New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-25

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7" !" 49, h., No sheeM lhr,uudhy feei that iha
"a, a, o.he s,,,na rs,atrmgnr " make wi'na Ind
dss,s ia, si,uNa individuals e'e ne' made ~ cerwea
wv, h.i A., lpn,snn ihei ,ha way " prevent Vicious
~ a..,,.l,. development, " I" aaout" dcvelnpmi Mt
49,, ,hs, itnrs which uci hes marked We mast make
an, iNnivtntAito 10 tho iins' ttsasNt In all social
wnhln the rarrc ci human hen there Z, nothing that
pci has dove 90 nrandl, ~ Man Il wea hla Last and
hta t,si wVk Tho heaven aud tho earth tho waters
aud The mountains. The Ornament aud arlea of clouds.
arc ineie nfccnt matters IN comparison with tho mgancs
sne. ,s,, s.1y 'lspd y,g g',Ss s sp"s no% AN
~ differing tiafe, wheeling In space. aud moving
~ slcrce along their appointed ways. upon paths
With mono crn stc hut from which through ages they
never wander nor stumble ihe'cn The pcmpof this stc
lar hc.t hsnnr with light, u rnnscondent Dat every
Globe Is but hugo dcodncss. They neither think nor
cheese nor Joy pulscless passionlcss they
swrr through The ctlit struck by the hand Of God
Cor iho sumo rcafo that tho shuttle dars the ball from
the unconscious bat the shuttle cock between two bat
tltdorte
Tat within the mcanest man. there lives a nature
which all eternity may work without fully developing IT,
The intellect the soul the aeconsthey something
Of God Tho universe is but their cradle and these
clements in their lowest state in their rudest LIE yet in
ynluc hey oDd all tho fabric Of the earth.
The death Of Christ gave that knowledge and that tos
timony has been The secret Of the humantes and dgn
tics which have sprung up along the path of The Gospel
Iron this intrinsic and indestrucble value Of man, as
an individual must every thing be built Education must
he TO make the of the individual Law mist be for
the liberty of the individual Institutions must be the
Of giving greater power 10 the individual Goyernmeats
must be accounted wire and strong not they eter but
as they release and inspire the individual.
Wemua hertsroye toh IN man. Not in man as he i:
but be may be- Not in msgoverned, unedueaef irFel
gous mar but in the idea Of man, as God meant and
made him, and ought to make him
We must pu, more faith in in his capacity Of self
government in the certainty hah viii be best governed
II is the democratic faith that the Judgment of the
Of community, in respect 10 their affair VIII be wiser
and safer than any Judgment Of few for them however
Wis nd nat lesaf eU :
II il itself secondary TO faith in the liberty and p2rer Of
TIE rdidga Of which the masses are but the aggregate
forms.
Here them we have practical division between the
democratic and moDarohic ideas.
Whatever in matters relating TO Government. puts con
fdence uron the people and upon individual is dn0cra
&c whatever dtruss the people and individuals, is mo
uorclc And there may be monaehes without kings, and
democraees withouta republic Monarchy, then may be
in free States in the church government in the judi
cal function in the army and navy in the laws and
institutions
There may be theory of liberty, but custom of dis
trusting the liberty of the There may be nom
nal liberty of the masses but with such contempt of the
irdiriduGI with such education mis- education OF him
into restriction and bondage that he Cannot viii not
erc;se that freedom without which all democaces but
We must understand that when each has power the
has power when each free, the state is free
when each man governs himself the state il fifty gov
erned; when each man. brought by spirit of God 10
sefconcordarce free to act 20 his will because that
will has in il the and instructive nature Of love. Then
in this liberty of the have the nextinguishable
liberty Of the state And therefore ii is that the religion
Of Christ brings men back nature therefore il ia that
without religious spiritual life there lie individual
liberty that viii endue and therefore it is that selfgov
eTnment among people without religion is impossible
Where viii not govern themselves they invite tyrants
We must trust more to men; and that we may we must
sac TO 1t that they trustworthy.
