New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-16

were almost Inaccessible for the mountains Of ma
nure which had accumulated about them. In fact,
II 10 not long since that everybody thought manure
was orhy ht to be thrown away. No one suspect
ed that vile bosom of harborng such priceless reno
vation for the hungry and worn-out soil. Yet We
now discover that the original fertility Of the earth
10 almost as nothing compared with that which il
derives from the judicious application OF IN ,nures,
and look forward to a complete reclamation OF its
waste places by simply returning to II whatever
has been taken from it.
Now, the hells are only an excrementitious pre-
duet Of human history, and under unshilful hus-
bandry, therefore, would be sure 10 be thrown
away 10 the infinite damage and impoverishment
Of the soil out of which they grow, namely, the
soil Of mans natural mind. But Christ is di-
vine husbandman, and knows how to manage his
farm infinitely better than those Dutch farmers on
the Mohawk do theirs. He knows the transcend
ent value of spiritual msnures, because he knows
very well that the natural mind would grow obsO-
ete and dead if it were exposed only 70 the angel
c influence. He does not kill the devil, there
fore he utilizes him. He cannot make him
an angel 10 be sure. But he can make
him wear angelic livery or so adorn him
with the plush of the skies, as that his
low ambition shall be fairly satisfied, and an
honest living be at length earned. What makes
self.lOye evil, or what makes the devil vile and
receives and never gives or wishes to draw every
thing from the soil without returning anything to
it. He is an enormous sponge that would suck in
the universe, and lie in that state gorged swollen
and immovable. Humanity, therefore, disowns
him, and casts him out as disreputable and un-
worthy. But Christ hereupon finds him, and, per
ceiyDg that there is exhaustess amount OF facul
" stored away in his ubbery and lOathsome exist
ence, which iudicOusy administered and distributed
might make the wilderness and solitary place glad
and cause the desert to blossom as the rose pro-
ceeds at once TO bring him into that ertilizng rela
ton to humanity. BY his own SOULS experiences
when he was on earth, Christ brought evil into the
everlasting subservience of good, so that we may
nationally count henceforward upon selflove and
the love of the world as two of the most ener-
getic and ndeateable ministers of social progress.
Whatever other fruit the present war may yield,
no one can help seeing the enormous effect it has
already had in weakening the popular respect for
the Government The imbecility OF their rulers
is the one point upon which all Engishmen are
heartily agreed, 90 that the Admiaistratire Reform
movement seems fairly undone by its own success,
OF by proving the goodwill of the people to be
far in advance of the actual intelligence of its
leaders. 1t is very easy for Mr.. Layard and The
London Times to cry out the right man in the
right place" SO long as the people do not admit
the worth of the idea; but when all the people re-
spond to the cry by vigorous Amen, Mr. Layard
and The Times are vastly embarrassed to indicate
the action which ought to ensue. This appears to
be the burden of England at present that there is
no clearncss Of vision in her borders, that no one
knows the thing to be done, that all men stand
as it were in a maze, each one fOolishly fumblng
in his memory for the clue that is to extricate
them, but absolutely no one of the recognized
leaders of the people gifted with the least
insight adequate to the situation. Carlyle is
is as incapable in all practical regards as Lord
Aberdeen himself. lie had the instinct to predict
the exact " fix" into which things have actually
come, but he knows nothing beyond. Ii is curious
to see how completely silent the ecclesiastcal
leaders are content to remain. A thunderbOlt
from clear sky would not amaze people more
than an essay on the part of any of the Bishops to
appreciate the situation of the country irrespect-
i've of conventional interests, or an effort to form
a scientific diagnosis and prognoss of the malady
under which it is laboring; and yet, if the Arch
bishop of Canterbury or the Bishop OF London
were really ordained of God any longer TO their
high Office, they are the men to whom the public
should now look for right guidance. OF course it
cannot be said in England that Archbishops and
Bishops are ordained for higher uses than to give
mankind political guidance, because these gentle
men are an actual part of the Government. Be
sides, if the plea were allowed, the answer is OBJ
vous that the spiritual uses which the persons in
question were ordained to promote mean nothing
which is the empire of righteousness and peace
Oh earth: and that if these uses are found to be
obstructed by certain vicious conditions IN the
material organization OF society, or found to be
scientifically incompatible with certain existing
institutions and circumstances, these gentlemen
should manifestly be endowed with all the science
of the c1gency, and prove themselves practically
capable Of afiOrding the people relief.
What is wanted, in fact on the part both OF
bishops and statesmen 10 a new doctrine, commen
surate with " the new heavens and earth" which
the Divine Providence is now forming. Human
society, human fellowship, human equality, is fast
becoming popularity recognized as divine truth,
and finds the leaders in Church and State not CIV
ing it cordial and generous welcome, but doing
their best in many cases TO defame and deny 1t al
together The result cannot be doubted. Indeed,
it is already evident on every hand. The people
yield their leaders no longer the tribute of
hearty belief and admiration, but that of we'll
merited contempt. Happy America where the
people are superior to all classes OF the peo-
pie, and where, consequently, Church and State
are sure in the long run to obey and reflect every
expansion Of the popular instinct Why does
one feel so much more genially related 10 DR..
Hawks or Mr.. OsgOOd, in short to the American
clergy, than be does TO the English clergy ! 1t
is that the former have only social or popular
ordination, and the latter a political one.
1t il that the interest of the one msniiestly
lies in the promotion of social progress, or an the
eleeation Of the people out Of merely political eoadl-
tions and of the other in the obstruction of such
progress, or the keeping the people forever inte-
rior to ruling class. NJ