New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-24
SCENES AND THOUGHTS IN EUROPE.
BIZ Az AxrRlcAs. tG. Il. Calvert PART II
lcounniea,ea 1or The Trio1ue. !

her elder sister Mature; the two CO working with
man for MS deliverance. The highest service Of
practical art is 70 bring men together. For thus
greater instruments are needed Ia the modern
enlsrrsd field than in the ancient confined one
Tvnes. steam. electricity, these are the mighty
modern instruments. They are ST once the signs
snd means of elevation. They are cause after
having been effect. These great tools are bat
sroUtbs. elongatiols Of the inteec.,-helP s which
~ i,s fpllness. il contrives for itself Al machines
ave Int nan.made figures, legs, eyes, ears
Thence the mind that has not sveled to the want
If them cannot use them. What are types or
the telescope in the hands Of the savsgel And
thence the degree Of activity wherewish these
tools are piled, marks the rank O. nations IN the
scale of humanity. Pass from the heart OF Rus
ala 10 the heart Of Eng and from the sterile ami
mslism Of Africa to the afiuent humanity OF
America. In Africa types and steam are IN
known in Russia they are still in embryo in Eng
land and America, 20 arrest them for day were
TO srrest and confuse the great currents Of lie.
They denote moral as well es Intellectual activity
or IN productive action there is always virtue -
The most selfish WORKERS carry forward undesigs'
edly the common cause.
LII
center Of lie. For invigorating, mulvip.yln
beAuti'ying life, all Nature is at his service. Al
first he uses partially, grossly, passlvely only
her pslpable simple qualities. Compare the tOois
and the work done with them, OF the savage,
with the tools and work Of the civilized.
The subtler his agents, the more intense s
mans gain Of power Who can compute what
he has gained by steam Enter crowded
Capitol by night, to learn what centuped food
of eht comes from the imP0nderabie substance.
What are batterlng rams 70 gun powder, whose
terrible force is in the sudden Liberation Of gas.
Subtler than either, Electricity-no~ our post
msn-hss speed which cannot be calculated
SubteBt Of all master of them AL clutcnlng then
combined force in its grasp, Outshlnng the Sun,
outrunning the electric fash, 10 resources infinite
IN power Unreasonable, is the mind Of Man the
center summit, and cOnsummation OF earthly be-
ings the quintessence Of things, the lewe OF the
world the citadel Of humanity, the hnal superla
tive in nature, the bOundless receptacle, the ex-
hsUstless source, whittier and whence, backward
and forward, flow the streams of the multiplex
movement " hich we call the world,-the mystic
womb Of thought, in whose vast depths lie the
Past, the Present, the Future,-the mighty gene
rator " no on Earth generates all the deeds OF
men, and with man ike shapes peoples the inf
mite beyond the dauntless seeker, who on the
dread confines of being cOnfronts the Creative
Spirit of the Universe, and wrestles with him Tor
his secrets.
This divine Ere, who dare attempttO quench or
control il? The sacrilegious who would handle
this sublime essence as they do gas and steam
who are theyl They are Princes and Priests.
In the beginning natural superiorities are read-
" scknOw legged. By their symathies not less
than by their weaknesses men yield 70 guidance.
So long as it 10 guidance and not direction 80 long
as real superiority is the condition OF leadership
the relation between guides and guided is healthy
But in the imperfect social organizations, Tor the
elastic play OF natural tendencies is soon substl'
tuted the ieid pressure Of artificial arrangements
Men invent laws instead of discovering them.
Then hum anity ia turned awry. Then In place oil
mpartiality and freedom and natural growth there
s-in proportion TO the rigidity OF the convention
al ordinances--one sidedness, tyranny, compress
sion. The human.arbitrary takes place OF the
dvinefree Willingly or not, men have abdlcated
their native sovereignty there il enforced sub
mission they are governed, ruled, commanded.
Their strength has passed away from them, to be
centered in caste, class, family Above
them In permanent possession, absorbing their
wills, controlling their thoughts, ordering thSiF
acts, are irresponsible masters, greedy monopo-
lists of power. Scoring men, deying God, Jeal-
GUS selfseeking unsympsthising, the iirst objects
Of the suspicion envy wrath, OF these sell const-
tuted. unballowed leaders are the men commits
stoned bv Nature to be the guides Of humanity.
The mission OF these is 10 enlishten, to exst-ihe
aim Of the former is 20 dOmineer over, to possess
men. The inspired benetsctOrs, the parents OF
new thoughts, the revealers aRd champions OF
gre truths they who are endowed with genius
TO witty and enlarge the minds OF their fellows,
when they have not ended life Of persecution by
the cross or the fagot. have nobly lived unscknowl-
edged to died unregretted.
Two hundred years ago Gtribunal OF theologla
sitting in Rome pronounced the assertion that me
earth nOreS 20 be not only heretcal In religion, but
absurd in philosophy, and to the assertor applied
the rack 10 extort retractOn OF this TRUTH winch
bis genius had revealed in its high communlngs
with God. More presumptuous, more olasphem-
Gus than the angry denial Of the movement OF the
earth, is the denisl Of the movement OF the human
mind. The same tribunal still sits IN Home, and
70 its officials in all quarters of the globe procams
that in matters the most vitsl-his duty TO God
his duty to his fellows Judgment shall not unfold
itself in the brain Of man. but be passvely accept
ed from this tribunal. the privileged fabrcatOr Of
religious and moral laws This inhuman, this
goddess proclamation, 1t endeavors 30 enact by
means adapted 10 the condition OF each land by
the gaol and gibbet in priestrotted ltaly-by gid
ed sophisries, by feigned Piancy, by Judas kisses
in Protestant America.
OF all despotsms the sscefdota IL the most des
olating both its end and means being the direct
subsection Of the mind. Irresponsible Priests are
worse enemies Of mankind than Princes. Hating
each other as rival usurpers with an unchrbtlan
hate, they have from necessity mostly eagued to-
gether 70 bemAster the intellect and soul; believ
ing that he who could possess himself Of the minds
OF men would own the treasure Of treasures Bat
the selfish are ever short sighted. IL is seldom
given to thieves TO enjoy their thsfts. When
Priests have robbed their brother Of that which
makes him poor indeed, the wealth that be mas
lost eEricheth not the robber; for by deeplsw Of
Mature which DEGREES the inyiolsbllity of the hu.
man soul, the moment the mind IS invaded il
ceases to be treasure. The contiguous breath of
the possessor bedims the splendor Of the jewel.
Freedom gives the only light by vhichis sparkles
In subsection the mind pines and perishes. On
itself must It be poised, cut Of itself draw its life,
within itself be its supreme tribunal Else il has
no spring for elevation, seltrenewing vitality,
ssfrectify ing force 1t lAnguish=s, It sckens.
il dwindes. Bat not alone. They who on the
holy OF holes Jay sscriligious hands, the Gains
who kill their brothers souls, they dwindle with
it; they become little with the littleness they
have caused. Look 81 Spain, at Portugal At Italy,
the People and their Priests. WHAT an intellec-