New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-09-18

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mode of its origin as upon Its beng on -. n
organization containing this fundanenlas ~. 1 s,,
the supremacy of Law and that wiies0 10
premacy of Law is wanting or resolved nv 49,. .as
Popular or Monarchial WILL for the ti''ie 80 -
IT'S no true State but mass OF men - -,
power over one another singly OF coN's''
the law of numerical or muscular io'c''
These are the doctrines which the Editor OF
the Journal has seen fit to assail with noaiofy u.
place of argument. Instead, however, OF iuiits'i-
ing any ground for his gross abuse, they present.
as we contend, and as we have no DOUBT luz au-
thor would contend, the only solid foundation iof
any thing like true and rational freedom. we
are utterly at loss to conceive what occasion
they furnished for the outrageous manner III
which the Editor asperses the cergy-ior one Oh
which class he evidently mistakes the author oil
the Address If we did not know that 1t
was the production Of the Rev. Davld Haze We
should certainly fancy that we were reading 'le
scurrllity OF Garrison, Abby Kelly, ;. : oS'e''
or some one of that class of no church, no s'd'0
no family and no religion men, who are oecoii-
ing so numerous in our country, and aganis'
whom the Address seems in part TO have oee'' ui-
rected. 1t is amusing, too, to tlnd the s"p4'"'
Editor charging the author with bringing. O'I'
infide philosophy when at the same tiili' ~
himself INDUCES SO freely in that stale decialna-
ton about Pricstcraft Church and Stale' ~
which is meat and drink to the lowest ihiioes -
the land We will not dwell upon the slfaiige
oblquity Of mind which would deduce 'Ioil 'i'0
Address conclusions directly at war with 'hose
presented in the statement OF It's doctrines LIZ
stead Of favoring such governments as those Oh
Bonaparte and Boyer, it seems, as tar as we can
ascertain, most especially to condemn tneHl' 90
gethcr with the kindred absolute Democracy as
wanting that essential clement of a free state IN
which LAW rules instead of wILL,-although 1t
does admit that if from such a1lncre mass OF mo-
narchical or popular despotsm, a CONSTITUTIONS
State should in time or by the act OF 600 arse
its wicked origin would not destroy lts claim 70
obedience for conscience sake. we 40 not eh'''
into the doctrines of the Address, because IL mas
not yet been presented to the public. The authof'
venture to predict, Will be able 10
ground, should he ever be induced to enter ni'o
public discussion with the Reverend Edltof vi
these fundamental points.
We cannot, however, avoid advertlng to 'he
wretched attempt to sheer at the discourse d.
metaphysical and abstruse. This term metu-
physical is a favorite one with the true scholaf
and accurate thinker because he understands us
true bearing, and knows when to use 1t. IL IS
also favorite term with the hippant and super
fetal scolst, because it s just the word he wants.
when he don't understand another and means
nothing himself. There are, however, some
men, who, although they do not reject the CYL
dence of their senses as insipid," Ito quote from
the Editor are yet inclined to investigate truths
to which the senses are not the only guide
Such have always held, that the origin, the idea,
and the obligation of the STATE are not such ex-
ceedingly plain and simple matters as they ap-
pear to Garrison and the Editor Of the Journal of
Commerce. The pages devoted to these subjects
by such minds as Aristotle, Cicero, Bacon, Gro
titus, Puffondorf and Burke, show at least that
they did not imagine that correct ideas on these
topics lie upon the vesy surface of human thought.
They found some difficulty in what appears to the
Editor matter for "the discovery of the senses"
There is, VIC know, political scheme 1--WE will
not call it theory to which the charge Of profun-
dity would be utterly inappcable. 1t may be
found in the writings Of Thomas Jefferson, Tho
mas Paine, and Thomas Dorr There is no
more difficulty on this scheme, in determining
the nature and obligation OF State, than of
Syracuse Convention or a Mass Meeting in the
Park. It's members come and go when they see
fit. A majority of those who compose it may
dissolve it when they please. Any part may Sc
cedc at their pleasure; for 1t would be very
strange if those who create may not Destroy
Notification is an inalenablc privilege. The
righ Of reputation is part of his nature, which
man cannot repudi ate and State composed Of
such materials is too free even to enjoy the lib
erty OF binding itself. A stream does not rise
above its fountain, says s. this philosophy of the
Senses" and therefore there can be no such thing
az restricting a majority, IS long as this major
ity is held to be the creator, interpreter and alb
solver of its own imposed obligations, without any
appeal TO a higher tribunal. The clauses Of the
Constitution of the United States, which profess
to bind postcrity in respect to future nodlfca
tons, are therefore null and void. Each genera
ton stands by itself, and every man and woman
has the same right, by this law of nature, TO de-
part from the compact, as they had to enter
into 1t.
But we are mconsciously using language
which, in this theory of government, is altogeth-
or out of place Right and obligation are meta
physical terms. They carry the mind up to some
thing ADORE nature, above the compacts of hu