel and car there are means
provided for doing IT; for unless man
falls upon his feet--if be does fall--he
fuas people 100 busy 10 stop aud pick bim
up The nation is commolon. Life in
America Is battle and march Free
dom has tet the race on fife--ircedOm
with the prospect OF property. Ameri-
cans are nation of men who have their
own way, aud do very well with It. II
Is the only country where men arc men
10 this sense, and the unusualness of the
liberty bewilders many who do wrong
things in order TO be sure they are free
to do something. This error is mostly
made by new comers, to whom freedom
is novelty; and il is only by trying &C.
centricity that they eau test the unwonted
sense OF their power Of seli-disposal.
But as liberty grows into habit, one by
one the experimenters become conscious
OF the duty OF not betraying the precious
boon by masking II repusive: self.as-
sertion seems little 10 excess Of inierna
tional requirements. Many citizens give
a stranger the impression that they do
think themselves equal to their superiors,
and superiors to their equals yet eli OF
them are msnlier than they would be
through The ambition Of each to be equals
OF anybody else.
The effect OF American inspiration on
Englisbmen was strlkingly evident !
met workmen Ia many cities whom bad
known In former years 10 England
They were no longer The same men,
There their employers seldom or never
spoke 10 them. and The workmen were
rather glad, as they feared the eommuni
cation would relate to reduction OF
wages. They thought II hardly prudent
10 look foreman or oyerseer 10 the face
Masters are more genial, ~ rule, 10
these days; but 10 the days when last
visited these w0rkmen AZ their homes IN
Lancashire IL never entered their heads
to introduce me 10 their employers.
But when ! met them 10 America they
instantly proceeded to introduce me to
The mayor OF the city. This surprised me
very mach; for when they were iu In.