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

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% wh,ch shee eond be, for The future NO e merit sIa
~ nes ana no awiul Distinction than that Of worth
'aslsloss as even then, ile sry e1opinas Of ito
he psoSrea Of Chrsdangy WHICH ,,r TavrrvfuI
tnan any osiier Contributed "a ~ d.sI u -
lpie ~ az Ihai the struggle ~bies 4 sneoun
siu' : ano uas coalesss which ased with e ,sIs,rn ~
ksgahnm Hess hcntisd witt the best Iue,s.,. ~ ,,;
uon itself And well were a. ip,s..- N = Sasil1a
leuograde agent, understood BY Gihbea's s5ra. I-t-s
Ian the Ap0aiate-in his after eiEo.,a i. s - - =
Constantine and pull down The destines Of de ennobns
creed Full wei did he know that On tho ss Il ~ l.s,
worked the spirit Of seEdsnJ. the spsnz cf rrne-. ~
puses and the of eudnrng thnga; whil ~. W.
backed By asahDes and sensualy, The peshab .r,en,
Of society, which God in bis VISION and oousl 10 - -
vocable DEATH Hence the vain attempts uaisrtsus ia
spasmode effort 70 Gecian letter and rscan ara,
hence especially the feFc@ Struggle the uaresHsine hut ana
yailing, coafict between the eoaiendias prncpleI.
In spite Of these manifest achievements as and
with baed voice Of tnuziph why Byzantunte seat f
The lower ese-witi The traditions OF intellectual eerc~
centeed within her waswitl Ile asussins influences Of
Christianity. put under the patronage OF the imperial pep
iid not Feeem the errors Of the and stay the nroa1 Of
gn0EaRce? Through the transformations which e st,,
mind underwent Ia this period Of y, Evg
be the Eastern 17bain is varied pkusrs u,r
ne late Influences of Grsczn hbeEfyini is izl but .o
piins march under the sway Of Roman poern long
sFmags Of The intellect. through distracted courses and
pnged pafWays, il IS easy task say what knoledxe
vas aeqaises whaf ideas gathered. and what apls
achseved Byzntum under the accumulation Of less con-
qoea BOWS down. Ike rich heir, who haHpered bv the
ahesuy' dfass along in silky lustEe the rappngs Of an
nustnous name and ts huthsn Of barren weath Her
's'ees were anots nEninzs. erude and refined; but tl
moral power winch The .ouiy safe prnclule of steeuI
action wanting her best efEust. Tlruuk sv;s5 IN,
ufy-wid with mysticism, she lactea he enervie .I viz
tues that fashion socstes for endurance The voice 4 %
aeea ofaiof' oooins tas oiief strains Of Gecian eo-
quencs could move and cunvince butsau 70 restore M 4.
OF country. freedom and dignity Fuf st.r s..r.
The way the barhaEiana ar. M a1f
d the Northern warns recalls but TOO iaie ausrsrsr e
and bardeT virtues. this eiiemnas Of Tie Es II
eems that can the eriive smile Of tie sk.plie
at can hear his vpce whispering, in mocexy Aizvi and
The Goths-Atila and his Vandals-dzrkhe snorsnce md
crmel Ay .Vandals the Goths-tbs never -f;.r
subjects of splendid defamation and indignant nvecf vel Il
ems too. that down the steep o. ages hear the
mued sound of their armed tTampihe dull seo Of tlr
Wild huzzzs. that drove ae blood esiIng ffon The
uest heaft Through the dim arch-ways Of the pa ee
the untold multi u5ss, embattied sayasenas r rayag-
ngs Of earth And here.they come 1.-The nations Of rey
rushing from the Can sian heigts acknowledging no law
carnage object bur DEATH Fired ts ssadus. BY the
appings Of blood. they dTve before the breath Of The
ormwind, int ryening obstacle scourgs in their
they yibe the Roman that had scnus their
through centuries Of brutal impunity They lire village,
and hesoate the they the common mereie Of
oundage and butcher men, and children, the weak
ard the sirung the umid and the brave They 20 On Tep
ing the harvest of death until Rome takrn and reaen by
their fierce daring. i i'm .Ey cFu-led like b1uble in their
eeumulatei wrath The Goths sway over ore II ofItaEy
fhe memories of TheTmOpy are washed away in tor
sstffn hosts free the Northern invaders Of
ireecai
But may not conceal it, gsntenlsn the work Of dssirIc
ton not yet done And Aftla on the march with
be hdeou Hun, cleaning this huge ied Of slaughter and
4 blood swaImins from the gOrges Of the AHai, they
