New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-21

.R.xsAxrsn THE FIRST DANCER; Dis
,o.r,s Cor Home Missions. by HORACE BusHsELI,
p..tor Of the North Church, Hartford. CT Is just
is.ued by the Home Missionary Society from the
oress of VIM. Osborn. This Discourse was no
t,ced in The Tribune with high commentator at
the time Of ts delivery in this City, and perusal
Of il 10 print confirms the opinions then expressed
OF ita merits. The proposition which 1t eniorces
and illustrates with convincing Powers mat I'm
,orafson. or nsac Settlement Of The Social STATE.
,apo,res a TEspEscY TO Social Decline The dis
course il not made up Of cant phrases or Of stale
common places. strong together like onions but I"
characterized by original views expressed IN style
at once vigorous aud iorcible. Take for example
the following passage in which the author gives US
. picture Of Slavery as truthful as 1t is striking
cu..AcrrrrSrres or sLAvKRY--ADs here, since tois
lo.tution OF slavery entering into the iorsanS' ~
history pile stes, In - many ~ay W. To-, chs,,r
suffer must pause few momsnM 70 a, ~ s,ssn,isIlv
ter,stics Slavery II 10 not 10 be deoeo - 70 $50 =
s.,. ,..,,,,,,oa IL gives too that ssn "nicnh
the perpetual distinction OF bsf - 80 ,i :,
OF prosress The highest leve Vs., .so 70 sl,ow
80 ,sIded us one considerable sdvshtsgs,l IN vir
m, IF The let that prodcces Its best condnon nr
For While the Northern people we're gsnefsny oer'ns
si,r for many generations 10 create copditor OF
~, slavery set the masters at once on ioOtDg OF
gave them leisure for elegant Intercourse Tor IN
studies and seasoned their character mus
;,n h., hind Of cuuv alton which distinguishes men 81
soe,s,v cIsss of statesmen were thus raised up VINO
we're prepared figure 90 leaders In scenes oil poohc
NE where 90 much depends On manners and socsl sd
dre.s But nov tho scale 10 changing. rfee s','
me Lad of American society. Meanwhile the loser
sops OF slsyerytse high families the sstesfnen-siad
usliy receoiog In character as iney must os
vicious Institution recedDg also TO power sno Inu
..nse and bsvs been siuce the hevouuon slavery
IA condition against Nstufe the curse OF Ns'u'' neIo
fore. 10 on Il. aud Il bows TO ia COON. ~ -"
.,tbe AZ gravity IL produces conoi'0n OF ease "ncu
a no, The reward Of labor and state OF degfeoauon
whlcp not the Of dleness Therefore tns east
4, oioys cannot bat end IN cufse ana tho
A suffers cannot rse into blessing. HnO"tlshes IMP
r,u. and violent passions II makes th1 masters sOlts
~ sbslks ON their estates orbiddDg thus the possoy
of public schools and preventing also that conaeoseo
form of society which 10 necessary to tne vigorous
,,,a,eosncs of churches Education and religion thus
di.plsces the dinner table only rem.ins sno ON ,os
hangs In gost psrt the keeping OF tho socis sts'e u
however highly We msy estimate the human<ins 49,.
NJ bosdtsity n cannot bs regarded ~ any sunei"nt
,,lpy of character itis Deithsr school DOR sgofPoi
And hsn n comes OF sefndug.nce, or only seess TO-
MI H., the tdem Of Idle lite scarcely does II bflng
with il the blessings Of a virtue. TIE Accomplishments
II Yields are Of mock quality rather than OF real
having abou, the relation TO snostsnnsI Sno M
ishsd culture, that honor hes to Character ins snu
Of currency will pass longer, Tor II 10 DOT espebs"
confort splendor cot Ia disorder as osmohos
10 pewter; It IL not sirs In place OF rieeance Q.
cca substituted for Deber 10 IL 70 De MASTER VI
.sn so,eeh or to ssrnisb the same with stale quote
ous from the classics much Less 10 u 70 n'e W '7 ~"
Juan veio accepting bsrbsrism oy poeuc in,P T
IN, ssme which lss noble poet ors~bg OUT vi iuAs
ma ,rstes became the chosen sureste vi Savbfy-hVt
sny or all OF Theses make up such style OIL man OF
Of life. % In this age demand we pave coas ~
nov ~ = uoint where we look for true intellectual re-
6nemeut and ripe state OF personal CULTURE but no"
clearly 10 II seen TO be violation Of lie own laws or
slavery TO produce genuine schoisr or man, wno' "a
.,v deosrtnept OF excellence. unless II BIO In pohucs
moi full century behind his time. And u we ssk Tor
hst 10 dearer and better sti for pure Christian NOR
nl,tv toe youth Of Slavery trained 10 no socn nsos
A. are most congensl 10 virtue The point OF nohor
ths only prnciple many OF them know Violence ana
dissipation bring down every succeeding eener suon
st.ts continually lower; go that now after huhnfeo
snd nifty years are passed ine ssve snd one
40 Uncomfortable the faithful ministry 81 Christ oy
resson OF Jealous tempers and the
Il hes to many OF the hrst msxlms OF the GOSPEL s
scarcely missionary can be found TO enef c'u
nscted with this moral decay the resources oil Nature
slso are exhausted and her fertile territories changed
desert by this uncrsstpg power OF sspeho'ot,' "''u
tuition And then having made waste where uo' hsu
made garden Slavery gathers up the relics OF osps
ruptsy end the bsser relics still OF virtue snd snsnp
esterprtss and goes forth 70 renew on a'nen sou n'
dismal and foorn history Thus, Al itpsth mas pse'
nrodueed what NAV be called the Bowie kDe style Oh
civxs,ion and the West OF the South 10 ovsrrun
by ia spirit OF blood which dehes all laws oil ooo su
man honorable but not bonest prompt to resent an
injury ssck 10 discharge debt; educated 70 ease sbe
Of course when the means OF living fA 10 hno
them at the ssmbliDg or the race gtouno nsn 10
any work Of industry-probaby squanderoe the means
of living there ~ relieve the tedum of ease Itself
such the Influence OF Slavery Ne II enters into our
American social state and impsrts Its moral type OF par
bsrism. through emigration, 10 the new west hencs,
the Mexican war which had tie beginning and birth IN
what have called the Bowie knife style OF CIVILIZATION
war In the pnste~nh century whichit u YVES no, put
possly begun many visIby de@rmioeo snsii DO .
war for the extension o. Slavery. IL was no one pont
cal party 40 some pretend who made this war out ~
YVES the whole South west and West rsther OF all par
,ies nstssred by wild aud rio,ous sptto sdyen'uIe
which DO terms OF OF Christian prudence ana
humanity could check And II this war results Ne pro
baby IL msy In the acquisition OF vast western terrific
ry then 10 our great pasture ground OF osroansm SO
much 10 be enlarged the room to run Wild extended the
chances Of hual snarchy and confusion multiplied