The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-02
Ana EMERsoN,s LECruRE.


evening at The Church in Ehzabelh-slreei, |
his FIRST Lecture on NEw.ENeLAND, Ia dis !
course replole with profound and luminous |
perception, forcibls expression, and a ioryid, |
mate elcquene. The originof the People Of
New-Engand. the Religious spifi: Of thei
ancestors, and the influence Of each on their
past history and present stale. we're conside.
ed and presented as only he could have pre-
fsalcd them. We will not report this Lsc-
ture, nor any portion Of It's language, as We
trust il will be repeated before be leaves our
cty-the audience having been thinner than
il would have been 10 a more accessible place,
and on a less Indictment evening.
He chose N-w-E1gland as bis theme, be
said, not because ;he virtues 10 which he
should allude were more strongly developed
there than in other sections Of tie land, Or
because 0 hers were less liable to the cri l.
csms he should venture; but becau-e tina.
district might serve as central section, a
sort Of Ragli0n for the whole, wht nee are IA
dated lie influences Of lie and thSsght.--
The origin Of the English nation was graphi- |
caly sketchcd-ihat nation nIw the most
powerful and most highly civilized o. The face
Of lie globe; whose arms even now conquer
the East as they before have planted the
pride or the comfort Ct every other land,
whose observatory al Greenwich furnishes q
ealendaf Tor lie Earthi whose chrononieters
measure time for all the world, I'd yet whose
moral weight Is Of the greatest worth, II be.
ing a land Of Established Law where the
principlrs Of Justice have most pOA er, ard re-
hpion most universal reverence, This race
came from no gentle ock; they sp .ang iram
"a r s..Nr Incl
ever described. The Aeiatic CimbFi, who
first came to Europe 700 years before Christ,
and spread by degrees along The Westtan
Coast Of Europe, lived under ground and ate
Aesh and drank mares milk. and reverenoee
The oak and tho mislleiue; they were cruel
and ferocicus, aud inundated human beings
in their ihCes--mleh suca men wef' they
as those WIN now lnhabli the Islands Of the
Pacific.
Another branch from which they spang
were dwelers in the German ocean, men Of
fsir blue eyes, who held the female sex IN
great respect. and on horseback welded the
ssedge hammer, wi bout WEAKNESS and with
cut pity. They were pirates ufon the sea
and leaving the kings eldest son alone be-
hind, sought their food by the sail and the
sword. When tie Befseklr came IN sigh Of
bis foe he howled like a wolf and loaned Ike
mad dog, BIZ bis shield, and rushed with iu-
~ into the combat Aud OF these Al the
three immigrations about 100000 landed upon
the British Island and gave Il ihe name Of
England. Out Of this rugged soil was i that
tle flowers Of English Wi aad wisdom were
70 bloom.
The English. Mr. Emerson said, bad a.
ways been marked by tacituTnIty, and The Sax
a. ~ - - a.-aaaHn
nights and winters. English W.T. is not the
tbouehtless merriment Of the French, hHi
chat sense of the ludicrOus proper 10 grave
nature. This Is accompanied By a sloWness
Of thought, which has led the French to say
that lhs English wit always coslss gfteT~ard
The nation possesses a strong aItachmen'
10 home and that determination Of the intel
lectual faculties on the objects Of the external
world called Common Sense, which leads to
works Of economy and utility, signihed By
the saving that The sFrench invented The
rulle and the English added 10 il the shirt. -
They have strong love Of truth and down.
right way Of speaking i; and From the high
esl 70 the lowest they always love fair play.
A strong religious feeling likewise pervade'
them, and they are capable Of enthusiasm
though they do not often exhibit It. Thesi
traits have bad great influence from that vas
expansion which destiny has given 10 ih'
British race.
We, sud Mr.. Emerson, are that people
The blood Of the BaFsekir runs redY through
our veins. Among the people Of New Eng
land, where in this country the population 1
most homogeneous, the British character
extended ban not altered. The two point
which most distinguish the people-lheir con
gcience and common senee--are here mos
clearly seen.
NJ. EMERsos proceeded 70 speak Of III
character Of tiose early PuHtans who cam
20 THE cOuntry, as the most religious men {
that day An history is the record Of but iel
thoughts; few thoughts build States and CT
les. THE cause seems NEST inadequate 70 th
effect. but who shall tell from what crate
shot I'd that speok that set the word on Ere
When the Pariians came 70 tbs counil
they had many wants but more satsiactionl
ths'lirht struggled through old paper into q
cabin windows. but BY i they read the wOl
Of God; they we're fam 10 make tables Of The
Knees, bun their limbs were thar own and
their ears The bowling winds Of the fore
sounded with more Musical tones than Z
nnoothe voice ofth English prelates' The
usas an objective y--an OutWardneae WI