New-York tribune., 1874-05-04

the human frame. and especially the human eye,
gradually that no type is to be found 10 te
fossil strata of geological sclence creature that on
being started for upper graduation OF species w,ho' %
creation had lost the perfect animal certainty ana uex
terty of Instinct without rccompense by endowed quail
Ties of mind, for the gradual development OF wcn LIN S
species must wait thousands OF years put MN nr
such irresistible savage propensities not gueu % 10.
guarded by natural instinct. tha1 nat, 'nJy c6i,dren.
voured another and their own en,'VdvIh, ~ snch
and yet formed, Notwithstanding this society ol suU
multiplying and pernieous baroarism that ttnn had
lection, terrified at tue monster that ev9iuU o II ali
brought into the world. was c0mpeiied 10 set upn , ~
available energies OF destruction deemang I'm ,tie strng
out the hOrrd population Oy makng e nh,iasonhio
gle for lfe and setting up as the law OF ne
for u the e WEAKEST and survival OF
the fittest. such race OF creatures ,s SUP SUP
posed TO have houTlshgd anu socoi oeriod. which
some scientists 100000 years ana some az iooy
m rise somewhat in the scale OF being they had TO pass
through at least three disciplinary ep0chs OF many
thousand years each in duration, scientifically cassned
ms stone, bronze, and iron, during which they crept
slowly toward civilization by steps OF looD 70 tbat Of
flint knives. and from flint knives to more moderh ae-
complshments ., .,,o,o,oov for
these pOstuated illinaDle ages, tho archeOOglci a
geological scientists almanac OF Greek seiento
aud assumption OF knowledge without facts theS may
hide themsclvesEocene, Msocene Poeeme' anu tho
Ioeene-ingeulOus compounds OF two Greek WoruS tho
dawn of recent time, the less recent, M, .e trms
recent, the most recent me esta5is6ed. when You
ask the age of any gwen development or stratum @ r
ane or miocene You must be content for these are
but parts OF the grammar OF endless eeneaos1Ia,
Won must accept for certainties and any furteT ques
itonnS can only show your ignorance OF what be the
very first principles of the knowledge OF eaTIn anu my
In 1e nroeeSses of evolution. The first posuate OF TINS
nhos6phy is that OF countless millions OF years 10 Woh
in with creator, and no authority tnat can oIS ~ W
book such being the basis OF sclentine o, evo
iution what can be the God, or the natural
principle at work for such results through lllmtIple
ages Is it any gam such system or does II oDVlae
or soften or neutraize its irTeiigOn its athelsuc
tendency, ITS monstrOsity aud cruelty, 10 suPPos9
God or what is called God hiding himself behind an
II MI
inexOrable law that evolves It's products ny Latul
selection but gives neither idea, nor knowledge nor
revelation OF God, but the contrary makes IT npoS
sIble that God should be father or should ever inter
pose the guidance or benefit OF ns creatures or i
deed should ever have acted with personal VIII ana pnr
pose, beneyoence and power, as thef CIeaVor'
THE SYSTEM ATHEisTIC.
