New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-06
the play Of light and shadow that alts over the
ace of Society and seldom seek 70 knew what is


they care not what may be darkly lurking below.
And when 4 man like Carlyle-who goes to the
heart of things, and better than all others can
read the pulse Of the time-speaks, he Is said u
be insane, or TO have reached the climax OF his
style.
1t is worth while turning TO those same Latter
Day Pamphlets. and reading them over again y!
the light Of recent circumstances anu Pre-et'
.yerls IN England III, L,oder has recently been
MATING sorne fr,s about the clever sketch of our
"Gover,ipe Glass" BIZ Mr.. Witty, which once
noticed in TIE TRrEUAE. But 1t ID easy 20 CON
ceivc that he found bis Covering CIasses IN
AR Carl,le's Z" Downing ST. and the latter gen
tlemsn happened to be first in lis representations
10y some years
IT is only by such a backward glance thai we
can see and estimate how much we are all indebt-
cd to that great and good man, Carlyle. How be
cast the mold that shapes the thought OF the tina
how be went through the wilderness. hcrading Ii,
way Of our journalists; now he put the weapon OF
hs heroic spirit into their hands who are striking
such ef.ciual blows to-day. The thunder-bots ~
Tie Londoa T,mes were forged b.! our Vulcan OF
Chelsea. Messrs. LayaTd and Lowe, who AZ pres
ent nan the two great guns OF The Times B.ttery,
DO but pick up and reload with ST. Carlyle spent
shot, after having melted them down TO TX tlcir
smaller ordnance. Turn for moment 70 the
Pamphlet entitled "DoUning 81" and read as
follows:
1.-The STATE, left to shaJe ,tselfby din peAsn'ries
eLc usoitcIs, thou. srnctaes9 OF coavic iol, or
pbrpOse beyond iist OF bep'us i,sei over the dill
cu.iy u the hour has DCcome, Instead Of a Ia 1iaoa'
vitality pefesirg with lie light q. provinces II our
affairs a mr. AZ aseIooacTo'c uf han.e "A
lille al, p,.d for he &c u.i wants OF ldeir con
NUDITY be the worst c,.zen need wieh. The thiOg y
i con u y no means the mig sc want 70 rave
Co1e What ne weGt Let the dulsst Brit
sh an tLCeaycr 10 !ano N lbs mid tbls
qu.s1;Op, End s,s him,eif in sincerity wh4:
tie British Iatlon wants ~ this timc. L. 1t 20 nave
with ehdles. j9rgOoing debating Uotionlpg, s1d
counter Il otioniDg settlement effected between the
Honorable Mr. jIis aud lne Honorable Mr. ina, as
10 then ctive prei' nsous - ride She hg lrse
KesIy IL is uni Dpcrtaft winch OF them r,de II. II
our Gov-romeot is to be a reinforcement, what does
1t mat er WHO administers Il! Fling orange skin
into st. J~mes's ~ let the man 1t hits De yo1c
man.
