New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-17

ignorance or indifference, WI! not consent to the
local reforms necessary IN the City OF .,ew-
York Thus, Legislation Is lnjurously delayed,
or becomes grossly corrupt. Tho dissr7co:ul eys-
TEN OF log-roiti"g, which obtains in all The
larger States. has origin IN the source 20 which
we refer. hiom are compelled, aDnu-
ally at Albany and Harrisburg, TO buy Their pal
Pai'Ic rights. by the meanest compiduces. Or the
most unblushng bribery.
1t IS well, therefore, that our Constitutional Re-
formers, would restore the usurped F1wer Of the
State, to It's legitimate sphere, the Township.
Let one Township be successfully organized
and the reform would soon expand, like The Con-
ceatric circles of the water, til It's circumference
emtraccd the world. Give US ono example Of a
pal,isai community founded upon correct and
progressive pr.ncipies, and we will answer for
the universal adoption oiit-and that right soon.
In 10 other Hi0ue can system of universal
Reform he begun. Nature, in the formation of
t.o manifold and woEdrOus series Of series that
20 10 maze up Aer Whole, begins with small
centre OF vitality around which the parts IN their
beautiful. and divinc order are arranged accord
ing to the glorious law Of Variety IN One-which
Is The Eternal Fact OF Creation. Well would it
be for man. did he not presume 10 be more wise
than his Maker.
ID II is peaceful. As ii only contemplatcs
voluntary action. the only force which it could
use is the force OF truth and moral suason. No
mans rights would he inlringed by ii, but on the
contrary, every legitimate right would receive an
additional security. 1t makes no violent war
upon the just privileges of any class, proposes
wholesale destruction of the property Of the rich,
no forced distribution Of goods already acquired,
deals in no bitter and malignant cenunclatlons Of
any party or sect. 1t welcomes all ranks oil pco-
pie, it accepts all crccds and doctrnes and shows
the basis upon which all can DC harmonizcd III va
retY. Goodwill, the sentiment OF human brother
hood, tic love Of the neighbor, are the only feel
lngs TO which it appeals.
When we look back upon the history of the
world, we see how great thing this feature Of
Peace is, in any reform. Christ in that holy mo
rncnt, when he separated from bis poor hcart-bro-
ken disciples, said, ".My Peace give unto you
Ny Peace cave with you," Us though 1t were
the grandest legacy which Omnipotence could
bequeath. But the world, in mockery Of the d.
vine words, would not have Peace but War
Even the profcsscd followers of Jesus, have pro-
pagated their faith by violence. They have burn
ed Error at the stake, the persons Of its dcuded
worshppers, burning much Truth with it, and
they have spread Truth with flashing bayonet
how Humanity has only advanced, through fight
ings, confusions explosive overturnings, and vol
canic uptoar-how it has marched forward only
amid the horrible diScord of trumpet, Changers and
volleys-how the masses, to establish their
rights, have been compelled to wade through seas
OF blood, and trample out the hopes and hearts Of
their fellow men IN the dust The picture seems
the more frigh,ful, when we consider that at no
time has this terrific slaughter been necessary, to
accomplish lis aims. God, while he permitted il,
never designed it; and Man only has been guilty.
At any rate, let us now hope that tho period Of
violence, whether necessary or unnecessary hith-
crto, is past. Let us hope that Mankind, in It's
modes OF growth, will initiate Nature N her
growth, and expand and enlarge by silent expu
Sion of the Old and the silent absorption OF the
New. One of our own poets has sung this spirit
of Peaceful Reform in his noblest strains, where
describing the havoc and desolation OF The
Winds" nc exc!ams: