New-York tribune., 1868-12-17

ages In that war, their passions and sentiment the
minute details OF their costume, the color oI the a
and eyes. the OF ther soldiers, ana theH ehPs'
ter habits OF social life, the scenery surroualns
daily military and household events OF that hsghl-
can't quarrel almost familiar in this remote heinls-
pierre to-day the siege Of Ncksburg Win an s helOo
poresoUe and passionate circumstance and its momen
us co,equenCes for all time And out OF the confusion
songs monuments. and records there comes al last
aimmer OF chronology. There was once d cook in
lthens whether ne was skllful or not
tho kitchen is not known, but he wss
@ oas ioY II, name was the first to he recorded as
victor in the archives Of those festivals and accordingly
tie SUBSEQUENT history of Greece with oil her heroes
Ioet ssges IS registered from the Olympiad in which
CrDbus hs Strangely enough too the date OF
ts first registered Olympiad has sacred but familiar
sound in our ears 1t was 776 before Christ. one
tipusand seven hundred and seventy-sX years after
(lrlst another epOch was established from which this
gat Republic dates its records day on which equal
rights proclaimed as the heritage OF MANKIND
Sober era for the world than any that cooks or racers
ale ever likely to establish At exactly the period
with COrobusas chronOlogists have settled II among
tlsmselves-there a certain she wolf In an Italian
swamp with pair OF human foster children And as we
al have read n the story books, the foster cndren
founded city which has had much influence for good
and evil upon the OF human progress Tho orbit OF
civilization far as our perlshng records enable us 10
trace H. seems preorda.ned from east to west China,
IIdie Palestine Egypt Greece Rome are successively
lighted up the majestic orb OF day moves over them
and as he advances still further through his sOTed and
MYSTERIOUS zodiac behold tho shadows OF evening as
surely falling the lands which he leaves behind MN
Religion. poetry. aesthetic art have already on
nobled tho progress OF man. What would the
world have been without Palestinel What present
idea oi human CIVILIZATION would be possible Nidhout
the poetry sculpture, architecture, the magnificent
drama, the subtle, lofty, almost divine philosophy OF
GreeCC-WitlOut the imperiOus ana cruel nau0nansn
the alsurpassng military art the colossal sefesteem
the oyuc materialsm, the massive. sharply yehseled
jurisprudenee which made Rome the mistress OF the
worlds Dead Athens shines there forevernot constel
lston, bat whole universe OF lnster-Tith the milky
pure starry Hight OF her fixed and unchangn0 truths IL
since her trief mortal existence Rome both in her mill
tary aud legal glory, and IN her shameful crapulOus
decreptude, remains perpetual memory TO encourage
human progress aud 10 warn IRON the dangers OF uAuy
ambition and nCfable disdan of human rights by which
the nations the northern deuge Rome sank miseraby
beneath the glacial flood, which, ike that IN early geo
logical bad become necessary IN the grand scheme OF
civilization ourelyshe Roman WoIo haa neta 3i 39 SUI
mefCcuce and OF lee And at last as the deuge subsidized
Germany conquercdtRome and the new civilization be-
gan. But allow CIVILIZATION az best Ihe lroholau i lhan
horseback diy yldcd the whole sO among MS captains
and corrorls. tho multitudes throtlcd and made
the collar OF serdOm marked with their owners
namcsi burglars and hlhbusters became Kngs,
eloycd hst--tbe feudal system was established
and poetry. romance, groyelng legend ana SG5o, 5
perpetual crime unto days. Man still reeled on
failing tisrg again, staggering forward with hue and
the prison 10 which grace OF God had neXOUbly doomed
him. And still there was progress. Beside the sworn
pen snd the purse The power OF the pen soon created
stupcndous monopoly Clerks obtained privilege OF mur;
der because OF their learning Norman King glored
in the appolatOn ne clerk because he could spell
the OF serfs and became hsh poRlns Ms
yrapts win fbSr Weird anaihemas Naturally tho
priests kept tasman OF learning to themselves How
should education help them TO power and pelf Il
tho people could participate IN the mystic spell
