New-York tribune., 1867-06-20
NRW PUBLICATIONS.
cp, ow,s MODERN INQUIRIES.

,ionol prcudiccs which marks the contents OF TINS
volume gives Il an interest which rarely attaches 10
nroductions intended for special times and seasons
md the occasion for which dates from remote
reriod of time An accomplished classical scloi'''
the author makes strenuous war on the '"o'iy '"",
has been paid IN modern education TO the remains -
ancient learning. physician oi em'neN' -
both in the departments OF theory ana P'"'''.V'
does not hesitate TO call in question the supelsO9
reverence which has been accorded ior ages 10 no'
col treatment and to trust the cure OF disease 10 INC
.na,o,co of nature rather than the prescriptions ol
,bo sobooIs The papers Of which The volume IS
,o,nnosod have been written OF spoken III var
ons forms and at different times, 0urihg uo
Iast 6ftv wears Prepared III the leisure 1tei-
xals of a busy life they attest the mental
sctyty the interest in ideas and the thirst ior
ruth. which characterize the modest, Dut mgHly
honorable, career of the author Atan age auN"lOcu
beyond the usual limits of public effort, he mas ioSt
oone of his zeal for human improvement, ana even
shows the aacrity and hOpefulness OF youth III oS
cnssinc the progress of science. and the DilllahV
tature of American freedom. During the uuAes'
,eriod Of the late Rebellion and surrounded with
Influences not favorable to sanguine PATRIOTISM Ut.
Biseow was among the most resolute supporters oi
Me cause of the Union. With anatmally cautious
and conservative temperament, and the tendency oil
,ne of the frmest of the firm in the hour OF peril.
Not for an instant did he faltcr in his devotion to the
Eoyernment. or doubt the vigor and vitality OF the
eOuntry to carry us through the trial" From the
beGinning of the war; he protested against propid-
sling the hatred of the SoutheTnerS for the North
hv concession and smooth speeches In 49,, ne
.Trites. when the war is ended. We must probably
heeome for some time military nation we snail
have 70 manage anomalous communities OF stlag
Cling Indians of refractory MormOns, Of emancipated
slaves and their emancipated masters. And TINS VIII
be tax on the resources of our growing nation ou'
not greater than that which has been required to
eentrol either British India OF French Algeria" HE
following Dialogue of the dead' between Napoleon
the First and jeremiah, late citizen of the United
States. certainly shows an uncOmmonly lively ana
pleasant fancy FOR "A writer the borders OF four
score years:
NAPotroN-wen. citizen jeremiah glad to see you
established at tie Court Of Rhadamanthus. What news
a. YOU bring from the outer crust
JEREMIAIi-Dismal enough, please your mac.,yi an
uOng 10 desructou-U split, Rebels not beaten nor
Hke 10 he business Quashed manufactures ana commerce
Annhilaed crops short stocks down @ uDiI d
forever, and people groang ana lISihs rom rom ~ ~
of the continent to the othe. had Just made lp NY
D,yse suddenly drafted and marched into Putos army
H-Wby man. thought you called your country me
md raimeut and nothing TO do hut squat where you
please, and enjoy yourselves as long as you please
-
lM; but now quarter Of the people have gone on ana
are going cut the hroats Of the other threequarers
Mt did not use To he so IN my time. gthera,E
khought that such questions settled in favor OF the
most men. the most guns and the most money. II II
than SIR Hudson Lowe, should like TO contract TO put
your gigantic Rebellion" in one year into quart
J.~Aias. Sir! haven't they got a million Of men IN
arms and four million OF nlg-eIs to Keep them snlPt3
with food fodder and clothing, AL without expense ana
all Of them inhabng the most delightful ana sauorou'
E"ind haven't Won three or fonr millions Of men 70
kheir one and fty ships to their aud Ye hundred
.nld agics to their one Whv man! Won must light tin
viii have two millions left, and they viii have notbz
Dr. what is equivalent You must let them see that yo"
mean 70 do it, and have set about II.
