New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-23

espi,y 10 ereentisJiy bodily disease, ssd te neral
csuses operate In producing it ss they DO 10 P'o-
" du ing Other complaints"
We stber from these, aud numerous other f4ets OF
q similar nature which have not space 70 nenhon,
hs, when the mind scte n-tursily 1t he because 'os
changes within the brain 70 on in normal gay an1
that perverted material organ produces cprrespoho
ing den apg emeDt Of mind. Accompanying every
thought each oct Of the recoeen on or oil me
Ing az ID mae inative and emotional pose's, tnere u
eertsin kind and amour. Of ma'enal rahs'ofhauou
ub;cb h ess.nti 10 these mental acis an aoy AGENT
or force brought 10 bear upon the BRAIN which are1
or modifss or bnders these material chSnger, beces-
,arIy oistu,bs aud perverts The mental operations.
This fat of the essential dependence Of meDta, pro-
ce.,.. mon cerebral mutations are TOO mach
ire,ined 10 overlook. We regard the Dnndt
acts alone distracted from ali their conditions.
sepsa ed from the corresponding mste'isi scs upon
Which they depend. We have such habit OF con
trsstifg md and maper-of considering then a.
separate and even anita. oDis' forms of beiDg-ha Se
a. il were, 6each our conceptions OF men.a exse
and action from their vital c06Dectlons. Haouuaed
10 conceive Of ujno in its final aud highest desuny a.
dssrcumteJed Of matt r, We neglect the lne1ordDe
fact that such lie not lie condition here ana n0h' AS
cbiloTeD when out a. play, are utterly 'ncouseous Oh
that evt r-action of booe' the conuacuy ana spring
of mp,cles and the lightning dispatches that are
continually flying in all directions over tae
peIye-siIts from headquarters to the hands,
feet, torpue, lips, eyes, and the whole mooue
and seI st We sJs'em, so we are al a.. 10 io',
fct that when We think, and hope, And reject and
v isb and remember and cAculae, or exert the mud
il any way We really spiIDiJg the wheeiwo OF
that oct complicated and wonderful OF al machioes,
tlf MASTERPIECE Of divine invention, the human braln
do OF affirm that intellectual operations originate
or oonss In material changes of the brain, but only
that in tie present state Of existence, the mental pnn'
clle cannot act exec pit through lis organ, by which
snch cbaI geo necessarily Occlr. The tact Is unden-
able hat In this ssge of being the Creator mas 20
woven The mental eDeu ent into brsin-tssue that the
former cannot work except through the latter and IN
accord ai CO with It's laws. 49,.
IF II. consider the practical import of these facts:
man for example, moving free IN sociey discharges
biz duties and Ies uates all his conduct properly We
at once Ietr Ibis Of action TO bis will and say
that he Chores it, This s true but IL is not the whole
truth That ri, Int action of his mind rests for its basis
upon soand brain--thst is. brain in such condi-
ton Of harmonious aid rapid physiological change az
makes this course Of thought and ACTON possible In
apo her in, lance be may tate advantage OF his no.
erty TO commit wrong ard iuilct injury upon Others,
and we then attribute his course to deprared
will. But here again We must go further oace
to that state of the MINDS organ which permit
ted tie freedom of choice, for the Liberty
of volition depends upon proper condition oil the
Instrument of thought Or in still another instance,
brap-derangement may annibate the free action OF
the voluntary faculties, and drive the insane mdivid
ual TO destructive deeds for which he not TO De held
respOnsblp In all these cases the hnal basis OF ndi.
vicyal action IL the CONDITION of the organ OF thought
Government by means of law pres 3ribes IN certain
respects course Of action for the citizen and appeals
TO certain motives as Inducements TO H. IL promises
the protection of natural rights as consequence of
Obedience to law, and threatens punishment az the
result Of lis violation. Government thus m axes ITS
appeal 10 mind and we hence say that II rests upon
unGthat is founda,ion s the irresponsible intelligence
of ito subject. This IL quite true; but We must 90
6eeper Government IL built upon responsible mind,
and that in turn depends upon cerebral conditions.
Hence states of the material brain become the real
foundations Of government. Its true basis IL that
which holds and susains the intelligent nature Of man
In it's harmony and integrity.
There is slass of persons wko are destitute Of
brains or rather, they have only part OF the organ,
met sufficient TO regulate and control the animal life.
They have no Intellectual BRAIN their minds are there
fore low and fragmentary and we call them IDIOTS.
Now within the constitution of an d u there Is nothing
which government can reach 30 as to make hun It's
subject. There IL deficiency of that portion OF the
. orpanitm upon which government is based and ii
therefore in this Gaze has no basis. The IDIOT ID sim
ply Gil animal lacking that organic part which, when
Superseded, confers intelligence, responsibility, and
subsection TO law. Or though the brain of al ndi-
yioual nav have been formed perfect if from any
cause becomes dsordered so that the mind can no
longer use it, the relation Of such person TO society
at once dissolved, all norsl obligations and legal de
names upon him cease, and be passes beyond the
lin t Of social and civil accountability.
These facts disclose the relative rank OF different
pare of the human body. Each has its Importance;
bsf there ia sn Infinite difference Id heI respeeave
Sslues. The organs are all bound together by such
ties of sympathy and mutual dependence as TO copst-
tute barmcniou unit; but when any one becomes
disOrdered, TO interrupt or defeat us peculiar
action, We behold at once the wide gradahon OF tneir
Offices II the bones be broken the BODY s no longer
supported if the muscles be psray zed, motion If lm-
possible; if the lungs disordeIed, respiration be-
comes effected if the stomach, there is disturbed
digestion Yet all this is but perversion of the sub
ordinate machinery of the human constitution. If
disease astens upon the organ OF mind, there is de-
throne ment of the intellect snd total wreck oil man
hood. God and man-religion, government, ana all
the multform relations which cluster around the intel
ligent being-are blotted out of existence, for we
know nothing of these except by rational and coherent
IDEAS which are Impossible If the temple
Of tho"sh be thrown i9O aumu ,h sna he elso,
tempaed an incivslbe whole IN It's suolectlon 10
ply steal laws but is divsb into two sidely different
portions in respect of the pur 9oses serves The rst
consiss of the apparatus of animal life, and this is
ade subservient to another and more sacred part,
devoted TO nober objects, and 10 which apper tains
whatever 10 glorious and godike in maos nature-s
part which controls the citizen IN the whole circle OF
his private and public responsibilities, in which, there
fore society and government have especial and Pc
culisr nteIest-upon which, indeed, they rest as
foundation.
LAW BY WHICH AGENTS ACT UPON DIFFERENT PARTS
or THE CONsTITUTIoS.
call attention nov TO an important physiological
law sccordl 10 which foreign substances affect the
bodily constitution. The first action of the system
upon the various nutritive materials which are de-
signed to nourlsh il is by OF the digestive pro-
cess, TO prepare a uniform homogeneous liquid, which
is 10 circulate through all Its parts. This liquid the
blood, contains the elements necessary 10 form
all the structures OF the bcdy. The nutrition OF
these parts, therefore, consists in taking out of
the circua'ory current and apPropang those special
clements which each tissue requires. There is no one
part which demands all the constituents Of the blood
in lite gIowth il therefore only witndrsws such ele
neI;s as i: needs; other parts of the body taking
the rest Nutrition therefore, involves a kind
of vital analysis Of the ss1guinary fluid aud
the local appropriation of its constituents.
For example: where the bones are required
to grow, compounds of lime are Withdrawn from the
blood; tie muscular iissuee select from compounds
contain ing sulphur and the nervous tissue those con-