New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-20

There kfe kinds Of revolutions properly called
such brought about by violence another ~ silent de-
yeoPmeni Of principles already estsblished- Nj Brown
son would consider beth u them.
There now prevails q general dissatisfaction with
what u.s. and desire for what is rot vsh TO DO away
with present institutions and put In their places others
which are though; 10 be better. The eiost Tor change
/. universal il appears il Europe and in this country
All parties are Affected BY tin the Old World espe-
cially many abuses call for amendment Ine necessity
Of change Is the question everyvhere but wnst me
right change and the oy which 4 - 70 De erected
e not Known -.
Thi. revolutionary spirit has Characterised the las,
three centuries There has been no notwithstanding
permanent Constant change has been the .r and nis
change has often been accomplished by violence. In
deed 30 far has this been carried that has been found
necessary 70 declare that there Is right % rebel snd
orsrturu the established authority and 70 set up new
order without any reference 10 preex'ins nsutatons
The Right OF Revolution IS the doctrine Of large BODY
Another class say that ell things must change BY their
very nature Everything 10 progressive they tescn 'ne
theory Of unlimited progress Man IL progressive and
human nature hAs vastly improved since Il started
Animals also progress u i not true that the oesver OF
today builds his abode As did earlier generations OF
beavers he mas made progress. 20 bids are more
elevated in this indefinite scale al - progress 10 the
bessts Of the fsld fowls OF the air and IN creeping
things. The globe according TO these theorists has
made progress and will continue 10 DO So and 90 viii
the system 10 which il belongs. Those are even not
wanting who dare TO say that the Csu'e Of the Universe
Is likewise progressive These philosophers cal them
selves men OF the Movement friends OF humanity
Philanfhropists They are indeed persons Of kindly
sympa,hies and mean well on the whole They are
harmonizers and propose 70 harmonic the individual
70 harmonic the race, by that means to harmonic the
globe for the sake Of harmony in the solar system snd
that again tor the sake Of sideres harmony &c They
found associations found Church Of Humanity and set
forth their notions with force and eloqnenee
First Mr.. Brownson would speak OF this theory OF
Progress itself Out Of the Church II might be said to
be the creed Of the nneieeRih century II = held in
France by the Of ;he Universty-by your Mcheles
and your Quuets IL IL maintained in Germany and IN
this country il Il urged by your Chanungs your Rip
eys md your Greeleys for whom Mr. B. personal
IT, n certain respects entertained profound regard.
WHAT'S Progress Il Is motion and strictly means
motion forward i Is generally used TO signify move
rnent from the imperfect % tue perfect But the aw OF
81. motion il that IL must proceed from something AZ
rest There must BE fixed and permanent point from
which il starts There must be not only action, but re-
actou-not only pressure but counter pressure mus
al motion refers itseif last the Prime Mover who
Ia eternay rest eteually the same. This principle
that M Juon must have nNed place or point 70 start
from and to rest upon universal Il = true In physi
cal things and IN moral things. 20 man needs insttu-
tons 10 upon and 20 counterpress us own activity
But these institutions cannot themselves be progressive
because then they would afford resting point for the
progress OF The Church has carried forward the
race changed society institutions because che has
herself been xed and unAtersbe supernatural not la
be TO change This principle was never more over
looked than now.
The schemes OF modern philsnihrops,s originate with
man they contain nothing but man. and can end only
In man. There Il no power In them but man power
they have no supernatural starting point which 70
depend Beside they are mistaken in supposing that
institutions exist for their sake whereas they exist
only for the sake OF individuals.
