New-York tribune., 1867-08-16
SHOOTING NIAGARA; AND ARTERY
BY THOMAS CARLYLE.

enocb I'M the history Of England as this we nave now
entered upOn with universal ana
1;@;', nv, of cans. ner one in which-with no Nor
man Invasion ahead to lay hOh Oh II, 10 pllule
aud regulate it for US little thinking IL was Jo fS
question of inter death of nobler new life for the
poor Country was so uncertain Three things seem ecu
10 Ia agreed upon by gods and men, at iost Oy Eli Eli
clsh mon and gods certain to happen, ana are ho"
In visible course OF tutllment. - 2,u
10 Democracy to complete itself 10 20 T n into
length of its course toward the BottOmess oid W M
It. no power now eXtant to prevent " or ei W LII Ioad
trably retard it'll we have seen where ~ W.. W., 49,
nS i TO- a'u a Tonrplete "Iberty7 TO all persons;
ont OF Heads to be the Dkvlne (el! oi <aPPce OI f
evcTy Question and interest of manblnd; COUNT OF
IHknf ~ Choose a Parliament according 20 its own
heart at last, and SIT with fenny NeNsp"PeiS @ lo,
eusy watching the same; sa "a. s 81 and
od,n;n;steTipg NAV still be needed IN such an En-
GLAND with its hundred and fifty millions free more
and more TO follow each his own nose, by way Oh
pnide.post in this intricate world.
% That in limited time, say % years hehce me
Church all Churches and s0-caleo Iellglo5S' t .4o
Christian Religion ITSELF shall have de9neSeeu- u
''Iibcrty of Conscience" Progress OF opinion, IiO-
gress Of Intellect PhanthroIic Movement ana other
anleOls TesidueS, of Napd Dadly-Scenteu chafaee-
farNoand shall like water split upon the ground,
trouble nobody considerably thencelorth but eVapo-
rate at ITS leisure. ,, =, :, r.. I'll,
IN all senses and TO all lengths unlimited Free Trade
which some take TO moan, Free racing, ere long
with unlimited speed, in the career of Cheap and
Ndsy-this beautiful career, not in shopgoods only,
but in all things temporal spiritual, ana eterh'n,
be flung generously open, wide as tne poItals VI S @
universe so that everybody shall start nee, anu
everywhere, under enlightened popular SuHIasei,
the race shall be TO the swift, and the mgh once sHa
fall tO'him who Is ablest, IL lfoJ 10 uO ~ ''o
6eSe are three altogether new and very consider
able achievements lying E1slOE an1 hat every Think
ING English creature is tempted 10 go INTO InaloIu lou
reflections and inquiries upon them NY OWL OWL t nNo
not been wanting any time these thirty years past
Int thew have not been of joyful or triumphant ma
tsre not prone to utter themselves; indeed expect
ing Till lately that they might Win M PfopLdTf fs o cons u
swifter and swfter, at strange rate anu Hmstons
velocity increasing w you VIII & col
sder for this too is when the little stone has been
loosened which sets the whole mountain sldo IN mo-
tion as the square of the time"SO that the WlseSt
Prophecy finds ii quite wrong as 20 uate, anu
natently or even indolently waiting, is astonlshed
To see itself fulfilled not in centuries as anticipated
but in decades and years IL was eieaI plOPIco3, ICY
orably PruSsan 90 20 gradual annhaIlOh; put
who of rs expected that ourselves instead Oh our
childrens children should live TO behold II; that
ma0Danimous and fortunate Herr Won Bismarck,
whose dispraise was in all the newspapers WOud, 10
his ewn anazement, find the thing now GoaOes ana ana
xVonld do H. do the essential of it. in few OF the
cnrrent weeksl That England would nave 10 take
the Niagara leap Of competed Democracy one day
was also plain prophecy, though uncertain aS u
time.
