New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-14
Elementary Po,itica, Knowledge.

we nave once dHeduy SPOKEN ldVOTaplV vi TIC
work entitled An Introduction to the Science
of Government, and Compend of the Constitu-
tonal and Civil Jurisprudence of the United
States: With Brief Treatise on Political
Economy; Designed for the Use of Families
and Schools Bv ANDREW w. YouNG." copy
Of the tenth edition, however, having Just reached
us, we are impeed to speak of again.
The deficiency of elementary knowledge with
regard to Government and Political Economy Is
deporable defect under institutions so popular
as ours. Here are thousands and tens OF thou
sands of voters directing and changing by Their
suffrages the Policy of the Country without any
clear notion of what they are about or the conse-
ouenccs of their action. Thousands have time
and arain voted to dcrange the entire Industrial
movement of the Country, throwing themselves
out of work and cut of bread, and then vented
their mistaken wrath III curses on Banks or capi
taists as the authors of what was really their
doino. There is no clear conviction of the irn-
portance of knowledge on the vast and often III
tricatc questions which demand the action OF
Government. DogberTy is the only authority Tor
the assertion that Reading and Writing come by
nature we generally expect some help from the
schoolmastcr in acquiring them-but the man
who never read ten pages on Political Economy
pronounccs a Protective Tariff a blessing or
fraud and Banks bcneficent or blightlng-ovcr-
ruling the judgements of men who have devoted
wears to the study of the subject he so magister-
i, of l,.
were under the influence of Divine Inspiration
Your noisiest and most violent politicians arc
often men who never read even the Constitution
Of their State, and have very imperfect acquant-
ance with that of the Union. Can we hope that
the wheels Of State will move on smoothly when
their impulse is so blind and caprlcious
The book before US is intended tomnister to the
gricvous want we have indicated-to be the
Blackstone of the school and the tire-side. 1t
lucidly treats the Nature and Ends Of Govern
ment, Human Rights, Natural Law, Law Of Ma
tions Forms Of Government, Sovereignty, Legs-
lation, Judicial and Executive Power, Taxation
the Constitution Of the United States, (Which is
given by sections with explanations Of each J
Civil Jurisprudence; Crimes and Pnnishments
and Political Economy. Under this latter head
are given brief calculations of Production, Capi
tai, Division of Labor, Tariffs, Banks Internal
Improvements, Exchanges, Wages, Interest,
Consumption, &c. Under the heads Protective
Tariff and Banking summary of the arguments
for and against each is presented-we believe to
the satisfaction of both sides. 1t is little 10 say
that the author of this work has we'll performed
the task he has undertaken; he has produced
an admirable and most necessary treatise, which,
being cheap and every way adapted to the end,
ought to be reading book in every school and
studied in every family We know many young
men who have mastered Greek and Latin who
might well give them both for a knowledge of
the contents Of this work.--We do not learn
where it may be had in this City.
The MYSTERIES OF Passive have received
from the Harpers copy, neatly done up in mus
lin, of Eugene Sues new romance, translated
by MIR. Charles Fl. Town, of this city. OF this
translation, tocnty editions have been issued, as
it is the cheapest being sold complete for fifty
cents. 1t is published neatly, in the Harpers'
usual style of cheap publications.
The MYSTERIES OF PARIS The End-Nlr.
Winchester has Just issued the ninth and con-
cluding Part of this exciting work in anticipation