New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-18
DIR. MlTTHEW ARNOLD AND THE ANEEI
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Ihs Iynd0n Times.
Mr. Matthew Arnold has been heartily well
coined in TN" United State, ne certain L. hc
Americans dcisht in lectures, and il NJ. Arnold they
have lecturer uniting all The cNerl"ncits, except
strength of voice, Of which lecturer Is capable Athens
set the fashion Of lectures: the American puhlc
has OuidOne he AthcHhh ~ MS "iL'tI' TO- rlhR
lccturcd The Anc lean public Is sufficiently prosper
os To he able think OF other matters Than The dHly
necessities OF 7uh,siencc ana lis PROSPERITY y 81 ~ot
which does not leave III abundance 0i leisure 10 acc-
mulatc knOwc in the ordinary manner. There is the
select European minority MH'h cmuI""7 various
branches of learning scientifically select American
minority matches it, When Europeans In the Interval
between elementary and scientific education feel tastc
knowledge stopping short Of leaning they crafty II
81 by "A regular OF home reading They who
study thus "a minority too. though large minority
y occupy analogous place in their for general
knowledge and depend, not schools colleges pr
%r,I are NJ cyy iIGi6cr,p, to i,ic"Ctua TcsrorIrs
are eagerly bent upon being informed Of the results If
not the processes IN ;hcin all They have an Unsuitable
the whole ground they are received 10 ne present
AT the terminus The subject may Interest them directly
or indirectly. They are nO' always sure whether inej
would he inclined to pursue II or not They require TIE
programme to he unfoided before them that they may
make mp their minds Wh'lhrr thrt s'iI ~ II N'ir'
subscribe behalf Of their poStc1l which may pO,s
bly, care 10 follow tie study.
Americans have Lost much oi TIE thin->kinrclnces
which least criticism of their national charncicrisic
power and the memory Of tremendous dihi'Huc. sur,
mounted have trained thom 10 bear ccnSnc with good
a SENSE of unparalleled material growth and progress
Provided their foreign adviser e'nrc readiness 10 c~
longer Object To ne told of points III w"h they have not
reached perfection Nlr Matthew Arnold may speak
as camdidly hc peasc National shortcomings with
danger OF mourning popular Oiluin lie may even
upon earning tnc thanks of many for demonstat
founded upon tie title OF the numerical majority TO
govern Mf. Aili0id hSA'l us audience ON TUESDAY
principle laid down by prophets and philosophers Is
untrue and tat an American majority unlike ct cr
n.oties, be right. lie Is thoroughly persuaded that
1t wrong. He recognizes the signs Of is might and of
It's in democratic want Of respect IN deba,cd
measure OF TIE AIMS ana u-tS OF III DOtiudeSS
National andacy. His doubt il how far exists
minority, remnant, IN The American Nation which
will not let the popular inclination have the field to it
self, and will insist on making its dissent heard.
Ny ATnOdS own cOuntrlmcn have had abundance of
cause 70 observe how Keen hc can be In detecting blcni
ises. He has an aniiable way Of calling attention 10
petty vulgarics and Imeaucs-rs in the structure of
English society by polished periods and Diagrams as If
division or the AhgoSaEOu race should have It's turn.
None would he more SURPRISED than thoughtful Aiclt-
quring amendment ID ihrlr y sem "a he has discovered
much at home. A constitution popul;uly organized
merits well ~ ia merits Americans will gain by
having the former Indicated by critic Of surprising
literary implement deli At Ia the victim. The danger
OF democracy is less that the people rules, and
lowed to struggle with another minority. and that the
interruptions minority prctends TO speak in the
is that the mass OF the American people does not manage
its affairs not that IL manages Them dicatoria-
". While crowd OF wrr-pullers and professional
politicians battles for the sp0ils Of victory stands by
half ptssyey. With universal suffrage the difficulty f.
to induce tie people itself intelligently
with its administration Mr.. Arnold asserts that
the opinion Of the minority IN state Is unsOund
and that state Is preserved by remnant;
TX that a of ntriguers commonly affects lie the
majority and that the equilibrium has bc by
"a knot of better succeeding at last In arOusing the
majority to inquire into things FOR itself Nothing that
Mr. Arnold say VIII convince the American people
that II ought royOluOnLc It's system. and adopt an
oug,rchca OF mOnarchica basis. Mr. Arnold would be
The last OF all men audaciOus experiment.
The utility of what may bc gathered Ia be his actual adj
wee that patriotic Americans shOuld look snspciOusy
on popular PierosatSes, aud assume that the popular
inclination mast bc WRONG, H. equally questionable.
Much of the III complexion of American politics haS
arisen from Mr. ATnolds Virtuous
keeping its skirts from touching the sovereign
people. The which the English CUES aud adv iser
of the refined and educated section OF the American
public could do both Tor ii and for its eUuntIyen would