New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-05

dence and hberaity u the coodRctOfs oil tAe
"Quartery." We take from il the following
paragraphs, which will be Interesting W o con-
adorable portion Of eur readers:
Beside bis genius in The minds Of portion, as least,
Of tie world tie character of Pbeodoro Parker was
rid To- But, RIDDLE not the solution req irrs no
sphinx. lie was not strange Icing amer au only
il "a strange light Ia which people regarded him,
de was kabe for such genius, such schotrship,
such vituee such uDtibg energy. are each ste sui.
fcient TO render their Ios~eseoT remark Ahie. Aud
there the total Of bis ctaracer-he oDly and
true elements of tie perfect character and in his
position, coup he'd With po osneful exottcs. Indeed II
requires vast am0nht Of men'al acuu,en " under
stand such nam and yet where In the wide range OF
history do We bd whose Character has oocasio, I'd
more vague speculations aud false bypobe,es hose
life aud Dc eds have caused fears aud foolish
motions among the Of the peoplef And where
Is the cause1 Where IL exits by nature, with the
people themselves. Unless rome men have threat
ened punishment before tbeir eyes, promised
ward held ont 70 their expectant grasp they
motive for doing we'll, and their poor cowardly souls,
instead OF remapidg upright in the image Of God who
created them must down, like the hi6etng serpent and
crawl away from his sight.
or all Theodore Psrkers enemies, none ever denied
the exeelency Of his virtues The only charges brought
against him are, kcied unsopndDtss OF theological
views, nnd the ioarlrs energy with which he pursued
public vice. And for neith,r OF tbese-f he carried
them to excess, ss perhaps he Gid-was he TO blanc.
lie would nave been ", Ia the teeth Of natu had
he done stbss wise for in all his acts only followed
the inclination Of his own genius. His virtuoas soul
coald sanction NO crime that to OF influence,
who loved their darling sine nevertheless, he DO
came oonoxiousi his vast acqui ements sch lar,
and more than usually penetrating intellect enabled
him to wrench from their foundation the fossil theories
Of onedeaed old fotes, and they hated hi. Thus he
stood before the worid-yisible, aud yet unseenfsr
men regarding him only through the eyes Of pjadiee,
beheld, as II were, through glass; darby. And who,
save few II his intimate friends, dared TO como
forward and speak his prsise-io Pronoanes true
hsium without word Of reproachi BE |. mine then,
hsss In this obscure place. 70 attempt what belongs 70
NOSE gifted pen. The Megsnc female gathered 10
gcshs, tho bones Of Phocion and preserved them be-
nssA her hearth stone, till bis country was ready
70 ,seeiv: tsemi 80 woeh preserve the virtues Of
noble soul from the oblivion 70 which an intelligent
peep: weuld eonsgn them. Az has been previously
,.id, he Wa rsnsrAabls eansnly was he %, viswed
unasseuins modesty, OF genteness Of heart almost
feminine, IA him all the elements OF the great and good
were blent together In harmony--t6e profoundest
scholAshp and The rrsst virtues Of the human heart
with martyr-like heroism. But the world knew him
not. Out Of iis sussere heart IL hated him, and, be-
cause 10 held views ansaeoaaie 10 tAear Own, Pol'