New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-23
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America; as messenger rem the head quarters Of Aner
can learning bis mission being to plead the cause Of prac
teal sssns, the contempt with which 4 rsssS
BY retired and &sdous student Ia order 10 ascersn
r. Su,v xhc literature ard learning owe 10 the intel
lecfral life Of the American community II vas necessary
10 understand the nature Of that life 10 know the
popular aspects q the Geld and the powers ana principles
In setye operation upon II to take up the leger and ei
cor-busness and literature in account current sn Amer
esr education Although literature could hardly be
said 10 have existence here, YET no wnere was grc>fer
energy displayed Among professional men,
r,,nss mental sciicn the order Of the time and the
ropntrv the benefit Of The strength
~ he country vas poyed in the various business pT-
.r 80 lie With "a life was more interesting than l.era
turs and men more przed than books There wsa dher-
ence between literary snd intellectual cossc't ana mo
=, 81 the Soup,rv The cultivation OF literature vas
n after of choice; but intellectual eIertion and scviy
with " was a matter u necessity Americans TINA De
Cause they must. and not because they IKE To- nencs
they think hard intensely universally and We have svst
amount Of inte ctua life but not many productions con-
monty regarded intellectual nature we nave
thought Literary education and m-stA activity are one-
things Education does not create thought bat only
oi.cplDes the mental powers We have done little Ia nj
eraure the compared with what has been accom-
phshed in the political and industrial fields Of acton We
made discoveries in philosophy for Franklin. our
phcsopber the parent and the child OF American
il stutions Our best literary works will be found IN
few volumes Of Congressional speeches in the productions
of which the idea of contributing TO the literary wealth OF
the country did not e,ist.
After recountipg our success in whiting out thirty one
self workng constitutions and our iunphs In ocean nav
gson railroads and the electric telegraph, he spoke OF
,he auerulous complaints of John Bull for our short
jngs in LEES essential matters We have accomplished
moe thar ever was deemed possible. in the space
Of time in the old country and nov the gruh Old John
called for ffesh impossibities. His calls upon us for
literature and reply We have no time Tor tns yo' Anu
II ia o, in our programme We have done what We had
to do We have reared nation of twenty millions OF peo-
pie vhch governed without an army without an sso
crscy and without nation police and yet they are better
housed better better clothed better taught and more
rtgiou1ed than any people OF the old world These are
the results of intellectual power and activity not oooss
NOT a'ues not pictures THIS is the result OF our position,
producrg mental action We have within and around ne
clements pf the ost tremendous human education The
equilibrium Of human nature, which produces inscion
disturbed here by the circumstance that civ
il broue into contact with the wilderness and the
savae form of life Here the quicke influenza which
xcts 10 Intellectual sctivy IN the ~orld and there
rewards for H. Into this field English mind and Eng
sh tongue brought and with them the best literature
hich en- existed Europe has her works OF art and we
admit admire their superior excellence But we have
created institutions which develop aud brighten the intel
leciual powers and he Is the good artist Who forms such
institutions.
laid TO the Americans fault Where was the material
istc monster had generated Let II be hunted out OF its
uu gle for inspection. Let be laid open that
msy see what good thing has devoured destroyed
Ii would be- found that in this materslsm much de-
nounced muscles and mind were IN dgnned oopaner-
ship The truth the industry of the country the true
eoucaticn of the country This empo, of intellect
was degrading when the industry Was voluntary and
rewarded Money is must and ought to be- an object OF
general desire in the circumstaDce0 10 which we are
placed Abundance aainsbe by industry, guided by
inele ence and shall exiirpste the sentiment OF dig
Dity attached to abundance when e1tirpste human
azure The only get of the mind the taste for
sgbifcence 10 put Perhaps the taste tor simpl-
CITY is best enjoy ed by the English nobility and they have
the privilege choice and after trying magnhcence they
set Il down upon simplicity.
cradle degree Of rest and comfort But he would not sub
init to t. lie could neither take time TO eat or TO repose
Prime Minister Of England bears no heavier load than
he lank
sus They keep his mind constantly In serious and earn
est activity This is the mode OF life Of the moneylovng
utiliarian Yankee.
No,Line that IL not useful can flourish in America
When anything proposed the question instantly asked
will II pay With US the s"mm"m ooanm 70 sum IN nrh.
metic And there is nothing 10 condemn Ia II. We fGd
no evil TO have come of IT, We compare well with the
most advanced of other nations IL Of Gods laws,
that truth beauty and utility may bs united aud We viii
not have the beautiful unless also have the useful We
have the cheapest hind Of police-relgion We have
culture BASED solid necessity which has produced de
gree Of intellectual power never YET susoed under any
other influence Those who complain OF our defects do
not consider n muscular majesty OF movements
We done better than 10 have produced school OF
literature art The order Of men who posts else
where are inventors here. We have no lsrati stand
apart from and above the general community Our great
is the editor addressing his mill Of readers Our
history the Newspaper and everything u sets tho
intellect of the country at work and II anything useful
be worked out OF H. out will come II thing be-
not useful will Lot long be profitable and viii not be-
pursued IL will ole out o, itself We are proving for the
ord mans title 10 freedom Our government is chiefly
valuable E what il does not do mastery inactivity.
We cay to government let us alone that government 10
best which governs the e@t
After some general remarks Of religious nature and
the Of philanthropy over mere pafotsms
the said that the Old world needed the new and the
new world needed the old We supply them the
material for thought and lie ~ plicston 10 industry AND
occasionally with IDEAS for successful revolutions
and we viii envy her superiority in works Of art but
will cheerfuy let art remain where the instinct OF human
nature has placed IL He said he should be satisfied II HIS
discourse had any effect in confirming the faith OF our
people in their own national principles
The GRAFTON occupied two hours 10 the delivery.
STRANGE Northumberland years ago there resi-
ded this State gentleman his wife and two interesting
daughters who much respected any family IN
IT, Blessed with cqppeency Of earthly goods, and
rounded by hosts VI friends Their hsppness seemed ~
perfect human beings could expect TO enjoy S
years this family left here for TIT South where the
band and father took 20 drink years after
became bankrupt and sot Next the wife and mother
became a oubkaTd, and understand the girs are
Of low brohe IN city ON ths Mississippi nver-
What commentary ih. free Use OF ardent spirits In
six years whole family Of respectable people reduced
from suence 10 the deepest depths Of degradation And
yet how many Of similar nature are to be met with
every day lkcnmond MAIL
THy Copper REGfos or MIcHIGAs One fact may
however be stated that eyery arrival from the III Doraf
Of miners gives additional evidence OF the nexhsustDs
wealth Of our Upper Peninsula. Nev and valuable ds-
coysries are daily The estimated shipments OF cop
nor for this will reach three thousand uDs Of from
een hundred tuns Of sailed fish hundred ,,nd
barrels 80 that little estimate can be made ~ fnep
amount If commerce that will be benehciay affected oy
tie construction " the Canal at the Falls.
[Cor. Of D.troit (heh) Free Pres.
The L. 4 Officers have arrested three four cooesr-
feiters a. Rochester The Democrat says The t"i1~S
have besB carving on their operations for tim, ana
have long been scb but sbt recently positive root
has been ba ned There others connected with en-
VIII have rot Yet been arrested II il also suspect@ nat
the arne % pg or members H. have been concsnea ~
altering b.Ik bills from 10 Eve and ten dollsr- .'
30 be hoped the officers will be sss 10 ferret out al ma