New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-07
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
MIR. Giles. Lecture on Don Quixotte.

Lectures 10 Don N(1lkOtstt ahOA~1y
audience in the Leeture-Iloom Of the Mercantile
Library. The subject was Daieioea-" oinann mood
w. Give .oy,s extract. Of his eloquent discourse
naIc,ns. wa. the woman said Mr.. Giles. whom
Don ou,xo,ts chose for the mistress Of his heart
,bs l.dv 70 whom his loyalty and devotion was
vowed sod given. The original Of this imaginary
mistress was a peasan,g!rl Of whom be had been
.n.uored. although does not appear that she either
knew or cared This pesssntg girl resided in neigh
,,,,g town and whence sbe derived the kighsounoing
iii. ~ Ducipea del Toboso He readily imsgines his
stres. TO be princess Of surprising beauty being
,x.l,sd worth He believes 10 the external existence
:, ,h., which dwens In himself and forms the deter
rn.uon Of visiting this peerless lady and for that pur-
o.s t.h.s the direction Of Toboso. On former coca
IT,, n. iptrusted Sancho with letter TO this princess
,,h the proIse Of three rubles reward, and this
,.tsr h. saws he has delivered But his low vulgsriy
e.poo, keep pace with the refined feelings Of bis master
and bs ,sys when be saw her, that che was wnno.
iss vhss, Don QQixotte replies tina, what ne tookiora
f.,mvsrd mast be the Court VI Palace in which this
PARAGON Of beauty amusing herseii an enchan'er
rnn,, have deceived him Sancho, Al his wits end 10
frame an answer, tskes this opportunity 10 deceive
him Don Qaixo.te Insists upon Dis leading niia 20
Dulcineas Palace. Ssncho Is coniounded' and leads
him into town 10 which tho Church Is the pHncPai
building and when asked, Is that TIE fasce ne
ancho advises bis master to 70 to the grove Of
neighboring city and meet her. The squire goes
little way toward Tobos'. aud seating himself under
tree talks In his peTplexitcs-hO5s dialogue oil san
ebo with sancho Now tell me whittier IL your lord
ship goingt Are you going 10 LOOK Tor thlng tnst
lost No Then what are you going 70 seek Oh J
10 70 look for a thing of nothng-a Princess, SVn o.
beauty and angel Of Heaven, and All that sort OIL
thing And well Ssncho, where do you tnink 70 hnd
thsi Where why ia the great City OF Ioooso.
Very well, and pray who sent you thi' iOehu
Oh Why tne renowned knight, Don Quxotts de Ia
Mancna who siyss drink 10 the hungry and meat TO
the thirsty This conversation proceeds Tor some
time between sanchO and Sancho when upon due oe
liberation the Squire arrives at the conclusion that bis
master 10 mad and being s easily imposed on that
he can persuade him that the country through wh;n
he IL about passing belongs 10 the Lady Dulcinea ]
will swear H. he says and II he swears VIII outsweaf
him. and by this plan perhaps may TIRE him OF senons
me on such messages he may take II into his head
that wicked enchanter has turned bis sdys form
out Of pure spite Three peasant girls mounted on
donkeys come along These after some eforts Sancho
persusdes his master are Ducinea and her attendant
ladies paying him visit Sancho catches one oi tue
donkeys By the halter and tries 20 initiate his master
phrsseoogy. pours GU, his Jargon thus Queen
princess duchess may your highness and great
ness be pleased 10 receive into your grace cap
i've knight who stands before your magnificent pres
ence I sm his squire and ne 10 that renowned
knight Don Quxotte The dauises, very efectually
lees at the language than at the person
cut away last they could They eit the mirror
Cbivalry confounded at their lsdyhOod Inc part o.
Don Quixotte at the close Of this scene 10 amusing
Tell me- he raid that what appeared pannel was u
sidesAd lie, 1t was said SsDcho, with held worth
kingdom. Thus deuded by his squire and no longel
trusting 10 his vision he believes even the great
est sbsurdites But. said tho lecturer, bis feeling
cannot be understood by Sancho mia vugsr mind can
appreciate the motives no does not know the cnaf
scter Of his master there not one quality oil ms
mind which could enable him to comprehend his char
scter moral distance is the greatest dstsnce; TN
cham which separates minds dissimiisr Is me moe
impssssbs gulf In existence. Spirits can understand
spfts though thousands Of years intervene between
fhe grave docs separate the spirit HE the disem
bodied immortality that passes into Heaven speaks Ia
ssvins memory to the heart but there may be per
sons living 10 the place who are TO each other In
scrutable.
