New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-19

Is that Of individuals in the same proportion the
power necessary for the safety Of society paramount
10 individual liberty On the contrary. Government has
no right control individual liberty beyond what IL
necessary the safety and well being Of soeciy such
/. the boundary which separates the power 81 Govern
M nj snd the liberty OF the citizen subject IN the
political state which. As have shown Il the natural
state Of An,hc only one In which his race can exist
and the one in which be- is born. lives and oies.
n follow. from AL this that the qusntam Of power on
he part Of the Government and OF liberty on that III
niisiduals instead OF being equal IN all eases must
n,ce.sarily be very unequal among Different people.
according 10 their different conditions for Just IN
proportion people are ignorant s'sP'u Scosse1,
corrupt exposed 90 violence wihin ana dHns'I Ho'n
without the power necessary for Governments 70 poe
sss In order 10 preserve society against anafehf shd
destruction becomes greater and greater and
liberty less and les until the lowest condonis Fescnec
when absolute aud despotc power oece mes
on the psrt OF The Government and individual liberty
extinct So The contrary just a. people nee " tDo
scale Of Intelligence. virtue. and pstnonsn, ara soo
more perfectly they become acquainted Win tle ha'i
oi Government the ends for which Wa uei's So
how L ought 10 BE- administered and the less the ten
dsncy 70 violence and disorder within, and danger rom
abroad the power necessary for Government becomes
lees and less and individual liberty greater and greater
Instead then oi al men having the right % hperty
aud equality claimed BY those who hold that they
are sli born free and equal liberty the noble and
highest reward bestowed mental and mora, develop.
uert combined with favorable circumstance Instead
then of liberty and equality berg born With men m
stead of al men and ~ classes and descriptions beng
equally entitled 70 them they are high Yrizes 10 %
won and are IN their perfect stsis, not only me
bi,b,.t reward that can De bestowed rsce but
toe mos, difhcult 10 BE- won and when won the most
difficult 20 be preserved
They have been made sSsily more 80 by the danger
os errors have attempted % expose that al men sfe
born free and equal - II those high qualities belonged
without cort 90 acquire the m, ana " a." equal
y alike regardless of their intellectual and moral con
dition. The stiempt % carry into practice this me
most dangerous % Al political errors aud 10 oesto" on
ALL without regard 10 their illness either % scqur. OF
maintain libel-y-thst unhouulcd sud individual liberty
supposed % belong In the hypothetical and mis-
named state Of nature. las done more ID rctHd tno
cause OF liberty and civilization, and : dong more At
present than All other causes combined While u IL
powerful 10 pun down Governments u u still more
powerful to prevent their construction proper pfin
cpes 10 Is the leading cause among those which hSvo
placed Europe in IL present snsrchca condition and
which mainly stands IN the way OF recoasTuc,ing good
Governments IN the place of those which have been
overthrown threatening thereby the quarter IT tho
globe most ad anced ia progress and civiizan with
hopeless anarchy 10 be followed by military despotism
Nor are We exempt from its 0isorgsnzing effects We
now begin 10 experience the danger Of admitting ID
great error 10 have place ia the Declaration OF our
Independence For a long time Il lay dofmant bnt Ia
the process Of time began 90 germnste and produce
~ poisonous fruits IL had strong hold on the mind OF
Mr Jefferson IN, suthor of that document which
caused him % take utterly false View Of the suoof
dnate relation Of the black 10 the white race IN tho
south and TO hold. ia consequence, that he LATER
though utterly unqualified TO poss uocr'y were ~
fy entitled 20 both liberty and e., aity ~ the former
and tina, % deprive them OF unjust aud immoral
TO this error his proposition 10 exclude slavery nom
the territory northwest of the Ohio may be uaced ana
10 that the ordinance Of ll-f End through the deep
and dangerous agitation which threatens TO engu
and will certainly cngu not speedily setued our Pc
cal Institutions and involve the country IN countless