Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-05-08
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
AGRARIAN PRINCIPLES.


quite as significant, /" That of sophisters, econo
mists, and caculaors has succeeded and the glor,
Of Europe is extingushed forever" Struck witt
the terrible and apparently overwhelming presenc
of the phenomena Of Disorder and Disruption which
had burst, in his day, upon what he considered tn
only certain system of Civilization, THAT of the Oh
Worldly Burke regarded the Destruction as on
which admitted no retrieval, and scarcely check
In this he was, with all his vast and comprehensive
sagacty, wrong: Europe has found temporary
escape from the fures and ollies Of the French Re
violation in their own very excuses. But, still
the causes which he considered fatal-lhe wild spe
culative opinions, the centious principles, til,
dissolution Of all ideas of Order, Authority, Rever
ence-are making regular progress in the Ancen
World; while in ours, the New, wild notions o
every sort seem let loose to fight, like Heat with
Cold, w ct with Dry, Solid with Fluid, in Millions
description of Chaos where each single mischie
Is, perhaps, weak, but where the conflict Of many
renders any thing good-because any thing fixed
impossible and Satan himself, unable either to fly
or creep, to wade or stand to hear, founders
blindly along TO his errand against mankind. From
our very foundation every thing fantastic in social
.whim-whatever in general, theorists and projec-
tors were not permitted by those in their to
try in Europeans, from the organized philosophy
of John Locke down to the systematic lrreligion
and community of Property, &C., which modern
Missionaries offer under the name of New Moral
World,' constantly sought our shore.
But, 10 recur to Burke, and his apprehensions
ol the coming downfall of all Government before a
Jacobnism which could not itself govern and would
let nothing else do it, fear that it is in this coun-
try that the uninterrupted progress of the destruc
tive principles which he dreaded is most 10 be
expected. There is an alarming facility among us,
a terrible procvity, to the adoption Of every SUBJ
rersive doctrine that hairbrained sophisters can
start threatening and general proneness to every
new and foul abuse, and worse and more ominous |
than ALL an appalling easiness to submit to the worst
excuses and usurpaons OF power, while people
are ranting of patriotism and their heads seething
with transcendental improvements and airy perfec-
tons of policy and freedom. In no country are
more dangerous notions and practices prevailing
III none has Government, system, temperate, |
wise. steady, and right so rapidly gone backward.
Foremost among all these disastrous signs, how
ever, that betoken social disorganization and de-
moralization, comes one i'll partcular-the spread, |
and in quarters the partial success, of theories
which look to the abrogation of the first object of
all Government and the main instrument Of all C- |
Valuations that is, Individual Property and its legal
mviolability. In the great and old State Of New
York, step has been taken towards this abroga-
t1on, and taken in compliance with outrages and
crimes which made the pernicious concession triply
dangerous Under such circumstances, is il 10 be |
expected that these theories of fatal tendency should
cease to make proselytes! OF course not and,
accordingly, not only has Ant-Rentlsm begun
afresh, but we have, in one of the city papers Of
New York, the following account of the conference
of one Of its editors with deputation from an
Agraran Association, which is well enough known
TO exist there, but which is now III appears) as
Stunning uniform and badges
rRoa TIE JOURNAL COMMERCE APRIL 81.
NArlosAL REFoRnERs.-We had very polite morning |
call Saturday from four fine looking men, dressed in very
comey uniform composed of trousers and roundabout but
toned close up military stye-all Of stout cotton duck
with coored binding,' sunouned by tarpaun hat upon
which the designation of the order The leader, who
good speaker, informed that they part Of CO.
ony who about starting for the West for the purpose Of
settling upon unoccuped land Wisconsin that they should
undoubtedly endure many haidshps that the object they
deemed audabe and necessary IN factor competition mere
great that abong unable to procure any
suitable reward that in making arrangements for their jour
ney Of the company had found themselves deficient in
means and they had therefore made this call We inquired
how could them whether notice OF their enter
prise in the Journal Of Commerce would be useful to hem
for did understand exactly why, under the crcum-
which were stated they should have called upon
They said that the rights which belonged to them was inn
possible to enjoy here, and that compelled as they were to
search those rights elsewhere, they thought proper that
others should cooperate with them in supplying the dehcen-
which had been forced upon them We said that they
were PROFESSIONALLY entitled the rights Of life, liberty, and
property and the pursuit Of happiness that IL these rights
Of them had been nnged they should have our most
earnest efforts their behalf but that they thought them
selves proper objects charitable assistance, 1t seemed to US
that they hale and hearty 10 succeed in that to
lower themselves such application They resented the
pea Of charity, but still seemed to think they had claim on
sool grounds We said that their claim, if they had must
either the ground of debt Of Charity and that we
not Of owing them any thing. The chairman
replied that all each other love and good will Tha
debt, said, certainly due from to them, and W,
would pay the spot, for could more heartily wish
them well than ourselves. Here the conference ended in
thing ALL and the committee went 10 ncghbors
upon several Of whom they called and presented their
We a little saddened by this interview, though no
much, for much mischief trust will come TO thes,
worthy men, their families, society in general, from thu