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How To Make The Crystal Palace Succeed. ...
without a skowmaa is an anomaly hitherto unknown in England . J We « pass over the obvious but irremediable ¦ mistake of building the palace six miles from 4 ; he metropolis , and simply urge the knpor- tance of organising a better system of rail- ^ waymariftgeB ^ ent , so as to put a stop to the very just complaints which are still p © i > petuaily made . * As a- school of art , then , the Crystal Palace is a = & ikir « . But if the directors will descend -firora that lofty and untenable position , they may ^ Btill aohieve eommercial success , and confer 1 ar'i ? eal feeaeflt on the conununiiy . If -weo ? efase Snsfcruction , we ape in great want x > f aniijsement . Oremorne and Vauxhall Are very -excellent institutions . Even if they attta < it , -to- some extent , the vice of the metro- polis , . iihejeis little to offend the most prudish ^ delicacy . ' ^ We ean assure our r eaders th at persons of the highest respectability , of un- impeaxjhable virtue , maybe found , in either of "fche §© t « iabur . ban seats on any evening in the : -V ? e ^ fc . ^ lit , with all their good qualities ijhe' ^ p leasant gardens of ¦¦ Cremorne are immea- surablty- inferior to Sydenham ; and we are ) cdnndbgiiythat if 'the directors of the ^ Gryatal iPalace would take a lesson from their less ; ambitious rivals- —for rivals they landoufofcedly areT—itfaey would increase at once the attrac-j tions of their show and the profits of their ; shareholders . As it is , the . Crystal l ? alae & is ! the best eating-house within the neighbiour- ; hood of London , and everyone will agreei with tbe writer of a « lever irocTiure on . this subject , that " the two great attractions , at j present , in the Crystal Palace , are the dinners and the brass band . '' All we ask is , that the directory shpuld , follow the bent of the public mind . Let them make their Palace amusing , . and they will make it pay . If they aire serious in wishing to educate ibeiri countrymen ^ let them set about it in the proper w ' ay . " But as a large proportion of the ¦ visitors to Sydenham go there for amuse-J ment and not fpr , instruction , it is surely for the interest of the directors to gratify , even if they ^ despise , the largest class of the holitday public .
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AMEBIGAJIf SOGIAIL LIFE SKETCHED BY AN ENGLISH RESIDENT . I / ETTEn HI . ( Conclusion . ) 11 MoaernTimes , Thompson Station , l , ongI 8 lai » a , N . Y ., » 4 March , 1854 , " My'dk-ak , iIo * r , ' -4 Now- >« bout Modern Times . Iiast 'year ; thia young social movement had to pass through a i jtathor dangerous . crisis . A discussion happened toispring up in tlie . New York papers on . the subject of marriage and divorce . Strange that so fttnda jnopntal « question of social morals . should at thia tu ^ q , p f . dg . y ht \ ve to go about bagging for a niche pr two Of ao ^ d growa 4 on , which to rest ! ' ? The temp . tjation was , too great for ox \ v frietud ( A-ndrevrs ; an ^ l he plunge d intoifc . Our doefcxinp the Sovereignty of the individual exercised at his own edst must not bo allowed to he upset by a rotro grade institution , founded by our ignorant nnd bar barous forefathers . At : all events , in this ago of free disCns ' slt in , whder the full reign of tho right of private judgment ; proclaimed now those three centuries , \ v must at Ipast'hear what has * o bo said on tho matter So thpught Mr . Iloraca Grceley » -at least I , suppose . W' - ' -ftfc / ftH-oyonts he said so , and Mr . Androwa ' s fi iQfitor , dvOy appearecl . 4 t t JJu ^ . unluckily , there are eoino subjects on which i ^ ia ^ efl ^ y tp say , . things that cannot bo unsaid , and jpet . ha . ^ boater not hnvo been said . I , apprehend Mr . Greoley ' was , very eorry , beloro long , that lie had thus publicly pletjgea himself to open his columns a '' discussion' which he , an able editor of tho first 'iaijigni'tade , " ought to luwe known ' from the outset ^ wUs'ihi'itabwh'natttro incapable of resulting in . Any ^ Sfl ^ tit ^ ut ^' fch HoB . Our-fri end Andrews Imd , ^ obw ^^ jtrtl veVy eatiy tnalc'ln'crttfaising tho IntftibutM ' tfiBmatriagidjiA'Whdthat ' . hae ever dipped into'ITounloT 'but ioi fully aware ; how unansworablo , triumphantl
