New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-14

your gunpowder dry bat the union of these two
spirits in is no frivolous matter 70 the actor.
Mistaken the actor may be- nay, must be, whether
die deeply indignant weath-prcducer at the plough
or in the shop, or the Eighty spendtbnt n The
Senate or the Church no vete n form OF par
| Lament can haow this cuion; and blind, de-
pressiye rnau-secchiRg only can calm the nervous
trembling :. hich comes over the Chrlst-taught mind
a, ne mere suggestion TO unite violence and love.
Sincerity, however, is quite consister- with this
untoy blindness. Sincere are kings, sincere are
people Blind beth. Sincere, too, is Cromwell.
No sop,ist,y can deprive him of this negative
merit. Politicians, who know no other value IN
social scicace than TO make trade OF 1t, VIII
cainly endoavor 10 sheer this attribute out OF coun
| tenance If Cromwell throws the ink about ct the
signing OF the bloody warrant, urges the bottle
1t conviyial meetings there is deeper purpose in
| it than dirty face a drunken man. In an age
of sincerity activity and consciousness, he alone Is
| the greatest. who is most sincere, mos: active,
| most conscious.
Tested b. the r1essure of success, who doubts
the mestersh;p III this mind Have we not the
I; many dscordant elements in England brought to
| something like disciplined Are not, foe the first
time, Scotland and Ireland srb;cgated, like younger
brothers by the ede. IN order be competed INTO
one family LooA at the foreign relations Are
not u nations standing respectfully hating or adj
mring the new wonder, the alarming precedent
Do we not originate lasting treaties with Portugal,
| highly aavantageou 10 our commerce? Dow not
successfully battle with the Dutch, and fight them
| into fellowship Is not Spain sutton for Eng
lands favorf Is not mighty France at least civil;
] and rising Sweden good terms Let 1t be by
| pocrisy which controls the puranica IeaIot; let
| It be cleverness only which guide. the sate-vessel
50 pleasantly the wide ocean; still he must
have the wreath entwued for him who is greatly
clever.
The clevec.Inindcd world knsws only ef clever
ness, ami enjoys only It's trumpbss appreciates
| only its principles ignorant tat the cleverness 1t
| so we'll knows, and go much enjoys, stands on
| much deeper basis. The clever hero himself is
] not always aware OF this, and consents ~ be de-
! irauded of his nober claim, by accepting renown
Tor the witty Instruct which should &c given to the
moral capital. Not so, rely apon it, it with Crom-
we'll. Beneath contradictory appearances, confused
uttcrance, and rough manners, there are the noble
purpose, the clear conception, the strag htorward
action. Oricinaiity crea,iveness, sincerity, per-
laps ever lack polish.
Unless there be some get unadmtted puSiil lnmity
in royal armies, victory, by 5000 undisciplued
1ealots over 90, 600 welldrilled hrengs, bespeaks
some cmincncc for the leader, well Tor those
| nc leads. The greater number, too, make brave
| resistance How much brayer the assaants
! tlerosm, or sincerity, or some deep quality mus,
| re here g: work to produce such results. Spite of
] he desire TO blot out all remembrance of these
facts or to dstort or to diScoor them, they there
remain trophies of what PEOPLE DO, when
| he season ripens their dea purpose into seed
| bearing action.
But destiny changes the hands, and the other
pavers now are TO have an inning. Providence toys
,,;,I, 4 ,vit
zver plays frivoousy is no longer initiative; he
is discharged from again starting the ball but has
| 20 lepel it as hest he may SO long as our hero
.eeps his heart unvieloe,l, preserves the promises
vhich in tie sanctuary of his soul he made to the
eternal spirit, bis power is intact. He coquetS to
lis ruin, and plays false 10 himself.
Cromwell, with robust frame which mi ht have
served him twenty years longer, quits his earthly
tenement It 6ty-nine So soon fails the body, when
the soul is derect from its high purpose; as on the
| other hand, lefty aim, Infinite inspiration, fills
| nut existence and prolengs time. At mature
.ge, when calm judgement should mellow youthful
zeal, when domestic opposition is mastered, and
| foreign relations amcaby secured, why is not
| he leader in these events elevated TO Lycur
Gus hight and Induced to excel in brilliant utility
all his previous acts, 10y the stamp Of perRanency.
as far us boy unrescrycd devotion can bestow it /?
sighting with The Book of Peace in his band, as in
counting his opponents with the words of peace on
MS lips The former might be unconscious zeal |
ut must succeed; The latter IL conscious diplo- |
macy, which must fail. Adherence 70 principle is
he sole security for the attainment of manhood or
its preservation Why, after so much success,
ioes this acton-loving tamper in his position,
md cundescend TO paricy with the speculative OPP
orcssors whom Ina has under his leetl The reality
or whose development Whole nation were too
small sphere, has he narrowed it down family
name? Is posterity for him bounded to such nut
she'll?
After the people have shown several years sue
ceSsful experience of selfgovernment, is he about
10 thcorize concerning two-told legislature, and
70 make concessions to ar enemy, VINO is at least
consistent in implacability, as we'll a. in the de-
| termination not To learn! We dare not believe it.
Mental imbeciity could not so soon come that
| energetic soul Traitor to himself dares he be?
Fortunately, perhaps for man that he has another
| lesson not to rely on man, it appears even thus.
The hig h tide of success often fatal to souls whom
| no adversely can subdue. Cromwell pai,ering with
double purpose, hopes to retain the power and
| fame built on his spirt-fouu actions, and to
>upcradd the power and fame, which delusiye
| imagination leads men to suppose can be acquired
| ny calculation and intrigue. Elen cannot become
great by counting the title of greatness; greatness
| itself alone make them great.
Osclating between the substance and the
shadow true to neither, he is no longer heart
whole. Royasm, -Popularty? The World, =
the Spirit? Which seems to bid higher! The
lay of unbought enthusiasm is past; Prudence
now usurps the throne of Love. Fears of The
assassin, guilty. tremors, shake that iron frame.
Alarmed, he hurries from place place; restless,
the load of public business augments upon him (; |