New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-08
Reforms. and Reformer..
The Utico Daily Gazette has the following;

The Utica DAILY Gazette has the following:
Benevolent individuals are constantly giving tLem
which from the nature Of things only be effected
in detail The world s full Of evils and misery, which
obviously brought upon mcn BY themselves, or In
ic,ed by them upon each other. IL IL perfectly plain
the remsdy for these is TO correct the source
from which they sprpg Every individual that brought
act upon principles calculated TO ensure harmony and
good feeling and promote the general prosperity and
happiness instead of seh,hly j.reesrdng the welfare
Of ha fellows or. the other hand pursuing course
Injurious 10 himself Is one wheel in the machinery
which produces these evils &c, right, and made there
after do good instead OF injury, and 10 diminish some
what the OF human misery The injurious propen
si;ies Of men may be prevented from ctectipg all the
mischief oil which they capsule BY restrictions but
this remedy al best secures only negative result
whereas tho other Ia productive Of positive good
Seeing that this 10 So cannot but wonder thar
those who have effect TO have the most sympathy for
taer speces almost invariably choose the least efficient
and satisfactory remedy the object OF their efforts
IL be either that their excessive benevoence be-
gets impotence small business. and thus their
charity oershoots itself they may suppose thar
Providence has commissioned them 10 accomplish that
by wholesale which he effects In detail! The work OF
reforming the individual 10 humols we'll "a laborious
and frequently unpleasant task II within the capacity
Of limited in,eliect Ii seems perhaps great misAp
picstnu OF the superior gifts with which some men are
endowed. spend their abors 10 the limited and OBJ
,cure had OF personal etfo; which the csore OF the
mother teacher and the poor Christian 10 u't aoon
eued n.tesd OF filling the wide and exalted sphere OF
reormers legislators. aDd men OF the Age 10 Which
they are csllcd But that except the Individual who
may possibly sacrifice chance of fame the loss Is really
ot EJe consequence evident from the character
which have depicted OF the results OF these whole
sale remedies Limited IA these remedies are In their
operation to the restraint of evil they really
OF The second rank IN usefulness and importance. he
was deemed worthy OF uncommon prsise. who made
blades of grass grow where but grew before
what epcouium be high for him who first acting
right himself then himself dsvotes 10 reforming the
principles. dispositions and conduct OF men, changing
each from fountain OF evil and misery TO one OF good
aud hsppineu.
| While we would not condemn worthless the To-
Dor OF these who choose the more noted spherc-or
there 10 ork Of general character which 10 necessary
and must be done by one-we copiess ths,
have exsl,ed opinion of IL Of that which oc
cupes smaller in the public eye. Good citizens
better thing than wise laws; disposition TO deal
Justly. honestly and honorsby. than any Of ju-
dietary Kindness, Gberai:y and earnest desire for
the welfare Of our fellow creatures than any institutions
constitution or improved System OF society.
We find this venerable doctrine very aptly illus
.ratcd in passage from the writings OF Albany
Fonblauquc Editor of the London E.ramiRer. Il
is as fellows;
The monkeys in Exeter Change used TO be confined
in lire OF csees each OF which had pan 10 the
OF It's front or the tonSats feed. CHANGING 10 be
present one evening n, srpper',iu'e We observed that
when ST. the monkeys were supplied with ther messes
scarcely any Of them GU: of hiscwu psu Each
,hrust hs through the bars ard robbed hls right
left hand ueiehbor. Half WHIST seized was spit,
and lost IN the conveyance. and while monkey
uuproh,sely engaged In plunderius. hs own pan
exposed 10 ,iulsT depreciation. The mingled knsvery
srd aSsurd!ty shockiDsly human. Had Monkey
Reviewer however, sdmopished the tribe OF the scgre
gate OF loss the smA stomach and beseeched them
t. commence the reform OF honesty each himself
wsSi monkey would have had sufficient, reliance his
nsiyhbors virtue 10 commence the virtue of forbesr
Placing the cages more apart seemed the more
rational scheme Of reform.
e The Union denies in the mos: positive terms
that the Government al Washington has any sors Of
connection with any scheme OF Santa Ana for the
Revelation OF Mexico stated by the Courier snd