New-York tribune., 1842-02-10

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- 60 , s the simple and inevitable result OF our o~.
, If we systematically give ourselves away VIC
st,ou,d no, blame those who come ana take Us
The Cen.urer. Gcnsured.
R;.b, heartily do we rejoice that the old man
eloquent tho pure and upright though not al
wav> discreet and polite Statcsman-JoHS QUlS-
cY ApAMs-has 80 nobly triurnphcd over the con-
spiracv to crush and destroy him. Mr.. Adams
goadcd on BY the fragrant wrong done to the Lib
critics 0: the People in the practical and fragrant
overthrow Of the Right Of Petition. has often said
and done what were far better unsaid and undonc
In this hedcServed censurc. but ne did not de-
serve censurc for presenting respectful and sub
stan,ia petition for Dissolution OF the Union, and
moving it, reference TO u Select Committee with
instructions torepot against granting its PRAYER.
The resolution Of Censurc was concocted in Sc
crcl (bu, not tail) Caucus of Southei1. Members,
and was sustained and voted for BY every notorious
and nye,cratc Disunionist in Congress. The fol-
lowing is The vote bv which it was ald To eternal
rest beneath the table, viz.
Yr.s-McSsrs Allen Sherlock }. Andrews, Arnold. Ay
cgc Baker, Barnard Barton, Brdseyc, Blair Boardnian,
Bot B,escster, Briggs, Brockway BurneI, Calhoun Ca
ey Cbild CLi,rendcI John c. Clark, James Cooper Cow
an, Cranston, Cravens Cushing Garrett DAVIS Drberry
John q. Fiop, a. l. Foster, Gamble Gates, Gid1ings.
Coynin Patrick G. Goode Granger Green Hall ialstcd
WHEN W $ ians Ipry d n lownr uan 'Ims, lame iFsH
renee Inr Samson Mason, Matho,, Ma'tocks, Maxwell,
MAYNARD Merwc,her Morgan Morrow, Osborn parmen-
Benjamin Randall, Alexander Randall Randop RGgway
Rsgse So,o WI Saaa % 1 9a SMITH, m u:s SAM I"sev
>traon H. H. Stuart, J. r. Stuart, Summers Talia.r-
ro b. Thompson, Richard w Thompson, Tillnglas',
Ioiniio.cr Rensselaer,, Washington,
Z. D. White, Lewis Williams Winthrop, iorkc, Augustus
Young, j. Young-lM
Wings l0O Locos (in I,aics) sir; hye from
this State.
NAYsMe>srs. La"dag ". .ir.esrs, Ather'on, B1eoct,
Bro.n Charles Brown, Burke, Hiiii@m Butler William o.
Butter, g. w. Caldwell r. c. Caldwell John Campbell,
clinton Coiqnt, Cross Dauiel Richard B. Davis, Daw,
son. Dean, Doan, Eastman, John c. Edwards, Egbcr',
Gerry, G.MEK Gordon, Grutnn Cuisine, Gwn, Inters
hon, Harris J. Hastings Hopkins IIouck ilouson Hubbard
Robert Clclan, MALLORY. Marciaud Alfred Marshall
1honas f. 11arshdi, John r Mason Mathews Medill
shaw Shields William smith snyder seenrod. sun!cr
sweeney Z Jacob Thompson 1r'pIet Turney, Ward, va, a.
Wiiliams Wood-93.
Locos "a; Wings Gin Italics) lG; Abstraction-
lists Gin small capitals) 3. Eicren Loco-Focos
ilplIl tHS VI Ci'Ni
Ward, Erbcrt Clinton, Dick Davis and c. y.
Flovd from the adjacent Districts, voted Indirect
ly for the ccnsrc. We should very much like to
know how 9lr. Babcock rWhig) of Orleans Co.,
,v.aa ca"sl. ir,-suol, uo,,,l,a.,,.
10 Mr.. c. EAMEss Lecture before the Lycc-
,lm last evening, on The Romance of our Times,
was in the main one of those eloquent and gra-
phic exhibitions Of Historic portrature (tableaur
we mig ght say if did not de,est mixing languages
in which this orutordelishts to ndul sc, and delight
others BY induleing, after the manner of Guizot,
Brownson and Bancroft. a more polished and gilt
lcring--nay, glowing-diction it has rarely been
ourtortunc To ENJOY In striking contrasts and par
aelisms-in hitting off the spirit of an era by the
exhibitions of some characteristic incident or person.
age--n its felicity of tracing the dispcnsation of
a new age to the cradle Of the mastcr-spirt who is
destined TO give it form and pressure in the
prot,lsion of his imagery and the graceful turn of
his pcrcds--Mr. Eamcs pcascs us even better
than his model, Bancroft who in vigor OF grasp is
his superior. Commencing with glance at the
iirst occupation Of ST. Helena in 1G77 by the as
trpnomcr HALEY favorable position for stellar
observation, and his discovery of the lone star di.
rcctly in its zenith which he named Charles
Oak in view of an incident then fresh in the pub
lie mind, nc swept over the mighty field of French
and American Revolution-of British conquest III
lndiu-ot modern discovery in Art-oi the decay
and crumbling OF old authority and dominion--thc
impress Of Franklin, Arkwright Watt Give, War
lel Hastings and Kant OH the fortunes Of their race
and closed with magnificent contrast of Napu-
leon entering upon his Consulate and Washington
borne to his tomb, just rs Time was on the verge
of declaring the birth of the Nineteenth Century.
So much for the gorgeous Poetry of Mr..
Eames's Lecture His Philosophy strikes us as
far less sound than his Romanceis brilliant From
first to last he failed to discriminate between In
novaton and Progress but represented every out
break of turbulence and boodshed as step in the
great forward Movement of the Human Race. The
Day Of Observation-Disclosures Flight from Mecca
the preaching OF Peter the Hermit. are alike to
him mpulscsot Humanity toward complete cnfran-
ch'sencn, and intellectual elevation We cannot
concur III this view, unless the Eating of the Apple
IN Edcn Is TO be considered the first link in this
great cham OF Progress. Their, is sense in which
every tt'nsplrins event is be regarded as step
toward the ultimate consummation of the Ian OF
the Deity: vet ii Mr.t f. were to hold I'M some
act of apparently unpuni>llcd murder or ueachcrv
some battle OF Pharsalia or Mollocz-aS itself
al. evidence that Progress is the universal law o
our naturc, we doub, whether he would thereby
greatly i.lstrrc, or eety his hearers.
Mr., Eames follows Beathan. Hazlit; and Adam
Smith in lis Political Philosophy, aud OF course
insists that the sacredne<s and dgni,y Of the In