The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-27

many, Austria, Spain, or Italy, they
can 60 and live in either OF those
countries il they wish to do 80, in
preference to living in England. But
let them begin to teach freely doc.
trines unpopular. universally unpop-
ular, in those countries, and they
would soon find out that there was
not much liberty to boast of.
In universally diffused education,
abstract thought and scientific inves-
tigation the Germans are far ad.
vsnced. In the elegancies of civili-
cation and in outside courtesy the
French excel, as also in cookery and
general economy. In the last named
accomplishment the French stand
justly very high. Their rigid econ
omy is great advantage to them.
OF all peoples the Americans are the
most extravagsnt, the English next,
while the French are entirely the
other way. They contrive to get
more out of others and spend less
than any other people. In their so.
cial parties they manage to secure
the maximum of enjoyment at the
minimum OF expense. The Scotch
are held to be very economical. very
close.fsted. The canny Sootchman
does not like q 'baubee" to slip
through his fingers very easily. He
must look at both sides of it first.
But when be is under the painful
necessity of spending a whole "bit"
at once, he says, with a mingled air
OF semi-regret and semi.self.reprosch,
"BanR goes another ssxpence!" But
the French surpsss the Scotch il the
mysterious art of living upon little.
It ia said with emphasis that q
Frenchmsn would live where a
Scotohman would starve, that two
Frenchmen would live where one
Englishman would etarye. that three
Frenchmen would live where one
American would starVe, and that the
waste of American hotels would
feed the whole French nation. Old
America, outside OF New England,
Las little to boast OF In the matter OF
economy, perhaps not in New Eng
land in these latter days, but Young
America, much of it. does not seem
10 have the ghost of an idea of the
m eaning of the word. This wond or
ful economy it is that makes the
French people rich and contented at
home in France, and that enabled
them to 80 quickly rise superior to the
weighty indemnify they had to pay
to Germany for the luxury Of the late
war between those two countries.
Notwithstanding all this, when We
come 10 the important matter of per-
sopal liberty, the liberty to think and
say asd do what one Lies within the
limits of the law, and that law a very
liberal one and generally admins
tered with remarkable impartiality,
1 say empbatioal;y. of all countries
in the OLD world, let ne live in Brit
ain, and, all con7eniences of civilized
life considered, in the west end OF
London, or III It's auburbs. Ireland
has q population OF about 5000, 600,
scattered over nearly $1,000 square
miles, and always in a ferment. Lon
don has a population of about 4, 000,-
600, concentrated within an area OF
about fifteen miles square. which ]
msg suppose to be something like
equal Ia extent to this valley from
this city 70 the point of the mountain
souta. Notwithstanding this i'm
mense population, London is one OF
tee heaIthiest, most peaceable, most
orderly. most law-abiding, and best
governed of the large cities OF the
world, with as much personal liberty
as a reasonable man can wish. Four
hundred years ago. Philippe de Com
ines, speaking of his own timee,
said. in my opinion, OF all thestate-
in the world that I have seen, Eng
land is the country where the com
monwealth is best governed aud the
people least oppressed" Professor
BluntchIi thankfully recognized the
services rendered by the English peo-
pie to humanity in the struggle for
personal freedom against tyranny,
the Englishmap msnfuiiy asserting
his independence of all Authority but
that of law. Ia fact betweea Eng
lish law and Irish lawlessn ess
there is very great gull. In
the American revolution Alexander
Hamilton locked at the British form
of government as the model form o.
government: after all, and in our day
Colonel Bot" Ingersoll expresses him
self as holding it ss an axiom that the
presence nf the Anglo.5axon meaDs
liberty. With such an enunciatiop,
however, I am sure the Irish snar-
chists will not agree. Which reminds
me tba. genial Saxon and hot
beaded Irishmab were once 6jsc1s-
sing political maslers with little sgree-
ment, until by way OF = closing re-
mark the former said, "WeII, Pat,
let Us hope that We shall meet ID
heaven at last" To which the I'M
pulsive sou of Erin quickly rsspon-
ded, mos Dit or it. eor-. We snail
meet in the other place.