The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22


there. he played q conspicuous anu as TINE
went on conlesseuiy 'ne Ieaunlg' part "nat
was uone anu spoheh " "es'h''S'oi au'
DO rightly explained nor can the conouct o,
BRUSH pubic men De Ialrly Juueeu "i'nouI
cIear ana detalieu accounts W nnaI occuLLeu
ohtemporaneousi oeSonu 'he At'a"I,o' ~"
that reason or ueorEe uenOnlnates tne SET
ond part OF ms ire OF foN I.e hme''can ner-
of"'on. tne Irst Vnlume OF which, covering
the periou from LOO I''o' 10 n'" p"On9"ou
oy Lohgmans' "roen 70
In a discussion OF inc FORCES III hrltlsn po'-
ltlcs Whlch WORKED against a permanenV recoh-
Citation OF the colonies TO the mother country
after the repeal OF the stamp act. sir george
Irevelyan lays stress upon the profound az
terence In respect OF manners ana OF morals
he recognizes that 'aoinet Ministers were IN
cessanuy mls'hiormed ABOUT the coIohles' ouC
he insists mat could they nave known tho
Americans better. they would only haVe loved
them less. The higher up In the peeraGe an
Engilshman STOOD. ana the nearer 10 ihnuenoe
ana power 'he more uhlkeiy II was thao "o
would be In sympathy with MS brethren across
the seas. or that he would be capable oil
respecting thelr susceptiplitles anu OF az
prehending their virtues. whlch were Tess 10
his taste even than their mper'ec''ohs'
S'' "u''Ot N'Sh" ~ '
any portion OF the copious mass OF evidence
drawn from their own mouths ana those OF
their boon companions and coniederates' py
aid OF which. in the Early History OF Charles
James FOX. a description was given OF the per
sonal hablts ana the pubic morality preNaIeh'
among the statesmen whom the majority IN
Parliament supported, ana In whom the hing
reposed his confidence. How they drank and
gained. what scandalous modes OF lie they lea
themselves and joyously condoned in others.
what they spent and owed and whence they
drew the vast sums oil money by whlch they
fed their extravaganza. may be found set down
In a hundred histories and memoirs dramas.
novels and satires. But the story If nowhere
recorded In such downright language ana Win
80 much exuberance OF detail. rs III the easy
mutual condolences oil the principal actors.
Very different was the state OF pubic opinion
in America. The people In the settled as
tricts had emerged from a condition OF cruel
hardship to comfort. security ana as much
leisure as their temperament would permit
them to take. Their predecessors mad fought
and won their battle against hunger and colo
and pestilence; against savage beasts ana
savage men. AS time went on they had con-
lrohteo ana oaWeo asup'ier anu more ueauiV
adversary IN the power OF the later stuarts' As
soon as the exileS mad conquered from the
wilderness a country whlch was worth possess
ing. the statesmen olthe restoration steppeolh
TO destroy thelr noerties' TO appropriate thelr
substance and 10 impose on them the form
OF church government to escape from
which they had crossed the ocean. Ihose
varied and protracted struggles had lett a
mark In the Vlrile and resolute temper OF
the heVolutlonary Reneratloh. IN thelr reaul-
ness 10 turn d manu- 10 any sort ol "ork. Oh
however sudden an emergency. ana IN thelr
PLAIN ana unpretentious hapite. Inc Nortnern
colonies. at all events. contained a population
OF Whom IL might truthiuiiy Do SAID mat none
was IDLE ana none was ignorant lhere.
wrote De Segur' no useful profession Is the
subject OF ridlcule or contempt. Likeness alone
is a disgrace. Military rank and pubic en-
ployment DO not prevent a person from having
a calling Of his own Every one there Is a
tradesman. a farmer or an artisan. Ihose VINO
are less wei oH-tne servants iaoorers ana
s~ailors-uniike men OF the lower classes In
Europe. are treated with a consideration
which they merit by the propriety OF their
conduct and their behavior. AT nrst l
was surprised on entering a tavern TO md
1t Kept by a captain. a MAJOR or a colonel.
who was equally ready to talk. and to
talk well. about his campaigns. his farming
operations. or the market he had got Tor his
produce or his wares, l was still more taken
aback when. after l mad answered the question
put to me about my family. and had informed
the company that my father was a General and
a Minister OF state. they went on TO INQUIRE
what was his profession or his business" Evil
IDENTITY there could be no personal sympathy
and no identity OF public views between the
governors in Downing street and the gov
erned IN pennsylvania and New England.
On the one hand was a commonwealth
containing no class to which n man was
bound to look up, and none on which he
was tempted to look down. where there was no
source OF dignity. except labor. and no luxury
but a plenty which was shared by oil. On the