OF THE FOKSAKING OF WORKS. what is not. I will tell thee what that work is, by knowing The learned even are puzzled to determine what is work, and fined-action, improper action, and inaction. The path of acwhich thou wilt be delivered from misfortune. It may be de tion is free of darkness. He who may behold, as it were, inaction in action, and action in inaction, is true amongst mankind. He is a true performer of all duty. is cancelled by the labor of men. In the joint stock association, the laboring ox and the laboring man would be dealt with on the same principle, nor would the actual result be essentially different, if the capitalist owned the men instead of the brutes, except the increased responsibility it would throw upon him. An ordinary house in the City of New York will rent for as much as the wages of a man, and consequently will command that labor in the market. If the laws which create the necessity of the tenants, and enforce the collection of rents, gave the landlord power to buy a man with his money, in the place of the house, his relation to labor would, in no respect, be different from what it now is. If the premises are employed for legiti- free from the idea of desire, and whose actions are consumed Wise men call him a Pandeet, whose every undertaking is mate purposes, to the amount of the rent, deducting repairs, by the fire of wisdom. He abandoneth the desire of a reward &c., the labor of the tenants suffer what the French call exploi- of his actions; he is always contented and independent; and tation. If used to purposes most destructive to public health and morals, the relation of the landlord is the same, and would nothing. He is unsolicituous, of a subdued mind and spirit, although he may be engaged in a work, he, as it were, doeth not be different in result, if he was allowed by law to own men and exempt from every perception; and, as he doeth only the and women, and for personal gain sell them to the infamy. offices of the body, he committeeth no offence. He is pleased In the name of brotherhood, it is asked, what meaning can there with whatever he may by chance obtain; he hath gotten the be in "cooperation," "mutual guarantee," and other cheering better of duplicity, and he is free from envy. He is the same watchwords of socialism, when the mere chance of birth, or pre-in prosperity and adversity; and although he acteth, he is not carious fortune, in a most antagonistic state, determines the po- confined in the action. The work of him who hath lost all anxsition of numbers, as entitled to live in luxury, without toil, oriety for the event, who is freed from the bonds of action, and to labor on a plane with cattle and machines! If the reader will patiently follow the discussion, in the numbers which are to follow he will be able to decide for himself on the correctness and importance of the general propositions. Fom The Bhagvat Geeta, [CONTINUED.] OF WORKS. The man enjoyeth not freedom from action, from the noncommencement of that which he hath to do; nor doth he obtain happiness from a total inactivity. No one ever resteth a moment inactive. Every man is involuntarily urged to act by those principles which are inherent in his nature. Perform the settled functions: action is preferable to inaction The journey of thy mortal frame may not succeed from inaction This busy world is engaged from other motives than the worship of the Deity. Abandon then, O son of Koontee, all selfish motives, and perform thy duty for him alone. * * Wherefore, perform thou that which thou hast to do, at all times, unmindful of the event; for the man who doeth that which he hath to do, without affection, obtaineth the supreme standeth with his mind subdued by spiritual wisdom, and who nothing. God is the gift of charity; God is the offering; God performeth it for the sake of worship, cometh altogether unto is in the fire of the altar; by God is the sacrifice performed; and God is to be obtained by him who maketh God alone the objects of his works. * * There is not anything in this world to be compared with wisdom for purity. He who is perfected by practice, in due time findeth it in his own soul. He who hath faith findeth wisdom; and, above all, he who hath gotten the better of his passions; and having obtained this spiritual wisdom, he shortly enjoyeth superior happiness; whilst the ignorant, and the man without faith, whose spirit is full of doubt, is lost. Neither this world, nor that which is above, nor happiness, can be enjoyed by the man of a doubting mind. The human actions have no power to confine the spiritual mind, which, by study, hath forsaken works, and which, by wisdom, hath cut asunder the bonds of doubt. Wherefore, O son of Bharat, resolve to cut asunder this doubt, offspring of ignorance, which hath taken possession of thy mind, with the edge of the wisdom of thy own soul, and arise and attach thyself to the