The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-23


not well to sit borns and yet the good mans chair
may be that when he sits down it, he dozes of
TO sleep. There is also class of men who in
creaing to alarming extent among tn That cass
is the recluses They afraid to the risk Of
ma AN ~ a. ss tns msHs sorSs aong men
etacie In his Man should 60 to work resolutey,
believing thai there to the chances of this
life the greater his luck the greater his pluck " He
then wished to draw their attention towards the third
section Of his lecture Man must master the chances OF
life Man should study the fact CT his power pos
eetsrg much power to b. Q somebody as to be
body. He tbou'd look. however before he leaps and
prepare himself for pishaps. Training the mind to see
probabilities. is trying to mske them wise The man
who trusts In probaote the stars of heaven and
IL eli the more sure bt causa Of their light.
Rev. DIR. Wise on the Progress OF Civilization.
The second lecture before the Hebrew Young Mems
Library Association delivered last evening by Dr.
Wise ofAbapy, the above subject at the stuyvessnt
Institute. Mr. Lewis Bruckman presided, Mr.. Isaac
Selman introduced the lecturer to the meeting who
said that he would limit bis observations to the political
lnagress Ct nations the time too limited for him
to discuss any other phase In the progress civilization
Liberty artificial produce of soae ingenious
minds, but the innate principle Of human nature.
Liberty had existed always; and If liberty the natu
raj part of human nature, despom must be unnatural
TO man. for despotism directly opposed to liberty
In history the agents and upbolders desposm were
popes Eoblemen and kings and if the powers Of these
three classes annihted liberty would be checked
longer, and must triumphantly unfold it's banner
wherever have entered into civilized e The Popes
power absolute throughout Europe for every little
village closely watched and the people guarded
by more of his agents The priesthood the
egenis Of the Pope, and every priest
leader tescher aud demagogue of the people
The priesthood made the use Of the power whoh
tRey hAd in tier hands and surrounded them selves
csrenopies which were calculated to cultivate the aen
tion the vulgar ana in their hands held the keys
Of hell and heaven an infant dee without baptt m,
sf ravfaf IN tn an II maj mt
confess bis sins he sure candidate for hell so that
in every instance the priests were the lords and the
people the slaves But could this immense power OF che
popts protect Itself from the onward march of progress
No. could not for although men of liberal ideas
perrecuted liberal ideas ultimately tiiumphed, and
thousands sprung up where slain The Jews do
parted from the authority Of the Pope and inserted
Spo .sistao t,sm The Reformation triumnhed
Germany Epglard, Holland cried mo authority and
the Roman Empire fen spain fell Italy declined France
revolttd Italy crushed and bebed the Pope was
prisoner OF Louis Napoleon. (Applause But the
people Of Rome depoeed the Pope and his influence
and power melted away before the sun OF unver
sal prog snd power upheld by French bayo
nets and Austrian cannon The tyrants of day
support the Romish chair The progress of ciyilizs
tsn has eyerthrown these things and II the tyrants Of
Europe oveIthrcwn to- morrow, the Pope must fall
The unayorsble to liberty the neblemen
In Rome. Sparta Jerusalem and Carthage there
slaves and the prisoners murdered cold blood;
but after the progress of civilization this practice
abandoned The conquests OF the Huns and Cloths in
creased the numbr and the largest number OF
noblemen descendants from those nations In the
middle there law protecuOn the
mobiles dep upon each other which ultimately pro
duceo the fendsl system, and slavery dgraced the
lions OF Europe Every employment was deemed dis
honorable by the oblet except duelng bloodhed and
hunting aud all honorable work such husbandry and
the chancR performed by the slave What ne
acquired belonged his master He obliged to per-
form duties thanks reward and could
be given sway sold He was slave Wherever he went
Domestic slaves were less numerous but the unfortunate
aRricuituriss remained beasts OF burden for The
society Of the middle ages presents one great sys
tenn Of slavery The lords Of the middle ages were
tween the and the mobility were frequent
among every nation. The Pope was the eide
the peoule in state Of ignorance and the lords we've
aso by this Ut his disposal Therefore the nob
them in ignorance. Only free be a liberal
But the onward march OF progress is irresistible
aud the power Of the Pope could not stop pplause)
The nobility neglected commerce and the practice OF the
srte which detbroned them They left IL to the jews
the only brought goods with them from the
Fast but the philosophy of those nations with whom
they had intercourse The lords despised the prsc.
tice Of art 1t the serf who became
psiDtr poet sculptor an srsn zee, or musician a
The products Of opened the gates to the science OF
philosophy and thesthe power OF the nobility fell to
ris. more. In Bohemia the first struggle made,
ana 1t eventually succeeded. Behold the French nation
under arms and their nobility fell and retained their
ttles but nothing Two enemies Of liberty have
almost passed away and one shower and they will
exist This the work OF the progress Of
sooner aid the soyoreigns subdus the Popes by
the power of the people, than the people turned
sgai st the kings Luther, Calvin, and Henry
Will Of England excluded the Pope from the
League with soveregns aud literature through the art OF
printing steadily increased Progress Is law Of Prov
deDce, ard liberty Is principle of the human mind
that every effort to stop 1t must prove failure IL
reasonpg from analogy lie good the dominion Of monarchs
will tna grave in the rushing waves OF time Gap
pisuee) When Ferdinand. Of Spain drove 100000 peo
pe his territory for their religious opinions Prov
denccs vengeance fret burst upon Spain In America
liberty found home for the fret time In modern
bittory The progress Of civilization gave birth to
the American resolution and that revolution gave
birth 70 the flowers Of humanity, George Washing
ton, Bepjsmin Franklin John Adams Jefferson and
other distinguished men and battles fought, and
liberty bad land Of it's own applause The spirit
Of democracy has found Its way into the hearts Of ma
tons their rulers tremble and their sovsregns attempt
TO crush the yard progress OF Hbertybut In vain
hexteo and south America with the exception OF the
braz have followed the example of the United States
and the Citizen President has declared In the presence
Of the oespotsi that European power shall have
dominion over the territory OF the Western continent
(Applsuss) Again, the rulers Of Europe collect their
forces 10 arrest the progress Of liberty and In 1S45 It
wss eyecoms and lay prostrste At the feet Of nations
which but for the ~ant Of prudence among folio
would have been completely successful II was not the
power Of the monsrchs but the weakness the repub
loan leaders that lost the revolution q 1913 But IL
must triumph, In this coatnent we nave mighty
chsiu Of republics with the exception Of Brazil which,
aided BY our country are open 10 every man who
wishes 70 escape from despotism; and besdes there
& mighty England Sweden, Norway, Switzerland,
Portugal and ssrdinia where the people put .
mighty check frpon the prerogative OF kings, for,
In those oour trfs, they are obliged to govern &C.
corong TO prescribed laws asd written constitution
France Emperor because the serpent communism
hss destroy ed the people but IL the Emperor should ever
tufn his power against the labcrng or producing portion
Of society such the merchants or bankers he viii
~ destroyed What the people have gven they san take
away. (Appiaufe) And II the power at present In the
hsnas cf Leus Napoleon BE- infused In the case Of
H. OIL Philippe the dominion OF monarchs will have ceas
% N that country Kings and mobiles longer the