The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-19


have concluded that IL can give boot to the
Times pendulum. It comes to t,s In the form
pt d lecture On "The Development Of Physical
Science and its Moral Relations to the Des
tiny Of Man" Ii also comes from Bastrop.
La, and I'd be more exploit, from our Illus
trlo,ls fallow-oitIasn. Or. \. y. Buatt, Of that
place. who was delivered Of 1t on tho twenty
seventh November. 1876. and who. according
to all accounts, still lives. There ls legend
upon the title page TO the effect that the leo
ture was given Tor tho benefit Of tho schools.
and this suggests the itlaa that the school
children Of that nelghhorhood ought TO be
nice children. with clean faces ana hlgh
pointed foreheads and alightly puzzled OK
preston about the eyes. However, the lee
ttre was delivered, AS stated and no doubt 1t
nj once placed the schools of Bastrop upon
basis of npulenaa beside which that ot the
Bank uf England would DO considered suualld
beggary.
What we admire about Or. Buatt's lecture
Is the easy and familiar manner In which he
springs upon hls subject, and, as IL were. I'M
pales IL unaware. He says
II Ia true that tho minutiha Of this subject Ia
AZ apwrannd lii the cpmplicmad folds oil ~ nre-
alive design, that the iahoring research NJ toll
ing ages are required to develop those plinol-
plas OF truth from which we emu abstract those
ethnrlal gems pf sentiment that entWina as ten-
drills aluunI the magnitude OF m crehtive con-
eeptinn. II lends Inc nan,tvats soul " entap
universal volnntleuanaaa. such ~ nsnends from
minutla to the embrace Of an infnity, In tts
DEVELOPMENT II indicates those raurstnR threads
that trails Oh through those labsrintha OF ex-
banding avenues that terminate In the express.
| aioD Of q God. whose ways arc tho mysteries ot
lila olnnInutanea. who In his dtvine order hha
| endowed nature with faculties Of impresHlng
our senses with the. understanding OF ,hia re-
vrnled nuvenant IA tbs condition OF nh llnmot-
| tni existence.
| Here ii master hand Here ID a party to
turn Il subject inside out and hold IL ND TO tho
reverent gazo Of tho human raoe. Who can
deny single ono Of his proposltons2 Or OF
| these:
For he who has bound An undetermined void
| by The circumference Of his creative Will. has
poised Hpharee. IN the range II HysteIns. ~ do.
fined ID ascending uoiverses. that over points
| 10 that progressive nnth that am the Alpha
and Omega. with W tem time lna no existence.
| with whom immensely no limits. whoae aonoep-
| tlona no trammelH: whose immntabi'tty nos
chained the impulse of confuslon,s most fenr,
| full iUmnnsttF within tho range OF al onward
1 existence.
why, certainly Produce tho base wretch
who questions the smallest part Of this
statement and We stand ready to tear out his
mldrlfr by the roots and trample on II. We
unlte1agreo with tho learned Doctor when he
saya:
The fanatic who would Ignore those tactt
4 revelations If profound and glowing nature,
s but tho dnpe Of n deiueion, whose ment al
idiotie fnlsity that dsbauehes his nature pros
4 tit,l,ea tho spirit Of revelations and would M.
initiate the glory of an eternity.
Tho Doctor Ia only too lenient. A wretch
40 base would be- iit only for extinction. The
wild savage with his painted legs, the tattooed
oannibal with his goblin fork, tho fruit
ameared children Of tho tangled bush any.
all Of those would be infinitely tho superior OF
tho craven horge-thief who denied the Doctors
point
Mark, now, tho bold and graphic touch with
which tho Doctor turns to us theFda side OF
the picture:
| The progeny OF n curse, almost too nbhorrent
u be pnned iivested OF ite appareleh insignia,
liz features diaelosa that hydra Of crime. Vice !:
Of nouds. and shames perdition In the excess 81
ita horrors. With heroic lust, II reyola "
ae the o. s Kory ~
| Il wreck ri Nh eternity. under Whoso Drohh
spread bans Of depraved morals aro now
animated tho enthusiasm offreamen IN cherish
ing - the most aacred 81 oil institutions those
time reycred TEMPLES of aarniing; the eyer rec,
i S@'"N2''
a' And th !" With what tender and caresslng
lines he turns on the gas and glory OF the
other
II commands tho torrid wastes. TO trans,
mute their arid plaina, =" the trop,onl
sso 9M o' an t9aae w fh'i Tie WINE
periai ice- bound BARRIERS Of TINT ever-deaantly
reserved Boreas. Of tho frgid north. that en-,
AN appnling solitude. While IL bends Its ge-
MUS far over thoae classic fields. OF that gor-
~ ~ sarsed
Tho brood depths Of IN awakening life. to ON
brace srngsing nature q enc s2ught, a ~ ~
rhnoa That sweled around this ,nu-
elous Of a creative iniloitude. whose
summons ranged tho y, moulding nlaaa g NJ
euspenaing will, nhis Inchoate nature, rolled
on in her impulalye mood. through tho on
g99m q rd an tha 81 NJ
Ing universes. that bazed IN their. revolving
majesty around thu circumferonee OF = soil de-
vusions sunderea the unfettered doep. while
marshaling revolutions moulded space into the
eymatry of q receptacle for rudimental LIE
whose swelling vo1uptnousness careered amid
the surrounding foliage OF a now existing ma
ture who, In her unbonnded impulse, OF gen,
drapery around the desolate brows of her nude
sponsor In creation; while her pristine m
dance Of floral loneliness bsstrewea the {, OK
l
crowned the acme OF q erentive fullness In man
But we refrain. There's more OF it-oh
much more Whole gobs of It. But w
, refrain. We agree with the Doctor, ant
, will maintain before all the world that he I'm
derstand the subject better than the Time
does. Never, never again shall we doubt thu
chimera Illuminating In vacuum, devour
I second Intentions. Never shall we refuse t.
follow the trpartite bias of jurisprudence
| Never, OH thrice never! will we sit idly b.
{ and hear mortal man arraign the teetota
. Whatdyecallem Of the quivering Thingabot
> We are converted, convinced, played out, for
. ever floored. See that our graves kept green
MARRIED.
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