New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-16


Mount srsi ami the yr0 hlccs Of Jewish seers end The
songs II Jswsh bards would have r-hed forever wih
eI tenn IT, and neyeT aerwsrd could they have become
e. they now are the universal uit.ranee e he spiritual
emotions and hoTcs Of mankind. II there had been
such HunsHy then certainly Europe and Africa
ard Am rica would not after the laIse Of ceatu
res have recognz kedeener from ell the suf
isrncs and peTls Of human lie IN cUlpr who had been
gnomIousy xccu'ed in the obscure Roman province Of
Judsa would Europe have gone up in aTn- to
Pecstne 20 vTest from the unbeeving Turk the tomb
where that oupr had slept for ory three DAYS and nights
after bis scent from the much les would his IRA
donsry Instruction., pe.er'ed by fishermen add Publi.
have become the chief agency 10 the renovation Of
human -ocieiy throughout coming ages.
But although ths philosophy j. mot INCIDENTALLY true,
yei would be great error to believe that has ~ eF
been or i ileiy to be universally accepted nan,
kind eccept philosophy just in proportion a. intellectual
and moral csv alton enable them To look through Pfot
mate TO ut mate consequences While they are osne.
in that cultv Jesce and order essential 70 he very
f1isiCDCe q soceiy necessary maManed Di iVICe
Those who employ hat force seek operetus'e ther PD
and they do this most efectGaly by oituIHg 80
and eesie and nations and arraying them ior nn
fua Injury or destruction aganst each other Des'-ih
Elects end etuaies this division by unequal laws SUP
yer.ive of those Of reason and Of God horeoser '
toou ptu OF ear combines the oppressos OF al naons
in league egaiust the advance Of mat Pohcai Phhp-
rhy which COME hbereto mankind Those VINO incuI
ate s rho-ohy. therefore, necesssry encounter "p
toeon md extGfe themselves 10 danger and inasna
a. thew ahcr from convictions Of duty and motives OF be
neyoence with suChbazGTd q personal safety iher pfn-
cles nd character ere Justly regarded a. heroic Adams
UsmIfop La Tsyeiie KDoH and Washington, although
thew were II champions of human nature, cause dear 70
al men. saved from the revolutionary scan1l "liy
by the su cess q their treason against king whom ule
very necesstes II society required 10 reign sitoh
"Dcfense o. the People of England which was 10 ruin
PRONUNCIATION Of the same philosophy wncn We ma
been examining, burned by the pubic eAecu'gntI
and It's immortal author only by good fortune escaped ns
same punishment. The American coloni.is derived 'hs
philosophy chiefly from the inructions OF Locke ohey
and Vape Lobe fed into exile and Sidney and Nane
peribed as felons Cicero earlier professor OF inc
zane Liosoply fell the sword Of public assassin
and SocTaos who fret ncul ated IT, drank the fatal hem
lock urder judicial sentence, in the jail OF Athens
Still this philosophy although heroic, u Dy no means
therefore be regarded as unnecessary ana 'slVua
The true heroic in human thought and conduct - ony u
ne, full 10 The higher regions 81 speculeOn and activity IL
ReIulcani-m On purely popular Government Is the Ghy
foIn Of political constitution which permits me uo P
Ioent Of liberty and equality which only other mes
for tocal iusoo aud if Ropublcanim can only De -
tabshed hy the overthrow Of Despoism men thS piIo
soIly i, absolutely necessary to ehei tne .b ~
uarfind Al the citizens Of this Republic agree WIZ. a
thus fer But with many this ~ rather ~, .
