New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-07

ss0imene .nV nam, I Is this unchsneHgsu PanS tina
every rsI Iife over the SOCIAL MI Us u re persona
ssnss VIC sepsiility among heT oSoIs her Pharisaic
claims over n bcr true spirituality, WHEN oasy
prlde anu - the greatest and luwM9y W % better.
neI ",cs and makes TIE home'Si - Ioup dismal
o. f,rei gper feel when expofeu W i I6 become
he5 H.; tbe very heaven u heavens L;,s,rayat-
and dloty % %odo,sly correct ard lbeless 4,
nohy - coated respecta)l lliiieS ad tG = i Id i;
vnn see M elsnce that this pehur! ol "a ,st tt
u.Di,itnsl regards, ie owing 10 t,e hil - her as.
~, uaq but Epgi'shmml IS 'ue NJ M ord 81 hest is
hes h,;ons European ought geneIaiy anu Sl,J q, I'm.
Biaeiar. - 0j,eost insofar; 10 thst IL Iee13.;t ~
lea,, cnlture az constituting the pr9o".9 tl,telv
~ human mind Bot EnCllsh thonshl 81 - ,ossnrs
;.sulor In that it makes Eus land we sran who
= bunan CeyeoI Iment Every " "bo ias
Eves and dies an Engli5lman, that IS 70 ~ Ieart of
~, been made by Gods grace rataKer !. 'I;sn
,he comm a-wealth Of maIkino, OF tas Thai not
from the mo, ser that bore iln' - corner.
Turope but England ITSELF one OF 'ne IA, o-ners o
- - 90 I5dea was one OF the smallest oorhers VI
-; e,TT,;sbes the real Lhi@a 1hWe OF huinIh Pr
,,ress iTlls being TIE keynote o. bhsn9n 80
she mitch TO whi,b al is tunes are set, % t
nE Pi',n =" See the sentiment dominating tue Wuoiv
PIisu " FucIish character, TIL at last yon
sa1 ,,e Englisbman not Only lsoia'ihS I'm
AnIs ASe f,cro the general European man, buI cav
;od;vidoal Englistuan becoming brsl pg l91epShSS
~ 1napproaehablc little islet to every other tbgihn
-, ,eadv as DIR. johnson describes them, TO leap
~, ~ fbc vindows rather than bold that saie anu
salutay parey with each other, which COD ana nature
Trle them 10 so that probably h1ger amount %
,a;fnl rletborictilence BECOMES annually accumulated
nn3er m gh Yhs than beails tho whole world beside,
and an amoant Of spiritual numhness and imoeghiy
generated which is rot 10 be paraleled by any ll's
Ills side of old Judea. And s exactly the reOonhd
AZ his thought from oil this social obstruction ah0
rsverty which cautes the American wayfarers hear
10 dance with glee hen be remembers his own moor
rect and exCcp,iOnabe Nazareth, BIS own 0enle ed
but comfortable and unsuspecilng ielow-slnueIs no
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az their head who light their innocent m. onsclous
upos AZ every bOdys fire, ana who occasionally when
the sentiment Of human brotherhood is at white LeaI
10 their bosom, ask you as a gentleman rom Nan
tusket once ASKED me at the Astor House table,
the favor Of being allowed to put bis super
fuous fat upon my plale, provided, that Is, tI'
fat was in no way offensive 10 me- That the
forms in which our human freedom expresses tseh
In these latitudes may oe open to Just erll,lm IL
many respects cordially admit and even insist; but
he who sees the uncouth form aone and has no feel
Ing for the beautiful human substance within It, for
the soul Of fellowship tbs animales and redeems IT o
al naisnity, would desise the shapeie's embryo be-
eanse IL il not the full formed man. aud burn up the
bnubIe acorn because it is not yet the branching
oak Blu, the letter is nothing, the spirit everything
The letter klls the split lone gives life; and II Is
exclusively TO tins undeldole spr'9ai III oe
tween Europe and America organized and expressed
IN our own constitutional pOliy that AL ON formal diff
reuces are owing. Our very Constitution binds us,
that is to say the very breath OF our political nost
binds Us to 0isOwn all distinctions among men, TO dls-
regard persOns to disallOw privilege the most eeab-
hshed and sacred, to legislate only for tie common
coed no longer for those accidents Of birth or wealth
or culture which spiritually individualze man IRON
bis kind but OLiy for those great COMMON features ol
soial want and dependence winch naturally uDle hm
