New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-23
PLYMOUTH LECTURES.
LECTURE on THE "DCTrEs OF LrFE,T M The
nov srpryr pR rofyAx or INDIANA.

lEGITkE On The VT Asa
HON. SCHUYLER coLYAx or fSDANA.
Last evening, the seventh lecture of the t1ymenm
Church Course was delivered 80 above. 5ee ehuFoa
was wen flied. and rs Mr.. CoLfN made es sPpear
anee on the platform be was wcieomed WIZ nessy
burss Of appliance He introduced 70 the saoience
BY Mr.. Tlton. 80. -
He then alluded 20 sehshness the besettiug SIN OF
the race quoting illustrations Of il from Dickens val
ter Scott &c And in contrast VITA ihis aiia 70 W
charity in the wide SCOPE Of lie messing, iusfaiing
il by one Of Mohammeds striking aliegof,es. ne
poke of true Progress and Reform, and said thsf the
ecturer coming from the West was himself a LIVING
ymbo of its growth and progress. TWeniy-hye ysaun
ago there was poor boy IN public school ~ me
Ninth Ward of New-York, who always stood ~ the
head Of his class few years afterwsrd there was
yeSDs printer LANDING a ne case naa s in
The State Of lndiana later still, thefe was an
editor who controlled the most influential press n thss
State; and not long since there was ehoeen ana re-
chosen, out of that editorial Office member OF me
United States Congress. Now that school boy, thai
printer that editor, and that member OF congress,
were one and the same man, and ns name wss scnay-
Ter Colfax. Great applause. Having already
achieved the~e many suecessee. ne was 10 oe INTRO
duced TO still another tonight For, Il wa Wen
known that the Plymouth Course OF Lectures are 10
be concluded BY distinguished gentleman from Ohio
the Hon. Thomas Corwin recently elcsred 20 thssaue
House Of Representatives and whose friends designed
10 propose him NJ ia presiding the next session
Brt the Younger member from Indiana had fAiriy
come in a week ahead of the member from ohice aud
already entitled TO De presented rs oPeak1 q rag
House lapplause and laughter the 10 common bng~
ing for the transitory fame OF the present agc.e
Mr. CoLFAx remarked that he approached the sand
with unaffected dfidence and embarrassment having
been requested only the evening previous TO acl ~ an
eleventh-hour substitute for Gov. Banks, and having
Welded only with reluctance 70 the appeal. HIS sub
;ect was the Dutee Of Life, 70 only few OF winch
could he alude in an hour, so broad and varied was
the theme in all our relaonsindvidual, social, afcc-
tional humanitarian national, spiritual.
He said that duty of life was to strive against an
error and ever maintain peace, that the time might
come when nations should dwell together in harmony.
He spoke of the value Of time ard the constant waite
Of il by 20 large portion of the race He upheld thss
lofty and true courage which ever stands up for the
right. AT no matter what hazard. Vor Popah, esPe-
caly in this day and generation, was not always Veg
DTi, il was often Por Dsaboii. Mr.. CoLFAx SAID
there was great deal Of truth in the old maxim Of
Pythagoras that "the paths of Virtue and Vice rc-
semble the letter Y" They diverge from each other
at almost right angles. A glowing eulogfum on the
future reward which shall follow all right and noble
action in life closed the lecture, which was listened 70
with great attention. and frequently interrupted with
applause. After the lecture Mr. TILros said no fss
bound in obedience 10 request OF MI. Coltax, 10
state that was only after repeated refusais thar Dc
had consened to lecture that this was the
of the kind he had ever delivered and that had been
written since 10 o'clock the previous night.