discipline. SINGULAR PROPHECY. The man whose mind is led astray by the pride of self-sufficiency, thinketh that he himself is the executor of all those ac- session of a German work on the Prophecies, which he valued MR. EDITOR:-Lorenzo Dow, of eccentric memory, was in postions which are performed by the principles of his constitution, highly, and frequently made quotations from. Among other reBut the man who is acquainted with the nature of the two dis-markable sayings of the author, were these: tinctions of cause and effect, having considered that principles will act according to their natures, giveth himself no trouble. * Throw every deed upon me, and with a heart over which the soul presideth; be free from hope, be unpresuming, be free from trouble and resolve to fight. * * "I would not be a king, in 1848." "I would not be a grave-digger in 1849.," "I would be either, in 1851." The work alluded to was written about 200 years ago. It certainly possesses an interest for the curious. How frail the tenure by which kings held their crowns in 1848! Who would like the office of grave-digger in 1849, unless he were solely mer cenary? How more than presumable it is that the military men of the earth will contribute multitudes, in 1850, to fill a wide and quiet grave! And we may hope, at least, in 1851, for the fair harbingers which promise "peace on earth, and good will to men."-[Journal of Commerce. Stand fast; is not reason sufficient for itself, sufficient for happiness? WEALTH OF THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY. fied, by turning to Mr. Coleman's account of Sir Charles Mor We find in a digest of Mr. Coleman's recent book on Europe, prepared for the Boston Transcript, some interesting particulars of the wealth of several noblemen of Great Britian : Althorpe, the residence of Earl Spencer, consists of 10,000 acres, "all lying together in wood, meadow, pasture, gardens, parks, and everything in a style of superior beauty and order." His house contains sleeping rooms for seventy guests; the entries and rooms are filled with pictures and statues. A gallery of pictures, one hundred feet long, contains many of the works of the first masters. His library comprises more then 50,000 volumes, and is said to be the finest library in the world. The Duke of Richmond's home farm, (Goodwood,) consists of 23,000 acres. His whole domain at Goodwood is 40,000 acres. He has a summer retreat in Scotland of between 200,000 and 300,000 acres. "Of the beauty and magnificence of this establishment," says Mr. Coleman, "I cannot give you any adequate idea" extensive parks, through which you ride for miles and miles-herds of deer, sheep, and cattle-twenty-five race horses in the stable, and a groom for each-an aviary, filled with a variety of splended birds-fish-ponds, grottos, &c. The annual income of the Duke of Devonshire, the proprietor of Chatsworth, is said to be £200,000, or one million of dollars. This is said to be the most splended nobleman's seat in the kingdom. His anboretum, covering many acres, contains one or more specimens of every tree that can be acclimated-the kitchen garden covers twelve acres--a conservatory, 387 feet long, 117 feet wide, 67 feet high, with a carriage way. This conservatory is covered with 7.600 square feet of glass, and warmed with hot water, passing through an extent of seven miles. The fountain at Chatsworth throws water to the hight of 276 feet. Here the Duke owns 3,500 acres, and 96,000 in Derbyshire. For a minute description of these sumptuous residences, and a full account of their interior arrangements, style of living, &c., the reader is referred to the letters of Mr. Coleman. On page 108, vol. 1, Mr. Coleman gives an account of severa] noblemen whose annual income varied from £100,000 to £150,000, that is, from $500,000, to $750,000. Speaking of Lord Yarborough he says that his lordship" has an infinite number of hunters," &c. &c.,and adds “It was the custom at this place for his lordship, and his guests were always invited to accom pany him, at nine o'clock precisely, in the evening to visit his stables, where the hunting and riding horses were kept, which were reached by a covered passage way from the house. The stables presented all the neatness of a house parlor, and the grooms were more than a dozen in number, all drawn up in a line to receive the company." Lord Yarborough has more than 60,000 acres in plantation--he has 600 tenants, and you can ride thirty miles in a direct line upon his estate. Many of the tenants of Lord Yarborough pay 1000 and 1400 guineas a year rent, and several of them live like noblemen, keeping their dogs, horses, carriages, and servants in livery." 