New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH.
LECTURE BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER

LECTURE BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.
GOOD AND BAD ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH CIvILIZA-
JION-TREATMENT OF IRELAND-RELATIONS OF
The COLONIES.
A large audience gathered in the lecture
room OF Dr. Stores church. on Brooklyn He ghts last
evening listen the reading of paper Oh England by
Charles Dudley Warner OF Hartford, under the auspices
Of the Young Peoples Association OF the Church oi the
Pilgrims. Nj Warner considered, first. the elements OF
Engands greatness attrbutns 1t to the character OF
the race ITSELF the favorable position of the island and
the material the inhabitants had work with. Por-
tons Of he latter part OF the lecture are as follows
While English domination usually carries the best ele
mens OF civilization, yet must DO owned that she mas
pursued ignhcent c0reer in 0icy oten lnSoeht
and brutal ana generally selfish Scarcely any consid-
Grafton has stood IN the way OF her trade and profit
America was treated exactly ~ Ireland has BEEN that
u.s. oIscruinatcd against in every way. All that Eng
land cared for that should be market Tor her
manufactures Aud this same seltshness has been the
keynote her policy down to the present day, except
as the force OF circuu stances has mOdlneu II" lAe
strength Of the Colonies has forced this policy to
give way some hat. Australia boldly adopted pro-
tec;Ive tariff and her Parliament is OLly nomlnay con-
troed by the Crown Canada cxacts duties on English
goods, ana England cannot h'p herselL EVen WIZ
these On+ England Keep her great COonies
Yhey still aft CT English manners and speech aud draw
thcr intellectual supplies rom England but everybody
knows that allegiance Is on the CONDITION OF Oca Huo
0my II united Canada asks 90. it will 20. SO win
Australia. England will never tgh again u hOiu ne
sovereignty VI her New World pOseessIOns against 'ne
Tne time Is near when England must say definitely as
TO the Imperial policy generally whether u VIII pun sur
il or abandon II It Is abandoned Enand VIII slhR TO
a thrirate power like Holland. For what does ADAM
donment mean II means 10 have no weight, except
that OF moral example III Continental aHnr@; 70 feilI
Gnish her Advantage in the Me terrnein; 10 let lnr
XIV b. absorbed by Russia to become 80 weak u lhdla
a5 to risk rebellion OF all the provinces pro- A.
tack rom Russia and her Contra ASIAN allies Bu TINS
u NOT all Lost control Is lost rde-a TACT Wnih Was
snkgy Illustrated by tie case OF lnula 10 lose Nuvn
would be to oSc her Rlp npOh trade anu cOIncloo ~
t Orient; TO cut of Of hUndred5 o. thousands
0: young Engishmen and the hope OF tens tHous"nu
II is safe TO say that II tue British Empire is to be dis
solved disutCgTa ION cannot be permitted u otRih az
home. Ireland has always Oeen morn III le sue ".
England and the policy toward II could not nave Geen
nlnch worse. 1ne problem, fVot has physical ana
race clements that make IT almost nsolube; va ~;
uss6d COUNTY, OF when nothing can surrey DC preulcte
the unccrtahty OF rs Ivt-ts innaotou w peopo
OF most peculiar mental COHsIlluiOn aleu- Ill rave,
permanent and religion. having scarcely one pilC ".
sympathy with the Eugsn. irish lnuepchuence, 50 "a
ne Enllish consent l. concerned and until Ensands
power ia utterly broken, - DEAN Great changes
II doubtless be made III the tenure anu transfer Oh
and aud these changes VIII rract upon England ~ the
| ultimate abaselnent OF the landed arlstocracy. ,,-
In England prhnOgemture IS one VI ~
| aud, curiously enough, democratic institutions
OF society. II IL owing To Prlm1Gehlture ~ ""'S
there /, IA nobility Ia England there IS no hoo'SSe II
title. and Land, 10 all tue children, there MOuu D
tn, muitudinOus nO6IeSSe Of the Continent NON, w
prImOgenrure, enough Is retained Tor Small hO0iy
bat al tile younger ones must 20 llto tAs nGn "u
make LIVING. lhe three respectable pIUiesSl)ns uu
To- ger Offer sufficient n0uc' mrnt, ana me yOuusGl
crowd more and more INTO trade Ihs me ma lie
class is cons any Ieci ulll"S rom tue uPp.t; ne
| the upp,r 10 all the time recruiting Lon
| the wealthy middle cass The union OF arlsoG
racy a itocGacy may be said {" be cOmpiele. Mer
200 makes rs way continually THUS there Is constant
M ,cmcut mp aud down III social LnElahu'
PERHAPS except n tie TRADITIONAL n0mhY' Iue 1
OF movement III our own County, "AiSn 10 az "N'
A reception followed the lecture