New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-07

upOn the earn. tfCn age 0nl edc1
b,e IL p, cvlar character tics that serve TO modify
s,8 ch,k ctroin m-cievou- tendencies IN the other
sex and in ohcrs OF different ages For one SeA
- attempt 90 amusc themselves agrceably and inno'
| .n,lv alone. is Ike trying to make music on one
s,yirrcd instrument, Il has about il samene's hf'
| tedious and ANNOYING. Tie union Oh ln' 80
y ia The Young. the fair with the manly, IN ON ~
sour bungs very source % SOCIAL lnlto'o"Ii ,ori
endowment tcgcthcl--egc with IT. gravity anu P,L
,nce mld-li.c with %, nctlv aud IT'S care " :, c.
Uih H. NiNHCtv and is hope. J. - -.
rc aged 10 Ctu>ulc ard discourage te i. I ,h. ,t.
mcui- Of the Nouu., merely occausu ~, a, tbo..
nav be carried to excess. "nti, =, ~ -
diversions the, can clcctuaiy pie'.n' u - ~
u a. A. BE -, tb. pripcllae now stated, LEI us con-
b.; a. INC sp, cia founs or sources OF amlse'
mont the eucral prevalence 81 ""''" iVi'c7 'uo'l
@ .,,t,on and whit j, IN view of t1er lmPor-
io o,,5 tbe Gversity Of opinion that they have
- ,e could not avoid without impuatOns upon
r, 6ankpcs- II not upon our courage.
W. MD1r-ihe Quahers. We believe, are the only
49,. an on, rs who ccuy doubt that the capacity for
.osLnc music and the susceptibility 10 enjoyment
,S,ueh IT, the gift OF Goa 20 man not 70 be dep5cd
and sGcd but gratefully accepted and cultivated.
Tbe ,arly Friends found music so lntcrmXed with the
,,ner-t nous ioimHti,s of corrupt Church, and 20
,sry,rtd ov lvolity and passion. that they misook
l>- sn eva gu the Quakefs of the present day
singing wh blind pertbaci'y The mistake OF their "a
de, Would TO cod that they chung win equal tena:
civ to the great radical truths euuuCiated by the
Gpp4erS ~ Their Society
We have never read or listened TO anything in the
hrm Of an argument against music that would not have
b,uequaly good # urged agar II literature eoqucnce,
conyetat"n or even spetc, itself all winch are con
sanity ana hourly upluyed Ia the scrVlcc Of ftl5chOOd,
ulft and Ciiu4c l. c.oQueLCc -in, because il
/, often us,0 To- excite pieiGdce ma. snlut
passion Saal tie preacher cease 20 lt mp his voice
IN behalf e virtue ard truth because the politician and
th warrior use ;hC DIVINE faculty t. serve their
enis Are speech and conversation to be prescribed
s9d an family condemned to perpetual tuciturH-
ty btcuusc Iuiutudes mike 'heir tongues the Neh-
cts of Islander aid detHuaiOpi No more Is mus to
b. ranked among things forbidden, merely bcidlsc IL
perverted bv the thouchtc-s eyecr, or made to do
srvcc on The field % battl"
husc Is the delight of Children. 1t soaihcs them IN
poncnts Of fetiUness una aSsou 1t Divers tnein III
hOv-s Of suic'ing and pain. Even Quake mothers
know b. experience tho mage potency OF tue cradle
song In after e it has great power over maas eno-
lsual nature. Livery feeling Of Joy or gret may be
,oured forth in song. Every noble sentiment or emo
Ton that sges the human bea~t finds natural outlet
inmusical tones There is more inspiring stimulus
for man highest tacult es nothing better adapted to
raise hun above oil that Is low and grOVeiug man the
delights OF mu,', especially when tney mlnge with or
flow through the charmed language OF poetry 1t any
81 doubts that muse may he made means oil erNG-
uu. huuoa nature let hlm Ubsrrrethe erect oil song,
~ 20 fitting words upon the nuates OF PRISON. Let
Luu LOtc She evidences OF sorrow Tor weakness ana
I'm. the hiDdnI OF hope in place of de7par, the re.
-uscrdton of lODg-tuned associations 0i home aud
kindred, and tic exhibitions at genllenesS lnstcaf OF
passion That aay thus be Produced aud sur ly be will
doubt iiCfC. II am 10 Uiusc'iD, sHNs NadluluS,
"and want Il good ear, and yet am conscious OF
power 10 music which wan. words 70 describe 1t
touches chords reaches dehs in the soul, which lie
"bc,oud all other influences, extends my conscious.