ome, countless and dsweins, they 20. like the aheng
waves Of The many sounding sea- Savage ihes and ciFzed
aeons-te conquered Of to-day and The allies Of ysztesa
all equally before The sweep Of their Tistezs brand An the
hordes and half of the Tsvtouic stock follow ID
he track OF the baefn mse0r. The Empre topples To s
ase dmantisd. shattered gone Ioos Al the moved down
aiions-he smoking cifsthr suhssEed eEapieis h1oken
Eaue and the delscated aitst Cisizton aends forth
hrek Of wo. gasping the iron enfea Of hararssn
blink you that the ogos the divine promise etsrisl n
hink you that the apu4Iip Of dyine iusticrs 10 be
Rept IN this eataeysn Of unspa1inR nations Thipk
that civilization To be buried hii twofo darknss
fignOrance and cre Society annhisted and The hunaan
mind itself forever erushed error, gentlemen vain
fear In the midst OF taas eonvusnns
fmanknd and uphedvags Of society, there Wa a yafhful
at wo'kthe that had creaedths pevvef that
oud and did preerTe his work As humanity had under
zone its spiritual regeneration, laboFng The trp
i its social REFORM
Il not given dive into the depths of the provjs,
a waysor grasp the of divine rsthutous but
seems to that without the destructive action Of Attil
whom historians, in empty aphor, bave called the
ouFge of God, the world would long have stagnatsd in a
of moral marasmus infinitely mora than the
'Yer action of barbaOus life! iIh the blood which flowed
rh the colossus OF nations these ahhoed barbarians CO.
nensd the foundation Of supply the uses
the old empire, out by and exhausied by
lehaucherie In the Of Violence 6erca but
e giving sap through all the avenues OF s body
oca renovated and etempee by the touch Of their nos
and. This all that could well be expected fiOm their
iuiSe and untuored instincts. Theirs mission Of
lverthro. not of Intellect With the varke brand thsg
moved onward and every where the cyizing cross followed
he conquerng sword. achieving what the lats had com
leneed. And it unfair suppose that the long
erod which followed this work OF demo on as utterly
rpped Of the revelations Of mind. From the close Of hs
roman Empire the call Of the erussdes poetry The only
orm of thought which accompanies new and infant
ocess, was heard, in tones, wild IS hut active AMI
ervading as the action Of those, who echoed her tone
either philosophical historically that hope
AFFECTION and unqualified degradation marked the advent
Itcbrstanity and the invasion of the lower emps. From
the popular of those days have derived the
oetieal and clvarc lays, which constitute The
ass Of modern literature The poetca genius of nntiauity
lah gaed its last energies in the shock Of battle snL
ader the fowns of system of morality The
muse in "reminiscences Of noes expiref lis
ast beathugs mystic faith and heaven ward hopes at The
inot the byzantine whilst smother muse wild and
antuored the OF the North, with she'll strung
battle and de th came to temperin icy hut bracin fup
aims the es poetry Of those days The warros
Jfhs Northern tribes born amid the fierce wainss OF
iGcutured Rude and unetered he exulied IN tbs
lep huasm, which had long passed away from Gfpcian
md Roman hearts, and un Ter the inspiration OF the ays thas
I'd welcomed his birth, be heraded in song the cas OF arms
nd the tramp of victory Bood.staied and skincla,l
'ohs and Aans Vandals and Huns bneaqh the wartent
Attln, round the goner throne Of Theoorick sang Of
dim traditions of the Plassic tribes and the heroic deeds
/ Their ancestral fields. The gathering OF the vestiges and
additions OF these rude but vigorous elements thanks o I'M
bors OF more and less preudce in ees has brourht
its hoard of contributions literature and the mus Of
aoiern days not without tho proofs of neal origin Of
eniEs and originality. We know hat the Gaelic pOts
he skads of candinavia ths bar Of britain and Ireland
Who stirred whole nations mara aFDr and heroic
airing, have not passed upon this earth left imprint
II their primitive senins the story Of its as and is vr
nes In the dark ing Antiquities Of Scandinavia the broad
Northern marked