Moreover experience confutes this theory OF pro
gress The fact H. that human institutions are most
perfect A. their earliest state and their Progress Is only
the progress OF corruption. Written constitutions are
not evidences Of new rights gained, but OF encroach
ment upon rights already enjoyed Magma Charta does
not is supposed mark new era of English liberty
Il marks effort 10 regain liberty long before establish
ed among the SaNons. In this country, the cary Al
ministra;ions OF the Government wiser and more
honest those which have succeeded and every year
but carries US farther and farther on the downward
road Indeed unless religion, and religious institutions
the chief thing in country. II must degenerate
This boasts Of being shttned but SUI IN Europe
there less popular freedom than now, In
considering Progress in this respect America should not
be taken into account because here circumstances
merely accidental have modified the action OF causes
But England where the principles Of the reiormaon
have been more fully carried out tnsn 10 any u,ner
country we may look for the sresi specimen OF modern
progress. There the House Of Commons has not 90
much power in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
and education o. which we boast there were then
Ia proportion 20 the population hundred well educs
ted men for one At Oxford, In 1900, there were
so students in 100. well as in 1910, JOOvO-
while Cambridge va equally ircquented now there
are only from 1000 % ZOO az OxiOrd and the number
OF Universities has increased. Beside there were
then the Monasersl and Parochis Schools &c. that
in the middle ages England better furnished with
the means OF education than a, this day and the same
may be said Of France. There has been progress m
industry and wealth has increased In the hsnds OF the
few but 1t has only put the into the clutches OF
the lanihodeT and the fundhOder for them Progress
results in the opportunity and necessity Of starvation
Mr. Brownson having thus demolished the theory OF
general peaceful progress took up the idea OF Progeoy
Of violence revolution; showed that no sue
night the right Of rebellion could exist that the
American Independence not a revolution Tor
the destruction Of existing law but resistance To
such destruction on the part OF tae British Crown
He 10 .f
ground which seemed to him the peace ground
lie dwelt upon the decay Of loyalty in this country
said that crime sprung from H. lie went on to cay
that no violent revolution could produce good or
had done so. lie had formerly maintained stouty
the right OF rebellion but be had learned better prn
cpes. He illustrated the uiiiiy OF revolutions BY that
OF the French by the Agrarisn struggle in Rome, BY
Spain, the South American Republics and Mexico. The
truth is. said be that is not revolutionary animal
lie Is here for discipline not for enjoyment fohucs
must be religious and al things must be subordinate TO
the Church. Man not made for happiness In THIS
world but for the hope OF a world hereafter NO pars
disc IL possible earth, but there IS heavenly para
disc beyond This by obtained only by obedience.
Mr. Brownson spoke without notes, and in his ususl
fluent ye, concise and mos, adroit manner With re-
gard to his argumenu-of which we have above given
believe fair though necessarily meager re
port-cricism is hardly necessary. We will however
simply remark that the elaborate discussion OF the
theory Of Prosre..-which we have had from him at
any ltic bucsc lOUI ytaIr-is ~ e~ 50 -
particular application which he intended BY the fact
that the doctrine Of Progress taught BY the party he
aimed At no, theory of merely Ha,0ai development
With them Social Progress is like all growth-the pro
gressiye manifestation in the Natural OF srPradf~al
life
I, also noticeable that Mr.. Brownson, though now
changed from the young radical 10 the old
is not yet wholly purged Of the revolutionary 'pln'
the passages which he gave with the most energy were
those expressing the impulses OF revolutionists His
heart seemed somehow 10 be most IN them
MgETISG OF The BAR.--We continue our report
OF the Meeting of the Bar regulate the Courts OF Jus
tee in the City OF NewYork. The Committee had re-
ported bill Of III sections organizing the Courts oil
Common Pleas Superior Court surrogsie's Court and
the Justices Courts Police Court and Recorders Court
The 3sh section Of the proposed act relative to fees
Of Justices OF the Superior Court and Common fieAs
and also Of the Supreme Court well as tees al Cns
b~rs AMI the clerks thereof Mr. Leverdze M Joidoh
Mr.. lockwood. NJ. ketchum, Mr.. Hastings. NJ bene-
diet. Mr.. Hugh Maxwell Mr. Brewster and M western
substantially offered amendments 10 this section ny
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