New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-18


= re under the oPea say; he has ao;hirg % ID, aei
seis 70 ilspiEl-oa sssre-ls misses The s.casorsf
whiti oi excitement pleasant day ~ sac3aa,srs
nothing bu' Sierins ssr'srts ard i-rua, ,se'ss
hist Ak N the sunbeam a rsiny ons. he sees
thing 51f = sloppy tank Of foy sud mad BIZ
the representative 0f the e0uas-y u,5uss csaao.
bear the Gays a. the onnibrses le, you ~ -
sleep TIE frchcis bssia su3 the cries II tie f-e.ea
rDl scng the streets-sni your Sea-iei doic taxsri
ncruic- broken bythe wa rhocp /, were OF tas
ruilk1sn and the ro If Tie coG' cars Laughter In
your walks through tho City, Il you safely escape the
scy.a C tie Conscience Nan 10 Is bat 10 u into 0c
ehsry bdis OF the Peer Fanks-som- ons snls yol
gold watch which strange TO cay, IN few hours ges
black in the fscs and tie man who hss sNty Yea
drUPped pocSetbook just steps int an hoss bur tor
gets ever 10 come BACK again. Inc suactNSness OF
each pace does NJ. belong essentially % nature or -
srt bit 70 associations and hebs, ara none perhaps,
10 natural disposition. Certainly Of the IS. an
beat OF men have declared for the Country lGe. snt
they have not only CAMEL tranquil rest IN Il, hut desrs
be opportunities for uaaiturbed mediation, ana
large discourse with truth. O5ers sySn have
eriovcd themselves bet AID achieved mnst. in
the presence OF rlultifaies. sri hc cings -
the concrete lire OF toe Town "Tae measure
Of choosing well says TcmPle, i. wae.hcc hs lkss
What he has chosen. though among the foiss OF my
fe building ard parnng have nos been the least and
have thsn desire % own. get have been
fully recompensed by the sweetness Of tbs re,reAs
sno since the resolution taken OF never again eneras
mo Luhic tnitaoyit nave Psl ave tAte u az
sb &c whou, desiring 10 revisit the world from which
| have retired" Shenstone and Cowloy appeared Dis
satisfied but they form tae exception among the pJetS
whom III know for the country. Chwper
Thomson. Wordsworth, own Bryant, and many 9th
ers have inside the re rargs OF literature FRA,
rant with the breath OF the woOGs and vioc:sl But
Swift and sBolingbroke-mea Ambitious, booded sud
supple-whO inspired by the very tunu't Of cxb,
euce and who rode the Of chance with an impc
Fious exutafi %. when chance II most dpsrste
ofcCurse would potbe conienwi'h secllshn fet'h'rs
are especially alSpted Tor public Affairs whose
souls are ample enough 70 contain honorable ambs
'n End preserve their sympshes wi'h the work ns II
lie and nature. Some men Of lofty ambition ans
sted station retirement conieaIs more than all their
fame gladly they throw Oft The cares OF olhce AMI all
TIE cnsr clements OF Their greatness for the ,Ose
or souched hat IN some isv0ute Ashland or Msrshhed
applause Tns however, should not oil rass 20 the
credit The country the law OF contrast holds hcra
Those who hnd the most enjoyment Ia rursl
rCpOsc, are those WHO have entered into pub.
lie airs wi cOnstsnt zsss and sis sweet, at,r
conflict and victory, IN the gr'a5 hetter O effort tle
pleasures ot country ne, moreover, - enhanceI ~
having the city with ineli yence and facilities, thin
reach Il Is comfortable 10 have ones retire tut
tipped the Railroad and connecedby the teleyrsp &c
wires and the murmur OF the trees mngle pleasantly
with the hum OF popular applause To the country
belong all the aspects and influences OF Nature
Of valley and woodland OF rock aud river, the citing
stiffness Of night the p0mp Of morning the iueSpres
bic ovelness pictures aud all the gores NJ
the pnnctual year The poets line, one cannot help
quoting here GOD made the Country but man GlAda
the Town" and IL has doubtless true 81 snihcaii1n It
really extCnds 20 Divine works That stand tar above any
human achievement; snd when one is sick and tired
with Toutinc-Nben he Is dsz1led by the shows, or
troubled by the Affections OF Etlet him 50 cut into
the calm breadth of Nature and confer with realities
that are fresh and unsbuscd, they came from
the hsnd OF the Maker. Whatever h inspiring
in mountains. lovely In the reach OF landscape or in
pressye In the still woods viii serve his delyorance
from WEAKNESS and dsaste Letthe medtadVe n pass
out from tnnged controversies into the harmonies OF
the Let the injured by the iolios and
nonsense of books recover health In Studying the
etsreOtyres Of G1t-what reyOlutiOn-Nhat history
has written in every wrinkle Of the earth-Vhnt
mysteries in al the unrOlled heavens; and let
wee and sorddness, and all the brood Of evil pas
sions and cankeT 20 and be reouked by the Holy
presence which is so evident ia the air aud shy.
God msde the Country and ell around Y kecpst the
stamp OF the maker but man makes the Town." and
fabrics OF and brick which shal crumbe away.
However this fact suggests 10 VA to consult deeper
truth. The achievements Of humanity may not be com
pared 20 the Divine display, but humqnty itefn Gods
work well nature, aud 80 II Il greater Tne book
10 which man commits his Thoughts seems feeble
thing when held up in the immensy OF the universe
hut thought, in its essence msre wonderful than se,
/ trical currents wandering consteiailons II
/ must be said, then, that the Interest Of the
I Guy "a much superior 70 that OF the
Country he sou Is o. the forms aud forces of matter
the great drama OF existence ID 10 the tleater In
/ which Il is enacted -in one word A. humanity Is 70
la the Country We have cur opportunities for
/ scientific observson-n he City, man h. The study
The Country soOthcs rcfreshes us Lifts up with
gous suggestions the city reveals the moral effect III
our being, and assists the revolving problem OF htr
Let ssk what spectacle in the world Il moro
impressive than tie mere physical aspect Of
greet metropolis, unfolding all ts aetiyi'
Z ties, lbs piles OF architecture glitorlHg In
Tie sun, the mUltorm humanity that strains within. the
tde labor stretching Tar ana vide IT, Jrawny siren 9Th
and the rs and skl OF the great Ia ars in literature
and Invention while IT, enterprises darken the land and
tl- dash from the bows OF ia thousand shpsl
/ lApplaue Juat how IL illustrates che capabilities
Of humanity the material itsef Of the City Do not
these vast assemtlages OF buildings bear witness OF the
thought which conceived them and the energy which
reared them "a b,.nI something more enduring thaa
themsCives' II I wanted a magnificent aTgu nsntaor
I immc rigity I would take you % a great city and
point H. Tor there, man with nothing but his hands,
Las thus moulded matter and Transformed tae wller'
Eess. Bat whLc We consider the triumphs Ot enter
Ir1c tie activity Of thou yhtin iEe, all the achieve
in The world at matter and OF mind, II must b
soknowe ged THAI the Cry also stsnis a. the symbol OF
/ evllzrtioI-ihc MEASURE OF human progress through
the Gges We know that the Country inspires the
prosacsl with poetry But then, IN what noble prose
he crest poet fondescribes the features OF the
CITY Behold his vast city Of rAyage-the menstOn-
+ hcIse Of liberty encompassed and surrounded
by HE protection the shops Of hsth not more
Gnyiis aht hammers for work IN furnishing the arm.
aud instruments OF defense, than there be pens and
heads there -tudsusly and calmly nusing, searching
and revolving notions and aess Ii the CRY, ~ the
center Of human activity, also embraces every form Of
/ corrupton-h there spendOr ard luxury are over
iapped by poverty and crnen Il be there the sla'uy
and meanness OF the human heart come out full blown
/ Ii there deeds done that court THE gloom
I o. night and -nGn tne u.N OF DAY Ai1i II w nut
come down from pOeteni summary Of tle
cry 20 recount sad details, wander through ia
laizr houses crime end vice and misery snd dest
tuition still 10 only aids 90 tie human nteres,
| which especially attaches 20 this condition Of he.
II Ne take arteTn snd go abroad into the alleys snf
bysys q cities where crime IL ielt moot 70 aDsinf
We viii meet with facts which vii stazyer a. and lead
Us 10 believe that picture OF the rransaStJn OF
he there enacted, has NOS been presenEed ~ u
How usch u til and genuine feeling o. god ness
we Will see Pickering up from the depths Of misery aud
wa1ffard there the frOst-woTks OF ssihness will bs
( broken down. and more Of genuine nObeness Will be
d.sElsyed than IA staJry halls aud more chin
ing faces will often peer out thereFsm. There
vii also 6nd how great are the Temptations thst ars
resisted when wornsny honor cOntendiDg against
alursmebls, though oppressed with tod, and almost
do ned despair and still continues IL her rghtcourse
though tie fountains OF hope almost dried up Bat
there IL much u temptation aaf lsefy IN cites tnere
no other place whore the human heart recas,s ise
tie hard VI the perseeutor 10 passd snd poSsres.
orvseTe hand q charity open and prohise where
Where he readily ind the necessary aid TO ena
bic Inn 70 20 on Win BIS work, and # the adventurous
mariner who naUgses the Poles IL smut up oy eeodr2s,
whc prevent has perhIE V 80 ready % sel o~t "a ~