New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-21
Essays on Human Rights and their Poificni
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state of the public mind when the foremost ih'c'
lects wearied with their past struggles 10 make ana
onmake Presidents or disguised 18th The result are
directing their attention to questions oil broader ana
more enduring neutrality-suspicious. directly ana per
manen,Iy affecting the Moral, Political aud Social
well-bcing Of Mankind-we believe Mr. Hurbut
Essays will be hailed by many earnest thinkers
with pleasure and studied with satisfaction and pro
fl. No, that they will all be likely to concur in al
his concusions-ue certainly do notbut that is in.
material The topics he discusses are Of the highest
earthly interest, they handled with uniform dig
nifty and suavi,y. and with directness and cogency
which is not often surpassed. Mr. H. has eVIoehuy
fhought out his whole course Of argument before ~
began TO write his book--his positions are based on
principles and his conclusions result inevitably IRON
his premises We do not consider his idea oil Inc
True Function of Government wholly accurate, or
more strictly, deem II insufficient. lie 100 near
Iy adopts the elemental basis OF Beniham Hazliti,
and the Political Economists par e1ceenc,, who re-
gard Government purely as Social engine for tie
repression Of outrages and crimes and thus, while
in words rejecting the notion OF Paine and Others
that Government is at best bat necessary evil and
an evidence Of Mans peryersity, he seems not 10
differ practically from its authors. We on the Other
hand believe that Government has grea, otirmafire
functions and uses looking the diffusion of Moral
IT, Virtue, Industry Education. General Intelligence
and Material Comfort, well as to the repression
Of theft, forgery and murder We may find some
thing in the chapters OF his work which have NOT
vet had time to read to modify the impressions
sted by that on The True Function OF Government
but in that we have not observed any principle sci
forth on which the systematic requirement OF Public
Schools or OF Common Roads and necessary Bridges,
any more than the construction Of Canals and Rail
roads, can be affirmed as among the legitimate du
ties Of the State So with regard to what is termed
Special Legislation; while very much that is said
on this head is admirable we think clearer recos
milton OF the fact that acts termed Special often
requisite and discrimination of the cases in which
they are necessary therefore justiiablc from those
in which they are not, would have added to the
completeness and value of the work.
Mr. Hurbu, starting from the simple and sound
Democratic basis Of Civil Government, is necessa-
rily brought in collision with some current doctrines
OF the day. He regards Man. Intellectual moral and
physical, more correctly analysed and defined by
Phrenoogy than by any other existing science OF
system, and he adopts ts classification of his
pacitios and powers az tho bssis of Polite al inuc
ton concerning him. He denies the right of Gov
eminent to inhct the punishment of Death to de
bar witnesses from tcstifying because of their Re
ligious or rcleous opinions to intcrdict the hold
ing Of civil Office by ministers of religion assert
the qualified right OF Woman to vote at Elections
well as to the control of her Property and her OFT
spring and nobly maintains the universal property
Of Authors in their productions the basis of com
mon right and wha, should bel common Law. These
are but portion of the topics ably discussed in the
volume before us. We have but dipped int, ii and
shall recur TO il hereafter.
Essays on Human lights and their Political Guarantees
BY T. r. HvRLHVr Counselor Sc ~ York Opp. 2i9 limo.
price 50 cents Greeley 4 McErah
~ The Express quotes our language and
proof of our abuse of that paper the phrase "s,imu
lating the lowest passions of our nature" which
quoted rcrJdfim from the preceding article of the
Express assailing The Tribune! We have here
mos, unequivoca judgment of our assalant, by al
authority competent If not disintcrcsted
The Express speaking of Earl. of Andes. says
"The Tribune in its slip shod morality thinks that sucA
rtaa can escape because his wife has paid his rent
This Is but one of many unequivoca ialsehoods
Earls wife has paid the rent due on his farm
(which of terminates the proceedings o..
tie distress but has no effect whatever on the prose
cuton for conspiracy murder if such there be.
And now we ask that portion OF the Whic
Press which very properly objects TO the frequent
controversies between Wing journals of this City,
10 state distinctly ho is culpabe in these aud
besiow their just where il shall seem TO be
deserved. From the outset we have been obliged
10 resist selfish and iaclous attempts to distract and
weaken the Wing party by denouncing and ostracis
ing portions of IT, First, those who advocated the
nomination Of Gen. Scott in 80 were wantonly a.
sailed in 40 and A as guilty of some hdcous
trcachery, when they had only exercised their indie
penden, judgment as Wings for the benefit OF the
Whig cause. What was the use, what the policy,
Of reviving this controversy, after the struggle was
oil over and all united on Clay for another Then
the Wing Members of our last Legislature were last
Spring ferociously assailed traitors and proigaies
ia voting To call Convention, in conformity TO the
wishes of nine ten,hs of the Wings Of our State
VIVA, was our duty. as conductor Of Wing Press
in reference to these mischeyous and disorganizng
trades Ought we to have remained silent and
suffered some OF the truest and best Wings of our
State to be ,raduccd and injured in their feelings
good name and influence, because we were incud
ed in the cslumny
So ia the case of these recent assaults Of the Eek.
press We are no, alone sssailed. but. in order to
reach eilectualy the Express hurls its poisoned
arrows at all who striving and hoping for bet
ter Social condition for the depressed and suffering
millions Of our Racial who heartily sympathise
with the Irish People in their peaceful struggle for
. domestic Legislature-a who desire the abolition
OF the punishment, OF Death-all " no labor and hope
for the extinction of American Slavery These are
not merely assaulted as wrong headed and pcs,ilent
but the Express undertakes TO read them out of the
Wing party Ito tell them they have no business in
il. and are but hollow aud inconsistent Wings a,
best Is this the language of one anxious for the sue
cess of the psryi Is it not rather that of one reck
less of all public considerations in the pursuit Of his
own sordid ends Is it the language of DESTROYS
Of harmonizng and strengthening the Whig array
IL the party so strong now tina, afford TO ex.