New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-28

cls;rns >. be srs in leg direct but equally explicit
terms tina; ,riok, YeTsoa coH.d sag ~ H1sn cs gag
concerted PRISON eo.1S fsHs II c'l 17s-
non We see 10. tie slightest ground for such an eS'
trsrazant sod absurd assertion
TEs Ts.zk insists ,nzt the tendencies of the age 5re
toward association that .hsrs is no I'M, 10 sae
all tte relations Of daily lie We have gwen ouE reasons
for thinking differently The tribune refers 20 me h
ne~oent provisions of the day as eTicence o i.s POS
: aJn-taus
aged Fsrlees kc-uo;e separate tsrlrne for each hall
objects Of rs benevolent co1e-r hI "a F saye
This is strange argument. Public charity taxes tnat
shape simply because it cannot G5Ta any better !" III
no, Ilk Tribune admit that e-ery poor 5safor woU.d &c
better OF if Philanthropy could si7e him mouse and
far1 Of his ol than in this large ediice with thous
and Others And are they not a! put tEethel u one
edifce and placed upon tae footing OF an Asaocisaoa
simplY because nothing better De Afforded lne
SAME Kind Of provision Is ruade for convcts. Auburn
has n "Edifce in which the economies labor groups
and general principles OF Association are earned oH
thoroughly and vigorously out would me IT'oaHs
thai IS reason for recognizing a! Society upon The
same plan Equally fellscou5 are a.! II: catioEs-
Community OF effort makes roads e5tasiishes Foiice
digs canals &c simply because individual EFFORT cannot
do il but that fact does not imply that yictuals should
be cooked tables set children taught and the whole
human race taken in and done for upon the same
plan So too communities organized tor some one pre-
doainant purpose such ga the maintenance OF special
religion Ike the Shakers. MorETias, &c. may hod 10
ge;aer long ha. motive is strong enough TO oTer
all the ordinary impulses aad laws OF scl,on -put
no longer And as to the scheme Of cub-houses Tor
the married. eZulr1y cited oE The 7retae we have
only TO say that those ~ho cannot lire elsewhere and
who c7u live there. woud probably do so.-anc would
find X advantageous Others, We opine "ill remain in
st5tt qlo
4, the opening oi this discussion we t0ok up The Tn
5nss ,heory OF Natural Rights and proved It to be IN
founded Tie Tribune replied by saying that our argu
men; akin tina; OF BURKE against PArNE We re-
Joined that Il So though; all the better OF ii on that
account Tie Tribune responded BY saying that lis owa
political anitea with the principles OF rSE and
that PAISEs politics entirely distinc, from tac
"Msologicol egr into which he had been driven We
replied tina, no man could haye theory OF fundamental
politics entirely distinct from his religious belief 'ha
PAINE was a GrlnSen ipfGd; and that his notions OF
Natural Rghta with which tn, Tribune claimed affinity
grew on, OF this inidey. This certainly was proper
way OF meeting The 7riJi,s claim. How is 1t treated
by the Editor OF that paper am surprised he says
at the bitterness of vupe-aton with which you asSa
POOR Tom Paine ~ To him, rro7s than 10 any otssr
man this country indebted for the impulse to tO nde
pendence from Great Britain = his voice cheered the
dscomated defenders OF our Liberties, &c. 81 trus
essdre among he indictments 10 The riAdir. haired
nth rlich yOW pUrWe and jacken his mepory Low as
is estimate OF PhISRs moral character we believe
he would have scorned resortto so unrnanly method
OF answering an opponent. Yet ind affixed 10 it the
initials OF Tie Tritims's Editor.