New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-16

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eDn vein though he felt slwa the presence Of an.
cor ifolable poser aud called In sight 81 death And
this train Of tho ugbi especially occur to a. when wo
speak Of " dCo0 hat are IN he sc0 the legion, tdat
il ha. summonod 10 bas'y end aud that have sunk
90 like u ah in lie mighty Watsrs And A. IL seems
10 Us what unt,1IHosS IT, their dissolution What
gbastliness and horror 10 ihoir taking away Some
tines with one burst nf waves minp,Dg time snd
eternity sonnet mcs with pro.racted suffering.
paIdIpg miuuiCs into yCoT. ard with thoughts OF
hearts that ere year1iug for them aud exJectant
forms or which they would Lave gladly died, but
which they shall press more. Diving for away, too
iD awful loneliness with the black tempest lsshing
around them, or with grim, Inevitable ice--a shut-
ting them in ray, even ia cslr, waters, with possible
rescue OF band but With selnshness aud cOsafdioe
leaving them 70 their fate Dying With their faces
turned toward tome, aud the very air Of its shores
IN their nostrils. The dead that are in the sea!
because Of them there arises an agony Of bereive-
ment as for else. We for those by whose
deeih.beds we stand. taking in silent anguish fare
wei look. Bot this doesnot pierce. our hearts ike
the fate Of those concerning whom there is only the
vague record, Lost at sea, gone down 10 name.
less dea,h-perishe in forms know not how; gone
down into the cold waters without winding sheet,
and without kiss; nay, sometimes engeneenng
nightmare hope, woTse than death despair, that
still hey NAV be sliveiingerng upon some obscure
shore carried off in some farbound ship-det4ned
by some savage tribe but yet to come back, even
though years have roheo away, ana cnange our long
sorrow into laughter. The dead that in tho sea
The manly forns the beautiful faces the dear looks
The hands that t crasp their trust the babes that
si nestle in their mothers botoms for which il has
often Opened and closed the eoOrs OF it's mighty sep
ucbrei We bide the chances whore they lie with
poeir-we surround them with tue gorgeOusness
ara sibess trance of the deep-or, We adopt
higher strain and say that in the metdphy sics Of
"the belief il makes no difference where what the
grave is but &c cannot think peacefully Of them as
do Of those who pass from US by disease or decay
and who sleep on the breast Of their mother earth
SO do rot wonder nay friends, that there are thou
sands 10 whom the sea is OIL terrible pOwer-in
whose ears it is chanting perpetual requiem, and
who think it fitting symbol Of those material forces
which relentless and 20 cruel, and before which
HAD is so mpOteIt.
Mr. Chaplin proceeded under this head to yindicate
tie general system of the universal world a. ain.t
skeptcal objections growing out Of the liabilities %
sorrow and suffering, ana then went on to remark in
the second place. that these natural forces, of which
the sea Is such fitting symbol are also limited by
hunon c0atrOl. God acts upon the physical world 10y
natural law, ard we have just considered TO what
great ends lie thus bounds aud guides IT.. say now
that He acts upon also through mans agency, aud
IN this direction find its energies under the domin
ion Of new checks and appliances. With the excep-
ton of the highest moral achievements, there is
nothing grandcr in all history than the way in which
man has subdued the outward world. There ls nothing
more sublime than the spectacle Of man sent into
this great field Ct the universe to cross and till it,
and to find out it, Notwithstanding in
the presence of these great forces and looking
through them with the eye OF his thought, and tam
them 10 ms uee, uDtH tue stIcuul runs anu tue
wirds rally 10 serve him. and the lightning Of Heaven
becomos the Constructor Of his thou aud the deep
opens an Obediept pathway before bis cashiug
wheels. TO select the instance that IS most appro-
pirate now, see what new limits have been set to the
sweep Of the ocean by steam.navgation There Is
ia sc philosophy which, Of course, regret with hor-
rOr-thc philosophy that God first becomes conscious
ia man; but there is o true philosophy, which We
should revercLtly receive, that God unfOlds HIS
working in the physical world through humanity.
We do not know what Divine ordinances there arc
limiting ami controlling matter, and we never shall
know, until man finishes his destiny upon tue
earth. We do see, however that the world Is giveo
TO be used meant to be the quarry of ncHculable
and every great invention is the IN
rolling Of magnificent statute decreeng for thus or
that wild face Of nature thus far and no further.
And know of nothing which furnishes a more spen-
did illustration Of this than the history OF navigation
from the first rude bark creeping tlmidy along the
shore TO the ocean steamship. The control which 1t
was meant should obtain over nature-is 1t not
all declared in THE single episode, commencing with
the canoe The savage aud eliminating in the palace
of the deepl Thus far and no iur,her Man, 30
TO sneak expands his personality into leviath an,
puts his art into the hull and his refine in the
cabin, and his science in the Wheels aud with
heart of fire and mon sineHs makes the broad
Atlantic but river. Sixteen years ago a
writer in quarterly review, demonstrated
with all the perfection OF logic and oil theory
that no steamer could cross the ocean-and six-
teen Years ago the Great Western came snortlng
through the Narrows, demonstrating that what
" couldn't be done was dOue. Sixteen years ago,
and that solitary trail OF smoke stresmod over tue
waters ofthe Atlantic: aud now on the Indian Ocean
on the Arabian Sea on the breast of the broad Pa
cifc human d. sny controls the forces OF nature and
moves with columns OF cloud and FIRE. Ana snrciy,
when VIC consiOer the comparative safety OF ths
we compare the numbers that
have been carried in swiitness ana III comfort WIN
those who have pershed-whcn, III any way, we set
of The advantages against the dsasters-no one Will
sey that even catastrophe like this most awful one
- ft.s his method of navigation should discourage
us from trusting to it. But, while we should yield
TO no such uprt asonabe terror there Is wholesome
fear which, trust, GW be excite by THIS disaster
All great gains for humanity come by nartyrdomi
and 81 We learn wisdom and ensure safety from the
lessons Of this event. cannot say that those Sho
have lust porished-dear as they were and fearful as
was their death-bave persisted IN vain we nave
achieved success-but did we not need 10 learn eau
tionl We have put limitations upon nature-have
we Lot forgotten that 1t has laNs| Familiarity and
IL have made an ocean voyage seem pleasure
patty; but the deep still has It's trrrors aud can never
Sc race course God forbid that should impute any
iane In the present instance or hud one harsh word
into Wounds lat are already too deep for human sur
pery But | speak Of prevalent systcm 10 our day,
which regards success rather than responsibility anu
thinks more Of speed than OF lie. Our material
agents have made us become reckless. those who
oUice the ship or the car, have become ike
Inc vehicles they embellishments OF haste,
and enterprise ard power and sometimes one
almost fears that they are as regardless OF inc eish
of life they carry IL the hopes and interests trusted
10 their skill or the driving engine, or the rushing
wheel What is the difference of an hour or two com
pared TO the safety of mau |! What can you ind on
The dial of ChrOnOmeter to kmdic an honest PRIDE
equal 10 the looks Of gratitude and love on the
fces of the retiring traveller and welcoming friends
What satisfaction TO gallant captain 10 know
that lis ship has bravey lodged rock, or that the
10y teeth of death have CRASHED close TO the very
pillows where women aLd children slept-but that lie
has beaten his rival sixteen minutes in voyage
Lot III, be understood once more that do not refer