66 gan's establishment at Tredegar, vol. 1, page 298. Then let him turn to the account of Wobern Abbey, p. 310, the residence of the Duke of Bedford, which says Mr. C. "in magnificence distances any thing I have yet seen, and next to the royal palace, may be considered the acme of elegance and grandeur. After alluding to a court ball, at which one lady wore £60,000 or $300,000 worth of diamonds, Mr. C. remarks--"The Duchess of Boxburgh, whom I do not know, appeared most splendidly and well she might, as the annual income of the Duke is estimated to be £300,000.” Upon this point these statements may suffice. There are very few of our wealthiest men, whose entire estate is equal to the income of this nobleman for a single year. In the eyes of this nobleman, our "merchant princes," but appear to be a set of beggarly fellows. The comparative estimate of wealth is well exhibited in the remark of John Jacob Astor, of N. Y., who is reported to have said that riches were not essential to happiness, and that he who had only $500,000 was as well off as if he was a rich man. Mr Coleman's account of the poverty and misery of Ireland are not surprising. Too many years we have heard this story from every traveler who has visited that unhappy country. His statements of the squalid poverty and intolerable filth of Edinburgh and Dundee--bonnie Dundee are rather startling. In connection with the poverty of Ireland, Mr. Coleman presents an "extract from the probate of fortunes, left by Irish Bishops, laid before the House of Commons in 1832"--meaning bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church, whose sees were in Ireland. The aggregate wealth of eleven deceased bishops amounted to one million eight hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds sterling--or nine millions three hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars. The wealthiest of these poor descendants of poor St. Peter was Agar bishop of Cashel, whose estste is set down at $400,000, or two millions of dollars. FRENCH WOMEN. As to the fairer portion of creation, who has not admired the French women? Unfortunately the sentiment rarely goes beyond admiration. The Normandy girls, with their black hair and beet-like cheeks--the girls of South France, with their flashing eyes, black hair, and pale faces, reminding one of Spanish heroines in novels--and the lively grisettes of Paris, have all been the theme of travelers' praises. Admit that they captivate at the first glance--their reign is soon over. Candor will torce the traveler in France to acknowledge that, although charmed at Havre by the rosy freshness of the damsels, he begins to find them coarse before he arrives at Paris. On finishing his tour at Marseilles, he will find, on questioning his memory, that he has seen very few fine women, but an infinite number of wrinkled withered hags, and of girls, who at twenty have the worn and jaded air of thirty years spent in privation. Of the Duke of Richmond's style of living, &c., Mr. Coleman A French peasant girl is a burlesque on humanity. Imagine, says, "The service at dinner was always silver or gold through- if you can, a female brought up in a dirty hut, without nutritious out, plates and dishes, except for the jellies and puddings, and food, without the slightest education, and compelled to work day those the most beautiful china." In truth, Mr. Coleman's book after day in the fields and at the roughest labors of men! The resembles the grotto of Antiparos, the glitter of whose illumi- writer has seen hundreds of these creatures, on fete days, dannated stalactites does not surpass the splendor of the gold, and cing on the village greens of the South of France. Perhaps silver, and diamonds, and pearls, which are displayed before him others more prone to look on the sunny side of things would have In a certain sense, apart from the valuable and curious informa- been delighted with the simplicity and hearty happiness of these tion which it conveys, this work may, fitly enough be called-poor people. Many English writers lament the gradual disthe ladies' own book. The Duke has more than forty race horses, and sixty grooms and hostlers. His salmon fishery at the Gordon Castle used to be let for £10,000 and now lets for £7,300 per annum, or $25,000. If the reader is desirous of knowing something of the style of surpassing splendor in which a British Baronet may live, with his 500 tenants around him, he will be abundantly grati appearance of the rustic sports and pastimes of old England. These were probably very much like those which now exist in the country districts of France. If so, the sooner they entirely disappear, the better. They can exist only where the people are in a state of degradation, and are willing to enjoy themselves in much the same manner as Carolina slaves at a dance after cornhusking. Indeed after having seen the fetes of the French peas THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER. antry and the frolics of Southern slaves, the writer is at a loss which to think proves the higher state of civilization. But to continue the comparison between the