New-York daily tribune., 1843-04-26

down Odd institutions, or ~ Duiluli up 1'sSt' ole
We would innoyatc boldly IN our specu!ations
but in action We would cling TO old usages, and
keep by old linea Of policy, TIL we were fairly
forced by the onward pressure OF oPimon TO aoaI'-
don them.
Hero you see. Sir. Is the same though; repro
dpced. I give YOU another extract from an art
Gle on the Sub-I'reasnry DILL, July, ISIS here
in tins country we cannot be revoiuno'iisls'-
Here, we can tolerate no innovations no cHahges'
winch touch fundamental laws None are admIs-
.,ble but such AS are needed to preserre our instr
Unions IN Their original character, TO bring out
their concealed beauty to clear the field for their
free operation and to give more dlrectness and
force to their legitimate activity. Every measure
must be in harmony with them, grotr as II were
out of them and be but Development OF Their
fundamental laws vol. !. p. 335.
Again, in an article directed expressly against
the VARIOUS ultraisns Of the day, vol. /, PIP 3'l,
35i, von will find the same doctrine repeated. |
can only give two extracts. which Will snow the
temper and tone Of the whole: The work Of
reforming the world is noble one. The progress
of man and society goes on; but 1t goes On slow
ly-much more 50 than comports with the desires
of our one-idca reiormers. These reiormcrs. with
one idea, are no doubt worth something. Zach
class may contribute something to aid on the work;
but no one OF them can do much or run far ahead
of the general average OF the race
:: Whoever would pass for a man OF correct ieei-
ings. and of some degr.e Of phlosopbic wisdom,
must see and dcplore the Ills that atilct himself
and brethren. he must labor with all his might 10
cure them but he will proceed always calmly,
with chastcned hopes, and with the CONVICTION
that the only way TO cure many evils IS to bear
them"
The volume of the Review Tor 1889 IS IN the
same spirit, and nobody has ever pretended thatit
was excessively radical. iou may quote against
me the article on the Laborlng Classes published
July. 1910; but if you read II IN the light oi what
had been for years my avoWcd principles, and OF
my Defence, which followed October after, you
viii sec that all the reforms contcnded Ior, wisely
or unwiseIy, are such as held TO be demanded by
the fundamental prmcipie8 OF the gospel. and OF
our political institutions. If condemned an out
ward priesthood II was IN obedience to the protest
an,isrn in which had been educated and which
is embraced By the great mass OF my countryiheh,
and in obedience to the gospel OF Jesus, as then
understood ii. If demanded a change IN the
law by which property is transmitted and reap
propriatcd did 1t on the ground, truly or falsely
assumed. that such chance was demanded by the
universally admitted principle OF our institutions,
ne,e principle into our legislation My proposed
changes might have bccnunwise-th contended
for in relation 10 The church and the clergy was
wrong, though not from the point Of view then
took; bul ! proposed no desfructi0n Of either re-
lnion or of property. both Of which recognized
and contendcd for in the very article which was
made the ground OF accusation against me- lhat
article contained some loose expressions, capable
of being Inexperienced, but they were defined
in my own mind ly my previously published opil,
ions, in the light of which took II for granted
fiat the public would understand them. had so
often repeated in nv writings The fundamental
principles which governed me in ali my efforts to
melioratc the condition otmy brethren that could
not feel that II necessary to repeat them AGAIN
In the Quarterly Review for ISL and lSl2,
the same doctrine now contend forls brought ont
clearly, distinctly, and the whole article on De
mocracv and Liberty, III the Democratic Review,
is little else but reproduction OF what had pub
shed on the same subjects IN the course OF those
two years | will trouble YOU with one extract
more, from the Boston Quarterly Review for oc-
tober, 1871, p. 523: Seriously however IN thus
matter of world.rciormlng, II IS our misfortune 10
differ from our radical brethren. The reforms
which can be introduced IN any one country are
predetermined by It's geographical position the
productions OF lis SOIL the genus OF It's people,
and OF its existing institutions. Any reform which
REQUIRES either the iatr0dHcti00 or the DESTRuC'
rIoN OF a fundamental prlnciple is precludcd.--
All reforms must consist IN, and are necessarily
H8,ted 10, CLEARING a.rng anomalies. oad derctop-
ing already admitted priHciPieS.'
This last extract contains the doctrine which
have uniformly asserted and hv which ! have be
lievcd myself 10 be uniformly governed IN all my
public communications whether from the pulpit,
the lccturc.roon. or the press, since the autumn
of 1880, when ceased my connection with The
Gcncsec Republican and Hcraldo OF Reform, winch
conducted at LeRoy, in your State, and resum-
Cd my abors as a Christian minister. II you
mean to say that have changed, on the point IN
question, from the views then took. have no
fault TO find say as much myself. Ii you
mean 10 say that | have changed on tins point,
since the clamor 1ha, was raised against me m
! $50, which presume is your meaning, deny
it. and point YOU 10 those extracts the usllica-
ton Of my denial. | have always protested against
the justice Of that clamor. The public ml>took
me then, and because they find me now putting
forth doctrines at war with the doctrines winch
theY then aSG7Ibed 10 me, thcY turn round aud
Charge me with having changed NV views. and
having turned from violent radical 10 sianch
conservative. | have undergone no change 81 the
sort. Ii there be any difference, am more tho
roughly radical now than | was when wnrng my
article on the L.ahorng Glasses. The real changes
which the election of lS4n effected in me viii be
stated with all irankness and candor the Demo
cratic Review for mex, May. and they have already
been stated IN the Boston Quarterly Review, Tor
January, lSi2.
have not sir, attempted to defend myself
have only wished TO correct false impression
which has gone abroad as 10 my real doctrines |
am among those who behcve IN progress, and
whose ruling motive OF action is the moral, intel
! cctnal and nhxS!cal moderation ot Tic mass For