New-York tribune., 1881-12-28
shake the Republic. Possibly, even the Gui-
teau trial may not wholly disgrace the Nation.

ENGLISH CAPITALISTS AS IMMIGRAN 49,
The London Spectator in recent ISSUE WIFI
bitter sarcasm, asks whether, for gentry tlle
little isl and of England is nearly played out !
The question is put especially TO MIR. waiter
of The Times, who on his return nom tnis
country has just made speech 10 HIS CON-
stituents. urging Englishmcn with capital 10
emigrate to America. The lucklesS expert
ment in Rugby has been held up lately Dy many
of the English journals as decisive prtoi u
the small chance of fortune or comfort await
ing foreigners of education and gentle oieeu-
Inr in the States; but Nj. W Naltef HAS qui'o
another story TO tell. He cites the case ol ah
Lish landlord with property III leNaS iaise
than, berkshire; another of some Engiisliheh Ill
Icv,. who bought $4,000 acres five years ago
and now own 10000, etc, etc; ana Is e'liheSV
in ms arguments TO induce other British SUBJECTS
of the s,,ne social rank to 20 and do llkeWlse'
1he SDectator revlles him Tor his 1strangely
co.rnouoIIt,,ur ideas, declaring that he ought
to . wish 10 see all this capital and energy kept
in England Mr.. Walters patriotism, how
ever. apparently leads him to desire The we'll
being of Englishmen rather than That OF Tie
@httle island" itself.
AS to the sarcastic question whether Eng
land is "played Out" for the gentry, 1t Is
easily answered For the upper classes, or
even for the moneyed class whose Incomes are
sufficient to gam aud maintain Tor them the
social rank to which they aspire, there Is no
more comfortable or luxurious home III the
world than Old England. But for the poorer
gentry the younger SONS OF great houses, or
the mead of tami with capital ol lllustIlOus'
non-lmterest- bearing dead ancestors, ana an
income too small 10 support his inherited RANK
there IL no chance of comfort ~ all, much less
of fortune or ease. He Is barred out by custom
and the preiudices OF his caste from engaging
in any trade except such as is covered under
the name of farming, and the encroachlng
American has brought down the prOhtS OF that
tn a merely nominal rate. If he seeks to place
hls SOUS. he finds every profession ana avenue
crowded with hosts of other well-born, hungry
struggling applicants. There Is little Glance
now Tor an educated young man III England
without either large capital or cohtlOiIlhs
family influence. only limited number can
be accommodated in India, and Indian SINE
cures of places are extremely dlihcult now TO
get.
Mr.. Walter very justly thinks it unnecessary
for such a man, with energy and small cdpl-
tai, to cxpatriatc himself to Australia, simply
because the British ilag floats over that dl,a-
grceable torrid tract on the under side ol the
world, when he can find ease, ailiuence, the
widest chances for his children, and a warm
welcome among his kinsfolk here. with
Thomas Hughes, too, he wisely advises them to
90 at once To farming, rs the basis of success
tn brcou,c producers instead of consumers a.
they are now and would be in our larger cities.
The struggle for place, and the difficulty f
finding "a career Tor educated moneyIcsS young
men, Is almost as great i'll Ncw-lorh and Phlla-
dephia, to-day, rs in London.