French and German women, The original primer was eminently a religious book. Every so far as I have observed the latter, they are undoubtedly more page was filled with pious thoughts; every sentence was intended handsome. Never have I seen so many smooth and beautiful to teach some religious truth. All the answers to the questions complexions in so short a time since crossing the Rhine. The were from the sacred Scriptures. The two pages of 'Some spiritual and dreamy expression which is so characteristic of proper names of men and women, to teach children to spell their the American women, and which is entirely unknown in France, own,' were not filled with the names of ancient heroes, or modis frequently found here. Some painter has said that if he wished ern fancy names, but Bartholomew, Barnabas, Barzillai, Ebeneto paint an angel, he would choose his model among the Amer-zer, Eleazer, Obadiah, Zachariah, and Zebediah, and names of a ican women. He might find in Germany the same expression similar kind, were the most prominent. Even the words of from of sweetness and purity, blended with intelligence. But I must one to five syllables, which stand in columns for spelling, have, stop for fear of exposing myself to the charge of enthusiasm in many of them, a tendency to suggest religious thoughts. There favor of the Dutch damsels. I will end the comparison between the French and Germans by saying that, either because of the we may find, saint, glo-ry,ho-li-ness, be-at-i-tude, ben-e-dic-tion, ed-i-fi-ca-tion. difference in race, or in climate, or in social or political institutions, or from all these causes together, the physical development of the latter is much more perfect.-[Cor. of Com. Advertiser. KINDNESS THE BEST PUNISHMENT. A Quaker of most exemplary character, was disturbed one night by footsteps around his dwelling; and he arose from his bed and cautiously opened a back door to reconnoitre. Close by was an out house, and under it a cellar, near a window of which was a man busily engaged in receiving the contents of his pork barrel from another within the cellar. The old man approached and the man outside fled. He stepped up to the cellar window, and recieved the pieces of pork from the thief within, who after a little while, asked his supposed accomplice in a wisper, "Shall we take it all?" The owner of the pork said softly, "Yes, take it all;" and the thief industriously handed up the balance through the window, and then came up himself. Imagine his consterna tion, when, instead of greeting his companion in crime, he was confronted by the Quaker. Both were astonished, for the thief proved to be a near neighbor, of whom none would have suspected such conduct. He plead for mercy, begged him not to expose him, spoke of the necessities of poverty, and promised faithfully never to steal again. "If thou hadst asked me for meat," said the old man, "it would have been given thee. I pity thy poverty and thy weakThou art forgiven." ness, and esteem thy family. the old man said, "Take the pork neighbor." No, no," said the thief, "I dont want the pork." "Thy necessity was so great that it led thee to steal it. Onehalf the pork thou must take with thee." The thief insisted he could never eat a morsel of it. The thoughts of the crime would make it choke him. He begged the privilege of letting it alone. But the old man was incorrigible, and furnishing the thief with a bag, had half the pork put therein, and laying it upon his back, sent him home with it He met his neighbor daily for many years afterward, and their families visited together, but the matter was kept a secret; and though in after times the circumstance was mentioned, the name of the delinquent was never made known. The punishment was severe and effectual. It was probably his first-it was certainly his last attempt to steal. Had the man been arraigned before a court of justice, and imprisoned for the petty theft, how different might have been the result. His family disgraced, their peace destroyed, the man's character ruined, and his spirit broken. Revenge, not penitence, would have swayed his heart, the scorn of the world Would have blackened his future, and in all probability he would have entered upon a course of crime at which, when the first offence was committed, his soul would have shuddered. And what would the owner of the pork have gained? Absolutely nothing Kindness was the best punishment, for it saved while it punished.