The prophecy truly was plain enough this long
while: A6Ra zap atr%V T' FsraIa% S ~, VIZ VIZ An Al
change the opinion OF these people as the sage an
toninus notes 1t is indeed strange how prepossesSlohs
and deluSions seize upon whole communities Ql InCl
no basis in the notion they have foTmed yet every
kodv adopting it, everybody finding the whole world
agree with him in it, and accept 1t as an axiom OF
Ened and in she universal repetition and reYerbe,,
cation taking all contradiction of 1t as an nsnt ana
sign of malicious insanity hardly 10 pe Ooills MIN
patience. For who can change the Opnon " tles9 70
peOple y as our Divus ImperatOr says. No wsest OF
mortals This people cannot be CONVINCED OUT OF It's
axiom of Euclid" by any reasoning whatsoever; on 3n
the contrary all the world asserting andcohthualy
reneatinp and reverberating there comes that
singular phenomenon, which the Germans call
Schrdrmerey enhnS'as Is our Poor or tbe
Gathering of Men IN SwaIms," and what pTodlgles
they are in the habit of doing ana Deneying'
when thrown into that miraculous cOnult0h
Some biC Queen bee is in the center of the
swarm; but any eommon-aee, stupid pee Cle1n leon
of Rromwieham any bee whatever, II he can happen,
by noise otherwise to be chosen I0f te Iuhclo' m
will straightway get fatted ana niated INTO s Sas
Guilty about your QHeen Bee: and the swarm once
formed finds itself impeled to action, as Eith one
heart and one mind Singular. III the case OF human
sNSarns with what perfection of unanimity and quasi
religious conviction the stupidest absurditles can be
received as axiOms OF Euclid nay as articles Oi Elth
which you not only to believe unless naIlgnahty
insane but are (if you have any honor OF moTaltll
to push into practice ana guam pltmaIM see oS, 80 ~
[" Manhood SuffIage'-HOTsehOod,D DOehood DITTO not
vet treated of; universal GLORIOUS liberty ITO sons
of the Devil in overwhelming majority as would ap-
near: count of Heads the Godappointed way in this
universe. all Otler ways Deyiappolnted; IN one
brief word which includes whatever OF palpa6le m
crelibiIty and derious absurdity, universally be-
lieved can be uttered OF imagined, on these points,
the equality OF men, any man equal 10 any other;
Ouashee Niger to Socrates OF Shakespeare; JUDAS
Iscariut TO Jesus Christ and Bedlam and Gehenna
equal to the New Jerusalem, shall we sayf II these
things are taken up, not only as axioms OF Euclid,
but as articles Of religion burning to be put IN pIac
tioe Tor the salvation of the world-I think you will
admit that S,oarmuy plays wonderful part in the
heads Of poor Mankind and that very considerable
results are likely 10 follow from 1t in our day!
But yOH will in vain attempt, by argument OF hu-
man intellect 10 coradlct OF turn slde R any VOL 9i tese @
divine axiOms, indsputable as those OF Euchd, and
of saeIed or quasi-ceestal quality to boot: If you
have neglected the one method (which was a silent
onel of dealing with them ut an early stage, they
are thenceOrh iIyincible; and Will plunge more and
more mady forward toward pTadlcal fultllncnt: /:
once fulfilled, it Will then be seen now credible ana
then know what 10 think of theln.l lhen and never
81 till then. 80 Ig l.t.e gaf.u1 ID. 4 qr.1 va
times is that of the late American War, with Settle
ment Of the Niger Quo ston for result. Essentially
theNigger Question was one OF the smallest; and IN
itself did not much concern mankind IN the present
time Of struggles and hurries. One always rather
likes the Niger: evidently poor blOckhead with
good dispositions, affections. attachments-with q
turn for Niger Melodies, and the like he is the only
Savage of all the coored that doesn't die out
OH sight of the White Man; but can actually live be-
side him. and work and increase and be merry The
Almighty Maker has appointed mm 20 De a Servant
Under penalty of Heavens curse, neither party to
this preappointment shall neglect or mlsdo hls duties
therein aud it is certain Though as yet widely un-
kRowDl Stewardship on the nOaadic principle at the
rate OF 50 many shngs per dsy, eaen0t VI Cines
against you, on hearing of such thing: yet the
whole world, listening to the cool Sheffield disclosures
of rateniag and fhe narketrates OF murder an that
ited" feels its hair rising on end; TO little purpose
hitherto; being without even gallOws to max re-
sponsel The fool of world listens, year after year,
for above generation back to disastrous stikes'
"mercess l0ckORts and other details of tho nOmadc
scheme of servitudc nay, is becoming thoroughly