New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-17
THE TRIB UNE.
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RAJ, J''ty IS.
Tar DR,m.-ls IT REtL
map we TthNs Nor
Way Some days since
:, ave our readers the ser
s,s Of the Rev. Or. Beecher
| t.lI,sre,l in the Tremon
temple, formerly the Thea
:, m Boston. We no" ollie
In something on the o;he'
,ie Of the question.
The stage is now aimos.
,,dous. The liberalism Of
!. day has gwen 10 every cor,
M, theatre, andhas degraded
] n character Of the stage IN
1 II. By scattering the ability
] sbicb sill exists, IT has strip
/ ID he great theatres of the
er means Of representing
Fanatic excellence (; while,
i adopting popular contr''
aa,es 10 obtain temporary
aceess, they have driven
is,y dramatic genius in con-
ynp, or despair. Our stage
sBow condemned to be Ted
| AMOS, like a felon from the
t,r.eons, OF like the felon to
fl a stigma in every morsei
yhich it puts between It's lips
must stoop TO French FRI
tlw or German extrara'
sacs, and be glad to exist
nm either. Yet, why should
mhigher names come 10 us
aid! The people will have
lbaues.- Good or evil, no
,Is OF degraded, the stage will
Z dsndnded by the people,
bra thing indifferent TO our
MES to supply them witt
lbs powerful and universal
,y:i;emen, in its highest de,
pee Of moral influence, or ii
is lowest degree of i'npurl,y'
tcbnnr before them, with all
the attractions of the drama
The memory of heroes and
sa.s, patriots and martyrs,
ihslessons Of virtue and the
luuishment Of vice, or leave
BEN to rake for the indul-
fnce Of eye and ear i'll the
Try kennels Of crime 4?
"They order those things
hitter in France"
PROFESSIONALLY, the care OF
sgsrnment there protects The
r,ionai taste, and prevents
lie theatres from looking for
Subsistence to the history OF
ti highway. The vices
siich now haunt the theatres
gsno more necessary 10 lis
l.,rre, than 10 the Senate OF
tie palace. Why should mol
lh. laws inteTpose 10 proven,
tie sale Of poison on the stage,
as ID the streets ? Why
should not the Lawmakers
'fer prizes aud honor foI
u.a' tragedies and comedies,
ssOon as for a voyage TO the
Arctic or Antarctic +? But is
damaiic genius dead in Amer
ia What, IN America
where nothing dies-whert
every faculty of the heart ant
understanding is in the mos
lsrpe,ual activity-where the
@oles, impulses are perpetu
ally pushing forward TO ,h'
Ho'les, ends-where human
ra''re moves in all its rigor
iron hour to hour without
tls.1ise-where the Who'll,
anatomy Of the moral frame i.
VISIBLE, and all its weakness
and all its wonders, are the
talyspectscIe ofal! mankind
Ia giving these opinions OF
Tie power Of the stage, ueeC
Ne guard them by saving thai
We contemplate a higher spiri'
ian the drama even of Shak
'Par has ever displaycd-on'
which, TO the viCor of his
Characters, and poetry, should
add moral Of which his tim,
w. scarcely conscious? Oul
IDA should approach NOR,
Gssa'Iy the objects of the great
o'eeS dramas, III which the
Natwmra,hies Of the most
fovutul recollccuons of his.
'onc virtue; their national
victories over the Persian, ia,
nliy conceptions of thcll
olynpus, the glotics of ,heir
ai'ional power, and the pros
pets of their imperishabl,
Tacwn. We contemplate no
Ming OF the weakness, local.
y, OF license, Of our old dra
ia. We think only Of a ricl
ald lofty combination Of cha
iie's's above the level Of GU
INT, thoughts belonging t
'nt elevation, feelings NOR
'scernus, VIVID and majestic
90 exploits uniting the scar
esprit Of old romance Will
Z sustained strength Of mo
IN energy; Greece in he
'ghiest days of intellectual
Ste, Rome in her most he
q days Of patriotism, ar,
'aenca in those days tina
wet TO come, aud whicl
all ill up her inheritance .