-[Young People's Mirror. For A there was this couplet. "In Adam's fall "All When the young child read as far as the catechism, he found the following statement of the consequences of "the fall." mankind by the fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to the miseries of this life. to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever." The first couplet remains unaltered in all the editions. But the publishers of the later editions, began as early as the letter B, to modify the original, and to generalize the meaning. ANCIENT. "Heaven to find * B. MODERN. "Thy life to mend This book attend.' "When we proceed to C, the corruption becomes more manifest, and instead of the sacred scenes and characters drawn from the Scriptures, we have "the cat," "the dog," "the Eagle," "the idle fool," "the lion," "the moon," "nightingales," &c., &c. A few instances will be given. The first printer of the amendments could hardly have been a christian, or a serious man. he has revealed, plainly enough, his ludicrous idea, by represent In the edition which I have seen, ing a cat playing on a fiddle, and a mouse dancing! The Sab bath School Society have left out the fiddle and given an additional mouse. It is to be hoped, if they continue to circulate the primer, as a religious book, they will restore "Christ crucified," and leave out the cat, and also restore the picture of Felix, that when children tremble, and are afraid, it may be in view of the judgment, and not of the "rod." * * * New England Congregational Cotton, should be rejected in the It is not a little singular, that the catechism written by our modern editions, while the one prepared by the foreign Presbyterian divines is retained. However, as the leading doctrines of both bodies of christians were and are in the main, the same, it may have been a wise decision in selecting the latter. The tenets of Calvinism are taught in both; and with more force and distinctness in the Assembly's than in Cotton's Catechism. [Cambridge Chronicle. Translated from the German. THE FAMISHED WANDERER. BY MRS. ST. SIMON. "I should like very much to hear a story," said a fickle and thoughtless youth to his teacher, "I hate serious instruction." "Listen then!" said the teacher. "A wanderer filled his traveling pouch with savory meats and fruits, as his way would lead him across a wide desert. During the first few days he journeyed through the smiling fertile fields. But, instead of plucking the fruits which nature here offered for the refreshment of the traveler, he found it more convenient to eat of the provisions which he carried with him. He soon reached the desert. After journeying onward for a few days his whole store of food was exhausted. He now began to wail and lament, for nowhere sprouted a blade of grass; every thing was covered with burning sand. After suffering for two long days the torments of hunger and of thirst, he expired. "It was very foolish in him," said the youth" to forget that he had to cross the desert." tone. "Dost thou act more wisely?" asked the teacher in an earnest "Thou art setting forth on the journey of life, a journey that leads to Eternity. Now is the time, when thou shouldst seek after knowledge, and collect the treasures of wisdom; but the labor affrights thee, and thou dost prefer to trifle away the spring time of thy years, amid useless and childish pleasures. Continue to act thus, and thou wilt yet, upon the journey of Life, when wisdom and virtue fail thee, fare like that hapless wanderer. [New-York Organ. CANINE REASONING. MR. EDITOR:-While I had charge of an academy in Springfield, (Ga.,) from 1829 to 1836, I devoted a few hours occasionally to angling. I went on horseback and took with me a large dog, which I had taught almost as a child, to guard my horse while engaged in the sport. I had accustomed myself to talk to him slowly but distinctly, and to show him how I had done this and that. I found that he understood me. If I said, "The weather is unfavorable, there will be no fishing to day," he would go off and lie down apparently in sorrow; but if I said, "Its a fine day, we shall have sport enough," he would jump around in the highest excitement. One evening, at the old of the moon, the fish biting keenly, I had remained an hour after dark, and as I had left the horse untied to graze and did not see him, I asked the dog-"Tiger, where is the horse?" He conducted me to him, and, on my saying, "You are a fine, intelligent dog," he became overjoyed and began to bark at the horse. The horse became alarmed, and ran home. I then said to the dog-"Tiger, do you see that you have frightened Saladin, and that now, tired and fatigued, I have to go home on foot? Now mark me! If you ever do it again, I will as certainly shoot you as I did the squirrel on the tree, or the bird in the air! Do you hear? Mind! As soon as you see my eye on the horse, do you go behind a pine-tree or bush, and then you may do as you please." On the third evening I went again, and had forgotten myself the instruction given Tiger. I was again delayed. On my whistle he came to me, watched my eye as he conducted me to the horse feeding in a small savannah, and as soon as I saw him went back and hid behind a large pine-tree. As soon as I had caught the horse and mounted, he came and with the strongest possible demonstration gave me evidence of his self-complacency and joy. He ever after followed that instruction once given. The same dog toiled three hours to bring back my horse who had escaped with his halter and had struck off to his former home, and finally seizing him by the halter actually led him two miles back to his stable. As soon as the horse was secured, the dog laid down exhausted by the long and persevering effort Here was reason. He heard; he understood, obeyed in the exercise of memory, judgment, reflection, determination. In the last instance there was evidently deeper reflection and thought and longer and more persevering effort than many a child of ten years of age would have exercised or made.