vital ian oLd they hesitate to allow iull oc'rE -
the principle thus Acknowledged through ie' u J
ing the harmony of society and tie peace "i "a. 49,
Neverleless il is clear that the same philosophy winch
hir q Republican institutions into existence nu-' ne
clu ively rolcd u1on 20 perptuate ana eczema i'm Il
M NM indeed stand and grow and flourish for many sea
sons although unsoGrd at The heart oVt a.t pecaue
II j. souu.ouud IL leavesv VII ultimately "h' ~
O. viii all ard IL trunk VIII coc"y II i "i' nc "1uc
fiat is ui M on the rock a can surely ana forever deiy
the tomposs and The waves The founders =" tnS he9'D
Il, lr,u his ore,t truth RIGHT wen fer they said:
other on ales Viii cHn0blc nation and ulh the ends
Of Gotolmeit shall be he uits OF our establishments
then the cause of Liberty VIII acquire dignity ana
lusier which il has yet ENJOYED, ana IN example
will BE- set which cannot but have the most favo able IN
nucncc on mankind. II, the other SIDE our GoFcrn
M nts should be unfortunately hOtted with The reverse OF
thee cardinal virtue then the cat cause which We have
en- .agtd 10 vndcte viii be- dishonored ami BETRAYED
Tie last nd iaiiest experiment Of human nature VIII DO
urred against them. ard their patrons and friends VIII be
sorctd by tbs insults of The voares Of tyranny and oP
preston
Tie example of Rome is often commended 10 n for our
euuieop et us consider then with becoming care
Rome had indeed forms of gion aud morals and show
philosophy and the arts hut IN none OF these was there
moie hen e feinest gnton oi universal Human
NV Her yrtCCCCsgor. Grace had. N brilliant but bret
and IreCoou. ooi,er t'd he worshp 81 nature or
in oihCr words, de worship of d,es which were osly
utns given g. tie discovered forces Of nature This
giou id not ird,td eNa the human minu To- Jhs con
ctItion c The Divine but tie other hand Il Odd not
al, her ccus'-u II 90 H., sphere c sen,uay. Rome
uu.o.rra-el~ rejected even this Por r,son because IL
-. r. I'D sti hecaus, it co spiritual; and IN ~
lrrat he cs-ahL he'd orc Which prl'ticay ~as the wyr
shr Of rho stare i--ef The senate elected gods Tor
Is NE tH" ,af - '.,. '' 5 49, .-..- ~
ug mt8ff7 -T 't rrr = pi-f a1d Ga ...l4i -i!n- ~
'lr a he pettle - Bone al d. .aEe political author
~ irrnrtct 'r0rc -r crts r1le I'D pfisil,11 y -
lead suufdaUor '1 s.fN eher the ccsracter u N
,fasf he aeppfs &c., -.a. llf -tc priesthood tls e-
.ahrthod necessarily were ~ Tere "a ally h-e4l.'a u
lrd 'n~lDr
a. was no ..i4.aa 20 ~ e.sne were The m'ral Of
Etme Ambition Nss .he 'oir motive "i the ni''e. ~
f.st toery town 10 Ialy. nd siif ranrd4 every mutton
Iaossee f.a,lff was rsgsrded IN enemy e. be con
qrfssG MT IN retaliation ior any Inquire. received nor
sten f ihe purpose Il amending hs bnfbHrous insitu
TINS fld iaas. bat g. De ioicd ana ensi'c ed That
Eno ni. 10 Do ri'h md might occupy the word alone
Ifatd dlfloty nud treochcIy might be practiccd ega
III, lnfcpcr and ovory form Of cruelty might be inflicted
ulon M captive who had resisted in self defense ~ ~ DE-
Gno Of hi. country. Military valos not only became the
hirL,st of Ntues hut exclusively usurped the name ot
Vlilc ILC oct oi iJlrciGc was the highest ct crimes
moi however because If It's gross Humanity but because
hv heal fiction tho father Was sacred type Of the r,
Of ItaIfl ID sIf|H
world Az tLCn known nevertheless eaNaod towards the
ciiy and o,nlOod ia the OId,r OF Paric,ans The Pie
heiots we've degraded and desisc because their ances
tons woe iH.nil rants Below the ilcoeian- there
was ", lower order consisting oi prisoners OF war
aid thQr o.rnC always uuintiO enough To- endmstr
e arfN ot The state These slaves, and the code
OF dom, rc ecrvde established forthe captured Aincans
and then descendants in some parts OF our Own count rs
n m,hnat,d edition of that which Rome manained Tor
the coN err of slaves various innaon language ana
urion NJ the she conquered. These orders un
tuay hostile aud aggressive, wero kept asander 10y DIS
& IN mating laws and carefully cherished preludees Inc
patr.ous divided the public domain among ihenseN es
although oboiau blood she'd proius,ly o. their ow
in acquiring il The latncans alone aamm,le nee
and hey CVon kept tie forms Of IL administration pro
found mystery sealed against the knowledge OF those Tor
whose saiey ana woleTo he laws existed The Pebcau
could approach the Courts only Us client III me ieotsi P
al parcau patron and ol hir aid in obtaining ihGt lns
lice which course absolute debt OF the state the
rs,ion entitled 10 tie support Of his ell en n every
citetrso 81 personal interest and ambition. Thus lid
h. me while enslav.ng The world bEndlv prepare the
ma,lInC.N Tor t,r own o'orhnw 10y The agency 81 do
Ntsf.t factions Industry 10 kiiAt was GrlNho.ei
1he Pehelaus lahol,d with the slaves Patrician.
scorr,d an employ but that Of agriculture and
the service oi the state And Rome rejected
Commerce and Tie Arts. The person OF thc patri
clan Nns in,olalle while the plebean forfeited liberty
and or long period even lie by the failure to pay debts
which his vcy noccs ies obliged HIM % contract. he
slaves held titr lives hN the tenure of then masicr for
beaance aud what thai io.bCganco we itaTn from
tie feet That thcy ary,d thc slaves against each other
whom trained radiators in mortal combat for Che graft
fcahon Of hor pride and the smuaemcnt Of the poo
pc lUlis' ments graduated not by the inheren'