"ne,s and sCmC.lInc gives me a pleasure which /
shave fund III nothing else.
We DO not hesitate 30 advise parents TO cultivate in
thtr children tho faculty OF music. 1t IS the Gift of
beutcent Creator, and, like the faculty of speech, 1t
should be trained and developed not alone for pur
poses Of amusement hut poen; fundamentally ia
The work If human progress aud elevation. 1t should
ser Joy a. every relte, It should sOlacc Us IN nj
fiction it should comfort IN sickness, it should &C.
nent our friendships, aDd tighten our daily tolls. 1t
there earth any scene that can give us torea ste
of heavenly biss, il IN that # household whose
fined sympath,es. atluent affections, and world em-
braciug love find daily expression IN melodiOus song
. D0UcWc.-Tho prejudice against this form of
anu ement the MINDS OF serious pecsons, is ex 3eed
ingy strong having bctG fOstered by abuses o. long
staIc ng. Which mus be &c mucd 10 DE exceedingly
ptrncious in their 6fec's. But must discriminate
between tie amusement itsef and those abu @, which
DO not necessarily grow out of H. The most inveera'e
opponents of dancing at the present day are found
among these strict in their vcueraOn for the au
shorty of hs Scriptures They believe that the Jews
received their social political, and religious Institutions
through the direct inspiration OF God and not few OF
item profess 10 find III the system OF jewish servitudc
Divine warrant for the oattol Slavery of the present
dav How then can they reconcile their hostility
10 dancing with the ADMITTED TACT, that the custom
was interm.Dged not only with the spca ha0 Is,
but even the ,el gious rites OF the Jews, the pc
. culiar ueoDle Of God r. The escape of the
I rselrtes from Egyptian bondage, how was 1t cele-
bratcd By fasting and prayer Nay, Dnt ny les v"
rejoicing and boundiess exuitation-Minem, the
NO, hotess and sister of Aaron leading out all the
women " who follow ed h1 with tmbrcls and with
dances" solomon tells us, with whstever ot lnspTa-
ton belonged to him that " there ID time to dance
tie tblew p,almst, whose words thrill the devotons
OF all (niiseudom. LeXhoIts Us 70 praise tod III
the dance and even Jesus, in the deeply affecting
parabe Of the Prudiga Son. finds an illustration OF the
~ That Icens in heaven wnen an errng soul returns
from is wandering ia The " music and dancing ana
" ,rry making, with which the prodlgal was well
comec by his FAM y and kindred.
Merry twenty years ago, that truly enlightened and
uIully t"glc man. William Ellery Charming, III con-
sd rirC tie means be adapted to dlmnIsh the temp
t,tiors 10 int importance spOke with earnest el0que1ce
OF the Importance IF furnishing the people with the
'.meAns of rhuccnt pleasure; and prominent among
the rlrasur which ne regarded as innocent wa dan
eng. II, views which he expressed are at once 30
Just iscrmnailng ana wise, that we cannon lorDeh
.. Dabcine is an amusement which has been discour
zptd IN our county by many oi the best people ana
not without reason Dancing ~ aSSo0a'eu ih lueu
mind, with balls and this Is one OF the W"S' forms Oh
social pleasure The time consumed IN preparation Tor
ball the waste OF thought upon H. the e1traN aSahce
Of dress the ate hOuTs the exhaustion ct strength he
exposure of health and the languor OF the succeeding
dav-thc-o and other lis connected with this amuse-
IY,lt art strong reason, for binlshng 1t IRON the
community. But dancing ought not therefore 10 DC
pro.c-bed. On the contrary balls should be dSconT-
aged-io this among other reasons 'na' 1Altns, Iu-
stead OF being rare pleasure, requiring elaborate
preparation, may become an everyday Amusement
and may mix with our common intercourse. TINS ex,
erci-c is among the most hcalthful Tae body a. wei
ss tie mind iets its gladdenns influence No amuse-
II cnt sc to have foundation in our nature.
1t is 10 be desired that dancing should become
too common among IN be madc the object OF special
prepara,n a in the ball that members of the same
family, when confined 10y unia' Orabe weather should
incur 10 It for cIercise and oxh1aaton; that branches
q the ZANE fsmy should cnlvon in this way tier oc-