Extracts.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 654, 12 February 1859, Page 5

Extracts.

. SOCIAL SCIENCE. (From1 the E!« Times. 1); h.';' Hard labour and"scant repose are the conditions under which,every public *nan,in England sustains. his notoriety .arid holds,'Jiis. chance, of! fame. , To, bo idle?js to. be ; forgotten,and .forgbtteh,iß to cease 'to jekisk ;TheJßritish public is inexorable, in recognizing-'their, serxants only.l)yltheirHvorlc., : No. past can buy.!exemption, ;tio,. great age can brin^ excuse.', Let the .statesman die, and'his. .< accountJs>closedj, his life is iwritteri, perhaps his statue ;is set up, or, still, greater, honour, he may give.ljis name to a succeeding .school of.politicians; but ,lie,must.die in harness, and hei must .toil upi to . the jmirk to the last, or'that iworst oblivion will come.oyerJihTi ; .wherein,pebpl^jbease to criticize or even to abuse him.'-VjOut? pf r .offic£7oV in/office, in full popularity or in public disgv^ce,,the condition ; * and the necessity, arp still the same, ;^ Men who,as- ! pire.tp lead mu^t be--industrious' tq ;i work, and they ; v niust,!boI ,.alwaysj.t)rjnging n up>tlie,.produce of their industry'to:the public --.eye;!.! It .'was not thus in | * times which have only just become traditions, when I three bottles of port and-a;night*at whist left suffif cient consciousness^andrtimei-for the discharge of f the higlieatjOffices/p/ state, or for the conduct of a party In But $we have cjiangedrall that. We work harder than .our fathers worked, and our public-:iiien,' -who^livejonljK'under ■ the >leh,sl r6f the prea'3i!and: vanish.when.they, pass out: from its-field, t add_to;their ; own labburs by .their own successes, and.-heighteti'the standard'of the duties required from, them, as.they,educate ,the people-who: censure or applaud.] .;)- ' ..''.,'..'.'J'\: :,:.':.■ i\'/.. ;■.'.,: .. ■■. ,;.,- Lordl'.'Jphn. Russell, lias "but to this tacit obligation'to"^ fiction in j)residirig'.at r the"nieetirig ; 6f a recently -fornieS'society^ havin'g'fpr its ofejebt t)ie promotion pf'socia! science. Npw,'social science is bufa vnew; name for all ;tlie:m6st.. pr'acticaily important and utterly'unsqlvedproblems^whichexer- < cisc; the.'mirids^of -British ■ householders^ and sometimes, cause despair; to British-ratepayers.' It has * much ; to do ,with;debtors,and creditors/ • Ittakes; in with one^yide.and',elastic.embrace all the half-,1 | modulated- chaps of .English law, =, It .comprises > \ that "area of incessant /strife a Babei I of tongues contend'...."whiethej:,. how,,,,\vhen, .and.. | in what." exefcise's ; " children ; r shall ; be taught■ I to read .arid jwrite. ,It .comprehends Jail; the I gaols ahd; convict establishriients; existing under. English:rule, afid: "has- a! -"department for ' every philanthropist; and a".:section for;every humanitarian/ "Dire diseases andihbrfible stenches, which; Lord John RusselH'was obliged to wrap up viri Mil T tonic language; to f render,them quite presentable-to his .audience^in.St. Georges-hall,; falliwithin, the scope.of-this,very . All political