New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-02

fit be a fact that men of revolutionary aims in poll
tics religion. are commonly rcVOutonSs IN custom
also IL is not less fact that those whose Office II is TO
uphold established arrangements In state ana Chnrch
ere also those who most adcre to the social forms and
observanocs bequeathed 10 us by past generations
Practices elsewhere extinct still Dger abOnt the head
Quarters OF government The monarch still gives as
cent TO Acts Parliament IN the old French Of the Nor
mans; and Norman French terms still used in law.
Wigs such az those we depicted IA old portraits.
may vet be found the heads Of Judges ana barrsefS
The Rcefeaiers ut the Tower The costume 81 Henry
VIlths bodyguard The Uniyersity dress o. inc pres
ent year varies but little from that worn soon after tic
Reformation Tie claretcoOred coat, Knee br'rchcs
lace shin frs rules white silk stockings and buobed
shoes which formed the usual attire OF GENT man
sti survive AS the court dress. And ii need scarcely
be sGid that at the sS and drawing rooms, Inc ccro
monies prescribed with an exactnes ana enforced
with rgor not elsewhere 10 be found.
Can we consider these two series Of condolences M
accidental and uumeariEg' Must We nos ratLcf CON
clnde that necessary relationship obtains between
tbOmi Are there not such things 10 cOnstitut Onh
atsm and constitutional tendency 20 change
Is there not class which cBngS to The Old IN al Things
md another class sojn love with progress a. oh 10
mistake novelty for Improvement Do we not ind some
men ready 10 bow 10 established authority OF whatever
kind while others demand OF every such AUTHORITY u.
reason and reject il IL II fails 70 justify itsoiIf And
must not the minds thus COntra5ted tcnd 10 DecoWt
respectively cOnfOrmist and nOncOniDrmis not ohF III
politics and religion, but in other thingsi submission
whether TO government tot me dosH o.
or TO that code Of behavior which society NJ lfgo mas icy
up, is essentially OF the same nature anu INC H,h"
ment which induces resistance 10 Inc Gespo"4h =" usis
civil suilJtua ukCN INDUCES Itarluhcf W
potsn OF the worlds opinion. Look al them iunda-
mentally. and all cnactments, alike OF the iegMlIuIr
the consstory and the saOon-al regulations. formal
or virtual have common character; they lic al INN
tatiops Of mems freedom. a." DO this-Rcfrain from
that are the blank formulas into which they may al
be wrtton; and in each the understanding Is that
obedience will bring appreciation here and paradise
hereafter while disobedence will entail mprisonnent
sending 10 Coventry % eternal tormentS az ID" case
may be.
And .frestraints. however named. and through what
eyer apparatus Of means exercised. are one IN their
/ action upon men. II must happen that those
who are patient under one KIND OF restraint
are likely 10 be patient under another; ana con
yerf "a, that those impatient az restraint In general,
will on the average tend 10 show their impaienoe IN
1 al directions. That Law Religion and Manners are
thus relatcd-that their respective KINDS oi oPIdloh
come under one generuz tion-that they have IN Ger
tain cOntrAsted characteristics OF men common sup
port and II common danger-wii however De h'~t
clearly seen on ering that they have common
origin Little from present appear lncc' We shnu4u
suppose it, shall yet find that at first the control oil
religion the control Of laws, and the control oil man
uers, were all one control
Mr.. Spencer then goes on to show that the three
forms of government civil, religious, and ceremo-
NAL have grown from the same primitive root, ana
have been gradually separating and diyerging with
the progress of society. Alike rigorous ana iyrAn-
cal at first, they have together declined in severity
and have also corrupted together. "By the same
process that Court of Chancey becomes place
not for the administration Of justice, but for tho
Withholding of it-by the Same process that a ma
tional church. from being an agency for moral con-
troll, comes TO be merely thing of formulas and
titles and bishoprics-by this same process do
titles and ceremonies that once had meaning and
q power, become empty FORMS This paper con-
tans large amount of curious and interesting in
formation on the origin and changes Of various
forms of manners, points Of etiquette and ceremo-
NAL usages.
In the Physiology Of Laughter " and the "orl-
gin and Function Of Music" Mr.. Spencer passes 20
the consideration Of vital phenomena and uniods
the lately elucidatod and highly interesting views
OF the relation of nervous and muscular activity,
which explains large range Of human actions The
effects which arise from the discharge of nervous
excitement, either from one portion Of the nervous
system % another producing various feelings and
emotions, or upon different portions of the muscular
system giving rise 10 numerous bodily movements,
are described. Laughter Is explained as al e1plo-
sion Of feeling producing purposoless muscular eE
element Tho reason why We laugh with the
muscles Of tn. face, and, az the excitement in
creases, employ successfully other sets Of muscles,
undirected by any motive, will msnifesty take first
the habitus routes and If these do not suffice VIII
next overflow into the less habitual ones. II is
through the organs Of speech that feeling passes
into movement with the greatest frequency. The
laws tongue and lips used not only to express
strong irritation or Qualifications but that very
moderate flow Of mental energy which accompanies
ordinary conversation finds its chief vent through
this channel Hence it happens that certain muscles
round the mouth, small and easy 10 move, are
, the first 10 contract under pleasurable emotion.
The class Of muscles which, mex: after those OF ar
ticulatou. ore most constantly set in action by
feelings Of all kinds, are those OF respiration.
\ Hence when there occurs an undirected discharge
OF nervous energy into the muscular system, II
happens that if the quantity be considerable, II
convulses not only certain Of the aTtculhtory and
vocal muscles but also those which e1pel ar from
the lungs Should the feeling to be expended be
still greater in amount-too great TO IND vent IL
these classes Of musccs--8nother class comes ihtt
play. Tbs upper limbs are set in motion. Chi
dren frequently clap their hands in glee; by some
admits the hands are rubbed together; and others
under stir greater intensity Of delight slap then
knees and sway their bodie. backward and forward
Thus then, without contending that the phehome
ma Of laughter in all their details are to be so nc
counted for, we see that in their ensemble they con
form to these general principles; that feeling e1
cites to muscular action; that when the muoeuln
. action is ungnided by purpose, the muscles mr.
affected are those which feeling most habituall'
stimulates; and that the feeling 10 be expende'
increases in quantity, it excites an increasing NUN