«« " Pf ti ( « a a ai ° ] a a v " ^ t , 5 ^ j ' , ! ; , : ' . : , ! ! ; ; , i inanswerable on the basis of mere argumentation , ire the criticisms to be urged against this sacred jond ? On . the basis of' eternal principles , '' declara- cions of independence , ' all men— homines of course— ire born free and equal , ' & c . & c . & c ; the question is short a-nd easy . * And , of course , Mr . Andrews made & display . " Mr . Andrews subsequently published the -whole correspondence in pamphlet form . ' Love , Marriage . and Divorce , ' accordingly appeared in the series of our ' Equitable Commerce' publications ; to the great alarm of all whose morality would tumble to pieces upon , the first scrutiny into its foundations . " The exultation achieved by what is known here as the Dr . Nichol conspiracy was great . Andrews was silenced—finally , of course ; tlie dreaded Modern TimeSj which our Conservatives only affect to de- spise , -was routed—ralso finally . And it is really true that the number of tUe curious who were almost daily visiting our young village , fell off very greatly to be replaced in a few weeks toy substantial men , really having means and intending to employ them iu our movement . . " An 4 it certainly stands out an undeniabla fact , that in our village the soverejigaty of the individual is ,. sof « ras an almost unanimous public opinion-is csoncerned , recognised to the fuU extent involved in handing over the marriage eonlract , to the consciences of the parties primarily concerned . If they choose to divorce themselves , and events form new ties , we recognise no / authority really competent to interfere . " Not , for myself , recognising « inconstancy' in any human relation , and , least of all , ia the conjugal one , rejecting for myself utterly and entirely the theory of the passions propounded by Charles Courier , I take my stand for the present simply on our doctrine of the sovereignty of the individual exercised at his own cost . Assuredly this in nowise pre-judges the moral question at all . It asserts no ideal—no moral type -whatever individual adherents may do . Beyond our one principle we are in nowise re 3 ponisible for each other ' s aoctrines any more than for each other ' s acts , here , in our village of Modern Times . But our principle does this one thing , and here I j distinctly take my stand : it unites all of us hore in a " . firm , final protest against the competency of political authorities to decide questions of morals . ^ "I remain , my dear ' Ion , ' fraternally yours , " " Henky Edoeb . "
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its nans dspajixmbnx , as . axl . onsioNs , , AU . OWBD AN EXPRESSION , TUB EDITOR HUCPSSMtlLT HOLDS HIMaiH . f IUJBPQ 33 IBJUE BOH HONK . ] There is no learned man tmt -will confess "he hath . » xmicta . profited by reading controversies , hia senses awakened ,, and hia judgment sharpened . If , then , it il be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at * lea ? t , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —HiXiTON . b ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Gheadlo Mills , near Mitnohoator , Jwly 14 , 1854 . a Sia , —Mr . Joseph Barkerj at the close of a lecture at r ; Stockport , made some remarks on the pro-slavery tendency of tho Leader . Owing to tho noise at the j time , I did not so ¦ well hear what he said , so wrote him for substance of remarks . I received n . letter ' * from him , a copy of which I aend you . These are [ 3 the worda : ' ¦» " Dba , b S * n , —Tho Leader once published a parngraph > highly laudiitory of Mr . Henry Oluy , tho American pr «» - , slavqry statesman , and especially of the part ho took in tho groat compromise measures . I wroteto ox plain , first , that ^ Cluy w ) ia not tho nuthor , of tho » o lrn . 'iisurcs , and , secondly , p that though ho aided their passage , It was no grout credit to r > him . I stated that one of these uwnsures was tho grant of ten millions to Texan slaveholders , another tlio infamous 3 e Fugiiivo Slave Cjll . & o . st " Tho Leader said tlieso measures wo »; o tho crowning glory of tho groat main ' s life . I oxm * CHsccl tho opinion tlmt nnch , high praiuo , for auch dark doods , wns too much to bo given " * by tho Leader . Y rho letter I wrote was ronpootful and kind , id but . tlio Editor refused , to insert it . Some friunu or fYioiulu r , wroto about tho letter after it appeared in nnolhor paper . ji Tlio Editor then misquoted and mifircpvoHonted It , nnd protondwl toianuwcr a quirt of it ; but still rofusod to pulilitih it . to What was worso , ho snid ho would gladly publtnh lett « ra ¦ at from m ° ° ' > nny othor aubjoot ; tlmn nhowing , nn It Boomed » to jno , that wliilo dinpoiiOii to allow bothoideu of otl »« r . quoHtionu to appear iu hiocDlunniy , ho wan determined not to do Y" juntloo in tlio matter of American filavory . of ' "My Improsnion i « , ' from nil I ha ^« noon , that tho Leader , ) n i i » n t | io » ulycotof Apioricnn uluvcry , Sa uuder pro-sluvory inmiciiQo , and it ) Hytitomuticuliy i \ nji > Ht to the ndvoeatoH ol ° T African freedom . The npii'it and tone of ita articles are nnily ¦ ' . formly tho same tiathoaeof the Aintiricwn pro-eluvcry papors u T * - g S t I of £ t -. - I $ t . J ] rst j | | . ; . to - of ' y ,. '