econoiriy, v cbniprehensiye as, it Jypuld seem tp,, be, treating asit aoes' ( pf "fradeind commerce, of productiotv'and exportation,!.:of'pppula^ion^of "tax^Si-of' duties, of mbrietary ;systems, ; .and (jf.' ; a.; host' of. piher I subjects;is- but a brarich of this all-capacious science. I The mitigation of :ithe;miseries of-'the poor and the (| inculcation of the-duties of the rich, the compression | of the Statute-book and the formation of a code, the |: reformation of an 'infant- house-breaker and • the ? education of a baby horsestealer, are all among the f duties'! of "this, elephantine Society, which withequal i 1 easesand vgrace Tends :the.oak'iand picks up; the. pin. ■ We. c;annpt;bu.t;;w.orider:at^-we scarcely dare to emu- s ■ :.'.:\ late—the labours of this Association. It lias .as-- . \ sumed r to.itselfj;all;jthejyexed.questions that divide ; I mankind, r ]&as^taken.to ilseli a whole firmament of ) I grep cpmetfsi an^jappears ;to tliirik "it..'an'easy task 11.-to amjmtite'tlleir].tails, uand'h)ake th'eni. revolve,like :j| respectable s|ar^j^^^ar, habitsV f Far be it from '.% us tpj^dis^urage-sucK 'pursuits,.or to speak lightly if of sucW-^ursP^^The^chifef-dariger■ is,-'that- the | directactiori'ofl the Assb'cia"tiori:niiyibe,directed ; by ; ;f enthusiastssof itTtbpian^views, -wh'd!";inay-=be" more >: i actiyielafidmare;ea*nest than1 sober people-who have V i ) their oj^n b.usihess}fo.atteriitoks ; w.ell:as that -of the ■ |V.;;j public," R Tbe .que,stipna proposed are s the, very:highest & .problems , bearing upon our social .existence, and i:^; every,fact^hat ( can:A)e recorded tendingto elucidate ; s : anyone ot:tne[S ( e J?iust be^ajpubjic every real -■'| 6afecc^clusm §-•4 an Assq^atipHlenable of'j&lng'made^ithera vast jrV|- €ngihe.'6f igoodj or;^''mcmthpiejce^for/aiil the ,cracke.d | ■$' croMifet^b^ger^inthjelci^gdbm: -'■ /' '' ' . ;i----f: ;| Bufcfif fthe^Natibrial :A§sbciatiori:fpr the promotion ix $■ of Social' Scienceis tct-bririg^forth good1 results i there i; | can be no question that it must--work under the' t || tutelaga.ofjsuchjmeri'^:Lord;4fohn;R,ussellV and of ?? |1 other,s+^o f ;sJari v dinitheaßrst: 61ass: of ourj statesmen; jr'| We,hayercpn^ence : in i hiin,iand f in such ?as. he; that,( '% : Sho^ey.eriW.e.mayj differfrom hipi.in.judgment upon ;„ j any^'p'ar.ticulaV.; point,; the, bu§iness ,bf the Association S I wilLbe^^ rbgulated.i'ani^^^t^more^impetubusymemDers ; 1 tfelcoritrbpea;; bj^ithe^ige^erardiriectipii of a" £ i| sagacious"arid,^nrbaerate triirid/;'''and7we:deem it"a i || duty'Wspea^u^lic';thank>| to'fariy veminent Jman ft | -wluvsteps aside from^He^feriaxif party con test j: and; ii:;| addresses himself:ima.'spirit^pf Scientific-resekrcWtb ] X | questions' that;are-bat tbo often Made itheimere ?pre-i:. :. ;;|:texts for a faction fight.o ';.cf -ik'ib :&:'.!; 'iy.iv^.-'jiii r >: -;| The inaug^ralr^ddress .delivered by jLord John J -V•;|EusselL ( at Li^erpppliisi^dQttbtless^arviable^speeeh^; illand.coritainkjmuch^sefjL^mat^er^^utAiti.is nece§;f||?^^,top';aesiltoryj;aji4 multifarious'itO; be -SSffitn"in- detail."' ; the;^^space-bf,'pne ; |?