New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-07

s;s..t;ou. But our b0-1.ies at home are |
-. "a. ON the contrary, tney are brand new,
md capable Of containing he new vine, let il fer
rDert ss II vill for our institutions have no sane
ton but the popular welfare, and are sure 70 e1-
uspd 10 ever need OF the popular life.
To tits extent then, my simple Christian slle,
siauoe corstrains me. Ny intelligence, instructed
by CbriEtisrity, recognizes al prom Obligation
10 erect iu,t Eueh Providental elevation OF the
earthly life Of man, &c Carey aud Bastisi declare
to be actually taking Place. For these men $40"
what the undeDsble fact Of social progress proves
that there has been a constant Prsc zeal ten
deurv in history 70 coordinate the conflicting DE-
uapds Of Eelflove ard br0tberly love or, what ~
this case is equivalent 70 reduce the former N the
lstte,'s obedience All tocisl advance implies this
terdeucv Civilization would have been utterly
juUossible without IT, Spciety-whieh means TIC
fll9Vship or equality Of man with man-i' cCh-
oitioned for rs very beginnings upon some Iaint
tubordIation Of the selfish principe 20 tIae "
beneyolepee: and all subsequent SOCIAL ehnfss-
80 IL due only 20 al increase o. such Eub1fdl-
r,,iop. Rsstist detects the active Opefauoh Oi
a continent in humanity, 10 which by WAY Dl ol1-
eliminating il from self-lOve on one hand ana
n.ieLtoTly lose on the other, he gives the name -
{" peysos0l iattrta." Carey, no doubt may nave
belped Linn here originally; but be has 80 spen-
didiy INDICATED the historic reality Of the sebtl-
roer't and lie benefcCnt operation as TO entiile
biutelf 10 the praise Of master. This sentiment
az "personal interest" though based in part upon
selCloye il by no mesns identical with u, because
IL is Als0 based in great part upon brothery love
In fact what Basiiat calls personal interest Is
an actual compromise Of these warning loves, OF
amounts 10 practical reconciliation OF their con-
ficting claims; for Ee.flGye, when unchecked by
beueyOerce, bids every one seek bis private
interest without regard TO Lie Deghbor, and hence
If left to it, own momentum, would be sure 20
defeat the very possibility 81 human socle;y. HIS
tory shows accordingly. SOW, but sure subjuga-
ton Of the evil principle to the good IN The h1msn
/ mind or exhibits the constant efficacy 81 wnst
} Bastiat calls personal interest IN promoting the
/ march Of human fellowship. Take any New YORK
/ II illiopsire you please; let bin be inw9rdly as
/ hard 81 the neither m-stone il you will: yet you
i will fnd no man more alive to the advantages OF
/ social order. His very eclfsLne;s binds him 70
rOoial allegiance since it is only in promoting the
social welfare that he finds its surest qualification
/ Tic truth is that crime ana vice 10 longer pay
With tie growing fubtety Of our police resources,
every rogue becomes infallibly spotted in a very
! brief time; and such is the increased senslblil5y
e the social conscience that the Gev0tccs OF vice
/ no longer live out half their ordinary time. Thus
sefloye itsefs teaching is subjects TO BE- before
/ al things good citizens; 50 that, look where you
I will through the length and breadth of the land
/ you viii find the social sentiment IN genial and
/ lively exercise even ia bOsCms where, otherwise,
i YOU NObu vel! HsLtU Icdl VAC dhbci5 HHB"t nav
hard work to hold their own.
/ How doyou account for these magnificent facts :
in short how do you at oil account for tie social
n,tiI ct in man, and the enormous advances It has
already made toward On adequate realization
SefiOye is not whit better in itself than it ever
was, and neiehbOr.y love has MT whit more
power in itself 70 subdue it. Yet it is so clear
to force itself even upon political economists, that
history is practically exhibiting an ever advancing
tubjugatiOn Of EelflOye 10 bencvOence or interest
to duty 70 that widening conviction exists in the
human bosom that knayery is always folly, and
that one best serves himself by first serving his
reiehbOr. What explains this enormous revolu-
ton Nothing, ! am persuaded, but the great
fact Of the Incarnation nothing but the sublime
and inspiring truth Of the Divine Na'ural Human
ity, which entities US TO expect that human ma
ture, though Of itself most AFFECT rubbish. shall
yet be built aud animated by Gods informing spirit
into temple so spOtless aud fair as not only TO
beget new and more living worship than has yet
been known earth but also 10 furnish the basis
OF c lew, celestial and spiritual development Of
man, In comparison with which the old heavens
will be 10 more worthy TO come into mind ~. }.