New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-04

NJ .1ouisition itself Ihqs e0S two orgpcnSa o. ad
Intellectual education would De carried on az one
.nd the same Gime Weshouid MT INIT our coQrEe
Of public instruction to orghography reading, VII
I ting geography, English grammar and arithmetic
Nor on The other hard should We make 1t profes-
sionsl in It's cbsraoter-furniRblng special qaain.
cstion Tor special pursuits But the means Oh
know edga provided ct public ezPsnse saould en-
brace al those branches Of lie arning, esseutal to
rnake Intelligent men and skilfui operatives IN the
various busipees departments Of iife All YORK
men shouid understand mechanical ehosopby-
tie application Of science TO the useful arts.
Bur education s not complete Till Ii reaches 1oe
sfe cfioFs TIL it elevator enligdtens and ezoaEde
the soul; till il gvfs toe child true petcepon OF
rieht ard wrong and q deposition TO do the i1fnef
ard 10 avoid the later TDis is the highest, no.
blest, holess psrt Of she vok Nothing else can
furnish balance wheel ofsuifcient power 70 Fegl-
late 81 TIE disturbing forces IN our political naGni
neYy eectaTiaG creedR, wild theories and ware" u
/ trsismP. Intelligence merely IS no guarantee OIL
safety Man IL created wi&t all the faculties Oh
/ brute end the c.pacities Of demon. Ii n!s pro
pepsites are pempered and his INTELLECT cui'l &Seo
ri the expense of his moral nature oe oeco!n5s ah
incarp lion of evil Our rope Is IL s' I J;sLr
Integrity aud generosity OF the people :" lTh2u1
efficient moral principle, there 10 no national de-
fsras mn npblic safety Moral education to be re-
led on must commence at an early age, ana De
based on right motives The gentest Whisper OF
kirdn ets may aubdue the impulse which prompts TO
moral delinquency in the child, while il that i'm
puse Is permitted to grow and luxurls'e unresffa'n
3D. the giants arm cannot curb IL III the hardened
criminal. TIL moral instruction becomes more
prominent feature in our public schools, we have
but little 70 hope even from their more sanitary
tender cies To furnish system Of public instruc
ton equivalent to the one we have described end
to apply i; TO the body, mind. and morals OF every
child in the State should be the anxious aim OF our
lawgivers Humanity and religion call loudly on
every philanthropist and Christian 70 use ms inna
ence to promote this object, The most rlglo econ
omy admonirhes every tax payer, 70 aid IN me
work.
EYs "PERFoRATIoEs III THE LATTER-DAY
PAMPHLETS BY ONE OF THE EIGHTEEN MILLIONS
OF BoREs, Edited by ELIzUR WRIGHT. The first
number Of this retort or Carlyles recent truculen
cies, takes up the subjects of Universal Suffrage,
Capital Punishment and Slavery, Eizur Wrghts
well-known cauhtic pen burns any quantity of
holes in Carlylea palpable aoPhistries and in fact
riddles them completely. Aspecimen or two will
give acme idea of bis hits. Boston; Phillips,
Sampson * Co. New-York Sold by stringer Il
TowDsend)
CARLYLE AS A WRITER.
"Carjle has always been writer OF the most
provoking generality. He shoots his lighsnipgs out
Of clouds and darkness, throwing broad G are
upon things in general and nothing in particular
End rise from the feast with unaccounrebe sense
Of emptiness You love to hear him thunder against
idiot dyngstes, and pursy pnesthoods; you al
mira his heroes, such as are not seen alive, ana
probably never were but when you come to ask
for an application Of all this sublime wisdom to
tangible present, everyday realities all you get
ia sneer at you, as q vulgar beaver, or All incon1.
petent numbskull. In vain have men q1estloned
him as to what ne would put instead of the trash
he bns been hweeping into the dust hole. ,Ehe
government and priesthood of true, wise and he
roic men, be replies sticking 10 his generality
But who are they That is your lookout; you
must find and elect them or perish But who are
ce2 Ard ho@ ahall we elect themF These last
questions, pushed for decade or two have at aat
pushed poor Carlyle quite beyond his depth, and,
mere general thunderer and universal sco!d az he
ia without an average share OF that bearer intel
1ecti OF which be speaks lightly, he has been
forced to attempt in his Latter Day Pamphlets
acme sort Of answer. And his anawer ID quite re
narsable What idiot dynastiea or puray priest
hoods may think or say Of it, heaven only Knows
Whether they viii think it, all things considered,
worth hseon of their wine, or service OF plate,
or the precous crumbs under their tables is not for
us to imagine. 1t ia pointer their own profound
wisdom to decide. The case reminds ma OF hum'
bic canine friend OF mine, who once upon time
snapped up bit of meat which bad fallen on the
Goals swallowing it together with some ofthe bet
epbeYs. He could not be got to repeat the enter
Prise. To eptomize this notable answer Of Gar
lie in his own sort Of English il is this
Z" Do You esk, my incompetent friends no
are toe3 and hoao are we to elect divine heroes,
and true priests to govern and teach us = 10 be
frank with you, you are nothing else than some
% 100000 OF fools. with few exceptional scoun-
drels and the divine heroes and true priesEs-
Heaven OILY knows who and where uey are
must elect themselves You are only bound IN
your Incompetence to receive and own them
They are bound en- their own eternal peril, to
elect items ever- not get Themselves elected by
universal suffrage, sham or otherwise. They are
God appointed TO hang the scoundreis and req.
nent ali the rest Of you into industrial and other
| regiments in which you shall work or be shoti and
the sooner they set about it the better You elect
rulers. indeed Shall folly have the wisdom to get
ITSELF wisely governed Rhall evil correct Itself
or water run up hill, or msn lift himself BY his
| owp Wristbands
0 profound Carlyle, nothing is easier for an eb.
! stract philosopher than to ride into chaos or any
| other inHane asylum on q figure Of speech. You
viii find the figure called assumption always ready
fer the saddle, and though clearly belonging to the
/ ass tribe, it will put you mile beyond common
/ senae in less than three minutes. Assuming that
! nlsjofity Of any nation are born foola, with ex
eeptionAl scoundrels universal suffrage OF course
becomes folly. A very fooiiah person could see
that What is due 10 Thomas Carlyle for making
such en- assumption, in other worde 9or acting
/ up raost God dishonoring he rs Gods truth,
he, rs general thunderef and universal scod, by
trade against shsms and lies-in the abI.racf--
does abondan,!y and in many places declare
| The unhappy creature, he nays in one place
DOES be not know then, that every lie is aoourseG
! and the parent Of more curFesl Yes, Carlyle
! knows tbas In the general, as who does not But
whese 10 the fruit Of bis knowing it Practically,
he FLANDERS biz Maker he professea the moat
rrOouod admiration and respect for Mature and
then Rbusea the divinest end Of IL. human Nature.
The mass Of h!s countrynen and forttori tho rest
,hc word, he pronouncea ioos, that la, fNlureg
miserahlest Of abortonsl is tbis 80 in the length
and breadsh Of beautiful A0wsry Engand--think,
/ lag, doing, merry Englnnd-Is misery tho rule,
AID bsppiness The exception God fthia is q
/ he'll, whore 10 heaven1 10 spite ofbeeE brandy
] Classic lard ban II oonsontsd industry and
/ hymn Of domestic sndeNnaeat a laugh Of social