New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-07

nation was made TO do TIE agreeable in p0pSarzns
philosophy ethics and science. Logic mus; I've male
pleas by stories and tics fzncifu in ry tales
In fact in this gross age of ours the dea could not
connect ifsef with something uiitarian. vas COZ
sidered Of little importance Cases there were In
deed, even in this utility age in which Imagination w
employed in the elevation of hunantycases in watch
she was the advocate of the unfortunate the oreas, or
the INDECENT. Then her mission divine then was
the blessing Of charity shed upon the bruised o; heart
and goodness and splendor united in her WORK The
lecturer after abiding the benefit which The pericd
cal literature of the day-magszines and reviews-
receive from this utltarian application OF the ideal,
proceeded 10 speak upon the alpo,ent agent OF the
times-the newspaper The world of humanity lob
served Nj G. was changing every day, snd OF that
changing world the newspaper was the dagaerreotyre
Every party, opinion sentiment had i's Journal
every department Of science and literature hal az ex
ponent in the learned criticism Of the day every taste
or passion there demanded expression, and found H.
Even the great and iIlustrous dead were sometimes
made to speak from out Of grdirons and through the
legs Of tables. Laughter The speaker was less
connected with the peculiar power OF our time than
the writer The speaker was the necessary product OF
Western civilization. The mind Of the East ever de-
lighted in secrecy and seclusion, in abstraction and
meditation. The mind OF the West was communicative
inpusye disputatious and above all out spoken. The
prophet was in the East the public speaker WIS in the
West; the East had the poet and the prophet bur
not the crater This quite consistent with alb
solutism in Government, and rationslsm in religion
The orator was the product of freedom. But
the orator Of ancient and OF modern times WIS very
differently estmatedthe latter got our cheers, bu.
not our votes while the orator of antiquity mag
nate he had more than kingly rule-clients surround
ed him-the crowd worshipped him, and the most ma
jestic officers Of the Government into his posses
sion But if public speaking was in our day less an arr
than it was, it because it had been made al
instrument of more general use-was simplied and
made more like coloquial speech The great pro
fessor might say that the public lecture was superficial
What was public lecturer Exactly what the author
was II was subject to the same law as a song or
poem, or review or an editors article-it Vas Just
what the author could make it. There were things
better and than popular lectures as Mrs Grundy
would say.
Connected with the writing and speaking OF our age
unseen but pervading element OF social power was
all over the earth. That public opinion But for
this pere atng essential force the age would be- hand
cd over to sects, selfish enterprise ancifal theory
peculiar opinions, revolution or anarchy Indeed II
was the only mode by which some men could be
made TO feel that others had right exercise, aud
must have il, their voon in regard TO the affairs OF
life Public opinion element in our civilization
which brought intellect tself under the influence
Of social laws. By such laws it acted the WILL and
taught the autocratic doctrine that in the world and
under heaven there supervision'that watched IT,
and made il accountable TO the agc-accopntaoe to his
tory-accountabe to humanity. This power was there
fore a wholesome corrective restraint and was like
wise an efficient chastiser; but in the most signal
phases it, punishment was well deserved. The tyrant
may have himself power that no law dares to ques
ton and within his battements of cannon within his
forest Of bayones he may to be impenetrably
even from the penalty oil censurc. But he is not
brains will work, and hearts will beat and humanity
will be true to ts instincts Do what he may, dotesta
ton will find him out-do what he may, detestation
will have its expresson the expression of it will cir
cullte throughout the world and 1t will come back to
him too-come back TO his own black heart, and will
prcs though he were cased in adnant, into the core
OF lis thoughts and all the collected curses ofman
Kind can give rebuke fearful import the yrants
own Consciousness will give il when this collected pub
lie opinion will fall with all its terrible force and sub
Unity upon his conscience. Loud applause
The lecturer went on still further in the same train
of thought and in a style at eloquent apciful
erretic and humorous elected expressions OF
admiration from his highly intelligent and attentive
audience.