Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-10
From the Home Journal.
Theodore Parker

CARLYLE begins bis fine essay upon ST
; Walter Scott, with this sentence :--"Ameri
can Cooper asserts, in one of his books, thn
there is an instructive tendency in men to lool
at any man who has become distinguished :
and this tendency Mr.. Carlyle thinks "mos
valuable and Indispensable" And this ten.
dency, we may add, drew an audience OF
some thousands to see and to hear Theodore
Parker, last week, at the Broadway Taber-
nacle; for he too has "become distinguished"
The audience was as remarkable rs the man
II had come TO look at. The "Come oulors'
OF every sort--political, religious aud social
! were present in force. There was a spriuk-
| ling of Quakers, of the new school, DR..
I Bush, aud several of his congregation, many
of the Universalist and Unitarian clergymeti,
strong detachment Of liberal politicians, a
Shaker or two, and large number Of those
who still plod on IN what is sometimes
lauded, and sometimes stigmatized, as "the
beaten track" The majority, however, we
npprehend, were of the class who nre ulive
to the fact that they live in the nineteenth
century.
Theodore Parker is known all over the
country, and in many European circles, MS
the daring propounder Of novel doctrines in
religion, politics and morals; and we expect.
ed to see in his personal appearance some
thing corresponding to his reputation the
temperament enthusiastic, the jet black hnir
tue sharpened countenancc, the aitenuated
form, the rapid utterancc, the ardent manner
and the eye in fine frenzy rolling On the
contrary, we found him to be one of the
most sedute aud quiet of men, perfectly |
calm, remarkably deliberate in his delivery, |
sclfposessed, temperate, spuring of gestures,
ne nnnrufppignl a ANpl.utar ~
stoned us Everitt. Mr.. Parker is slightly be- !
low the average height. lie has wclI-set,
vigorous frame, which study has not wasted,
nor ease rendered portly. Ills head is of the
type so common IN observation-disclosures tow
cring aloit, like that of the long-hcnded
Scotch, but round, aud broadly developed
Ills fine arched forehead swells upward, and
loses itself in that bald dome where as the !
phrcnologists assert, the oIgnn of reverence
is placed, to peal forth ceaseless anthems to |
the Creators praise. The lower part of the |
countennnce is full which, MS the same phil
osophers declare, indicates the possession of
those traits which fit II man TO he u success.
iul combatnnt on this arena of earth. Tx.
cept III the gravity of his dcmcanour, there
IS nothing in the appearance of Theodore
Parker to mark the clergyman. The ira.
ditOnal white cruyat lac discnrds, aud he
wears a iiock-cont buttoned, the hue of
which alone is clerical The general inn
preston, from his aspect, is, that serene,
kindly, prosperous Bostonan gentleman
stands before you.
The subject of the lecture was, " The True
and False Ideas of Gentleman " A gcn-
ilcman was defined To be man whose ma
turc is tremendously developed. For exam |
pie, Neander, though the most expert of the |
al cnul1 E,,,I a., 4.
home to his lectlre-room without asstnnce
he was moi harmoniously developed one
part OF his nature being cultivated at the ex-
i-ftense Of other parts his manhood WINS sub.
ordinnte 10 his profsssorhood, and he was,
scientifically speaking, as much "nloii-
ster as Daniel Lambert. A carpenter may
he gentleman, IL his mechanical dextcrity
Is not acquired by the sacrifice or sIbordl- |
nation of Gny Of his bodily or spiritual fac.
ulties il, in addition 10 being n carpenter.
le is also manly, cultivated man. As the
animal, man, is the flower and epitome of
all animated nature so the gentleman is the
flower aud epitome of all that is excellent in
human society. Before entering upon the
consideration of the ihlse idea of n gentle.
man, MIR. Parker humoronsly promised, that
his lecture was prepared for the meridian of
Boston, and how far his staten ut might nc
coIH WIN lne STATE OF tnlngS mere, the nudI- |
ence must judge. In Boston, then, there
were three essential elements in the "vulgar
gentleman. He must have money before
all things: no matter how acquired, money,
plenty of money, he must have. lie must
also have manners;" they need not be the |
necessary graces of gracious soul; they |
may be assumed-donned for the lady, doh. |
ed for the washerwoman--bu certain forms |
of conventional behavior he must he mas.
ter OF. Thirdly, the vulgar gentleman OF Bos-
ton must be of the dominant party, both in
politics and religion. No Calvinisi, no Dem
ocrat, 10 reformer was reckoned gentle
man by the vulgar gentee, in the Unitarian,
Wing and Conservative metropolis of New
England. In the developement of these
ideas, Mr. Parker displayed great deal Of
excellent wit and great deal Of quiet, tell
ing hunour. 1t would he uncandd in the
most conscientious opponent of the lectur-
er's peculiar political aud religious creed, TO
deny TINT the general drift of his discourse
was, in very high degree, saurary. As
one fine sentiment after another, fell from
the speakers lips, and found cordial response
in the hearts of the assembled multitude, we
could not repress feeling of gratitude to
the man, or the men, who founded the in
sttution of the shilling lectures.