When then. look for evidences Of prosperity, and
topics of Thanksgiving do not simply thank God for
harytss for peace for commercial prosperity and indus
trial thrift is well that housed, clothed and
fed II better they are ror being clothed and housed
and fed il is well for ones body to stand in strength
but better If that which redeems the body from being an
aKimal-i!s soluble strong and yirtuous. . .
The prosperity OF state is the prosperity of its iniivd
ual citizens the prosperity Of the indy idua Is the degree
in which the spiritual rules and haronizes all within him
Therefore ask, in such annual survey is the citizen
steadily gaining liberty, and is the state becoming secure
in Just The proportion Of individual expansion Has each
man growing capacity of thought of feeling of enjoy
ment Is there Tor to move among themselves
according to their real power and worth Are the instu
tors of The land and the laws administered to edu
cate to freedom and power or are they ever
ced 10 restrict powerl Are classes in the community
based upon anes and natural conditions and are they
animated by Christian influence upon all beneath them
or they based upon selfish and fictitious reason and
do thew exact any thing from those below them and give
back nothing Are the politics Of the day. the usages
the pleasures the educatons tending 10 make aH men
free and strong tending to aristocracies and re-
sriciionsl
II is in this light that propose to pass in review some
Of the things which regard as suspicious and matter OF
devout thanksgiving
l. The abundance and honorablenoss of work.
Work is to be regarded az simply means OF sup
port That is its least office Pursued win tnat only re
ference il lis degrading.
Work IL an education It is the oxertOn of creative
power IL the exercise Of dominion over nature IT y
use Of the elements Of nature to give life or organization
TO inanimate matter.
He who plants cultures and reaps harvest has been
grand operative chemist He has gone into the
and combined the simple elements of nature into forms
fitted for the OF
He that builds house, constructs ship, carves out
piece Of furniture has at every step employed p9"es
nature and through them cread The right work oil the
hands is always the fruit OF the head Inc barn OF
fameris book sheaves end u herds and focks are his
ideos He has expressed himself not in words but IN
works One follows out the elements OF nature and
IT IL chemistry, astronomy or physology-another man
follows the ideas out and he Is farmer gardner
winter herdsnaD, mechanic. One IL called thinker
the other worker Both thinkers both are workers
One eIpe.se bis thoughts in grain and fruit the other N
SYMBOL Of sound To work without thought u TO drHdge
That II rot good drudge 10 pair Of hands aud ARM
ounisd on bfuGcated body terminated at the top by an
sIntty knob workman IL no such ihing-he IA a thin.
sr hspng bis thoughts in solld materials htte1 forms
own and others necessities In every age and nation
free orkng class have been the best cns Ihoy arc yet
The drudge IL the sedimen TIE unemployed thinker ana
unyoking rnce are the egcrye'cng toP but Tho Do'y
/ and strength ~ che liquor lies IN the middle
We have subifsium for work, surIara'ng all oler
people 10 be- suTe, men neJ DO caught Ia corner
Jsmmcd ~ acty " here ara ih.re nk,n AZ .oh, VII
raid bht ofnftsty il BrhEly on ioYol wan noccs
,ity than eyfr before, " anynLerc else now
II ArsnR firm ihs regard M r"o'e'ief eo~j0r' "'
/ ar ltoIle. ~ matter ~ no msnn lnpginmo a
fomGt nsy be- regarded cihor IN Tho Iigb, 81 AeIU'b
rs,, of IN H. moral lghf Comfort, unior Tho naoo Of
/ sahndslgence, is bsse enough
EBf ,anfs,y ~ tho notion ~ some. regard mon ne
Lslfy noi IN proporon ihrr wants ms few AMI aim
H. bp Ne llsif wants are heavy and composite ma"
hat n,ds nothing bat pyisto, heap 81 straw npd
/ sLib sos,, k degraded enough When SAVAGE P"'Pn
tsein H. dsssb n l. by gfowhs ofbaeosty Ihoy need
tusff gsfsas ~ bDi bey need Dors thorough npohn'f
sy media 'lasaes table better o,gotsry, .ne' e.a,'s