The native American., 1840-01-18


ConDc's Lectures on Phrruocgy, delivered il
New York last Summer, are woithy lie yrr!ound
consideration o( LEGISLATORS and every man III u
nnl,l:c station The idea thai men Of command.
,;,o fnanarcc ,;th.r moral or Intellectual, are in
>;tua,ions of deem responsibility, although noi
or;o;u,l i nrrS,t,trd n \ vc.y striking light.
Io,d ac,,,;res ,al,;on,i x.reueIh AMI coniirma-
t,n 6, >, ;ts cnonaxi,n with phrcno!ngy. As
Sooo !, nnh,;o ,;n,o, ,,,,,ro The int.l,I,cut n
The cpumuniig shall assent to the tuth oi the
doctrine, that lie crauoosi ical Developments are
a safe index 10 the character Of a man, then So
lr;,tr uDl d,u.nd nrot,cia, from th, lavle. :
,.,o,,.,,.;t;as . -. ,.i 6oco-, ,,air as.as ha,o
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f'''" 'hei a''t''s''''"s rs ''n"e"cV :. '"''
&lfhcc alSO II i!ue, ~ haVc rcSoVuc'liHlhS
! fleet uDon Cur SyStum---ur more properly, no
systen,. ,,f ed,,r,tion We c;v.. tba extract as
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sup. "'''"i ''' 's''< o''"a y '''o' :. a'''
thinking men, without expressing any OPINION
| q tie ruth Of PhrcnoIoay. We would, how
ever, offer suggestion to our fellow citizens or
mo nr,,, ;stv ~ ;n,;t;ng Nr Con,be 70 enliobten
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uS =" ING SuoJe''' III ,0u''e y ''oi'' ieo'a'es'
''' N''''
| PhreR9iorist among onr own citizens but ii
4 would B., fair to hear both sides, before coming
- o.;,;va d,.;,;o, - s,h;act of . ,,,cl,
],
oPf"'em I:''Pof'anee' nes'aes' We "'e l.'e'.'ea
10 D1'iEe II hr. Comoe shou'a VISIT lhe eapl1ai,
his inqnisiive observation would detect a new
raIure--pprhaps a new faculty, in the head-a
oo.o<,,1. 1oo,,oad; ,,h;,.t olt,'o,rb rdt r.mo,k.
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ao, oeAe'S''' aiho's men Se'eia''s' - ieihai Aa
bly, deve'on'd on Capiiol nm the present winter.
From ns Nh, yoy+er
r1,d, o - a,.,:l = ;,,,o ,hro Io.
,A'a"' '""S 70 'e - ''',' s"'.'
| !. ouch as nave the moral sentiments and IN.
teiiect III prfpohoerahcf.
<. Such as have the proPensltles as large as
either OF TIE othtr organs.
). Such as have the pfopens'tles IN pfedomln-
anre.
lhls leans me 10 remHrk, that the award Is
not according 10 me amount OF lhe result hut
according to the proportion between the result
and the ahlhty In shott, where much is given,
much IS required ana Where httie Is gwen, ilttle
| is required. ltiollo"s, OF course, that persons
l." The hFat class oI organization are subject to
the highest responsibility those OF the second
class to less, and nose OF the third class 10 the
least OF all: lnasmuch, As III the first, the moral
faculties pFedomlhate; IN the second, the PRO
pensltles are SO large rs TO Impel them contnu-
ally to that course which they know.to be wrong;
in the third, the Propeaslties so decidedly pre-.
dominate that, II allowed to 60 loose in society,
they viii as certainly 50 wrong as that the sun
WilI rise.
Under these circumstances, what are we TO
make Ct the responsibility ct man to man 2--tor
| | speak not Of the resron>;1i,j s| :n'a - God
that is subject which tii:'::, %@ '','' = the
theologians. So tNf as we arc r@t.,'r,@.' J,;"k
we should all do better by bein-, .rim II. l.i>.
our own conduct accord with tar on1~ nrr
cepts, than by bu*Ying ourselves aboa, li.r judg
ment God viii pass upon our neishborS.
IL men of the first class Of heads, response
bility is complete, they are without the shadow
of an excuse for doing wrong; ard on looking
through society we find that men Of this class Of
minds hold the substantial power and wealth Of
a country they constitute the Judges the rulers,
the leading man. Now it appears to me, that
these individuals have not, generally speaking,
any adequate notion of their great responsibility
Their duty it is to lead the others into the right
path, to set them worthy example, to provide