Bu there WAS another power steadily augmenting tho
magic purse Of F0rtunatus with Its chnk or perennial
gold Commerce gcdlusters Of novels, covering for
BuTghels wTested purchased liberties from the Iorus
and masters And at last there leagues o. mum
cipates chains OF commercial republics IN all but name
stretched Chstendom and tripping up Tyranny OF
every Liberties IN the plural not liberty OF man
concessions corporations from the iron DIST from grace
Of God IN exchange for coin in reparation OF ounets
And still, Man struggled on. Al experimenting IIaI,
fond OF chemistry IN corner OF Europe, put ef ahd
charcoal together sexton or doctor IN another obscure
nook carved letters on blocks OF Woodland 10 tere
were explosions shaking the solid earth and causing the
iron-cad man horseback % reel in his saddle Much
good wac accomplished both IL the ancient ana the new
establishments, but freedom OF religion was scarcely
dreamed or guturai ioleTatloH was ss Sie, h
sold his soul 20 the hend. Whence but from deyilish
alliance could e have derived such power TO strike down
grace o G0dt But ssceldotassm Pontlca! ItesOool
Tegncd long and went too idI There was reIOrna
ton, but It was only leap into the light PIeSIhood
was triumphant after AZ ioT GnuIeh 5nu 9tatV NAM nam
tanned thtc iucesUOus union The people obtained new
BAL aud chain OF ancient dogma rivcted 20 their limbs
Their masters remoined faithful, 10 that Whoever gov
r m td riee of mankfndi Yet this was ac
priests and princes settle the This
me- ~ roye the Troublesome question OF religion
ever from The sphere OF politics Gums regl" 5 id
,ezo I'M. weapon from the Protestant hands Nhlch "a
TO- for Sot freedom of religion freedom
Of princes 10 prescribe religion 70 t1ei siaVs- S,
a. Lf
beeu blfued and hurried alive And II was sincerely
hopcd and he eved that humanity could he thus 70
pis1ts sId tie pa5ocE placed forever the I'M
mortal nlnd Aud truly. 70 inG'e Eh' H ncnoHH NJ, az
Ians Iaoaess only in IohIieai u, i,, ales fa5, ~
hos dEcary mns seem our iatc; uhe W., WE LvS it n u
ever uaeuty producing her effects through loAs lapsea
q time by causes which have Dgcll ~ ole s.G'
Irt hso bysterical never proceeds by catas-
tTo,bies ad cataciysms AID 70 onlY by Remembering
ttf
ord for tho eteat discoveries arc APT leap from the
ii0llv eieefrned brain of man 40 identical epochr.
christopher Columbus, conndDf lh l7 own STOUT He@''
and be mariners compass sailed fOIth on unknown stas
I'D bebaid AIocrica Here was the chief thuf far
recorded u human progress, ~ tpe IN its uelneId'
ratfner was one d1y 10 prove Speech the Alphabet,
tiCrnt sinai lypt Greece, Rome Nazareth, the Wan
dcriuc ~ rhe Satl9s to Feuda ~ stea AAga Cl.te'
Cuupouder. Printing. the Reformation, the Murl
ner'. compass. America-herC GIe some oI IAe
great laudtoarEs OF hGinai hC,'oI, o id sue.f
through the eqIs and the centuries, nave " Aot tC
righ' 10 record proof of mans PR etis sIee to a5h
SStcbeLf Bat what concerns most nearly at present
tLc Ictum civilization Of Europe anh Ahgt9' iIi.i w. &
and Amorca-tn alstels-tbe one joNr Le' ~. - nc,
trnLced sleep within pTineval forests wine iit uHcI
was slowly groIlng ia way along lhe pam OF pLoi,
yet hcth 4pdss"uII: coiih.etu p, az c' =. ~ ,',
bond H. nc iunucos OF tinc, aIl,I sy nit"3 ~ az
rrirnes aid appOintments civilization seeh'n 4" huu
srsh &c for Us ercavoTs as me oscOFey % is 'G
;iucut revealed aV!lgn world It Us porsos io ~ ~
puLAs NaiuIo aa doiie lis pes, @ nlg i. y - ~
cal advaialcs alone tHl che sLoul1 bS eNI tIt.tt"
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m ba,e cs,uycd nom aD TIE good l1mas mo "ao the
soUl OF fle gtca tchgka Fuecr5Ifc} passes li lii4
iel1 vim falnlyiaud Cmnisccnce To nave !o."lt,
my ~ tcee WoI1yut tradt0nsOf Europe aud Asa,lt -
moon Tor viucl America ought - be tWy upou hci
Lnces "a. - tc soiCulL birthday VI tc miami America
crouud whose cradle, obscure a. % we ~ many
gond stirts I..d inyislby clustered. one malignant
lrg bad uat been biddcu, ana her name was psFiege
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la lpN hfGa aId Privilege had silently paIiod ih th1
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