The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-08

cuet Of "Grace Greenwood" but whose real name |
is Miss Clarke came to this city frem Philadelphia
TO see Kossuth and having seen and heard him.
and shaken hands, and "gazed full into the Won.
drous face Of the great Magyar" she describes
him, in letter which che sest to one Of the news
papers, as "the hope and promise Of ages-tke
incarnation O. the iwperlshsble soul Of freedom
the terror and the retribution Of iyranny--the
prophet and the redeepr, not alone Of HE own pecu-
liar people, but the Christ Of the ,corlds pliticGl
redemption
Such is tho language Of one Of tho finest female
writer's Of America. "The redeemer and the
Christi When . woman Of such education and
literary attainments speaks in such strain Of any
mortal man, and applies TO him epthets which
belong only to the Son Of God. what might We not
expect from the ignorant and uncultivated! Bat
the truth is that there is more genuine common
sense among the masses than among the majority
Of the poets, and htGaes, and philosophers Of the
day; and we might search long among the sons
and daughters of toll, who earn their bread By
the sweat Of their brow, and who have but
little time for reading beyond the newspaper,
before we ecald find any man or woman hat
would give utteranoe to such irreverent language,
however much they might admire the poetry and
silken eloquence of Kosspth. 1t would seem as il, at
certain periods Of the world, kind OF monomanis
seized upon the literary classes, male and female,
and made them the sport Of "every wind Of doc
trine."
We verify believe that if some individual we're
now to set himself up as q new Mahomet, or to de-
clare himself Jesus Christ, come back from Heaven
to live and reign upon earth thousand years, the
impostor would find his chief followers among the
lu0ateuS. These people seem to live in an atmos-
phere Of half poe.ical, half philosophical excite
ment, and are but little versed in the practical
business Of life or the realities Of the world They
dwell in the regions Of romance far of in the clouds
ard they are utterly ignorant Of earth and human
nature. Hence they are carried away by every &c.
fusion; and by their talents, without judgment or
experience to ballast them, they propogate it
through the land They clcthe the ignis f,,u.s
in poetica diction and thus make it attractive to
those whose morbid taste seeks for enjoyment in The
illusions of sicky sontmentality with which the
country is inundated. The imposture passes cur
rent among that class until it explodes or some
greater bumbug springpg up, sets it aside and
takes its place. Everything seen through this
poetical and philosophical medium is exaggerated,
idealized. Nothing is sober or rational. Grace
Greenwood is poe.oss, and kossuth is her Mag
save the world from tyranny and despotism, ani
every i'll tina. flesh is hoir to, for oil future time
The LECTURE SEASON AND ITS HUMByG DEvET.,
orENlENTs, AT The commencement Of the wiutersea
son we were graAfed at finding, by advertise
ments, that extensive arrangements we're being
made for the edifoation Of tho community during
the evenings, by the delivery Of several courses Of
popular lectures. We then anticipated that these
lectures would be Of an order which would com
mend them to the favorable notice. and tend to the
Intellectual improvement Of the public; andfor tha
reason We made arrangements to have them re-
ported and published; but hitherto our expoc.a.
tons in that respect have fallen tar short of their
realization. With few exceptions all of these
lectures have been ridiculously deficient in the i'm
parting Of anyhow Developments in the cultivation
Of moral or physical sciences. They have all ex.
hibited the most contemplate eiuneness and bar.
Yenness Of Ideas; not one Of them being cRlclated
to impress on tho mind Of the auditor any novel or
important Information in ethics, politics. history or
science The aim ofthe lecturer has been il seems to
crafty his self conceit by display Of uumeaning
oratory, and to reap the profits derived from tao
admission OF the public at ~ or % cents ahead ~
wei to envelope the subject treated Of il 5or.
tuaus web Of absurd contradictions, aud mi1ister,
not to the edifcasior, but to the stul.if,ad9n OF
those who had been beguiled into spending their
money and time SO uuproftably We really be-
eve that were all the lectures hitherto inflicted on
society this season, collected together aad read
over by an ordinarily intelligent person. he would
find nolhirg like originality or genius in ,hen ;
and no new idea fact could be raked out OF them
Of which be was heretofore ignorant Most o. those
productions were suited only fof the pulpit, and
might be appreciated there's bu. to invite tho public
to 60 and listen to such trash, evinoel 4 want Of
mcdcsty in the lecturer, and was direct insnl. to
TIC intelligence Of the community.
The lecture season is drawing TO a close, and, ~
to tie present time, VIC ara convinced that no adj
vantage has been geaped from IT, We need not
point out tho various subjects which would Be
pleasing ana Instructive to have Illustrated ~ com
retent persons Astronomy Gle strictly, and The cher
natural sciences, open out vide hsld for Gentle-
men Who Rre ambitious to appear public lsc
turers and we think that il they ere too iadolent
to cultivate n moro extended knowledge 90 enable
them to lecture proftsbly, they should at least pos
sc5s co much modc2ty Is would forbid them e.
hlbhinR their puncy capacities Saoro pubic
whom they astonish only By their impuasn)e. Ta9
Roman pr0verb Of the Eouutain N labor (nJaGS
3Cr'l1ta'H, raaCi'lU rlqtcutUs 0lpS) nigh. be ap-
pied to tho lecture season ard its results, cxcsp.
That il has net even prodaccd the y;dteRlIts mas,
but has been Intellectually barren
Something might Sun be done, before tho season
teIDirates, to make tap FOR this niser Bic IN r.o-
GUctyeress ia the pleasant fields otintel8siu2l pur-
suits, AM nut 70 shame tae Posty exhibitions which
have been pallcd NJ On this sGlerog Community
TIE CRYSTAL PALACE UP TowW.-1hc great
Crystal Palace which is TO BE erected By hidJie,
at Reservoir square, IS creating much moriiaer5
and iun and il going to be another Of the hun Bugs
Of the day, ike PGne's gas, ard Barrum's fire
annihiatsr 10 is 10 contain specimens Of articles
from every nation Of tho world, ard the rest Of
neutrality-suspicious. hat will never find choir way
to Reservoir square I'LL crack Of doom" The
object appears to be TO draw away tho custom fsom
our 6rg goods stores, and transient to montscrdry
goods store up at Forty second street, The ladies'
however, viii find ii much more convenient 10 step
into Stuarts or Beck's, or any Of Tho dry goods
palaces in Broadway, where they will End better