with his kind and neXora ly demand tie organization
of sueh unity. IL is this immense constitutional lie
and inspiration we under which not only separates
ns from Europe but sfo perfectly explains by anag'
snsm that raid hostility which the South has always
tba oAu of a
sbare of government patronage, and which now ami
stes her in the dirty and disbofc struggle she is
making 10 give human slavery the sanction OF Gods
appointment; ...;,., .. ,n.b
felt kimsef the peer Of every man OF woman born
. represented my bearers as asking me whether
thar claim was righteous onei whslhtr, IN iact ne
whose eonsejence should practically Tatly Il IN spll-
cation TO himself woud not thereby avouch his own
hnelodesty, confess himself devoid OF that humility
winch is the life of true manhood 10 tAs question
reply promptly, No for this excellent reasOn-tbat
The claim in question is by no means dstlLclYe per
sonai claim, bat claim ia behalf Of every man.
When by virtue Of our national genesis and genius,
claim before God and man rghi!ui equality with
every other man. what precisely Is II that do DO
claim for myself an equality OF Wit, OF learning,
of talent of benevolence with this, that the other
special person whom you may name as remarkable for
those endowments DO ! mean 10 allege my pri-
yate personal equality with all other persons; my
equal claim, for example to the admring or sympa-
Washington, with Franklin No man who is not an
ass can believe this and yet yOu perpeiualy hear the
paid seribes Of old-fogyism repeating the slandcr
throughout the world, as if 1t were the most in
disputable of truths. Nothing s more common
than to hear persons who are disahected to the hu
name temper of polity, affecting 70 quote the
Declaration Of independence as saying that all men
are born equal, and under cover OF t1at suoaco9s
forgery exposing il TO Iidicue. The Declaration Is
guilty of no such absurdty. 1t does not say that all
men aIe born equal for 1t is notorious that they are
bosn under the greatest conceivable inequales-ine-
qualities OF heart and head and hand-inequaes
Of pby scs form and structure; but it says that not
withsiandmg these inequalities, they are all created
eous-that is are all equal before God or can claim
30 superior merit TO another IN HE sght, being all
alike dependent upon His power, and Possessing pre-
csely equal claim therefore, each with the other, to
the blessings Of His impartial providence. The me
qualities under which men are born, or which they
herit from their foefathers, are the needful cond
hons Of their individuality OF their various personal
identity. The framer Of the Declaration saw tins ar
well as anybody but they also saw, and 20 in effect
said that however much men may differ among them
selves it yet not these personal differences which
commend them 10 each other true respect but rather
that common human want which identities them all IN
the Divine regard by making them all equal retaners
of His sovereign bounty. No not fool can gain
cay this, and not fool, consequently, can pre-
tend that when urge this constitutional doctrine Of
human equality, have anything whatever TO say OF
myself personally regarded, as dtScrimin0ted from
other persons, bu only SOCIALLY regardedthat is
as anited with all other persons In short IT is not
claim urged ON nv own behalf alone, but In behalf Of
every other who is too ignorant too debased by
convention 20 assert it for himself
Our political Constitution, like every other great
Pfoyidential stride in human affairs Intentionally
edueative was designed to gather us together under
the discipline of well disposed but often sor.ly tried
and dishesrtened political guides In order finally TO
draw us fully forth ont Of the land of darkness and the
house Of bondage. The sole great aim Of our political
eonstitntion has been gradually 70 induct US out OF
errors and evils which no Pagan jew was ever more
rlow and Iene ant 70 suspect than are, into lew