J-Ab, Sir think of the tremendous bloOdsbed and
slaughter OF going 10 war in that style.
Nut man left twelve thousand o; my brave fe
lows the field az AuserlitZ and fourteen thousand
1t jena and thirty thousand al Eyau most
Il had dawdled away week in hghtng the same oa,
les, should have had three times the number Killed
and perhaps been beaten myself. And then JeIeuioh
eV par iod these men might all have been dead in
lheir beds in less than generation.
J.-what Is to become Of orr ships and commerce when
the terrible irOnclads nfestng every part OF the
Atlantic and likely TO be soon IN the Pacific And what
10 be done when the NazOO IS full OF rams, ana the
ss1 them nus sSppcd With the neceses aud uxcs o.
the earth which we 50 sadly wanti
N.Bockade them. catch them, sink them or az least
J1itis dsccurasne 10 think that we have now been at
war more than year, and have accomplished nothing
On the other side they take Washington and
make a diversion on Bunker Hill And the sickness TOO
appears 70 be Increasing. and all on our side
H-YOu incOrrigible bcte Have you not taken Norfolk
The Mississippi, and twice much more 1 made
much progress in wear IN conquest 0f LUiUpe
And as for dlseasewas stopped by the plague al Cairo
prevented by the marsh fever from driving the British
pnt Of Walcherent
but it seems that foreign Intervention has at last
N.-There you have touched the thing with a needle.
Foreign intervention in yOur quarrel! 1 should ike 10
have finger in thai pie myself Let us see France aud
England make joint war upon yOlt Grand expedition
planned to your covered with Your iyateers
Bread riots home. Disturbance among the makers Of
lace brOadcloth, rails lneu hardware and rat-traps
open my ports To Yausee crusers who bring Brit
tsh manufactures China tea-ehesJs lndS slte'ef Aus
trahan gold, ano-Oh. ah! what was dfealnihs " -
was beginning TO jump for joy; aud here Jin, deep
under Putos matches and poweieas as my royal brother
Cotton.
pecti Dg to rise with snged taIl from his ashes.
But his subjects hate us worse than yours ever hated the
English they will never agree 10 live with US again
strong enough 10 hold Us al together
N-Hark'ce jeremiah. you have tried Constitution
on, On Tpon " i Tiy don't wait Ike Con.tiiuiion'
but the institution What u they 10 hate sou
camps OF observation have r6QdeTIu effect Ia oouu'h-
Ing the affections OF such people.
PTS yoa se vaSf ISfgg es Sisi,nS a1y mig E That m nc,
5roes make god slaves 0ut better soldiers Dd E"t 'y
40 the sea at ST. Oomingoi Az Magenta cd sof .lo,
the most desperate fighters were tie JUtcOs - %. dpu
bledyed darkic from the ie1ro u Algeria. Dd NOT y0.r
Gen Jackson thank The blacks tor ther bravery a. Sew
0rleansi Look ye II wi,n 10 co4qutr c"tfr give
me ore tIdJ j. Adi iitrN WIN ul,dht'tA P''o'n.i
g-But you WOuId not iuauSuae the hCIiois OF ser
Tile
N.-There time when they could have kept ihelg
layes under the Constitution But IL Oesn> 20 look 200
tate for that pant viii be emancipaed paN perhaps
exported, a part perhaps efl M the htds u their
iere If should Oe necessary 10 save them from dcucs
and starvation restraint will no doubt De put them
But in tue mean time the grandeg question,
which involves the and happiness Ol
millions OF your free white men, has received decision
which now rings watchwOr from Naiue 20 Kansas
s'Crush the Rebellion" And the mountains aud valleys
Of Hampshire and OF California alike echo the
lute response Put 10 through" Depend on It, hey VIII
60 IT, Jerry in spite OF your crOakns.
il think feel better.
DIR. Bigelow remarks on the practical value OF the