|rtu;l^'jaiscuM the Tyhole ; " ||'|)olic^jbf ouf^B^r|i|)tcy:aria^ .|| |dvanta^es Ko^ ■«b\^idatirig;iout-st^ |i ilmericans example^bF 'bf ficb! difyrrign.our'laws, after!, I |hat of^Nap<)ieqnV;the.'best!'me%pd"o^ I ,|populatiqn ofitsicriminabparts'iarid' where to bestow '■•■ ||theriproducts;df :6'ur.r dfainage,?the proper 'treatment■•■' \ J||pf iprispnerSj'the;;properj iafluencebf women/inithe ,-:.■ |ffregenerafciopuPf spciety; i: the;;jQxjford:;Examinations, ;;|:the^||ducatjon;iof,,the; masses^, jthe preservation-| of i|pubT^h^(^,fand^|fe,^nduc^Qf^eWgrjatiQn We. 5 Ihav^pqijvts of^^ffei;en'pe' fi wit;h'.lat!'least'prie/half of >K|]jofd Joh'ri Kus,!|eU|s' r yiews^upbil th'eie, subjects, so |far as we caaJHdgebfth'ehijby'his'rapV^ ;.-' |:l>u^: r w^^^^Hh^ ii^p^6'ti{enr seeiiiiip lending | l|liis"aid! 't6 ran^irivestigatidn^whicfi frilu^ \' llntere'sts of rtrutK. 7)He,flies-too swiftly-farid;skips I |:toa r:nimbly for us' to dormbre'than"applaud the ge-" IfleraLjobject'; and make'-general'/pfbtest.asll! tor =ali:' ||peciar questions; but there ..cans; be nor;. difference •: f^tween.,us as,to.theiimportancie.ofjthe,ends,.sought, ■-':Igor the desirableness: jbfiJtbe objects in view; . |norr.can^ ; we, h.old.aqy,disputejwith^ ibrd John as,to ■L ||heiau^whicl3ifaUs^ uppn\iali,whp.^bul4Jegis ; late or / ||ovidirni' ;"If [ai)y. think,":;say^;.X(briavJ.qhn : at;the jßonclusip^bf his;address, ; ";thaV he hits 'npth'mg' to; .... Hb'b'utf'tb. eat^dri^,: and be "merry; in'thatvery migfit'a¥fearful;a:dpbm may fall ruporir him as upon She: tyrarit old. -^ If - ahy; suppose, rlike-:the masters Itf^othes^rßomatt > Empii-e;- that '■'''■■' the ' sword :pas.;.aone its[;workv andithat nothing,remains for|hem.,bufe luxurious.;enjoyment^ that;very luxury Aiay. revenge the; conquered, w,brld. j df -any imagine i ,&hat,tp;:tiiem IJ belongs./dbm^^^ h |indulge;in, contempt of theunletter.ed.and illfed mul- " SKptudei'i;ha r t:v.^ry'*m^)tl^lif !ipa^.pv^iriYJh.elm them in ; IhercHess; fet'ributib"^' ft is fbr,'us to'^yprk^as truly ■.'"' "las "the man ',w'hjc'forces theiroa bar, pr thewbinan : works; at .the lFac.tpry ;lo'om.^rit is'for. us ; to en- .' Meayourltb imprpive'ihe laiws by !the conirijufiityas^overhedl- 'It fis-'fpr'us-tp^sHpw1 Koweducaliorimayibe extended Jand diffu'sediS'ilt is for us to iixamine,:andi .record ;what ;haff been done for'the re|prm.atipni^ndjpunishmeht of pflenders.cllt isifor us io .confir,m ,and.,'anintat.e; theieffbrts;which are. being,. f^a^etPiSUstainjthe^pubijc health, : and: thereby p,re r r*ye.jfpr'tb'u'pountr.y,.-)iejr-em i 'iniehce i as ,the .home of vjgqr9us^and,'^.infl.^ I ||nveitlgate ; the Conditions.,of^^ the grp.at;prbble|ms. ( bf.. [ .|pontical'e'cqribmy, i!wHich!ma^ admit of exe'ep- [ ''••iiih.s', but inevei' of 'fefiltatiorik", ttis si broad plan \ • Tboldly sketchedj'arid^if Lord John Russell Is resolved [ seriously' to deyioteThi'm'self to the execution of-thesb; I .great1 labours; he /may :y et •' be remembered' in -con*'; I Vnexion withxneasuresbf even greater Social impor-< I tance than! the; Earliamentary Reform Act of 1832;