New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-19


were born VIII their houses their saeh sad ssyer
sreep Out of them accounting IL desperate risk 70
ssseh ca, little In dcwy morning for their nstarai
rod II they scholars, hey are doi.sers OF the
PAT and ,lan6erers Of the Future. stssesmen they
are mere sesrcher for The footsteps Of other 1en an
for ureceder;s not knowing hat he who sstsslA>sa
precedent Il the wise man, while be who follows ne
cssa aevefors 9 fool; for, precedenss are ofeo Ike
su,s-sood When The squirrel gathers them but when
he drops them for others 10 gather again they are ho
low and Eestless.
There n a oonstitutonal predsposition 10 Conservs~
nbu.hose who have natural tranquility Of mind and
kody called Lafiaess-mcn whose blood 10 little and cold
-vho.e heart hes no strong pumps-whose langs, ike
vuehoues with bsttened windows have not holy sir
ssousb 70 vkslize the always slow and tired blooi
speh are conservative by fusess. But slagyards all
BY ps,ure or BY habt-she unied. and over fed, the
whole tribe Of lounging. drawing, siuygardsort the
poor sbespes shs gibber along the fashionable vsys
tie respectable suggards who never act for
She multitude Of their struggles about sc0ntbe petty
Bamlets Who soloquize when they should strike and
snslyse and mediate when they should tread boldly
cot 70 consequeDcesy-these and all others IN whorn
ne force fife ia concentrated in the base giving them
sprodigioas power Of Standing , are CONSERVATIVES
BY the ordinary power Of ch inerti@
versstrn that ,prings from the sensibty Of too keen
refinement. There those whose minis are Is
sensitive 10 all the rudeness Of actual lfe &c MOI
arts ear 70 the discords Of street music ia Carnival
Changes that bring necessity Of wore, Of violent
shirss of anxiety and enterprise the conflict Of In
nTcs the strife Of passions, the incorporate hopes,
asd bitter dAappointings. grSpiDgs and crushings,
sHmbings up and swift sdinzs down In short all i'd
ysncemenu which 90 with human impencction torture
them They retreat 10 their old books, whose authors
never any strive; and IN the silence OF their
library they have word Of love and joy, and hope,
and have ambition without fret or jar to which all
cot door life Ia heir All such f1U conservatives
Srst and then think IL In art business religion morals
Jursprsdence civil AFFAIR." they 90 70 the ride where
there 10 likely 10 be least movement They are ex'
seedingly afraid Of dangerous men by which they
mean men, who institute things and fail to renew
old opes or nen who rash with hesdlong speed along
any way, old OF new.
Let ne turn, next to Progressires by natural const
sutton. First; There those who are Progressive
from Temperament. The most essily marked difer
snee among men are not those Of disposition faculty
bat Of force The volume Of blood which drives upon
the brain well ss the sze and texture OF the
v0us mass, determine force. The brain Is simply
piece Of machinery the blood Ia the stream which
drives IL There may be too much or too little steam
One way the man u ultre the other, conservative.
man with large bead aud small chest IL like vac,
mill on slender stream with not bali enough water 10
keep II moving with a small head, set upon q
lfcrcuesn frame and chest, Is like locomotive with
more steam than 1t work noisy with superfuous
hissing when working at IL top. 1t breaks into
perfect when brought 10 stand. sucl are many
violent and noy reformcrs who lay out an amount Of
force quite dsprcpotioned the influence of the end
Irt. tho faYxF arl hlf
only makes IL noisy and disoerccsble to But
der due restraint these indispensable. They
are the cxcovaiors the quartz crushcrsi the pilo-
drivers the organizers OF society. They have their
junction but should always have their engineer No
advancing cause can do without them. Yet sooetyis
constantly thrown into utter confaon by them There
n hut vice way, accept them from the hands oil
God aud provide them something appropriate do. If
they are doomed and rejected they will not be put
down The law Of love, a little humility and appreca
ton on the part Of conservative would lead such
men Alright and blessed partnership would cnsuc--
the conservative restraining the Of force and he
putting some lie into the psrayte lnbs OF the other
seoond-Ihere arc Progressive resulting from an
unqualified Dcsfraefireaess aud C0Mbdfrsaess These
predominant and prodicious powers Of the mind have
an abundant field and function in the subugston Of tho
material world and In their various conbat and con
iets Of imperfect society Such men seldom have nice
Judgment Of prophecies discriminating anythin. good
or bad or tact at getting along kindly with men He
10 a. apt TO dash headlong upon the red cloth that Is
held out, a. upon the horsonan that daros him. lie
does no, hrst ascertain what ought TO be assaed and
then ssseil he soes or fret, and then looks TO see
whob HIT These great terrible, laundering fellows,
are the terror Of all nicely mea When obliged
to deal with them, they resemble frightened child
trying to look courageous while riding about the circus
on the back of an elephant.
TAi-d-Then arc the Progressves by the Force Of
Heps There are few more bcncacen, faculties vouch
ssied TO man than Hope, Caution and Hope are the
two prophets Of the soul They forescc the evil and
the good cauion seatineed upon the walls dcscries
The lurking enemy or standing in the bows of tho
outlook, secs the storm stIAndins shP, or the
white foam Of the breakers Hope either looks further
or net 90 far II II danger sees the escape Il
5escrcs the advancing foe joscree likewise victory
TIT sees the storm, IL sees also the ranoow-that
smile Of the telling the dreachcd world that love
and no, wrath spedn Hope in excess hketoo much
light dar1ies into darkness. Men Of intellect and
much hope arc Progressive by the force Of Iic' Log
sl conclusions with such men, not airy dess but
forccs They arr not alone Of tho truth Of their
deductions bat Of tharpower. When vivid ldesty IL
added TO this we have fall form Of the Taeoria Heha'
the world by heart lie knows It's m!schcis, and he
knows their remedy lie has been out ia'o the iu
turc he knows all about HE'S Just coming 10 the NIL
lenium all his life long. When this hsppy man has his
Enes falling him in pleasant places, his lie Is one
long dream, whose lights Fever SO out whose aowcr'
never droop. When poverty Is his companion. the
star.eyed theoIis, advances toward tho hncid gooJ
through all the rough ard hard paths Of suffering hA
poverty ard trouble are the only things that are resl
Rut we can harsly pity hlu he makes more eomior-
out Of the ideal than than from hear suestsnis
things The stars in his light arc brighter than the sar
Of our dsy A5a we oaen sec cd anil wo!.5es1or
man who never had sseeess IL BIS lie, Nhe Away
knew more aud accomplished lees than lis sssclses
who took the quartz ana dirt d enterprise while the,
took the gold and yet in Old Sse he Is the hs9pae
tosn and all hi. life lens Nc was the happier naa. n
bad sum Of HopS md they u so'ss anil srssd-sa'
d. ~. Len