New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-07
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Relisisus Liberty-C. VI. Clay and the
Commercial.

1q.s Editor Of a. Trtsse:
2srs: ask Mrnissiol to reply through yoor
Column. TO cd ~ which lately appeared in the N'.
York Csane on Cassius N. Gays Writings PuS
;isass ots ss'r' Harper This reply 'as' % '''''
.. am yey vel aware Of the Tslae u your spa
Tn. cr,ic of the C,aasercal closely confines hii'1'
~ the article Religious Liberty " MI Viay' 's'
rs deal, with them fthe topics that sIise uD'e'
.,h,sco very .ummsriy," Sc. d" These mus
,o,r,ed are themes Of great magnitude J." - -.
,op ~ which master m.nd- have to.ied "a! 80 80
vssr.r Very wei II is evident fy ,I - cxsifit.
49,. "A Dc .ided ability which NJ ',ay. -,
= bi. whole chapter that he TO IA.
.nxicus wears Ia the study Of tnc's ,h ,o,e
T-,.-s IA great and unoecoinlhS ~ P'iN} :. -
inelo - - ,Se COMMERCIAL. This va no way
- -. a. CLAY # the C0mnfrc,at wa iea.y ~
.,,,,e A ruth il the criuc ninlseh Dnnsi
80 ,be .ubiect That be does not VIZ hefs Lex
s,ooo av IL CLAY says that belief rests upon tAe
1900 obtained BY The senses, Memory of 'yh
-,ousncss aud Reason The latter IN his oenitoH "a
sonfounds with EzPenen.e. 10 men ~. z,r,i-
80 ConsciousncsS or Memory. Can iu-
ri eornvrehenj ,Lisf sm afraid not pr q.
nimse.f TOO poor metaphys-lan' " me-. 80 = n,
yienee exist save In the Memory SOhi0 y s
I.e1se uo,oorv sn4 CONSEQUENCES A. synonymou-.
pnt ian YOU separate them 10 idea io- a. -.
If YOUR existence you are cch'c - - 90 20 49,,
Yesterday this o9 . Nemory -; innate be.v,een
Sss,ty in Mr. Clays Argument 70 nisc ilI'NeDe -
- o., sn5 p,ss,nt He says from consc'o1'ne1s
- ,he Sen.es s developed thru power h.e.or;
Row Of course Reason u ,,.ao,s Mr. cSv evieny
o am, no word 4derelqped in order 10 AVOID use
"a. controversy about ira1'e 'ae1s. 49,. $1,000 d,
Al admit that Reason Is late IN being o.,s'opeo CO.
..e'S,sn Why il tbs the Gaze Because there ne'i
oSolverpsn, OF materials before Reason can D.
Sro5rced The could be reduced - mataeinaie1l
5smonsuston These materials are hr't ACQUIRED ~
rxnereuce bat wnen acquired the Hi'Isia anu i''
sor certainly are not identical III, g. q
IgsiD SAYS the C0mmOctoi the reader VIII ma
,bs COMM ncenent Of authors sell coHIAaictioh'
. ,hs Last paragraph but one IN the hrst ait''' "4'
4. h. llustraon. he shows that the senses ana Con
seiou,ness are quite unreliable as testimony. A4
TYsv.svs no such thing. He merely wishes % sho"
that 10 certain deranged or disorg So ~
mind testimony might bear much weight ia aqe"'"
N one Of the other powers In overthrowmg m"e-
A, the fame time this profound feasoneI snoNs 'u..
tsssnopy cannot ia any case outweigh the primary
.,n,ees NJ Knowledre Sense, Memory and Reason -
Could anything be piainerf why. tns Oily W. "a
ghich the Commercial can avoid MI g grasp Is u
say with Colendge at once, These things are hct 1
Reasonable they are SIMPLY d00te ftesOir anu ''-'N
you'd be end Of the matter.
The critic OF the Commercial says Greeley nas up
set Mr. Clsy's theory OF Miraclcs.' He ask "nsi
evidence of the truth Of the history Of Chrst 90 n
ssn.es Consciousness or Memory and Reason ahord
c1course according 10 Mr. c. II they afford none u
should be discredited lie goes on " Inc = hses
Memory or consciousness assuredy can give no Aho"
80. ~ an e.eut which occurred two thousand year
ago. Indeed 'If Reason be synonymous win ~
yence as Mr. Clay loosely defines H. reason assured
cannot testify" Bah the C0mm~cidf knows ihAt ni
z neyer could have thought Of such thing put 10
10 the COmmerciat-CsnnOt man tNr I. ioI hs'aho,
80 veil sdopt the sublime Christian morality without
believing in some of the peculiar passages Of the Od
Testament IS the emsnaiions of Deity And more can
not the same position be well applied 70 the ne" ieS~
rnsntf That H. 10 reject in that compilation all tnht
|, contrary TO Reason, Consciousness and the senses
We are sorry that the Commercial does not use more
fairness In its attacks on toe Work under
ur Claws article on Evil s very original and profound
throwing new light morals and legislation ana piac,
ing him among the deepest thinkers OF the world.
ahal Al solne future time anal we that article NERIIA.-