in the following the horse is the English People
ard Fciicissmus may sit for Aristocracy:
/ wish Ftlicittimus were saddle rex forever aud
e. day Heis dreadful object however much We
may he p-ed to him II the horse nsd 70, been bred
and broker in for thousand years, by real r1ers
ard lore suoo Terfeps tie best ena braves, the
wC I'D tvsI raw, 1Dht would have become If hun aud
Felicis4inus lcrg since Ills hOise, b. tecOni M
ture, Ie-pecis al P'inces gsllOp- # never - m4ly,
Oh the Highway alone; seems u me, of late, ike a
6tsptIdie Sles@ick tia hor-e who - LOST his
way gallopiIg in the labyrntJic lsues Of a woody,
Est county; J8-sioi sfe 10 reach his goal Unable 10
reach l. because n tie fat, leafy lanes there is
outlook wbstever, end IN TIRE bfice th,re Is 10 g1d
slCe Shaft yer. SO he gdOps stOrniuily along think
ing = forward and forward; and aiss It IS Only
TOuf ard rOUnd-Out Of o. lane into anoh-r. Ny,
according - come ne rnstqkcs ms arm t50'grn's,
which, Of co, re-, grow ever more numerous, tr ne
tie sig OF more and more ifo luAbted road and his
deeper is hourly Increasing Ny inpessIpa 49, hc IS
certain soon, such il tie growth Of h,s necessity aq1
his despair, TO plunge ecross tae fence mo an
OPEN survey of the country, and 10 sweep Felics-l
aus eli bis back Gnn comb bin away very trsgically
ia the process Poor esaick,r, sish yoa were
better Iidc.n" IF you cannot get real
pilct on osrd the clip Of STATE and put the helm into
his bsIGs, your chip is as good n wrs,k. Ooe real
plot Losrd may we you; all the believing from
tie banks that ever was VIII Dot, by The nature of
ttifes il cannot. Nay, your pho: will have 70 sue
GEO. if he do succesc very much in splte Of sa bel
loving; be vii hear all THAI; ana regard very little of
y Oh! for one such eveo ore o. II Is
Nndom alone that can recognize wisdom. Folly or
Inbecliy snt thar is the f.'alest ban i:
iabors under, booming II 10 perpetual failure IN all
thiIYs-fanuIe which, IN Downing 81. AID places Of
command is especially accused cursing not one, nut
bundIecs Of millions 3 Reverence for
Human Worth; earnest 6eyout search for IT, AID en-
couragCmtnt Of L: iOyai idIheranc9 auj ODE Hence
to -tlis say, is the outcome I'D essence OF I'll
true Religions AM may, and ever will be- We
have not known this. No. loud ss our tongues some.
times 20 in that dh eciioD ~ have n true reverence
fer Human intelligence, FOR Human Worm AID Wiz
com. Ard pray for restoration OF such reverence,
for tie change from Styeah darkness TO hsaveny
light FOE the return Of life u poor, sex, m)ribund
mems htle for most Of u, bu. Beaver COntfyance,
which produces spinning nules, eh-sp cotton and
large fortunes. s5om, unless II give US Raj way
Scrip, is not wise.
Adler men in DOwDing-st.! cries Carlyle, that ia
the only way TO govern us. Our disease is want
of wisdom. There is no vision in the head, there
fore all the members are dark and see not whittier
to 90. We have not eyes, but spectacles which
seem to see, and to look wise. Again be asks:
How is your ship to be steered by pilot With no
eyes but pair Of glass ones got from the consitu'
topsl optcian1 He must steer by the ear, think,
rather h6n by the eye by the sh outings no caohes
from ihe shore or from the Parliamentary benches
nearer baLd-one of the fIiehttuest objects to $50
steering in such q sea! ION Peer,
What a scsndalous tori IA element Of yellow Loudon
fcg favorable TO owls cLly and their mousng opera
tions, has bloted out the stars of heaven for us
there several generations back,-which, rejoice TO
see 10 now visby about to take itself away again,
or, perhaps, to be dsspHei in very tremendous
maDDer
"Who sre available 10 your officers in Do win yst
All the gifted sous, Of every rank, who are born 10
you in this generation These are appointed by the
tue tterI al Divine Right which will never become
obsolete to be your Governors and Administrators
and precfely you employ them, or neslsc; to em-
ploy them will your State he favored OF Heaven or
oisl9yored. These noble young souls, you eau hsve
them either OF two condtioDs and on one OF them
since they are here in the world you mus, have them
As our alies and cOaojutors, failing tha your
natural enemies; which shall IL be This i. the ques-
ton Of questions. What aent is born TO you How
do You employ that The crop of spiritual talent
that is born to YOU of human oleness and intellect
and heroic fscply this is infinitely more imoor, Ant
than your crops If cotton aud corn, wins or het-
rings or whale OIL which the ewspaperS record with
suoh anxiety every saon. This is not quite counted
by seasons therefore the newspapers are seut, but
by generations and centuries assure you it becomes
szipey sensible; and surpasses, as Heaven does
Earth all the and wre, ard whale oil, and All
fen ia bullioD, or any other crop YOU grow" Il
We look forward With interest for Mr.. aud
Mrs. BrowIipR's coming POems mentioned