New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-10

faith IN and affection for il and We should Ike b
copy MS whole article II We had room The fol
lowing paragraphs however embody al It's essen
tisl IDEAS:
The law Of movement is universal IN the
material world we believe il 10 be equally So and
equally certain in the moral and Intellectual or that
compound of moral, intellectual and physical which
may be said 10 include perhaps b constitute the 30
,ial existence Of the human race Inere - every
where in al nations continual tendency 10 Improve
r,ent OF every kind 10 better systems Of government
and better practice under those systems 20 the In
oresse Of physical well.belng " more enlightenment
IN morals more cultivation OF the intellect u I'm
proved aud therefore more benehcent socia arrange
rnents erectng moro equitable distribution Of labor,
possession and enjoyment ira word there u con
,nua progress Of mankind n the attainment oi the
three things nesdul which very truly expressed IN
,hs present political motto OF the frcncn peope' D"f
~. Equality and Fraternity
OF course ID 10 the duty must be the desire. Of
every man promote this progress Of Moderation by
every mssns In his power. We may assume that u 10,
In general sense the aim OF every man u promote H.
Yet there differences Of opinion AZ 20 The means OF
promotion which In their eject may actually tssc the
form Of hndTsnces and only 10 retard instead OF
Aoceerating And Of such differences there obviously
rnsy be- kinds being the idea that the progress
IL too rapid the other that II IL not RAPID enough
Those who entertain the first Of these opinions OF course
think their duty and the part Of wisdom 20 hold BACK
with all their power while those Of the second class
naturally urgent b. push on Il may ven be ques
toned which OF the two classes do most mischief
Our neighbor OF The TribvH, will take II in good part
ve hone II we make a sOmew what direct application OF
the preceding remarks 10 himself aud his public mani
festatons He 10 not only at All nmes foremost ana
most eager Ia attempts 10 hurry on the wheels OF
time 10 this matter Of progress toward what he con
sders good and desirable. but he IL ever anxious, II
seems 10 US 10 attempt tho attainment OF MS Oojec"
by violent means he seems 10 have no latin IN the
gradual inevitable movement which we take go largely
into and moreover he l. sbundsnty ready 81
ell Tunes 20 suspect rho motive. and denounce the &C
tons of all who not quite 40 impatient A. himself
Yet we think he might have learned something from
the failure OF 80 many progressive schemes which
he has stenuousy advocated and come a, ast 10 the
conclusion thst strongly to desire any work OF meiOra
ton Il not the beat aud the only qualification for an
adviser 10 its performance.
We cannot help figuring him, in our minds eye, AS a
boatmap with only oar forming part OF houlla on
the bosom OF stream whose steadily though
TRANQUILITY making their way 10 the great ocean Inc
other bos yielding to the gentle force OF the current
make unremitted progre" but ne win hls one oar
cannot be content so To forward. and pulls now
up stream aud now down, and now again athvart with
huge commotion and spsshing of the water making no
progress than the rest yet continually shouting
out rcprosches 10 them because they VIII not ioHo"
him In ell his erratio gyrstons
We hear with pleasure that our friend OF the
Commercial is in his own eyes Progressive
though to our poor apprehension 1t appears that
the Progress he iavors is that which dead fish
make toward the ocean yielding to the gentle
force of the current, and all that II there were
no more jealous Progressives than he Is, we APP
prehend there would be force OF the current to
yield to-
Pardon one illustration OF the difference be
tween US Two travellers IN a strange land are
encountered and beset by swarm OF tsmishing
creatures piteously beseeching food. One OF the
travellers is so much moved by their appeals, that
in his hurry to afford relief he gives unwisely' and
contributes to the intoxication of some as well as
the sustenance of others. Perhaps, in his blind
eagerness, he gives where he should not and thus
dsables himself for giving where he should But
the other, carefully buttoning up his pocket pulls
out mouth.iull of cigarsmoke. and, as he watches
its lazy ascent thus expostulates with his annoy
ere you ill.bred people how can you presume
to he so importunste Have YOU never heard
the proverb, Live horse, and you'll get grass
Don't YOU know it is demonstrated that by only
waiting a few thousands OF years, we shall have
all things set right merely by virtue OF "a contin
tinual tendency TO improvement of every Kind
Then whs, under the sun you raving about
You ought to be ashamed of your violence and
'rudeness !"-Whereupon the furnishing wretches
shrink away abashed and coniounded-very much
edited in the intellect yet stu little hollow and
faint in the region Of the stomach.
we cannot think the Commercial feels as We
do the fearful enormity OF the Social evils now
pressing into the earth majority Of msnklnd-the
terrible combination OF ignorance, and temptation,
and deshtution, which make the lives OF millions
90 bitter. Stand for a dan on one OF our whaves
at which immigrants are landed. and mark how
their understandings have been dsrkened aud
their very souls imbruted by the wrongs and woes
whereof thsjr class have for ages been victims
See Aristocrscy and Land Monopoly steadily sow
ing their hsrvests OF Death in wretched Ireland,
and every year respIns their tens OF thousands,
and every other year their hundreds OF thousands.
Of victims. Sec the whole world overspread with
vices and crimes whereof the subordinstIon OF the
welfare ct the many to the pleasure and sssran-
dsemcntoithe few is one the fandsme nta causes.
See how the poor implore work sll around Us and
cannot Ind It, however rePulsve the drudsery,
how ever scsnty the reward See how grosshops
glare. and hrcthels asant, and gamblne-dens
CLEAN with gold all around us-sll OF them rapid,
increasing in number and power right here
See how cur streets swarm with paapers, thies es.
harlots. vsgsbonds and miserable beings who
would hive virtuously Il they could without vice
hive at all. Looking the whole ground carefully
over, we cannot see how any humane and consld
crate person can ooolly resolve to wait Tor the
river to run by while there is a prospect hope,
possibility. Of doing anything To make tins world
70 her children hinder stepmother than she IS
OF course. since we do not claim in'alhbility,
we kiss the rod shaken over as by our eotemPo-
rsry. and admit that we have advocated some re.
forms that have so' yei sacceeded-some that We
have no, hoped to see ms,ared in ten years, nor
in thirty. Ifthey have failed ina certain sense.
80 did ali attempts to cooniEe this fair land OF ours
nor nearly a century. Yet these very failures
paved the way for ultimate success snd we
doub, not likc result in the cases referred to BY
the COMMERCIAL. At sll events, We shall not De
content with merely floating in the current but
shall still zealoasly and actively labor to hshten
the burdens and slleviste the mlseries which
press 90 cushinsly on the larger portion OF our
Race To earnest strivers, despite their many
errors, and not to passive hoaers, Is the world IN
debted for whatever Of improvement II has real
ixed: lie, them relax their efforts, and the other
class Of Progressves vii no longer have current
10 6ost upon,