Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-15

We have received from Crahston a. Co.
agents Of the Boston Quarterly, the second
article of the editor upon the loborihg clus-
.ses We invite every one 10 read IT, Wings
as well as Locofocos. The doctrines adsah-
ced in the former article, and which we're
received with one universal thrill of horror.
are not only repeated aud insisted upon here,
but even enlarged upon I; and what is more
NJ. BroWnson distinctly suys thct they are The
principles Of the administration party, and
appeats 10 The c6iciat documents Of that parfy
10 proue II. Speaking of abolshing tllc he
redtary descent of property, he says:
"Whli this view Of The case, it becomes
necessary 10 seek something more intimate,
more radical than our most approved reior-
n,ers have as yet ventured upon. This some
thing we have professcd to find IN the abol'-
ton OF hereditary property, measure fore
shadowed in the first number Of this Jour
mi, and implied, at least in our own mind
by almost every article We have ever written
on the subject OF social reform. We have
long been thoroughly convinced that, with.
out rcsorting to some such measure, IL would
be useless 10 talk of social progress, or to-
speak IN behalf OF the laborcr.
/ The doctrine we have labored TO maintaiU
is, that The werk OF this country is to eman-
cpate labor, by raising up The laborer fiom
a mere workman, without capital, To be- II
proprietor, and workman on his own farm,
or in his own shop. Those who have read
our writings, or listened 10 our public lee
turcs and addresses, must have perceived this.
In fai ncf haV
seconded by not few. We have been CEN
snred for it by no party. aud by no ndividi-
ais, save few who have never accepted the
doctrine, that oil men are born with cq1al
rgh's.
\ Moreover. we have been associated, to
some exteri, with political party, unsnr-
pass ed IN tins or uny other country Tor iis
Intelligence, and general devotion TO iha
good Of mankind, which is confesscdy au
anti-monopoy party in the language OF one
of its official papers, penned by one of III
brightest ornaments, and one OF the most elo-
quent expounders of its creed. the party OF
equality agans, privilege."r From the favor
with which our own has been received. and
from the official declaration Of great and
powerful party, we have felt that we wcre
authorized TO infer that large portion, at
least, of our countrymcn, believe il The duty
Of every true American to labor for the utter
extinction of all privilege, aud for the COM
pleie emancipation of labor by raising up
each individual luborcr to be all Independents
proprietor.
Now we would ask, how il is possible to
| gain tue end here implied, without change
| in the present constitution of properly? We
60 for "cqualny against privilege" say the
Worcester Convention, but how can tins be
.l..1,, haro rtv
Hereditary property is either privilege or
IT is not. IF it is not, if it confer no social
advantage OH him who inherts il over hun
who does not, then there can be no harm IN
seeking to abolish it; for what we propose to-
| abolish is declared to be valuelcss. IF II
be a privilege, then we must labor Ia abolish
IT, or cease 10 60 with party whose motto "
"cqualiy against privilege" Bat hcredl,a-
~ property, unleSs the anount inherited by
each individual could be rendered equal, 's
un1ncstionably privilege. 1t gives, aud al
ways must give, 10 one portion of ibc com
mnniiy an advantage over The rest. To "h"h
they are entitled by no natural superiority
! of intellect, or Of virtue. Will the pubic
conscience, then, of the American people
tolerate il? Will it sanction privilege p
! Does it not in fact harmonize with the decln-
ration Of the Worcester Convention, aud
| therefore necessarily demand thc nbolit,ir
! OF hereditary properly?
II The proposition, for the abolition OF heredr-
,ary property. il follows from these consldrra-
lions, is merely logicul conclusion from the
admitted premises Of the American people
AND A FoRTIosI OF 1uE DEMosRATIc PAR
= TY. WE HAVE MERELY FOLLOWED THF
INvINCIBLE LAW OF LOGIC IN PUTTING "
FORTH"
Il This be it remembered comes from Orcs.es
IA. Brownson, Steward Of tho Marine Hospi-
tai a; Chelsea, and one Of the most popular,
certainly one of the most able Of the nd'nn
istrulion lecturers. lie here distinctly AYERS
that The pEsrRteTIoN of the hereditary de-
scent of property follows +" 10y the iuvinclble
law Of logic" from the PRINCIPLE OF
! TIE ADMlNISTRATION PARTY. -
This is all we have ever declared all that
we have ever 6ecrced. Wo now ask the
old democrats, the supporters of Jefferson
and Madison, rs THIS DEMOCRACY?
--A------
See the Address OF the Democratic State Convcn
uon, holden at " Worcesier, Mass, sept 20, 1887.
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