New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-25
II. &. Carey's New Work.

III. 4. Carey's New Work.
THE PAST. THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
By II. C. CAs.Y, author Of " Principles OF Political
Economy" &c.
Truly, here is a new and refreshing work-novel
and forcibe in its delineation of some of the most
pregnant Of our Political and Social ills and
bold in its prescription of the remedy
If any man soW do HIS ioH he shall kaov Of
the doctrine rhether be Of God, or ghether Ispeak
Of mssef" is the appropriate motto-inasmuch as
the author proceeds to show that the vicious poll.
cy which all the world over has made hewers of
wood and drawers OF water OF the many for the
benefit Of the few, is not Of tn e doctrine of God
but the work Of Mans many inventions In other
words, policy so at war with the general happi.
ness and liberty of mankind is a cunning device,
a departure from the law of Nature, which in all
things should be consulted and conformed to. The
natural instinct Of man, as is said in this powerful
work, is to concentrate. Individual weakness aud
the mutual dependence it begets, would lead men
to combine their force and their knowledge for mu-
tual safety and improvement. Man is essentially
gregsrious animal. Whereas. our commercial rela-
tons with Europe and the liability to have all our
industries and pursuits disturbed and deranged by
foreign policy and foreign tariffs acts with ceutru-
gal power in our country, dispensing people and
desolatng our States. as if infected with malaria
worse than that of the Pontine Marshes Whence
arises this centrifugal and balefal force and how
is it to be removed, that our people may follow the
laws Of Nature which are " of God" and come 20.
gether and combine for strength and for that know.
ledge which in itselfis power instead Of fy ing in
all directions, like chaT before the wind-causing
oss OF half the proceeds of their labor in the very
Of exchanging it for what they must have in re-
,urn--at the same time foregoing all the comforts
the Moderation and the reiinements that spring
from near approximation and social intercourse -
What that thus arrests the growth of States even
such State as New.York, in her great Western
Districts that might well clothe and feed half the
people Of the United States What wolf has got
into the fold TO scatter far and wide people. who
would otherwise feed and lie down together in the
rich pastures of the Old States only sending out
new swarms TO settle as the hives became &C
tually redundantl What are these "inventions"
that Mantle politician-has found out 7 This is
the great problem which this great book, TIE
Past the Present and ne Future solves and ex.
plains with cearness aud force before which. in
spite of all that partisans can say prejudice and
ignorance. and false policy must give way, as
darkness recedes from the dawn OF day.
Truly, as the author says in his preface the work
discoses 1.-THE existence OF a simple and beautiful
aw Of Nature. governing Man in all his efforts for
the maintenance and improvement of his condi.
,ion'-alaw which Man inventions have perverted
and violated, as is shown by range of historical
references, as wide as they are opposite and con.
elusive.
This law, being thus clearly explained. in Ian
!usge like the law itself at simple and beau
aul let us hope that mankind will hcnceiorth in
tst on its observance by their rulers. If So we
Mould hail it as discovery before which all inven.
= ,ons ancient and modern, sink into insgnihcence
tpce the measures to which it must lead would put
&c world in position OF safety against the assaults
the strong and the inventions OF the crafty and
zen all the discoveries of Science and all the fruits
{ honest Industry will 60 they can only go le
Ultimately as fair reward to honestlabor and thus
ssugment the general sum Of human happiness.
The book before us presents the views of the gu
sor under the heads Man and Law. Man and
iyoIf w chtOs w tditn dNN Law man hhi his
Standard of Value, Man and his Fellow Man, Mar
Ian and his Helpmate, Man and His Family Con
sntrs,ion and Capitalization, Colonization, Ire
,nd, India. Annex alton, Civiliz alton The Future
When it is considered that the author has under
den to point out the natural sources and meant
mans comforts, happiness and civilization. anC
w these sources have been poisoned and these
7 ~ ~, 81.
!. ii how, in our country they depend on foreign in
ss,nces not only hey ond our control bat naturally
y nlnicsl as they are fuctuatiny aud uncertain
I'D furthermore, when 1t is considered that be un
cesakes TO show how these frsitul sources of evil
aG scatter instead Of concentrating our people
nay be torn up and extirpated at once, root snC
branch and all this within less than 500 pages
may be supposed that the author has himself prsc
tced the utmost power Of condensation, making i
impossible to present in any fewer words the sPrt
0swork that 10 itself the distilled essence OF th'
'elect treated. Nor can justice be done to th'
"aae by presenting extracts. What might apPes
saoouth or misshaPen when detached, might seen
s4'dly cogent and graceful in its proper place
sno In coDgenisl combination with all the parts
wee 1t merely stated, for instance that the autho
u MS work is a strenuous adrocaie fer sitiMlat
~" Trade-a natural and wholesome freedom o
industry and rrsse all over the woodland yet tina
0e recommends, as the only means to arrive At /,
.A'sA and decsded mot incidentally system o
TrotseisoH. i; might strike the reader at first
Psradoz the maintenance whereof could only MAKE
eonasion worse coniounded and yet in TIN
work 10 that very proposition made "clear al,
objectionable" That for which he contends il
*e'ded Protection, fully adequate to the purpose