I am sorry , very sorry , to be obliged to make this complaint , butas I withdrew my praise of Mitchell when lie avowed bis ¦ wish for a slave plantation , so must I take back my praise of the Leadertwxea . I sec it showing the same uuhappy leaning . " I will withdraw my censure whan the Leader agrees to publish both sides of the great American question . " Yours very respectfully , ^ Si gned ) * ' Joseph Barkek . " The Leader was very high m my estimation b € - $ \ fore I got the foregoing letter : certainly I am now , disposed to think that its " Open Council" is " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " I hope that Mr . ; Joseph Barker will not lose an opportunity of male- 1 ing such a fact known after you have done him such ¦ > . an iojustice . ; Several persons whom . I knew to be subscribers- to | | the leader heard the same statement , and all seemed % equally surprised with myself . I hope for yoiw || credit ' s sake that you -will give some explanation of j | the matter , as I always found you willing to retract i if in . tlie wrong . . [ I X am , dear six , yours respectfully , | Edwin Axqn . | [ For this fortnight past we have "been hearing of | Mr . Barker's platform abuse of the Leader , and ve are obliged to Mr . Axon for enabling us now to gets , grip of the libel . For it is a libel : and we hereby challenge Mr . Barker to point to the slightest evidence -of the truth of his charge . We confess to having had a disinclination to publish Mr . Barker on the . questien of slavery , and it is no offence in journalism to be shy of particular correspondents;—but , no \ v we offer him all the opportunities he may desire . } ' ¦¦¦ , I ^ : 1 « * j £ i s ^ \ i - ' ' I ' '
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. ______ r- ¦ , « BULLYING , IN THE ARMY AND UNIVERSI- I TIES . I ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) 1 Sir , — it is not long Binee the leading joxirnals con- ! descended to devote a . portion of their valuable space i and time to a consideration of the theory and practice i of bully ing as supposed to exist in our publie school ? . How ignorantly and superficially the subject was handled even by the Times , was Btrongly felt by everyone practically acquainted with the working of the public school system . Even , the iacts alleged turned out in most instances to be gross perversions i of the truth ; and X believe satisfactory contradictions I were inserted by all the papers which had been imposed upon , with , the exception of an organ of the religious world , long noted for the unctious naendacity with which it can spread a calumny and , suppress an explanation . The revelations of the Windsor court-martial during the past week ought to satisfy the British public , if it would only for once be candid , where we are to look for the grossest instances of brutal tyranny . That love of bullying which , ; as has been often remarked , is a disgrace to the English character has been checked , and well nigh extinguished in public schools where the wise system of Dr . Arnold has taken root . But it still subsists in quarters where gentlemanly feeling and honour are bragged of with such offensive parade tbat one would suppose tbey existed nowhere else—I mean the universities and the army . If these institutions aTe not exclusively aristocratic , at all evopts that is the type they affect , and they do contain a stronger infusion of it than any othor aggregate which is not ; by the force of its definition aristocratic . And what are the facts ? For the army , let the Windsor courtmartial testify , and let the surprised public be assured that this is no " exceptional case . " In ( 3 io university , events of striking similarity are familiar to every undergraduate I have known them oaeur at what are termed ?« the . best colleges ; " inflict , I believe they are most common there . I have no hesitation in saying that gross physical force bullying is prevalent . among tho " fast sets" of our universities to an extent unknown in tbe upper forms of a pubjjc school } and , aa a master in a large public school /* am entitled to speak on tho subject . A priori considerations would lend us to expect such results < as tho fruits of , a system of caste ; and history hns-conurmed it from the titno when Aristotle dwelt upon tho vfipw of aristocracies , down to the occurrences of which I am now writing . That tho Windsor affliir presents itself in n very different light ' to military men and oivilians ia Apparent from the character of . the whole proceeding , Colonel Garrpt institutes tho prosecution , and snubs tho prisoner . Of course he docs . Is it to bo endured that n mean I follow without a farthing should intrude into tho regiment ho " has tho honour to command , " nnd protend forsooth to pay his way and abstain from piny , and then have the insolence to lift his liund uguinst n man who in his better in everything that tuiikca . tho gentloinjin ? Tho president endeavours to tmppross tho proceedings . No wonder ; for tltdir ' publication will roiuler it impossible even for n cmwt of " ofllouvs and gouUtiinau" to , pvmiajx tho priaoaqr . [ But when milUury insolonco prutonde to interfere with tho freedom of tho proas , ovory Englishman , feela that hla cause ia aafo in tho hands of tlie o * lltor of th _ Times , U . A . ,
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Leader (1850-1860), July 22, 1854, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22071854/page/14/
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