New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-01-01
THE TRIBUNE.
1st January, 1916.

| ,..;ors his q Custom that seems borrowed from
| he,,er dav, unless indeed it be prophecy that
! s,ch must come.
/ For WHY so much congratula,ion? A year has
,sssed; we are nearer by twelvemonth to the
term of this earthly probation II is solemn thought
/ md ,boueh the consciousness Of having hallowed
| IN DAYS by our best endeavor, and of having much
4 ,...s;on 10 look 10 the Ruling Power of all with
grateful benediction, must in cases where such feel
| ings are unalloyed, bring joy, one would think 1t
nust even then be grave joy, and one that would
5i,incline to this loud gayety in welcoming new
vesr. another year,-in which we may, indeed
.,yve forward in good spirit and find our strvings
best but must surely expect trials temptations and
s;.,ppointments from without, frailty, short coming
or convulsion in ourselves.
II it be appropriate to a reflective habit OF mind to
ssk with each night fall the Pythagorean questions
: bo,s much more SO at the close Of the year
What hast thou done that q worth the doingl
q And what pursued that g worth pursuing
What sought thou knewest thou shouldst shun
What done thou shoudst have LEFT undone
The intellectual man will also ask What new
truths have been opened TO me, or what facts pre-
santed that will lead 10 the discovery of truths =
The poet and the lover-What new forms OF beau
ry have been presented for my delight, and as mem
cable illustrations OF the Divine presence, -unceas-
irg but oitensimes unfelt by our sluggish natures
Are there many men who fail sometimes to ask
themselves questions this depth who do not care
10 know whether they have done right or forborne to
dowrong; whether their spirits have been enlight-
eusd by Truth or kindlcd by Beauty!
Yes! strange to say, there are many who, despite
the natural aspirations OF the soul and the revela
tons showered upon the world think only whether
thew have made money, whether the world thinks
more highly of them than it did in bygone years
whether wife and children have been in good bodily
health and what those who call to pay therrespects
and drink the New Year coffee will think OF their
carpets, new also
How often is il that the rich man thinks even OF
,hst proposed by Dickens Us the nobest employment
Of the season. making the poor happy in the way he
likes best for himself, by distribution OF turkey and
plum pudding. Some, indeed adorn the day with
this much grace, though we doubt whether 1t be
oitenest those who could each, with ease make that
usday glimpse of comfort to thousand who pass
tho other winter days in shivering poverty. But
some such there are who go about to the dark and
frosty dwellings,, giving the mite - where and
!
riches consisted in her good head and two hands,
widow Of an eminent lawyer but keeping boarders
for aivelihood, engaged in that hardest OF occupa-
tons with her house full and hands full, she yet
found time to make and bake for New Years day
hundred pies-and not the pie from which being
cut issued the famous four-andtwenty blackoirds
gave more cause for merriment or was filter dish
to Get before the King"
God bless his Majesty the good King, who on
sQch day cares for the least as much as the great
est and like Henry ~. PROPOSES it as a worthy ann
olhs endeavor that every poor man shall nave MS
chicken in the pot" This does not seem, on super
scial survey, such wonderful boon TO crave for
creatures made in Gods own likeness, yet IS It one
6atno King could ever yet bestow on his subjects
1--WE except the King of Cockaigne. Our maker
othe hundred pies is the best prophet we have seen
Nyet of such blissful state.
But mostly 10 him who hath is given in material
swell as in spiritual things, and we fear the plea
sure, of this day are arranged almost wholly in
reference to the beautiful the healthy, the wealthy
ha witty and that but few banquets are prepared
Ss the halt the blind, aud the sorrowful Butwh
they arc Of surety water turns 10 wine by inevlta-
bic Christpowcr mo aid of miracle need be invoked.
A for thoughts which should make an epoch OF the
period, we suppose The number of those 10 be In
about the same proportion TO the number OF minds
capable Of thought that the pearls existent bear
to The oysters still subsstent.
Can we make pearls from our oyster-bed! AT
least, let us open some of the shells and try.
Dear Public and Friends! we wish you happy
New Year. We trust that the year past has given
earnest OF such an one in far having taught you
somewhat how TO deserve and to appreciate it,
For ourselves the months have brought much,
though, perhaps, superficial instruction. Its scope
has been chiefly Love and Hope for all human be-
nss and among others for myself.
we have seen many fair poesies Of human life, in
~hien' however, the tragic thread has not been
wanting. We have seen the exquisite develop
ments Of childhood and summed the heart in its
snlea But also we have seen the evil star looming
up that threatened cloud and wreck 10 its future
years We have seen beings OF some precious
susiosi irrecoverably as regards this present life
IRON Inheritance OF bad organic alton and unfor,u.
aasecrcumstances OF early years We have seen
as victims Of vice lying in the gutter compsnied by
Sermin, trampled upon by scnsuaty and ignorance.
We have seen those who wished not 10 rise and
nose who strove SO 10 do, but fell back through
weakness. Saider and more ominous still, we
have seen the good man-in many impulses and acts
Of most pure mos, liberal, and undoub,ed goodness
we have seen spot OF base indulgence, a fibre Of
brutality, canker in vital part this fine plant and,
While We could no, withdraw love and esteem for
ms good we could not doubt have wept secretly In
'0e corner for the i'll we could not deny We
nave Seen two deaths one Of the sinner, early
cut down-one of the just, full of years and
"eoT-toh were calm; both protested. their
,enance on the wisdom ola Heavenly Father. We
nave seen the beauteous shows Of nature in
st9s'or5ed succession, holy moonlish: on the
aaows loving moonlight on the summer fields, the
s'A's which disappoint never and bless never, the
NswinS waters which soo,he and stimulate garden
s0ses calling for Queens among women, Poets and
-le'oes among men. We have seen desire to an.
.s 70 this call, and GenAs brought rich wine, but
~ Oh the way from its careless, tickle gait and
'SIue eainfed with tonch NJ, The raoco,L phi