BY their scheme there never was aud never could
have been deity interpOsng TO instruct;A To edu
cate Abraham to inspire Joseph, to put down oppress
ing Pharaoh to change the rod Of Moses into serpent
TO create an additional frog louse musketo, in Egypt
to cali for the waters Of deuge, to spread abroad
rainbow speak TO the rain TO fall on one piece OF
another 10 commission falnlue OF
pestleuce, fash OF lightning every drop OI Ian
and every shower OF lightning and every ray OF nght
and every blade of grass having been 50 unatctaoy
woven ont OF the original supply OF force In the WEB
of order, continuous and unbroken forever. as not
10 admit of possibility Of interference OF alteratOn
For this is deliberately the argument and assumption
that the conservation, correlation ana conversion OF
energy have hidden all motions OF BODY or spirit, an
force to be spent existence and its phenomena by
Infinite reach and necessity OF law, that the bleroslon
oI % any iSn1ssbIe il being demonstrated by Prof Tynda
that such miracle as LAID 10 the eHaEe o joshua f h
day, who Ignorant OF astronomy thal lhei sup
posed the sun 10 PE sT9g 81 so tbat it could he
easily stopped by few Yckc OF oxen tnat oucu mira
Gle is lole, because m ~ Wouu UT nave % t1nv tSo
sand times as large JOshua5 army with thousand
fine, me ghtlug power of of his soldiers, working
for millions of years, stop the earhs rotation one
day-and then the consequent disturbance OF tle UNI
verse! IL is impossblcl This may be ilgnent OF
the scientific Imagination but where are the facts
society presents the phenomenon OF two SCORPIONS
surrounded by flames, and turning thcit sluss hssV
each other because there Is room only iOF one anu III
the struggle for existence the decision from he uhknoS
able tha Of the survival OF the strongest Dy edus Oi
the destruction of the weakest and the str0nS become
stronger by being employed III the WORK oi uesuue
ton. This is what might De teriheu aGepFuins GO @
to Prof Huxley, natures pluck from which man
never up Nature knowing no mercy thls, ue
disciplinary beneYolenee OF natural necessy, .ne az az
tainnent Of continued existence by waHtOh waste Oi
cruelty and pam Phenomena Oh syoIg'iT are Pro1int
and successive, habtual ana hereditary demQnstans
an active dabOlism reducing an progress 10
hghtng graspug, eXpahuin6' ann ih'IiHono race
nfc in the depraVlty central ahu
ZION itself tho nest that could be afforded 10
man as Inc was able to after innumeraDo of
Ue1ou or OF God being "a compression OF mankind, uu-
der the despotism of superstition, ignorance aud
'elFOi i9g the result of evolving forces by law,
with tie assurance of Heyer-endIng eyo,Hqtiou,
forces from eternity is monsrous ana horDG beyond
po5slOS and nj nhRpowDable for silent worship of such
an awful dabolic force, it much worse than any
s"nnoson of the universe being framed according 10
ibe sl articles &. sarcasm by Mr. Carlyle, which Prof
Huxley quotes with great gee' ana reJOces IN ds II IL
were au argumen)is much than that as force
"f mind iatasIn as malgnity is than benevO-
lent redempve force for good 10 DC Drought ou' VI e'
DARwIN's PRIMEvAL MAN.
There i no denying that by the theory OF evolution
the prneval man was Of this monstrous character
Spencer Llbbuck Darwin all agree that physically no
WAS savage morally devil. Read Lubbucks works on
modefn sayagesm and prehstoricor prmeval man. and
then from his own premises draw your conclusion as
TO how much Is meant by the affirmation
Of Darwin that the earliest progenitors OF
man were doubt inferior IN lhteHect, ana pIoO1uy
I'm social disposition, TO the lowest existing savages
They were cdnnbals, and were constituted WIN such
propenses the last outbreak OF thc conservation
coreatOn and conversion OF energy, ana without any
knowledge of anything better or work OF Cod or IN i
beast devil on purpose to become the pIosemtots
OF who, in his birth, inherited ther nature aod
With such monster in existence, natural selection
was driven its wits end, not so much TO improve him.
work of ages by hereditary dhlerehlaI0n as 10 put
him down. which was n work OF Immediate necessity.
the Creator to the creature beneyolenty made
in his own Image put hatr"i oyontoO sGi9GtOn
Punge him in struggle for life, set him 10 the work Of
exerminang his fellows, that the earth may never be
these scientific naturass ashamed of their creator
aud unwilling to accord to him personal Intelligence
aghast at the that they set him to the work of
his own determination, and provide him with diihcutes
I'm the WAY of life that make destruction inevitable.
Various checks" says Darwin are always in action
which to keep down the numbers OF each savage
tribe such as periodical famnes, the wandering OF pa
rents aud the consequent deaths OF infants tue steal
ing OF women wars accidents, sickness centlousness
especially iufautcIde, and perhaps lessened fertility
from less nutritious food, and many hardshps. III from
any cause any one of these checks lessened
even slight degree, the tribe thus favored viii tend
to increase and when one or two ADJOINING IlOes pc
come more and powerful than the other the
contest is soon settled by war, slaughter, canDiDasm
slavery, and absorption Even when the weaker tribe Is
not thus abruptly swept away 1t at once DegDs to de-
crease it generally goes decreasing until 1T ID ex-
tinct" Such are some OF the conditions and laws OF
misery aud destruction into and under which these
wretched products OF natural evolution, these ab0rig
nal sayapes of humanity are introduced and