-[Investigator. COUNSELS FOR THE YOUNG. Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider break his thread twenty times, twenty times will he mend it again. Make up your minds to do a thing and you will do it. Fear not if a trouble comes upon you; keep up your spirits, though the day be a dark one. If the sun is going down, look up to the stars; if the earth is dark, keep your eye on Heaven!-with God's presence, and God's promises, a man or a child may be cheerful. Mind what you run after! Never be content with a bubble that will burst, or firewood that will end in smoke and darkne ss Get that which you can keep, and which is worth keeping. Fight hard against a hasty temper. Anger will come but resist it strongly. A spark may set a house on fire. A fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all the days of your life. Never revenge an injury. If you have an enemy act kindly to him and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try it again. Let one kindness be followed by another, till you have compassed your end. By little and little great things are completed; and so repeated kindness will soften the heart of stone. Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy that is whipped to school never learns his lesson well-A man that is compelled to work, cares not how badly it is performed. He that pulls off his coat cheerfully, strips up his sleeves in earnest, and sings while he works, is the man for me. Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions and tigers; for we can keep out of the way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win their way everywhere. The cup that is full will hold no more; keep your heads and hearts fall of good thoughts, that bad thoughts may find no room to enter. GIVE ME YOUR BABY. We saw a poor woman sitting on the steps in front of a hotel, on Fifth street, the other morning, holding a pale yet beautiful infant in her arms; in one hand she had a saucer containing a few pennies. She was about thirty, and neatly clad, although the dress was of the cheapest material. One could see that her position in life had been better, and perhaps a happy one for years. Our attention was arrested by a crowd of well dressed ladies, who were standing around and endeavoring to beg the baby. "What a sweet child!" said one. "Poor little dear!" said another, "how I could love it, if it was my own." The mother drew the child closer to her bosom, but said not a word. Another lady, in whose face one could see at a glance a fountain of charity and love, seemed more intent in the child "Give me your baby," said she, "and I will than any other. take good care of it." The poor woman looked up for the first time, with a face so melancholy, and the tears trembled in her eyes. "No, madam thank you for your kind feelings, but I cannot part with the only thing I have left to love on earth!" I This was enough. The lady dropped a half eagle upon the saucer, and turned away in tears. The others opened their purses, and placed their offerings in charitable sociability with the gold piece. We added our mite, and walked away a happier and better man.-[Cincinnati Com. THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE. THE EDITOR TO HIS FRIENDS. countermanding his destructive orders, as report tells us there always is, when he tries to steer his frigate. Such as Nicholas is, however, there he unquestionably stands." God's Scourge❞ for Infidel Europe---as he has been impiously called, the evil one's tormentor, as he will appear, more and more to the faithful, Generalisms of Reaction. The cunning unscrupulous, headstrong King of Prussia is half-traitor chief of one flank "How shall I know your articles," asks a correspondent. of his army, the flattered, foolish, and befooled Emperor of AusNow, though at the sacrifice of self-love,-which whispers tria is lay-figure chief of the other. Princes and petty poten"a single stroke bespoke Apelles and Giotto, shall not a friend tates, nobles of all grades, large bankers, capitalists and merrecognize your style, however humble ?"