New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-18
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tures-to 80 much Mrs. Stowe, 80 puch George Sand
10 tie confessions of saint the confessions OF slnner
and let each balance the other in eminence after his
kind. Chalmers Charlotte Elizabeth, and their sort
hold in equpose Thackeay and Dickens. After George
Combe one likes chapter Of Swedenborg, or the
SeeTtfs Of PrevOFs-aer Comte, read Dante and cure
the indocrinaton of doubt with the ntutions of faith
after Dawrin, the Book of Genesis, job, and st.
John. Half Of the books in the world give
moral diseases, which the other half must
cure Wordsworth was sent as heavenly simple. TO
heal the rabid bite of Byron-nor is il an unnatural
chain Of relations which Puts Louis Napoleon at 'ne
end of the detines Of Europe, and Garibadi at the
other-faith and no faith, self and soul. All this IL
apropos Of my last very sermOnizing letter. What
rth can be extIavngant enough TO help you from its
obcruesel How shall find the happy antithess Of
Bondn and Niagara the ridiculous skipping up aud
down in the very face Of the sublime, making mock
bows 10 it, dancing defiance in the jaws of destruction
All we are grown old, and have in ns now more Of
sad wisdom than it's an,idOte Once, life was all car
nival-a sOrTcw wac positive relief. With what a
luxury does a child of sixteen exclam, 81 am unhap-
py." The little Sybaritesl they want all their own
gifts and ours too Everything ia rarity, when it IA
out Of season. And while ] am buoy with these con-
ederatione my little public ia waiting, hope, for the
continuation of the narrative begun in nay last.
IL WAS the new Governor who came in, looking az
,unsbiuy AZ the day itself in his best black suit, but
with no black in hs humor The Lieut.. Governor also
emit red and took hls sea The oaths OF office, three
in number, were administered 10 each in tun, and
after some more cpr DE- Joie, and knockings of the
hammer, Governor Andrew read, in % clear s1norJus
voice, the address with which you all familiar or
ought 10 be. Your ogaest correspondent was there,
and Of coune hns len me little do in the way OF
description, yet, like Manse Headrigg, will uphft
NY voice and testify though the poshers Of wordi-
ness stood M high as the tower Of Babel. i forget
Msnse exact words, but | think they much after
this fashion NJ one pretume, coud listen 10 Gov.
Andrew On this occssYn without remembrance OF the
vaedie,ory add esq volunteered by Gov. Banks, few
DAYS preyiousi aud although comparisons odous,
the gen leman last named bad been at pains to
render this one inevitable One does not undertnd
why the late Governor felt obliged or authorized To
depart from the established custom OF the State by
delivering one more address than he was entitled to.
He was about to leave the Government in its normal
condition, his successor in wise less able than HIM
self and with advantages Of thorough ednration and
professional training io which lie does no. pretend.
Why could he quietly walk OIL the ramc "a others
do when their partis played outi The new Governr
was all eady called, ard his cue was heard. The old
enc irtcpoh,es speech not contemplated in
tie plan Of the drama, and not help
fnl 10 ia dtnOuemcnt. An entertaining dpcnmcnt II
certainly was written with ability, and no doubt de-
hvered with grace, hut IL out Of place, and the
mott important cause in il entirely ont Of harmony
with the exgencies Of the Moment and the demands OF
the public conscience. This the clause recon-
mending and insisting upon the repeal Of the Personal
Liberty BILL and to nuke this oticous recommendation
would aeem 20 have been the real object Of the de
course however deeply the speaker mny have hat at
heart the gliding Of the State House dome, and otter
important matters. We need no, siy that Gov. An
drew was explic! upon this point and il was skill
fully flung weapon, by which he brought mp Gov.
Bankes assent 10 the obnoxious bin three year, ego NJ
the time Of lis Introduction and adoption harpoonng
without blood but securing the blnbbor Of the sympa-
lli.ing friend Of compromise Look this picture
and on THE says Hamlet, and though We will no.
quote Hyperion TO Satyr" yet there is al that DIFF
ference between faith in Right aud faith in Policy. The
one breaches Of warning, the other rings Of hope.
TIE one ssys, black down T. the other, bark up"
The one sounds needless relrea'; the other, the
trump Of victory. The spirit Of Gov. Andrews dir
course was this the moral gain Of the community shall
not be traded away by me 10 avert any danger, real
or imagined or 70 secure any advantage. know that
what il best for the individual must be best for the
State 10 DO right at oil risks and with the determine
ton to lose everything rather than honor.
and becsa,e Right &, night. 70 follow Ri,h.
nsrv wisdom, III the scorn Of Consequence"
A. hat good Laureate says who has pipe OF wine
eyery wear and deserves il. Well tho disconre wac
long because there were great many statements that
had 10 .naGe concerning State matcrs which do not
particularly concern you. 1t was interesting through
out however and was lrened 10 with the sort Of aen
lion which il called brcathless. The Statistics sufi
cicnlly showed lha, Massachusetts ia well beloved Of
the Lord and, with the worst climate south Of Green
land and not the beet soil contrves to lay up deal Of
money, 10 keen itself warm, and well fed in token
vi crcof il ays the annual turkey and celebrates with
stulIng the last Thursday in every November. When
all vas pad, VIC oppauded with hearty good will, and
would have done before, only one Of the function
aries mixed NJ n TO- Besides We're eager 10 hear,
and nore greedy for impression than for expression.
And then the Governor went away, and the aids
elattered afer him, cinkDg useless sabcrs long may
they remain eo but looking uncommon in their buff
!, chcs ind high boots And cold as It was, we man
aged dissolve and pour ourseves out along the street
Everything looked j, did before, only great, good
man was Governor, and we were nightly glad OF II.
But as proetile thrown by any force tends to per-
severe indefinitely in the direction given, 20 walked
through the day in ttae Of sanity sereniLy ha. was
a,toi ishirg. "The South will come and fight us"
said j. "very we'll; let them come" They will take
away Washington Then let US be Scriptural and give
IL nm p,,;u,o,e Thev ~ III make beVgafe of ua Then
We will live upon tho charity Of Chris,endom. They
will cut our throa,s from ear to earl
am willing. Paul fought with beaste-i could