New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-04
NEW PUBLICATION.

NEW PUBLICATION.
PROGRESS IN PnE NORTH-WEsP ANNUAL Dis.
COURSE BEFORE the HIsroIIc1 Al sociErI OF QUO
rati Il w. Derby Co. $40. PIP 81.
Tbe subject to which this Discourse is devoted,
The Facts and Conditon of Progress in the North
We.tern Section of the United stases opens 4
Geld Of discussion TO the author which his studies
and biz tastes have qualified him TO enter with Pc
culiar advantage and from which he has gathered
bountifu harvest OF Incidents and recolections
Illustrative Of most mportaut portion Of Amer
icen History. Nor hss be limited himself TO the
Office of mere collector of valuable sta,istics he
surveys his subject from philosophical point Of
view calculating the principles involved in the
great movement of Western civilization casting
s horoscope for distant future and deducing,
by firm and cogens series of arguments, tho
srande ar of its ultimate destiny.
The discourse is opened with some profound re-.
Elections on the idea OF Progress in its connection
with Human Civilization, showing the essential
di,tir c,on Of modern civilization from all previous
social orders, &C the civilization OF Man, nos of
KINGS, Priests, or Mobiles, pervaded by the spirit
of love, and exhibiting character OF elevated,
Christian spirituality;
TIE ancient civiliza atoms were senauols the
modern clviliz asion spiritual. The ancient civil
iZetioDa encouraged oistDotions the modern civ
ization proosi That thrill and ocho
through the un verse, God is BIO respecter of per
sons The ancient civilizations mads Of woman
slave to mans caprces, appetites and power,
ard denied Der thing approaching TO equality
of state with him The modern civilization de-
clules her equality. praises and protects her vir-
tues, seeks to EDUCATE her intel, ct and develop
H.
atesipg angel amid the doubt, aud suffering aud
nefarious wrongs OF life. The ancient civilizations
bulk the pyramids and the paIacesof Esyps, fouud-
ed the magnificent empires and the rich cities Of
Asis, erected the temples Of Greece and con.
structed the Appisn Way and the Roman Aque-
ducts the modern civilization buida the common
schoo the Christian church, the lunasic asylum,
the institution for the blind, the school for the deaf
ard dumb, the hospital, and the aims house. The
ancient civilizations nclosed their Cities and even
their countries, within high and strong wslls so
protect them alike from the rapscty and the
weapons OF neighboring peoples she modern civ
ilization cepneois its cities by good roads and ca
nals to invite visits from one another, and con-
atructs railway from State 10 State, and across
continents from Ocean to Ocean, 10 facilitate inter
communication and thus brings and binds peoples
together instead OF wailing them apart. Tho an
/ Gent civilizations decorated the walls and columns
of their temples aad dwellings, with paintings and
iculptures representing personal conflicts con.
| querors returning from battle bearing the dlnmem.
bered heads OF the slain, and other evidences ofthe
bloody exerton OF brute strength the modern civ
ilizetion fills it's private residences and public halls
with paintings and statues that awaken the purer
associations call into activity she higher senti-
mepts, and fill the mind and heart with images OF
beauty, truth, holiness and love. The ancient civil
izntiops sent armies abroad to conquer and subdue
With the sword and with Are the modern cvlliza-
zion sends the Bchoolmsster and the missionary
abroad to conquer and subdue with lnseiectuA al
light with Gospel truth, with human and divine
love.
But this ia not the limit OF human progress. New
,riumpts are in reserve for the race, which will
throw all former attainmentE into the shade
Eighteen hundl ed years ago ita seeds were aown
In Palestine and the Holy Land, and since thea
they have been silently but ceaselessy gefmln-
ating, and springiDg up, and spreading over the
world, Which lie sooner or later 70 feel theF pres
ence in its whole extent. Just at this time, from
the wickedness and folly OF other nations and the
favors shown our own, the elements OF civlllZs-
lion still higher than this seem 10 be gather.
ing on the wide territories Of the United States.
Tie physical and moral grounds upon which This is
basiDg ITSELF and the social and spiritual conditions
OF iis advancement are topics which would seem 20
be worthy the consideration OF all classes, bat es-
peoiaily OF the Historical Student and the Chris
tian Philosopher.
The author then presents mastery sketch of
the physical characteristics Of the region OF the
North W est, the course of emigration and improve.
ment since the beginning OF the present century,
ard the causes of the unparalleled prosperity
which it has enjoyed during that period This ID
oIowed by an eloquent expression of the hopss
with which ne is inspired BY view of the social
elements presented by the vast region under con.
alteration:
Such without descending to the details Of reli-
gious humane and educational institutions, OF rail-
road structures and canals, of river navigation,
commerce and manufactures are the great facts OF
Progress in the North West And what do they
indicate Clearly to my mind, that here in this
region OF vast capabilities whose phy.cal atureE
l have hastily delineated, and whose material aod
moral progress have portrayed in general terms,
is 70 be tired an Experiment in Humanity. higher
in liz character and sublimer in its results snan
any yet known. Hisherward come not alone the
Christian institutions of eighteen centuries, and
the ART, literature, philosophy and science Of SIX
Thousand years but the men of all zat.ons dlssruss
ing The teachings OF the pssr unsatisfed vi,h cue