New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-20

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Europe,n Church and State say Of man as ehmoi.eu
urdef the rloi,ar but then they say also mat TIE
rfci,a, was merely initiatory and regarded man Us
he exists naturally or in himself, and before us
nrorer historic or Proyiden'ia evolution. Consid-
eI,d in himself or naturally that 49, Ocioie '
develormen. Of the social sentiment, man 10 oo'n
privately and publicly depraved and lnconipt'euh., ~.
tu ma "a ,rue of man as he existed prior TO the
dawn of the popular life, prior tothose great
depomina,ed the Protestant Reformation, ana lhe
im,riran and French Revolutions when announce
complete boulerorsein,Ht IN the spiritual WI" W
the realm of IDEAS, and whose ProyidentIal impor.
is clearly seen in the astonishney rapd suoseiu'
evolution Of the popular life OF man. fro,es'alsui'
which is only Democracy on an inner plane desc
crates the P,iest in order 10 sancty the Congega-
ton: and Democracy, which is only Proteslant'sIh
on an outer plane uncrowns the King IN order 10
crow tle People In denying sacerdotilly derived
sar city TO man. OF deriving the presty once from
the people Professionalism spiritually afhrTns man
pirate Righteousness, or his ability 10 ENJOY "ue
relations with God. And Democracy, IN denying
bis repsllyderived wisdom, difuslng the govern
ment among the people, afirms bis eaPacty ior
pubr affairs or his ability to come into relations oi
spontaneous accord with his iellow-man linus,
though we have visible altar and throne on our
side Of the water, STILL we are most careiui 10 e'is
cerate them of their European substance by allow,
ing them only rgidly popular conservation ana
authority. Weexterd our hospitality to black; coat
and red.coat both, but only on the fixed condition
hat they turn ht-abOut face upon their European
pretensions, and follow the popular inspiration IN
place of controlling it. Thus we practically over,
turn the Old World and disavOw IFS most cherished
traditions. We have been taught IN iactby Europe
itself, or what is the same thing, by the universal
activity aud prevalence here OF the Protestant
and Democratic spirit, that freedom is the rgldly
Provldential destiny % man, his inallenable BIRTH
right in the Lord. Consequently, nothing III the
share of outward institutions is liked win U.S. we
belong 10 tie dspensaton of the unchangeaoe sprit
not 10 that of the pershable letter. we are reai
economy. not a typical one. We date from the
gospel not from the aw-that gospel which pro-
claims neyer-ending "peace on earth, and Gods
"pood Measure in men," We disOwn all dlsunlon
between God and man Uakng man, of course, IN
| the largest sense). We acknowledge no authority
more divine than that of the broadest human vel
fare In short, the popular wel-beng alone, ana no
amount Of established respectabl!ty eonsecrates
American institutions and usages. 1.-The voice ol
the people," supposing that voice not to be dis
gused nor bettled by cunning politicians suPposng
il to express the veritabe amplitude OF human want
"js the irresistible voice of God" This faith is the
life. blood of the New World. Hence, any amount OF
popular expansion becomes strictly legitimate ex
| pectstion with us In fact, il is hard 10 see any
bound to the blessedness which lies before us in the
future. by simply remaining faithful to our constu-
| tiopal idea but the boundess love OF God.
Now il is this frm-rooted conviction of the fun
| damental accord between God and the people, which
permits the devils enfranchisement among us, IN
werrantDg us to expect his complete ultimate utili-
| zation. We emancpate him from hls European
thralldom in the firm persuasion that his experience
| Of freedom will eventually reduce him, not merely
to harmless but to the most actively benefcent pro-
portions In other words, that peculiar lite which
is inaugurated by our institutions, and which afrms
the righteousness of the popular instincts whenever
they fairly pronounced, opens up an entirely neo
feId u tnerprse 10 our natural se-tore, i'll which
its utmost possible activity will be fruitful only of
| the widest human good. 1t is bound to be thus
| fruitful, because in the popular life, the
| life which will yet exhibit truly divine
righteousness in man. the element OF sell love spen-
taneously subOrdnates itself to brothery love, or
| the devil Yields an nngrudging and unqualified sub
lection to the angel. 1t is notorious that all the
evil of our unregenerate nature sums itself up IN
the want of charity which exists between man and
man, Love says the good book, is the only accept
able fulfilling Of the law. Whose dwelleth in love
| to his brother, dwelleth in God and God In him:
This is obviously true, because, II our unasslsted
natural instincts invariably tend to selGshness,
every elevation they acquire conesses OF necessity
| a Divine source, argues Divine indwellng in the
nature. If then, the oncOmiDg popular life OF man
restore US TO apsed unity; il, being based as 1t
is upon the enforced sentiment of human equality,
il exhibits svery man in the most frank and cordial
hOllOhIy VIII LIS hlIu, why t'luchtiy hu tho Pio'
existing ground of evil among men Will confess
tself vacated, because human nature itself will thus
| be DivDely regeDerated.
Such, then, is the secret of human destiny, the
introduction of universal righteousness. The
spirit of God the spirit of human fellowship, being
a universal spirit is bound eventually to disayow
all ecclesiastical and political limitation is bound to
fuse every special sect and every special poty in
the unity Of perfect human family. 1t knows
only man. and acknowledges Engllshman and
Frenchman, Asian and African, only in SO far as
they derivatyely reflect him. Such, therefore, Is
the spirit of our economy. 1t suppOses complete
unity between man and man, growing out OF the
scientific sentiment of human equality, and conse-
quently it invests all ts subjects alike with right
eou,ness. 1t imposes thorough subjugaton in
human nature of devil to angel, of selt-loye to
neighbOrly-love, and hence an every.way harmless
and sautary activity on the part OF that hith-
erto most disorderly and mischIevOus force.
But it must be admitted that our actual manners
fall far behind constitutional ideal And 1t ls to
this circumstance alone that We are indebted for III
hbusterng and every mir OF form of rowdylsm. The
literal administration Of our economy invariably pro-
ceeds upon most drowsy and unntelligent discern.
ment of lis spirit Our actual clerks and politi-
clans seem never TO feel themselves inspired by the
new hope They are content TO mold themselves
upon the old and decrepit European letter. They
are so tchled with their regimentals, black and
red, as never TO see how really antiquated and
shrunken 10 all human use they have become. The
substance hich once filled these fine old garments
the spirit hich in olden times animated them, has
gone away and left them tendery memorable only
for their past use' For Gods sole altar is now the
mans scientific intelligence The altar of
nd ~ throne "