New-York tribune., 1842-01-18


receive. about 100000 per annum from the sale
Of State Lands: from Bank Tax 100000; total
Revenue for next year ESTIMATED $500, s07.
Philip CJ ahnson has been chosen Secretary OF
State, vice Samuel p. Benson; James White,
Treasurer, vice Sanford A. kngsberry; and seven
Loco-Foco instead of Wing Councillors-all by
about 26 to sc in Join, Ballot Of the Legislature
We cassed Thomas s. Puen the Senator chosen from
Soner.e, by the Legislature, Loco; he is Wing
Hon. Thomas Daree his competitor died lately, and the
Legislature obliged by the Constitutions 10 elect
Wing. He i. the only Wnig that gets Office atAugusta
this winter.
- % Mr.. O. A BRowSsoS's Lecture on Civil
cation at Clinton Hall last evening was mainly a
consideration of the Law Of Progress By which the
Human Race has advanced from barbarism to It's
present intellectual, moral and physical condition,
or rather conditions. His theory assumes barbar
ism and mental infancy the primitive state Of
the Human Family, from which ii has emerged.
and assembled to its present unequal attitudes By
slow and irregular gradations. This progress he
contends, is not spontaneous and inevitable, butthe
result of extrinsc influences acting on the Race.
To. maintain this position, he appealed to the
tradition of all civilized nations, or communities
each of which refers the origin of It's culture TO
communicated impusc-somc colony or
teacher from abroad, and often some direct mes
senger from God. This uniformity of tradition,
Mr. B. maintained established the fact, which is
otherwise abundantly corroboralod that the origin
of Progress is ever in Revelation or some special
nc D;viun pro,-iJeocn
As Human Progress org inates, so is it ever sus-
tanned and mpelled by inspiration of Ged Every
perception of Nature is lower form OF Inspiration,
but this is not sufficient Left to this alone, the Race
would not merely fail TO advance; ii would relapse
and rocede into its primcva barbarsm. But God
raises up and qualities inspired TO be the teach
crs, guides and elevators Of their knd-not merely
those inspired mainly to teach loilcr views OF Deity
and Duty, as Moses and Christ, but inspired in
str,let and lead forward their brethren in other de-
partments of knowledge and WeIl-Beng. Every
new TRUTHS communicated, through these from God,
without which there would be no Progress but the
reverse. % talk Of the Mass laboring with new
truths, medjtatins advancement, aspiring after u
higher life, is opposed to REASON and history. Pro
grcss is the impulse of the few or the one ;
the many follow distantly and Reluctantly after the
prophet they have stoned or the Saviour they have
cruc6ed because he in advance of them; and
follow only when the trath which found utter
ance through him has won lis way through all OBJ
stacles and been assimilaed 10 their being
Progress thus consists Of the accrction OF the
truth Dvincly communicated to-day to the similar
truths OF yesterday and of all passages. The men
of one nge excel the OF preceding because
they embody all passages. There is thus growth
in the Race the civilized man of to-day is not
merely wiser than the man of antiquity; he is not
merely master OF more facts and sciences he is OF!
larger soul. All the past has flowed into and be-
come par, Of his being. The infant of to-day i,
invested with larger faculties than the infant of
twenty centuries sincc,-and is superior being.
The child OF to-day is merely familiar with
truths which were unknown to the man of Plato's
age but he has thoughts. aspirations, emotions of
different and lottier character.
As this is true Of the Race generally, so OF dill.
eren, Races of men now on the earth. Some races
are thirty centuries in advance OF others. Let The
child of the ESquir,aux or New.Zealaader first
open his eyes amid all the arts an. be trained amid
the culture OF civilization and he Will not grow=.p
civilized man. His feelings, aspirations and de,
sires will be those of the savage, slightly modified
/ by external relations. SO the child OF Christian
Civilization, thrown IL infancy among savages, viii
grow up with ideas and aspirations unknown aHd
neompreheasible TO them he will become a mas
J ter.spirit and chief. So also of families. The
pride OF birth is not the absurd sentiment is com
monty represented is founded in the recosn-
ton OF the fact that some families, from adyan-
tases OF position other causes, have obtained 9
higher culture than others We say instinciiyely,
He has good blood in his veins Thousands of
Steries have been written OF which the theme is d
ch'd OF noble birth growing Up in the cottage OF 4
churl, but altogether different from the children
about him. The universal interest and deligl; in
these stories prove tina, they are based on truth
which the mind recognizes at once.
Mr. B. having previously dcfned Man as a COM
pound in infinitely diversified proportions OF Know
ing, Feeling and Acting, gave 10 Feeling through
out the FIRST place. The teacher, the leader, the
elevator Of the Race should appeal constantly 10
the sentiments. the emotions. the affections, Of
those he would win or move. In all ages the in