New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-31
THE TRIBUNE.
1. 6. Lang


very fair portrait of O. A. BRowKsos faces the
: sle-page Of this number Of the Democratic, and
,sper from his pan on Democracy and Liberty
s;. The most marked production in its columns. 1t
1. mainly an attempt to prove, from the result of
he Election of 1910, .hs. all The prevalent demo-
aiic notions Of the nfaIlibiliy of the People are
s.pfounded, that popular suffrage and popular vir-
;vs and intelligence poor guarantees for the
sssssngs Of freedom and good government. and
,ts. the only true ground for statesman is the
saservative ground of carrying the race forward
,trough existing institutions. MIR. Brownson ac-
ipowledses that he once fought for precisely the
opposite doctrine, and says that his eyes we're
,ssctually opened by the late Election. We copy
he following passage, which concludes bis very
,Sle articlesnce it expresses his present conTic-
ions on the important subject of which it treats
II IA. been said, that mankind are always divi-
1,d into two parties, one Of which may be called
,bs Stationary Party, the other the Movement Far
~. or party of Progress. Perhaps it is 50; If so,
ii Of Us who have any just conception OF our man.
hood and of our duty TO our fellowmen, msst ar
appe ourselves on the side Of the Movement But
he Movement itself is divided into two sections
c,e the radical section, seeking progress by de-
aructon the other the conservative section, seek
mo progress through and in obedience to existing
Institutions Without asking whether the rule aP-
uliay beyond our own country, contend that the
Conservative section is the only one that wise man
can call his own In youth we feel differently. we
/ find evil arouRd u.s. we are In ddngeon-loaded
al! over with chains; cannot make single tree
movement and we utter one long, loud, indignant
protest against whatever IS We feel then that we
can advance religion only by destroying the Church
learning only by breaking down the Universities
and freedom only by abolishing the State. Wen,
this is one method Of progress but we ask, has 1t
ever been known to be successful ? Suppose that
we succeed in demolshisg the old ediice, in sweep
ing away all that the human race has been accu-
initiating for the last six thousand years, what nave
we gained Why, we are back where we were SIX
thousand years ago and without any assurance
that the human race will not re-assume It's OLD
course and rebuild what we have destroyed
Aswe grow older sadder, and wiser, and pass
from Idealists to Realsts, we change all TINS, and
learn that the only true way of carrying the race
forward is through its existing institutions we
paot ourselves, if ON the sad still on the firm real.
ity of things, and content ourselves with gaining
what can be gained with the means existing i'm
sti,ltions furnish We seek to advance religion
through and in obedience to the Church; law and
social well.being through and in obedience to the
S,s,c et il not be said that in adopting this last
s3course we change sides, leave the Movement and
: gs 6Sst ro7s..ee stationary Party No such thing.
We do not thus in age forget the dreams of Our
youth. ltis because we RENE those dreams be-
cause ;S~-, --.es.osfasm has become firm and SER
lied principle, and youthful hopes positive consic-
tons, and because we would realize what we dared
dream, whom we first looked forth on the face OF
humanity, that we cease to eXclaim Liberty
against Order" and substitute the practical tor
mula, LIBERTY ONLY IN AND THRoUGH ORDER.
The love of liberty loses of its intensity In
the true manly heart it burns deeper and clearer
with age but it burns to enlightcn and to warm,
not to consume.
Hclo is the practical lesson we have sought to
unfold. While we accept the end eur democratic
friends SEEK while we feel our lot is bound up with
theirs, have wished to impress upon their minds,
that we are to gain that end only through hxea
snd established order; not against authority. but
By and in obedience to authority, and an authority
competent to ordan and to guaranty it. Liberty
without the guarantees of Authority, would be lhe
worst of tyrannies.
The Editor dissents from Mr. Brownseu's views
expresses his regret that he should have suffered
Jelcat so to disarm him, and replies at some
length TO a fsw Of the points maintained by his
correspondents Mr.. O'Sullivan also continues the
discussion with MIR. Checver on the Exrediency OF
aboshing Capital Punishment. The leading artl-
Gle in the number is on Oregon, Hawthorne
contributes capital article, entitled The rroces-
,aion of Life in which, after summonins by the
sound Of the trumpet the people OF the whole
Earth, aud CHASING them according to their Intrin
sic worth, he gives US this solemn portrait OF the
Chief Marshal of this great Procession:
Hark That worldwide swell of solemn music
with the clupg of mighty bell breaking fof'h
through its regulated uproar, announces his ap-
noaah He comes q severe, sedatc, linTovaole,
dark rider, waving his ,runcheon ot universal sway,
as he passes along the heightened line, on the faie
Horse OF the Revelations. Ii is Death! Who else
could assume the guidance OF procession that
, comprehends all humanity And if some among
these ruapy millions, SHOULD deem themselves
cassed aniss vet let them take to their hearts the
comfotabs truth, that Death levels us all into ono
great Brotherhood and that another state OF being
viii sure rectify the wrong Of this. lhen breathe
,y wall upon the earths waiing wind, thou bano
Of melancholy music, made up OF every sign a., tuS1
the human heart, unsa,isSed, has uttered there
is yet triumph in thy tones. And row we move;
Begears in their Isgs, and Kings trailing the resai
purple in the dslst; the Warriors cleaning hei-
met; the Priest in his sable robe; the holy Grand
sire, who has run hfc's circle and come back TO
childhood; the ruddy School-boy with his goldea
cur!., frsking along the march tho Artizan stui
jacket; the Nobles stardscorated coat the whole
presenting motley spectacle, yet with dasky
grandeur 5rooding oyerit. Onward, onward, into
that dimness whele the lights OF Tine, which have
blazed along the procession, are aickerng in their
sockets And whittier We know not; and Death,
hitherto nnr leader deserts as by the wayside, as