Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-09-24


earth, where is thy sacred arm, when
the thunder suffers crimes TO reign"
We behold, then, in the papers OF this
benevolent ASSOCIATION the germs OF all
t"s IDEAS advocated by our author
The source OF the evil Is the inequality
of property the great opponents 10 'e-
form, the land-hplders and middle class |;
the changes necessary to be effected,
the abolition of all religious worship, the
humiliation Of the right oI property !;
he means by which this is to he effected,
u war the like OF which the world has
never SEEM" the butchery OF the mid
die class, and the free use oil The pom
ard, "the sacred arm OF virtue. =
There does not seem single idea IN
the one theory that does not find ils
counterpart in the other. We blush
10 think that All Amt riCan citizen, one
officially connected, as he tells Us, with
the republican party, which means, we
presume, that he is enjoying the COM
forts OF a lucrative office under the very
constitution which he could tramPle in
the dus:, should have ever gave utter
ancc to such infamous trash. The only
excuse which we can mako for him, and
We believe il to be true, is, that be- dlz-
zened by the glare Of French Eclectic
ism, he has adopted French revolutiona-
ry notions, without being aware ef their
tendency. We commend them to hi-
sober second thought.
We had intended to bestow o passing
notice upon our authors religious no
tlons, but we have already occupied a
greater number Of pages than We intend
I'd, aud here We must pause. We would
only add, by way OF Information, that
eur authors religious notions are as wide
of the Christianity Of the New Tesla
me nj as his social notions are Of tho re-
publlcanlsrn of the Constitution.
II n word or two OF advice 10 Charles
Ewood, and we have done.
Ist In behalf Of the working classes
of New Eng land, We beg leave to de-
cline the boon which he offers them.
They are industrious men, aud they have
no fancy for u system which should
squander their honest gains upon the
Idle and The prohigalc. They are inde'
pendent men, able and willing to clear
u way ior themselves by honest labor
they consider the offer to make them
s,,pendiaries of Government, to support
them from their neighbor's CRIB, as no
compliment. They are intelligent men,
and It sounds strange 10 them 10 be told
that their condition IS worse than that OF
seris vi Russia or tho slaves of Cuba.
I'd. Our author informs us, that III"
first attempt to create a social revolution
Jailed for want OF combining with It q
religious element. This difficulty he
now, it seems, intends 10 obviate, by US
,ng the name of the Christian religion
as fulcru,n, and persuuding the Chris
lian community that the religions which
they profess leads to, nay demands, the
social state which he so warmly recon
mends, and asserts that he who does
not adopt these views is "no true demo-
cra,, ,as he can be 10 true Christian" SO
also the rcgic,des Of France denominate
the Saviour OF the world, "the demo
cratic son OF Mary" In like manner,
our author intcrspeIses his defamation
with many phrases peculiar to Chris
tianity, az though he used them IN the
same SENSE as Christians. This Is the
old device Of Catholicism TO render re-
ligion the handmaid Of tyranny. In an
ignorant age, and when the Bible was
conce aled from the lai,y, it succeeded,
but it could not stand a moment before
the freedom OF the press. With the
Bible open before men, neither our au-
thor MOI Cousin can make It speak the
language OF Eclocticism, or OF such
despotism as our author would prefer
We think that this part of his effort must
be failure, and we advise him TO turn
his 'atte ntion in some other direction.
And lastly. Ii Charles EIweod sees
any case Of wrong in the system as ii
now is, let hun bring it forth to light and
see that it be redre ssed upon principle.
Or, If he believes the theory OF our
government to be wrong, let him address
himself to the understanding aud con-
science Of men and thus persuade his
fellow citizens to modify or abolish it.
These appeals to the fears OF men, these
threats oi boodshed and butchery, prove
nothing. Men are not as easily fright
ened as he may imagine. la nothing
are we more liable to deceive ourselves
than in the estimate Of our power Of in
timidation. For ourselves, we make no
special prctensions to bravery, yet our
nerves are not particularly moved by the
threat Of assassination. Were the gull
lotine before our eyes, we should dcspise
the tyranny which he denoninates liber-
ty as thoroughly as we do at this mo-
mcnt. And one thing more, We should
much prefer that "Eeroic remedy" as
the French regicides call it, 10 the lhral-
dom of Charles Elwood's political reIor-
nation. This short talk does not prove
any thing, and il may as we'll be dropped.
The author may look upon it as prophe-
cy, but it is liable To create the impress
sion that he would be pleased To see his
prophecy fulfilled. This we do not be-
lieye for moment, and we therefore
advise him TO predict OH some other sub
Iect
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