New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-10-02
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
THE NEW-Y0RK TRIBUNE.

Weekly and the approaching assemblsge Of a new
Congress closely balanced in the attachment Of its
members 10 one the other Of the great Political
Parties which divide the Country. impel us briefly
70 address the public. The fact that through the
ensuing Winter ut least alarge measure Of atten-
ton especially among the reading and rejecting
class.~wiil inevitably be withdrawn from personal
aud local matters, from the pursuit Of gain and the
perasa Of light literature appropriately so called,
ADD fixed on National concerns and questions OF the
loItiest import naturally suggests the expectation
tina, journals like THE TRIBUNE will be more ca
eery sought AID more widely read through the
wear isis than in either Of the three preceding
We ~eon the eve Of another Presidential Flee
ton Let none fancy that, since 1t is approached
90 calmly it will be conducted sluggIshly and ter
minated without excitement Whoever chershcs
such an illusion mistakes the character Of the
American People and the impulses which sway
them Equally idle is the imagination that Party
lines are 70 be efiaced and broken down 10 this
test-that the prestige Of some heroic achievement
or the glitter of an epaue,te is 10 chase from the
popular mind all memory Of the radical differences
Of sentiment which have often arayed onehalf
our countrymen IN fierce conflict with the other
Idle chimeras these offspring Of an empty heart
or sickiy brain With the progress of events
particular measure may become more or less am
portant the emphatic assertion Of certain prln'
ciple more or less essential but the question OF
aaestions remains aud will remain. AT one tiue,
the establishment OF maintenance OF Found aud
Uniform Currency at another, the uPbuildng and
cherishiog Of new or feeble branches of Home In
dustry at another the proper disposition OF the
Proceeds Of the Public Lands at a fourth Peace
or War, Spoliation or Justice but underneath all
these mghter than any, more enduring than all,
lives ever the elemental difference III which parties
have their orign-on one side the idea that Gov
eminent should be CKEATHE, CoNsTRUCTWK, Bis
sfTIcENT on the other the negative, sceptlcal,
do nothing element. whose sxioms are The best
People are inclined to EXPECT too much from Gov
ernment Sc-whch sees in Canal, Rail
road. HaIbor. Protective Duty, only a means Of
ennching a few individuals at the expense Of the
community. and which cannot conceive how any
can be benefited by public work without nflicting
injury in at least equal measure upon others The
fundamental axioms OF this negative philosophy are
really hostile to Common Roads and Common
Schools required and sustained 10y Law as well as
to those elements of National wellbeiDg against
which 1t now directs the energies Of a great party
The antsgonism Of sentiment growing out OF these
conflicting views Of the nature and true ends Of
Government cannot, in the nature OF things be
lstngy compromised it cannot be terminated by
the result Of any one election. 1t must be poten
tally felt in the party contests and popular agi-
nsOOs Of many years To come
On ibis and all the great questions growing out
Off THr TRiBuSE maintains emphatcslly the doc
riles Of the Wing Party. 1t advocates PRortc-
rWs To HoME INDUSTRY wherever such Protection
nay be needed and to the extent OF the necessity
aNinosAL CURRENCY, sound and of uniform value
Composed Of Coin and Paper in such proportions as
public interest and general convenience shall die
tate, lSrERSAL IMPROVEMENT, by the General
snd State Governments each in its own sphere
and by Associations, literally melted thereto by
a ..lxr i ms Ia
saord and such disposition OF the PUBLIC LAND
fSocsIDs as shall secure the benefit thereof tothe
People Of all the States throughout all future time
Above all. this paper will study the things that
make for PEAcr, and strcnuously oppose the fell
spEis Of War the lus, OF Conquest and the passion
o' Military Glory, 50 morslIy adverse to all those
IDEAS OF Social and Political Economy to which 1t
hdeyoted, as midew to genuine Democracy, as
utterly at variance with Christianity and as scan
aa to the Nineteenth Century. These views will
be faithfully aud iearlessly commended to public
favor while our opposition 10 the Extension of
Human Slavery over FOO, of soil ,xhereo, il has
not no" @''s@ existence shall be unsparins. un.
COMPROMISING anu SUBJECT 10 no consil.ra,,oo 4
Party advantage or Presidential ,riom,h r..
socuer Will We sinh with our principles than ,.c.
coed w,housthem, however desirable success, o,
however mortiiyips defeat
The Tribune is widely known as hoping aud IA
boring fer Improvement in the Social Relations
Mankind-io gradual transformation which shA
secure TO every person born into the world a Plac
- live, thorough practical Education. oPPortCs
~ TO Work, and certainty OF the fair and full r,
compense Vi his Lstor-and these not by pufchss
or on suHefauce but the natural rights ofhumal
beings ia an enlightened aud Christian community
Among the means essential 10 the Accomplishment
ol this Social Emancipation We esteem, l. LAM
hs'oRs which shall throw open the Public Land
to actual settlers for cultivation without price an,
limit the area OF Land which any one may hence
birth acquire and , INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. o.
TIE union 81 MANY families IA H.