New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-15

lot paper 10 ~. zoo, in Humanity, bat only
i'' 'SSsu,al and superficial oOnn'o - ,ha .oa Nv
.s.s aye no. spontaneous rn" o. '@' 80 ;,ao
thai 'DeS - hn, ,bs enforced products o, an 'sno
ny n'. -..;lfal husbandry. 10 short 'oA" p,O.9
nH'Or u"'. W. mere erurie Of the true man lnc''
them TO DC '"' - from the thraldOm OF Nature
..a society. First, let rs cies''' '''
Crime. .,;ols,;on Of natural obliga
vice " -, !. the same thing, Of ones relations 70
nOO' u - Crime is in all cases violation Of
,r..,;on. or Of ones relations to his ieho"
DOT" hog comes it that one should ever
I. ,bese obligations How comes II that one
III ever violate his relations to his own oooy
3d. ST. NJ. f.uogmsnl do lot hesitate 70 aver
-, i. only and always, because his existing Or
'-,h,,;zsd relations in these regards are not com
..,.arste with bis true relations; or because 'ne
s,,er do not express the exact sooordinalon
.hicb the latter owe to his proper indivldua'Hy,
I. 0,bsr words. | am persuaded that wee anu
o,ne would be sheer impossibihties to me- IL my
,,stipg relations with Nature aud S0cie'y rS''"eu
az inward and essential freedom Let me "sA'
Ibis plain CO
Man is the creature neither oil Nature ~. " "
asty but exclusively Of the living anu i"''1i''
God and he consequently claims an lnoi'ioua"''
s,ssdon, utterly superior to that which these
-. ,fsord him. For Nature gives him oodr
= Individuality limited by that OF all other oooes'
IA gociety gives him q personal individually
s,.;,sd nv that of all other persons. Neither OF
~ gives him infntude, but on the contrary
~ cucumber him with incessaat limitations
Vow the whole Of human history is made up oil tne
ssfort al man to emancipate bimself from these IL
citations and so exhibit his divinely impaired
ordship or supremacy over the universe E'1,y
incident of human progress grows OUT VI elis
,,,nsele on the part OF Man ~ suOdue Nature anu
socety to the acknowledging mt OF MS righuoi so
ss,eignty. or what is the same thing, 10 bring hls
,s,.ycsI and moral relations into perfect accord
IN III. God given aud therefore infinite, lndlvld
".i;,y The true method Of this subjugation, the
e. and only adequate means for reconcillng Ma
,ors and Society to mans inhnItude, are 10 DE
Eand Of course in the progress OF physical and So
ssl science that is TO say, 10 such an observation
n he laws of Nature and Society as shall exhibit
he perfect correspondence or harmony they pear
n ali the wants Of mans heart and all the asplra'
toos of bis intellect Bot Science IS oil SLOW
rfwth being product oil The widest natural ana
o-isI experience. Whilst Science is maturing,
ssrstore. or preparing an exact adjustment be
,xsen Man and Nature between Man and Society,
he attitude Of these several parties toward each
sber must necessarily be hostile. For mans In
snct of sovereignty never sleeps. Though Ma
u-e and Society long refuse 10 ratity 1t, he ever
deys bis inward mOnitions, hearing voice they
snnot hear, and cherishiDg the perplexed but tie
acious memory Of a more august home. The
~ l. L. a hra do
vinion in ways disalowed Of Nature and Society,
in the unhallowed ways Of Vice and Crime.
Bu, now hear you asking, "Why such opposi'
lon should exist between Man and Nature, be-
ssen Man and Society," Why could not Gods
york in Humanity take place, without our ex'
priencing such a Limitation on the part OF Nature
nd Society, as drives US to Vice and Crime -
The reason Of this impossibilIty lies in our nm
uortal,tv lies ia other words, in the very Peec'
Am Of Gods de,ign toward us. 1t is because he
ds,gns a truly infinite good in us, that We are
umpeIed to undergo this preliminary experience
a uhysical aud moral evil. Let me demonstrate
tbs 10 your reason;
First / will state my exact position hOld,
then, that man destiny involves Of necessary the
exact opposition be has encountered at the hands
Nature and Society, and involves, consequently
n the vice and crime which have resulted from
such opposition. In other words am prepared TO
sbow that vice and crime have been altogether nc
eessry incidents Of human history that they have
been simply inevitable features OF the evolution oil
Gods consummste work in humanity; and that,
hsiesd Of Imply iDg any defect in that work, they
WOe its esse ntia and imperishable perfection In
support of this conviction, | might be content TO
yesd the bare existence OF vice and crime, Since
ucannot suppose that Omnipotence would EN-
BOY incongruOus or superfiuous me ans to accom-
push its designs But the truth admits OF an a pos
Gieri demonstration as well.
First OF all YOU will coneede that the true crea
me OF God, or what Is the same thing true man
kod, does not not consist In the unlimited ENJOY
lent either OF ones natural appetites or one socia
iaectiOns Doubtless these things are very good as
FINISHING bdsts to human in dlvidualty, but they
h no means constitute that individuality. Oar
tue individuality is not passional, bat active. The
lie which is an incessant communication or influx
ron God in man is essentially active, and consists
hIreay infinite faculty or power OF production
b, this minute faculty cannot become realized or
tpprOpriated to man, cannot become fact OF con
sao1sness to him save 10 40 far as II is actually ex
a.ed-save ia So far as IL stands authenticated by
"a visible fruits-ssve In 50 far as 1t becomes an
cbored in bis own deeds. Now suppose for mo
neat that mans frat consciousness dawned amid q
perfectly submissive Nature and a perfectly &C
cOrdan, Society; suppose that every want Of his
heari had been lsvishy met and every exertion Of
Die Intellect anticipated; do you imagine tina: in
these circumstances be would not have forever re
nAned the mere guzzliDg pensloner OF Nature aud
Society boy you conceive that be would ever have
nsen 10 true se Consciousness to the consciousness
q a selfhood superior 10 outward circumstance,
because affiliated TO God alone Do YOU suppose
nuwith every want fulfilled before it was born he
you'd ever have felt those immortal warnings
sheh have actually led him to reDounce the pat.
image OF Nature and Society and to claim the ex
sasIye paternity Of Godl Unquestionably not.
as whole motive or impnlsion to action would in
ast case have been vacated, and with it every
eut Of proper humanity, he himself remaining the
While more senseless than any cabbage, less capa
ae than any worm, the mere idiotic nursing in
acs' Of dishoDored Nature, and an inyeterate wen
sEon her Otherwise Immaculate bosom. .r..-
Thus maintain that the evolution OF man's tue
q lnhnie Consciousness, Of that perfect Individual
(which Is Gods gift to him, is iIseparably con.
aasent upon the opposition OF Nature and Society,
" upon the ply scsi and social limitations encoun
s'ed N the infancy OF his development Ii is
lnese limitations which perpetusily stimulate his
SavI,y, and 90 prevent his sabsidine into a mere
animal aud vegetable existence They drive him,
eprodRet,ve action, and noarish hi. di.t;nctiva
human selihood-s foster his proper immo,tsI;rx