-I answer-"In future chants, ambitious priests, soldiers of fortune, &c., make up his please to hold the nominal Editor responsible for those pieces staff; and the rank and file of the host whom he marches beonly, which are subscribed with his initials." The articles from neath the banner of Order are the abject from reverence, the my pen, which have thus far appeared, are : The Prospectus,- | hopeless, the frightened, the habitually crushed, the mercenary, Name,-Christian Socialists,-Welcome and Warning,-Four in all lands. numbers of Revolution, Reaction, Re-organization, --PeterPence,---Mazzini and The Roman Republic,---Glimpses of Universal Unity,---Three numbers of Topics and their Treatment, ---Two Talks on the Times,---Short and Popular,---The Right to Labor,---The Nation's Fast,---Victor Considerant,---Bonaparte the Little,---and a few Translations from Jeanne Deroin, Coignet, Proudhon. A well known friend and brother has the kindness to prepare the Foreign News---News of the Week---Items and Miscellaneous Selections ---as it has been and will be impossible for me to reside in New-York except during a short period each year. My wish is, that all correspondents should sign their articles, in full or with initials. This insures independence. 2. On the extreme left is Radicalism, personified in the Red Republicans of France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, &c., an unorganized militia armed with all manner of weapons, marching with or without leaders, uttering every kind of war cry, waving flags of many fashions, united in one aim only, the overturn of caste and elbow room for the masses. Beneath the bloody Liberty-cap, which flames in their van, grins a death'shead, and guillotines bring up their rear. The reckless rowdies of dense cities, "killers, stingers, rangers," &c., the hangers-on of drinking shops and brothels, the refuse of poor-houses, the half wild felons who have been trained to prey upon the prosperous, are the pioneers and advance-guard; next walk grim and stern in disappointment, the abused, defrauded, exasperated workers, resolute to prostrate oppression yet magnani The style of spelling is adopted from Webster,---not certainly by my choice, but from the printers' convenience,---this stand-mous to pardon the fallen; then follow the young enthusiasts, ard being generally received in New-York. In closing, let the apology be offered for various short-comings, that the Editor, like his fellow-mortals, has for some six weeks been more or less prostrated by the prevalent epidemic. He hopes to mend; indeed, "The Spirit of the Age," in all senses, proposes amendment. sanguine dreamers, scholars, artists, poets, veteran soldiers of democracy; and interspersed are heartless, unprincipled upstarts, whose sole passion is lust to rule, whose weapons of offense and defense are the oil and fire of flattery and vengeance, spouted from engines of popular oratory. 3. Now, it is clear enough, that without some Mediator inNotice is once again given that BUSINESS letters of all kinds tervenes, these two parties of Absolutism and Radicalism must should be directed to Messrs. Fowlers & Wells. Yes! if the two great parties of Liberty and Order, can be taught to reverence God's designs in present events, to understand each other's aims, to do justice to each other's motives, to co-operate in fulfilling a common purpose. No! if self-confident, bigoted, one-sided, fierce from remembered wrongs, goaded on by traditional hate, blinded by prejudices, each demands the exact accomplishment of its favorite schemes, the extreme application of its cherished creeds. Is there a chance for reconciliation ? In order to answer this question let us look at I-THE WAR OF PRINCIPLES. 1. On the extreme right Absolutism appears, whose head and pivot is the Czar of Russia. He probably inherits insanity, and if not he is crazed with a conceit that he is center of the moral universe of mankind. Doubtless he is an energetic and capable man; but it would be fortunate for his empire and the world if in guiding the ship of state, there could be behind him an experienced captain, by signs utterly exterminate each other by alternate shocks of coercive repression and destructive rebellion. In the present stage of European illumination, it is preposterous to expect peace between foes so well matched in numbers, munitions, mutual hate, and the madness of despair. Absolutism conquers to-day, and how infernal are its retributions! Radicalism will conquer tomorrow, and how awful will be the sweep of that revolution! What student of History, what reverer of Providence, what lover of Mankind can at heart wish the final triumph of either party. What woes, drawbacks, losses, all but barbarism, would inevitably ensue. How the granaries of past experience would be burned and trampled in the mire. How the gardens and corn fields of present promise would be nipped in bud and blade. Now a Mediator there is, abundantly strong to regulate these opposed armies of the Privileged and the People, if it can but |