The New York herald., 1850-01-30


THOMAS PAINE oUTpoNE-EmERsos AND ANDREW
JACKSON DAvIs-NEw REVELATIONS IN THE RE-
LIG IoUs WoRLp.-The new religion, new virtue
and new morality of the passing hour, expressed
and expounded by the model artist divines Of the
New York Tribune, coming rapidly to cul-
minating point. The focus is just about being
truly adjusted, and the results may be expected
soon TO display themselves. The inhdel newspa-
per, now at the head of the novel pseudo phlloso-
phies of the day. has hybrid character--a worldly
mindedness in politics, that would do honor to
the most conservative English tory who battles
for ancient privileges and established regulations
and simple, credulous, accommodating, facjle,
thank k-you-for-a manner of permitting every spe-
cies of sophlsty infdelity, blasphemy and skepti-
csm 10 be placed before the plant Imagnatlons OF
the young and inexperienced of the rising genera
tion. Paine, whose birthday was celebrated yes
terday, has been execrated by the divines OF this
new school of literature and theology, but, unbess-
ed as Ihe was in the faith of Christianity, his
works never did tithe of the injury TO society that
has characterized the results of the publication OF
the Tribune. There is no deformty Of magma
ton in theology, no madness in the mental char
acteristics of our literature, no vagueness Of
idIotcy IN social conventlonality, pantiso-
cratic policy government, either too alb
surd or too far removed from the pale of
probability for these new, reforming pantheists
and atheists, to promulgate, to justify, to defend
and avow. They use their oracle to puff, to extol,
and elevate every neophite of their order-every
poet, parson, lecturer or professor who runs into
their labyrinth of insane myths, and thus draw
into their circle of unhallowed influences the
youthful and enthusiastic talent Of the country.
The cold shoulder Is given to any one and every
one calmly and studiously working way through
the serene and sober regions Of pure literature |;
and the rhapsodies and vugaries OF such lunatical
madmen as Emerson, Lowell, Parker, ct id omne
genus, are bepraised, till wellbaanced intellects
almost led to despair of better state Of things.
Yet they should not be without hope The failure
of Emerson, IN his lecture upon England, prognos-
ticated greater failure for his lecture on London
and its delivery was abandoned for a more ideal
theme, these meretricious parrots of literature al
ways failing when they bring their fancles down
to reality They are fitted only for supra-mun-
dane atmosphere, and the sooner they con6ne
themselves to it the better.
Seriously, it is well to inquire how long the
earth is to be poisoned with the streams of inf
deity and atheism which are daily poured forth
from the Tribune press. II was only a few days
since that the "knockings at Rochester" were
declared, by this motley Of the press-this Tom
fool OF inkdom-to be valuable, as showing that
there is such thing future life, hitherto not
sufficiently well established! Thomas Paine did
not 60 quite so far as that
The mischief, however, ends not here. With
eyes open, one may see precisely where the whole
system Of transcendental nonsense will end, lift
be not exposed. Thousands become imbued with
the spirit Of Andrew Jackson Davis first work
they buy it-they read it-they read the Tribune
TO verify their own surmses, and the hopes that
hang upon these-and then, after beng fed with
the pabulum of this paper for months they are pre-
pared to digest the last work of the Seer Of Pough-
keepsle And what is that Z A small pamphlet,
In which special Providence Is dogmaticaly as
signed TO be mere he-in which Joshuas COM
manding the sun to stand still; is pronounced
impossibihty, and the Old Testament unworthy Of
belief! And, as if the des suucuon OF the ancient
Scriptures were not enough, the incarnation Of the
Saviour Is asserted to be falsehood!
Were only men responsible for such thoughts
and opinions, there would be some safety for
society but the promugators Of these doctrines
claim to have intercourse with the spiritual world
Their words are claimed to be more worthy Of
belief than those Of the pa,rarchs and prophets OF
old and the moral pest-house Of the press, at the
doors Of which stand Greeley, Brisbane and Dana,
to scatter the seeds Of disunon, infdey. disbelief
in the Bible, and every manner and device of the
arch-hend Satan, is encouraged by puritans and
by parents, while crime stalks abroad, bold in
materialism, uncontrolled by the "All hail here
after!' which antiquity, prophecy and our own
consciousness assures us shall thrill every human
soul when once freed from the tabernacle Of clay.
On this subject only just touched for the present,
volume may be written; we shall not lose sight
Of it,