The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-26

ideas Il lie spis,aal world 20 they were led 10 adopt new
frs 81 poiv. Tho character Of the goyernnenishp leg
s.ien bsmoais and he letters themselves Of he nasous
wcre necessarily Transformed; and ~ event was that
phase mora Peculiarly caracezcd than BY The peuchngs
Il the hermit and the call ofhe crusader eoed from nnai
and mathematician beiy and shrve. The benefits Of The
efradc not have been extensive some enthusiasts
have thought and msinaines. But no'd the story Of
thusa days whous the pseudceso time and ne influences o.
scls. nationally contest the civzipg tendencies
q this eogsing Of Europe against the ta AZ nme Mhen
sl communications OF trade had been internationally e
sase when iourneys aruous and Slow exposed the rav
eer to al The dangers Of nvagsne and piundefi no impulse
anens The nas aas,. could have moved men onward,
hut the ,enf and uncalcuatng zeal which led the believer
4, rna X, xnV4e TIE u0secfaied places Of the East and
,ce invoke he rrofason Of divine mercy the very spot
arna which they were held specially TO finger. Many
and ranfg had been the animosites Of races. which were
sotunei md dipeed 10 the relations induced by the transit
and soou Of individuals Of various countries. banded for the
scponk pe1ls and linked together by the sympa
ihics Of d common faith,
How many leiudices habits morals and characters were
.ispsed BY this the Idums land But know
edge. above all was widely disseminated through the
T those sa earned from nation TO nation. from hamlet
ale Tie story Of what had struck their observation and
oAal their minds deas and lights. Who can,
inconsistencies fully value the day the remnants o.
eastern sntion which the cusades transmitted to Europe!
The first sold ofe cross, who visited Araby and ereeee,
iofeti he harships Of the and The horrors oil wnr
eis en- the fital of tlie wonders which ilry hac and
hoard Tho still lingering "reminiscences Of Greean poetry,
onqueuco and arts the precious manuscript and the Byzan
crce- sssfe insnodneed in The West the pathways o.
she felurnirg pilgrim or isbanded crusader They had wen
ua their heroic way quest of God and from His sine
they returned with the trophies Of science and art. which
teach s 10 revere the Divine Power with deeper and hoer
ioxe The much abused CRUSADERS questioning thepo-
peg 81 motives, did in something less than two csn
sucs % eany mankind its onward course, than had
done the Rome Of the Brutus and the Caesar, through sue
eon Of seven hundred years ousesss violence and bloody
Eiqcs Indeed, literature scenee legislation government
and the social esnes. which they involve, Were all
ue or s lavoraby affected by this appeal to the chyay
of Chrsientpn In the schools Of the inconsistencies the
iaectics Of Austin and Aristotle were taught and applied
Men accustomed themselves 10 the conflicts Of thought
like Intellectual tournament; and nothing could be
more unjust o. unciantc than to connect that eedom Of
iscussi many of te useless subsiies of the darker
ages rs lslhmken sometimes pleased Of
tie must astonishing periods of the history Of the human
mimi Indeed. IN The prevalence Of the baronia power, in
the aost exclusive pursuits of war, in if may so term it,
te nses Of mere intellect these the only objects
in which the mind could. that time have been engaged:
hsy unattended by intrinsic advantages md healthy
results In the vortex oil the seemingly polite controversies OF
The day. the midst Of which skeptcism obiruded its pho
ophcnl doubts questions of opposite aud practical
character daily growing for ntu debate and future
solution.
Bat not to the distractions of the schools were those nu
confined. Curiosity that peculiar feature of the mind
she Of great discoveries drew the attention of Europe
The stock Of knowledge transferred from Araby hut par
culay 10 the mathematical Sciences the Of prolong
ing life acquiring riches and fcrealng destiny. Men
empe 70 read tile Of the future the ontlet Of the
blazing and the transuation Of metals pursued
Though the Experiments Of moot indefagable alchemy
wsi the Search after the marvellous panaeea that should
forever wind up the springs of life, another prominent
object OF human pursuit And now what the results Of
see really pusrile nquiues2 Truth out Of the ways
OF error and under the law Of progress, tile dreams OF The
esbest realized ia the spendoFs astronomy the e
pemens of thezeekes oeaid the ground he science
chemistry and the attempts Of empyrc cenersd in the less
Questionable blessings Of the healing Saiernmn Pounds
The @ celebrated medical iniute. the principles of The
Arabs Observation-Disclosures, astronomy and chemistry,
which had been horoscopes asroogy and alchemy were
Though these Influences Of the crBsahes, disseminated
Eufppe and made the objects of regular and useful establish
menus Il strange feature. gentsmen in the efforts Of
This stranger PERIOD Of the annals Of mind. TINT all the more
useful discoveries ont Of the groupings Of the
operdleamings OF the MUD Flan0ya in bis attempts at
elixir Of life, brings forth of the sautary results
IN modern pharmacy Roger Bacon and Albertus Magnus
the former in his bazen head. the latter his automaton
designed TO speak the oFaces OF fate produce specimens OF
dHdrodes scarcely realized By human and which
supposed knowledge and application Of mechanics in their
most subtle FORMS Even Columbus himself cannot escape
The miutuntons Of his times 1t has merely
to The Indiesthe wealth Of fantastic Cpsngo-no even
new world which he sought with much genius and toll
Tho efforts looked TO the discovery Of the symboiea Eden
forfeited by the primal fall Satisfied with his late achieve
e he writes 70 his royal patron that he is TIE track of
the great rivers flowing from the iountainhead OF Eden
atthe lands that he Inns revealed the world must us they
higher up the opeso earth battle their SUBMITS in pnri
fled atmosphere, in which nature il unblemsed perfection
and life nnen,lng bliss
another influence Of the Crusades which mnst be admitted by
all, convean with the progress OF human letters You no
doubt have anticipated words and mentally reverted to
their bearing Literature that OF the South and
West Of Europe. Taking her march pathway clus
tng with soonB recolecions, she entered the soil OF Old
Lalnm, in the train Of Pilgrims and Knights. The day on
which Letters from the sancuafes 0fhe East gather
around The hearth stones of the West under the bright skies
Of italy and FIancethe former the Fosterohe the latter
the EdeboFn. Of Modern Ciyilzaonte human mind re.
