New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-21

EXTRACTS FROM PAPER READ By MR. RMElfSoN
RRPoRE TIE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL So
c1ErY LAST FEBRUARY AND MADE UP PROM
LETTERS SENT HONE BY HIM IN 1918.
Prom Scrfbnsy's Magazine for May
Mere intellectual partisanshlp wcares him; no
Aetects in an instant If man stands Ior
nny cause to which he is not born and organlcaliy
committed A natural defender OF anything, a
lover who will live and die for that which nc speaks
for and who does not care for HIM. or LOT anything
but his own business he respects; anu t1 Hooier
friler and it, after GuizOt had been tool oil LOUIS
Philippe for years. he is now to come ahd VITO
essays on the character Of MaSng'11n is, on me
Beautiful" and on fnIosophy VI AiNVo'S' 0
Great is his reverence for realitcs,-for all such
traits as spring from the intrinsic nature OF the
actor He humors this into the idOlatry Of
strength A strong nature has charm for him.
previous il would seem 70 all ihduy Ime's ss 'Y
cannonade the doctrine that every noble nature
was made by God and contains, II savage passions,
also fit checks and grand impulses, and, however
extravaganza will keep its orbit and return from Tar
Nor can that decOruin which Is the ldoI Oh tne
Englishman, and in attaining when the Enelshi-
man exceeds oil nations, WIN IRON nun any ooeI.
-sance lie is eaten up with indignation against
such as desire to make a fair show in the flesh
Combined with this warfare on resPectaDllites,
and indeed. pointing all his satire is the severity
OF his moral sentiment In proportion 70 inc peas
of laughter amid which he stTlps inc plunles vi a
oretender and shows the lean hypocrisy TO every
Vantage of Iidicule, does he worship whatever
enthusiasm forttude, love, or other sign OF good
There il nothing deeper in bis constitution than
his humor than the conslderate, c0ndeseendlng
good with which nc looks at every object IN
exisfcnce as q man might look at mouse. lie
feels that the perfection of health IS spOIuVenesS
and will not look grave even az dulnoss or
ton of the sole Importance of truth and justice bat
that is q truth of character, not OF cateatisms. -
He SAYS There is properly no rengion IN Eng-
land These idle mobiles ut TattersalPs-there Is no
work or word Of serious purpose IN them; they
have this great lying church ana me Is hHho3g
ford and Cambridge education inGurates tie Young
men, as the Styx hardened Achilles - that when
thew come forth Of them they say, Now we are
nro0f we have gone through all the degrees, ana
are case-harened against the veracltes OF the I'M
verse nor man nor God can peheuaie US. .,5 "a
Wellington he respects as real and honest ana az
having made up his mind once for all, that he VIII
not have to do with any kind Of lie
Edwin Chadwick Is one OF his heroes,-who pro
poses 10 provide every house in London with pure
water, sixty gallons 10 every bead, az a penny
week: and IN the decay ana aowIrS S1 al az,
which mau nowadays can securely perform Is "
wash himself well. . - s,o.o -.
OF course the new French hevoluiio' Vi 1o1o W.
The best thing he had seen. and the teaching ms
great swindler Lous Philippe, that there IS Code
Justice in the Universe, after ALL was great salts
taction Car Nicholas was lls hero: LOT, IN inc
igpouiny Of Europe when all thrones leu IKE card
houses and no man was found with conscience
enough TO rs gun iGT ms s Scad Shaved through
the Barricre de PaSSy, man remained VINO Do
lieved he was put there by God Almighty 10 govern
his empire, and By the help OF God had resolved u
ptand there.
Tie was very serious about the bad times; he had
seen this evil coming. but thought It would not
come in his time Hut now It's coming and the
only good he sees in il is the visible appearance OF
the gods. lie thinks Il the only question for wise
men, instead of art and fine fancics, and poetry
and such things,-to address themselves to the
problem OF society This confusion is the inevitable
end Of such falsehood and nonsense they have
been ernbroiled with.
Carlyle has, best Of all men in England kept the
manly attitude IN his time. He has stood fol
scholars, asking no scholar what he should say
Holding honored place in the best society," he ha'
stood for the people, for tho Chartists, for the
paupcr intrepldly and scornfuny teaching the
mobiles their peremptory duties.
His errors of opinion are as nothing in comparison
with this merit ia my Judgment. This aplomb can
not be mnicked il Is the speaking 10 the heart OF
the thing. And in England, where the morgue o!
aristOcracy has very slowly admitted scholars int
society," very few houses only in the high circles
being ever opened TO them,-he has carried hitnsel
erect made himself power confessed by al men
and taught scholars their lofty duty. lie nsve
feared the face Of man.