Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-03

ting up q course Of lectures for instruct-
ION and entcrta nment during the pres
ent winter, we were told that it was
candestinc scheme for the dissemination
OF the fana.ical doctrines preached bv
ihe"h'gher law" disciples of Abolitionis,n.
AS proof, our attention was directed 20
the list OF lecturers whose services had
been secured. The lanes Of Emerson
and Beecher were pointed out, and we
were asked, If the antecedents of these
wild fana'ics did not warrant the prcdic.
ton that VIC would be treated with =
rehash OF their cid rcbcllious, blasphem.
Gus and traitorous TRADES. We replied,
that such deception upon the patrons
OF these lectures would not be practiced
ny these having the management OF the
affairs Of the Association-:hat the very
suspicion naturally arising in the public
mind, that these men would follow, in
Davenport, the same course which had
distinguished them in brooklyn and
Boston, would prevent them from taking
advantage Of the opportunity for retail
ing doctrines SO disgusting and rcpng-
nant to at least portion Of the auditors.
Whether ourself or our friends we're cor
rect in our respective predictions in ref
cTence to Emerson and Deecher remains
to be determined.
But Mr.. Jocclyn has delivered his
lecture, and, by way Of episode, has lug,
ged in the slavery question, and given
the public to understand his view Of a
higher law than. the constitution and
statutes of the country. 1t is not our in.
tention to enter into detailed criticism
OF the lecture. We admit that it pos
sessed beauty Of diction and bliliancy
of imagination. The composition was
good, but the delivery inferior. The
speakers rapidity enuncia,ion render
ed him, in many places, indistiuct. Take
it all in all as literary production, the
lecture was well enough. But we do
censure the introduction Of the lecturers
views on q question now agitating the
public mind, and upon which there ex-
lists SO great diversity Of opinion. II
we have correctly understood the object
of the Young Mems Association, it is the
diffusion of useful knowledge in the fields
Of literature and science. If we are to
have homeless upon religion and politics,
let it be made public. for then we will
know exactly what we may expect, by
an inquiry into the religious or pol;ti.
cal associations OF the speaker.
We are sincerely solici,ious that the
Young Mems Association may not full
fill the vaccinations of those who, being
suspicious Of its object, felt disposed ia
give the cold shoulder to its project
To turn these lectures, which in good
faith should be confined to literary OF
scientific subjects, into partzan appeals
and attacks upon the political or relic
ions doctrines protessed by any portion
of the audience, would be both dishon.
orabc and mean. 1t would be ano,hs,
illustration Of the prostitution of an in
stltution no doubt designed, in its frs
inception, for good purposes. We dc
hope thai, when the course shall have
been finished, no oac will be enabled t.
charge upon the Association, that it ha.
rendered itself amcnablc, either directly
or indirectly, to the imputaton of hay
ing Patronized any member Of either
class Of lecturers alluded in the following
Article from the ". y. Herald
LECTURES AND LECTURERS. The lee
ture season has fairly set In, and peripat
etc philosophers are on the tramp, gath.
crlng, if not sowing, throughout the
country. On the small capital on which
they trade, these gentry make better re.
turns than can be Obtain cd il any Other
Business that we know Of. i is a com
mon idea that preachers have "A monop.
"ls If the real in. Of other peoples
ideas and composii,,s; bu. i. is orrs-
u"nahle whether they do IS much IN that
way rs those who make livelihood hy
lectuling. Generally speaking, the lat
ter are persons who, not having wi, or
'ndustry enough to succeed in any other
ealing, take u this pursuit as the las,
Resource Of incapac'ty aud laz ness. is
labor consists merely in picking and
stealing, tor, not satisfied With borrowing
the conceptions of ecvcrer minds. they
appropriate even their very lar guacc. -
Ont OF the numerous lectures that will
he delivered this winter ia All thc towns
aud villages Of the Union, il is certain
that nat oneten,h Of them will have
cost those who deliver them the least
trouble of composition. They will be for
the greater part compiled from cLcyc!o-
pedias, elementary scientific treaties and
books OF travel, and put together, piece
by piece, like mosaic, but without ref.
erence to general harmony ofconstruct-
Ion: And all this is swallowed by rural
audiences rs Il marvellous effort of intel
Iectnal labor and they cry up the merits
OF the lecturer, and pass him on, with