ceyed mighty Impetus and higher hope Of Freedom
over the world The warikepint of the Feudalracesthe
invading propenses oil the N0rmenthe conqaerng rapa-
city Of the Roman soche long and all but vain struggle
entered into against the Eastern dynastes-a these were SO
many fruitful elements Of unpoished but enlarged and
vigorous Literature. Before the Knghy tent or round the
canpes, The Greek Poet, unmndful of his ancestral
fame had sung OF the high deeds Of ISLANDER invested with
the magic of fairy by the wonderovng spirit of Hi ousan
The German MINISTRIES had told the Epics of the scandan
orests-te exploits of the Nebeuugen of the Father and
The Norman eleeman lowered his with the deeds OF
the Roman Brutus and the English bard oled The ballads
Of aIey England while the TrOubadour Of gay Provence
poured his roundeays OF love TO fair lady or keen
alre dashed the aggnrd Baron or the eon Knight In thai
Literature beyond question the offspring Of the Middle Ages
and the wealth Of which is known to those only who have
dclve deeply into Il, Antiquity reappeaTs like phantom Of
the past wrapped in monashc stroud Erudon is changed
INTO Poetry Poetry performs the office of Chronices-Chro
neles pass into Aegoes-and Aegores merge into Pho
sephy The wacy Of the Germanc tribes are turned init
Eis and the Traditions buried under the shadows OF Dru
ide atars are summoned back into existence by the Minstrel
Voice. Thanks TO these inpnce Intellect controls the Middle
Age Of Human History; acknowledging the grea
law Of transformation and progress achieves a unity of doc
ines, morals and lawsa task which, with Tie exception
the last the Knspeople had yainy attempted 10 perform
through the brutal impulses Of and conquest The Pan
teon, from which Christianity, in her whitening rebukes had
irnwieu away the splendid enany of manmade Gods pre-
ares It's inches for the divinity Of mind The steps Of the
Capitol once more acknowledged their wonsed umpIs and
kome-Chrisnar Rome-on the spot where ilustroui
munere had once been crowned ues the heroes OF Lite
Eatue-the real conquegors Of undying fame for well doe.
se know that Eoquence and Song and their sister Arthe
gooy progeny Of Geniuare the legons which have seq
oid Tune given her the mastery Of the world
tut ark distant crash echoes the ear heradns tha
dawno the brilliant galaxy of discoveries which
the close Of the fifteenth and the course of the xteentb
turtles An empire has fallen in the East or rather bad
ow and mnthe shadow Of the byzantine empiretha,
Iui Of Greece The remains Of Grecan letters and c,n
science struggling for eight hundred years against the
es Of tho kaph, driven from their consecrate hnez and
Ike The wrecks of Iium and its household gods seattae
The seas sail for the refuge of happier Chimes lusti
Gus guests, welcome Fifteen did the West abds
your coming Homer, Plato and Demosthenes weloomo
strange and mysterious athe conservative Of all arts
awaits to awakened TONES 10 the exemi,e
If Europe. Nay sec the bark Of the daring Genoese be
ee which the compass has eyeed the ocean and The bound
ares Of earth recede shall wan your posihumous fame
e 70 shores that sche farther west
Than your sifes' islands Of The bles,in
che shores Of hemisphere unreycaed by your genius thong
haowed in Your dreams, perchancea hemisphere destne
10 be the dwelling place Of higher freedom than yours an
the cradle OF civilization which passes the best speculation
oil youf plastic minds
~. mough ue dwelling place had been found and IN
as's pispaiea, sui the advent Of the people was
ye'' IN me vigorous line OF DANTE nisa al icon chi