In the russell gown that clothed the peasant sirl he
saw the robe Of womsnly royalty be saw IN her one
to be- treated with much Difference as II her hut wss
palace. There mistake no doubt The ME
take that clad humble girls in royal garments was one
Of those mistakes OF which Charles Lamb observes
4 that they came from within. twas the amoency OF
tho soul II not that Don Quixotte iayished Ms
courtesy on peasant girls because he imagined them
4 princessesi for when he knew they were peasan
girls he still represents them being princely and
Of the most beautiful passages one he addresses
10 girls whom he knows TO DO daughters OF
vomsnhood 40 the sex-he courtesy which has respeo
for ohers than the rich, than the yoans-1 ossne
from the courtesy which blooms only IN tne smnes
love and beauty, and wiihers and eoois down Ia IN
Il o.nhsrs OF poverty, axe and toll show mo u
man vho can quit the brilliant society OF inc young
hs,ou TO the kindly voice OF sge-who can nod chee
81 eharms-show me the who IL - willing 10 mel
tbs nesress who stands Ia need OF help as II the blue
II. Of Helen msniled on her cheek-show me the ms
" Who would no more look rudoly at the poor s Ia tn
village than at the elegant and well dressed lazy IN IN
paloon-show me the man who treats anprotecte
inaidenhcod - he would the heiress' surrounded o.
the powerful protection OF rank riches and family
show me the who sbhors the libertines gioe, VIII
shuns ~ . bssphemer, the trstacsr OF his mother
scx-who scorns he would coward the rdicule
OF womanly foibes, or the exposer OF wonAny repu
tafian--ahou that who never tOfgcts 10
ono hour the delicscy the respect that Is due u
woman 90 woman in any condition or clsss-shoV
me such q aud you show me a gentlemen
nay you show better you show me true Chrisiia
gentleman. There some who think that person
lose in manners they gain In libery-one grsc
belongs to the spirit OF liberty, and where the spirit
ub<rty IL the moot active this grace prevails the most
with this grace II expsnds-tbat grace 10 respect 70
woman. not for her rank or elegance but Tor romaE =
And when this sen,men, becomes enlarged when II
stable, q social structure may be raised upon II NOR
glorious than mankind has ever seen.
Love while its object lives In purity makes poet
hlm with whom II dwells-ihe plowooy IN the neld-
the ssor In the shrouds. has his dreams and eorie'
he has In his own way the most passionate imagining
1T kndles up the dormant iscUtes-ii ro1ses lane
10 the stnpidt oosens the tongue OF the sismmefer-
u lends TO the most iierstc speech aud eloqdenco-
represses sensuaty aud the ssvsgeit give
joy snd fear and hsppiness-u renders even the meal
heroic and aus them with cell respect Out OF the vision
Of youth may have come the flames that have tlGme'
the path greatness The captain In his floating casl,
the the encd hed the msgislr In his dutic
NAV each II he viii hook back and lind In love tho i'm
pulse that led him on TO power
After describing Woman in her Ideal life 10 portrsye
BY Cervantes he spoke Of her sctus existence The IN
huenco shs possesses the good she performs and hs
position in society during the age OF ehivslry lie sad
The sentiment OF love is too frequently made hsht ~
that which 10 the potent agency Of this our csf
which has been the central fire OF many Of those rcV'
iuons 10 ckingy referred to as II II were suoe'
for frfing Rui love in woman has = true meanin.
LoveAi M 10 ennobng passion II Is As dew upo
the flower purple dawn upon the say, as the 9uie
streamlet In the valley orchard resplendent Wit
early blossoms IL s morning prayer tits As an eve
ming hymn 10 child asleep and dreaming OF he'
ven IL may be dcuge that spreads around Vewes
waste without dove. olive branch or rainbow ms
hs a. fruitful hed withered with poisoned wind
may be 90 doloctsbe mountain thrown asasder ~ IN
inward tire, may be IS the home sickness 81 tue eN
lie 10 may be despair IL may be insanity maj ems
long and low its melancholy airs II may D. insshit
that iaug chs aloud and then expires
speaking of Womsa's devotion and religion, ne said
She washed the feet of the Redeemer with her tears
abe wiped them with her hair she watched oy NJ
grave aud mournaa his desth. The heart o
womas inspired by religion. delights to show fort
her besttado she presented as the ideal In the ho
est of the Msrys who IL made "a smile with pity upo'
our troubled earth-showiug the love Of the pures
heart and the light Of the oveesi face in the person
the maid aud mother.
TExrERANCE IN IowA-For two years past
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