The primitive Republican., 1851-04-10
I. MY npn5S, VOL 2 NO. 2.
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the attack whicl, was rll,aic o,CtTo distinctpc-I
RODS nn Alcibiades andah Socrates, We sec
4 the union Of the gre1 mass Ct Athcnian g.
lcicty, both democdlral and aristocratiG,
against what tbS cdneeiggG to bcTayoliition-
airy, and ag2inst men bolf fof whom were OBJ
noxious because they tfwered above their
age. Asin the allegc4 plot Of the nutila-
ton of. the Herne, 4hessalus, the son of the
aristocfatic Ciplon, and AndrocIcs, the dem
agogne, both united against Alcibiades in
the charge Of oyerthrowing the constitution
and establishing tyranny $50 toplancs,
the poet of the aristooracy, and AngtHs, the;
companion of the cxiletl leader Of the popu-
lar party, combined IN bringing against So
crates the charge of.oycrthrowing Of my thoiogy.
and establishing atheism- In each case there
was a real lnoyelncg tobe discogered- the
prosecutors could liaye diseOgercd it,. Alci-
blades was at work pnedesigns which might
/ lave dissolved the existing bonds of society
| at Athens, and perhaps made hin, its Fnler
land tyrant Socrates yas at york on de-
signs which would ultimately tend to place
1.-THE religion and morality of Greece on a to-
tally new foundation They failed to con
yict Alcibiades, because his plans were not
yet fully developed; !; they failed to convict
Socrates Justly, because his design was one
which none but tie noblest minds could un-
derstand SO far there vas a resem blapce
between the two cases IA reseublance Of
which the enemies of Socrates made the
most. But, as every ore now recognizes, the
difference is far wider. Alcibiaaes was really
what he was taken to BE, the Representative
of all that EAeNYorst in the teaching of the
Sophists--of ain that was most hostile to
morality and reli ~ Socrates, whilst foE-
mally belonging to tie Sophists, was really
4 the champion Of all that sas most true arad
4 Yic,s4 i.f!e> - , 1 r Il vttIIlSHh tte 1lInd-
mess which III allEgrcat novemcffts las often
confounded twnS ole..,~...y .anUsy uIssIfIii-
lar because thcybatll happened tobe opposed
| to the prevailing opinion Of the tine!
We have reminded our readers of this
ljuxta- position because there is no passage in
history which more happily illustrates the
position which was taken up against the
4 Christian apostles and missionaries of the
first and second centuries--a position which
i has not unfrequently been overlooked OF
Emisapprehended. sGhristianity az has been
we'll remarked, Shared the common lot Of
every great moral change which has ever
n taken place III human society, By coEt4iEi!ae 9
anon iSs Supporters men whowere morally
the extreme opposites of each other. No
q careful reader of the Epistles can fail to pcr-
lceive the constant struggles which the Apos-
ties had to maintain, not only against the
! jew and the heather external to the Chris
4 tian society, but against the wild and liceu-
il tiosis heresies which took shelter within IT.
1 Thesa confusion which had taken place
Il in the Athenian mind in Abe case of Socrate.
]. andtA Ioibiades, tosls :siare 80 the first Gen
/, Etnry of tie Christian era with regard to tho
!. Apostles and heresiarchs of the Christian
j Church. St Paul and IIyacrscus were t,
: to all outward appearance on the ss4pe side
] 1lotll equalIy bent on revolutionizing the ex
! isting order Of civil society As Aristophancl
| lco4Id not distinguish betReen the licentioui
] arguments Of the wildersclassof sophists and
4 the elcyating and inspiring philosophy d
8 Socrates, so Tacitus could not distinguish
/ between the anarchists whom ST. Paul ano
lSt. Peter were 1aboring to raSress, and The
] kpure morality and faith VIII they were
! Iabering to propagate. He regarded them
j both as belonging to &n teSecrable race,
j aiateful for their abominabIe crimes and
L las the Greek poet could see nothing but an
elatheist> in Socrates, so the Roman historian
| Iwould have joined in the cry, Away witt
I 1.-The atheist, which was raised against tliC
) first Christians La each case the ncxt gen
!. lei alton jildged more wisely and Iaore justly
! sSocrates was in the age of Plato and Aristo
8 tie more fully appreciated, and the gross
& saistalxe Ii hiel1 Tacitus had made with regaEC
! Ito Christianity in the reignsof Nero we lcarI
Il from the milder tone of the younger Phny
Ito have passed away in the reign of Trajan
II But the warnings are not less instEssctiTe 90
il every age !; and 1T Is because the two cases
II amidst Infinite diversity, tend to explair
s each other, that We have thus ventured t
4 bring them together.
london Quarterly l1csIcic
History of GSoecc4by Geo Gsrote, Esq
81 a Nobleman on a Balloon Excursion
E Bepa1gnre Of lie DIXIE of Bruasulc1 .,
!, sttte Nassau Balloon tor Gcj.naoay. Yes
! tcrday, ono of the most peculiar fests III aero
S station took place from the garders of 9"Th'
/ Royal Properly, sFauxhall, By the depart
tire Of his highness the Duke Of l3Eupss icS
o accompanied By Oir. Charles l5fecp5 the well
{ lknown @ronaut, in bis balloon. Preparation
1 being made on the Nv Waterloo ground, on Sun
III day evening number of men were employ
s cd, under the direction cf bIr Iitlpm, TIA
i prineipal engineer Of the LoIdon Gas Com
4 paily, ii laying down 92inch Flpc fFo4n tll
! works to irfate the machine, and at q clocl
5 Yesterday morning every thing was II readi
ness for the imitation, and by III O'clock til
a1baIloon was in d fit stat te for the ascent Th
3 Duke of Brunswick, accompanied by q fc'
& friends, arrived on the ground with a larg
+ quantity of provisions and EiaAds pecessal'
3 for Heightened voyage, consisting 81 halai
= fowls, pheasants, partridg ges bfeadstutii
q chocolate, coffee, .Sc, with SSoyer apparafl
= fiji booking The ascent beng trictly ps
i yfte, tie event was surprise 10 the intab
i. taalts of the vicinity Thirteen tried ca'
81 rier pigeons belor to Nh lenIy Exon.
n of ISellpin gtoa aiere placed in stbe "a
IL for tie purpose Of comm nh icating " fliQs
81 Interested in tic fact and precisely at II 9
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