New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-01-13

f not altogether the subsequent character Of these
unfortunate men. considered as citizens OF the
United States. They indeed have thus fer con.
tinued true TO their country through all their dis
tress but they have but human nature, and there Is
poip, beyond which endurance becomes lmpo's
be If that country compels them, by refusing the
promised and expected relief to regard her toe IN
the light Of en- oppressor, what other encourage
ment will she, she, oher to their patriot.
ism? Nay, how can she expect those TO whom IN
peace and security she denied her ald 10 come TO
her assistance in the hour of danger y What IN
terest can such mon have in preserving the liberties
and institutions OF country Wherein they are
themselves the verest bond raen tina. lived I
Would they not be ready TO initiate thu example
set them by the prosecuted plebeians OF hone aud
80 extor, from the necessities OF unteeling gov
ernrne1t what could not be Obtained from their
sense Of justice HuMASlTi
70 Rev. JoHs= PIERPosr's Lecture before the
Lyceum last evening, on The Education Of the
| Practical Man, came short Of Our expectation.
Il was enriched .ith facts envened BY many hap.
py bits, attractive, in eres,ng-any thing but Prae-
i
The argument of the Lecturer substantially
this Men should always realize that the periec
tisn Of the work is Of greater moment than the
amount OF the wages, while TIE perfection Of the
workmen s Of greater account than either. Ihi'
is very well as a theory, but how viii ii answer in
practice Let Mr.. p say to laborer OF our City,
Sir YOU can earn ten dollars week in gas-work,
or an engine factory; you may earn seven doliars
in book-bindery, where you will have some op.
'portunities Of mental cultivation but better even
than this, you can have FIVE dollar to attend il
hrary, where your means OF mental culture will be
still greater. Take the latter by all means. The
man would naturally answer - Sir. with many
thanks for your well.raean, advice. am obliged
to say that my family cannot live comfortably
upon 1--WE dollars week and food ia a more i'm.
mnent necessity even thancalture Buteven this
liberty of choice is not accorded to one-half the
human race, who constrained to choose the
first employment tina, offers, ard often to spend
lingering, weary days in want and search of any.
To this vast multitude, MIR. Pierpont's advice
would appear worse than nothns-a bitter mock;
cry of suffering.
offer against the minute Division of Labor now ex-
listing in the English and other manufactures. He
argued we'll that the who spent all the waking
hours Of his life in atixing tags to lace or rolling
wire for pin-heads was poorly cmpoyed-yet
why Not lin our judgeraent) sccauso Labor is
there so lnnutely divided but because the Laoorer
does not now enjoy his fair shnre of the advantages
of that division-because nearly the entire benefits
of that division monopolized by the wealthy,
the powerful and the subtle while the poor pin
maker goes on toiling twelve hours day for bare
subsistence and receiving no more than if his days
work produced but one hundred pins instead of ten
thousand. Only let the advantages of the division
OF Labor be fairly pPortoned-et him earn in
eight hours a day good plentiful subsistence, and
he will have abundant leisure and means of cul-
ture, in spite of his trivial and monoonous employ.
Rlent La Short what we need is a Social recon.
structon, which shall secure 10 Productive Labor
constant employment and its fair reward, and not
war upon the perfection and economy which Art
has superinduecd upon Industry.
Mr.. T. cited admringly the case of a stcamboa,
Captain OF his acquaintance who able to act
CURED, and SO independent of any caprice or
sulliiness the part of any of his chief assistants
lie was q fortunate man, most certainly; but how
far could this Harlequin facility be carried He
should have been able to repair boats, engines and
machinery, cat his own wood, keep up his own
fires, sc. &c. in order to be thoroughly independ
emit It's undoubtedly we'll as Mr.. p. maintained,
that woman should be able to cook, nurse teach,
Sc, and yet we have known whose lives
were spent usefully than thong ench had made
herself mistress Of all these accomplishments. In
fine while we conceive general knowledge an eS-
ceent thing, still believe that there are prac-
teal and intrnsically useful lessons which may BIZ
learned at too great ost, ana that it is better.
in the main, tina, each man should do well what
properly dcvoves on him than lal lie should be
able to do every thing tolerably.Z We dissent,
therefore, from much OF the spirit and scope OF
Mr. PierpoRt's nculcations.
PRer. SlLLlMAS,s LgcruREs.-The frst=of
Professor SlLLlMANs two lectures upon the Gen.
eral Structure OF the Earth, delivered last
evening before very crowded audience at Clinton
Hall. Ii was rapid summary OF tic principal!
facts Of Geology, with a statement OF the most
prominent conclusions deducibe ,herefrom
corning the internal structure of TIE Earth; it en-
braced also many references to particular phcnom-
enp in various localities and WAS farther lnstra-
ted BY drawings exhibiting sections o. the various
qualification. OF The Earth taken in different, d.
rectons.- \ prominent topic OF the lecture was
the theory of Volcanoes The whole was treated
after the manser OF one perfectly familiar with his
subject; and if it failed in any respcc, to be highly
interesting and Instructive ii from. The ropidity
with which the lecturer passed from ono point5,o
another, having no time 10 elucidate or establish