New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-02
CITY ITEMS.

-..-., having announced his subject. said that be
was SIRE II was subject possessing In tseh no ordinary
,peres, and be could succeed Ia doing ordinary asuee
"a al, sure Of the attention OF the audience .i ihs
close.
In sOeskl,s Of the necessity Of Reform be WAS re-
minded Of the popular cant on he subject and me re
ces.ty OF separating what be had 10 say nom Ae
po,ul.r doctrine 10 I'll countries everyWnere' 'nsre
-. NOW demand fr reform and this WAS often
c,nol.a with the reason tia; there had been gene
- ,rrs,s Of society The Old Institutions haze become
oo.olee Il 4, said: they eramp DO not sve 70 elbow
-, al urevsut "a from acting ont the glorious,
81 sv,s attribute, of our nature Ia speaking ofreiorm
he uouls not Se thought TO admit this doctrine o. Pro
-sss which was one OF the hzmeuss Of the day There
was IN his view. no such thing lie 81" ~ h,s'o'y no
- --ess The facis ol History. 50 fAr a. they we're
f,rftsce 20 nan not indicative % progress out
az decline The Institutions OF every nation were puret
a, ther origin aud thence declined Ri they expired N
We Sre he nailsrs Of antiquity where As
Ell. ard where was Egypt, Had those nations eontn-
ned 70 advance where Was Tyre Ine n.nsr SAT on ner
ee.o,e rocks and her story was only known IN NE pages
- ,be noet and the moralist (Apriause)
bere might ~ progress effected oy industry sleh IS
.hst witch nom small beginning carried nation 20
wealth and national power This was ELECTED oy me rea
an serving the material desires. Bat II was not real pro-
---s. for IL az rot carry man forward 70 tne emo o'
Thch he was created, which had nothing 10 90 with ma
isrial things =, .-o,.~..s ,,,. ,hev
- criv .h,se nations which had been always sntlectes
n religion and those nations whc naa ~ .o.
the pale OF religion had always declined. NnSt was
80 today compared with Germ any before reoe-
-. monk thuulered bis Innovations England 81 To-
law was in fact hsn England unier Tue luao's'
~. had grown richer, hid made sore I'M 9o'eiels -.
i.,,,r..vfns machines. but millions OF hsr people We
.-ing So too Cath0ic countries declined As they put
/ the civil above the spiritual power. -,
ia ses 10 these facts contradictory = the modern
doctrine Of progress Bni reform "ts not s'
.,ed with progress In nth there was cohi Ao'soh
hetreeu reform and progress The ground OF reform VA
nat changes took place All nat man esiao shei .nu'
hi .he lapss Of tine undergo deieriorstons me ets-
inv Tor reform the evils which were escrywhcre ap J.
,y, ana which every with human heart nst eel
rot to sp Of heart under the blessed influences oil inc
gospel grew cut OF these chances.
Modern civilization properly began when the Roman
rnnre was hualy destroyed b. The bsrhaians N the
North. They swept away the old CIVILIZATION, leaving
only one Institution in vigor, namely tie Church Inc
Church then undertook the sulugson OF these savage
hordes and BIZ her pontfs prcstes priests and reion
dld ubdue them, and established new civilization broad
er rurer frmer than the former. This cvihzalou, "heA
ii vas fairly established contained four eldng elements
FIRST the remsauis Of the OH municipal regullons-the
towns The communal element VII n must De care
Giiv distinguished from modern mocracy The second
VS. the Feuisl Nobility, TIE substitutes OF the Ola
patrilsns: the third vas The Monarchy AMI me 1iih
he Church. Neither of the nrst three could suosisi
withou, the fourth. and the fourth especially controlled
and regulated the others The function Of the Cnucn IA
the Middle Ages restrain the ccnuOis helts ana
unscruuucus mCnlchs, who rode rough shld ever tne
usor laborer ard humble artisan He knew y was the
fashion 70 lament thssuhoriy he had seen long amen-
tatons over Henry the Second who was logged o. lle
tomb Of s. Thomas Of Canterbury. Bu for himself eve
ahen he was hereto he had blessed God thar there W.
power that could fog kius (oui aNpiausa) aud Dor"
that he WAS Ca.hgc he td not think that ne should
regret 20.
the frst contest was against the eccesio sci power
Bat owing TO the mncss Of The mucb-a used ufeof'nd
and Innocent III hs effort was defeated Inc 1eAt con-
test WAS against the c0mmunes and TINS was successful
and the next attempt was Of the monarchy against The
nobility Ths having been done toe monarch next turn
"a his attention crushing the Church, because a. long
a. the Church aimed they could not feel that they wcr
/ absolute This was accomplished IN Germany through
the revolt presched by Luther and bis associates II
/ Frgsnd 4, was accomplished b. Henry VIII. who At
tucked the Church because the Pore would have the SANE
tuity Ia the lives kings In those OF artisans 'nf
ueassats lie accordingly set 10 for Pope himself IN hi
/ own dominions and very fine Pope he made!
ltrnght well be sf there As any where nat iSi''
wa already destroyed IN those countries by whist wa
cal ef the revival o learning. Three mn no Hreal
become far cultivated not 20 Be able 70 say the " o
ly Ghost" bu, must the Holy Z-phyr There ihe'
p,eerred the philosophers sni the poets 81 organism
ths fathers and doctors Of te Church. Tn France ne
,rocess a crushing Church nor so snccesn tn
vet WAS commenced fy the destruction Of iaih, which
/ no, besr IFS 1911 fruits an the Revolution.
Well The CON munss ant mobiles having been mus over
come and the Church so far political Qowe
! removed what remained Why the monarch on one so
aud the people uuorgsuzei mass on inc oiner' II
hega that he g. not he m Misunderstood; ne knew ina
l., t,i country a. Ia ~ popularity clrccfuet on
MIGHT better bar Aim gsty God, than the sovereign
people lie n sat people "a an urofgah'1ec mas
/ not constituted as IN this country
Nr Drownson hen went on - argue inst DeiuIe tf
Reformation there such thing as an absolute mon
arch He then glanced At the history Of the L'gsn Com
monweah and Of France, aud the resls OF TIE keVpl
ton and said trat low In the present time there were
Europe only two political powers, namely tie sovereign
and The people. The Church nc longer had any polite
newer In England the ag0osy i.r aChureh "s Only ~
Instrument the bands OF >r Robert Pee OF orh n
Russell part o. the police Of rhe Kingdom. (Apqiaus
and lauzhter) IL was one CT the consanuiay forces
and when the Bishops besough me lf1micr not - m
dace among them an unacco Ya1le reson Pc eooy 'D
them 20 mind their business AM, Ike ocedieni cni
| Gron they Ga mind
So too in Spain under presncs Of introducing Lbs al
fam getting rid Of the darkness Of the Mi"c Ages, th
gbs n The Church had been cut or and she sunk
To-. that there 10 do her reverence Bat ne be-
reved that the Of her people was souud and thu
she would yet Justify the uie she hah long oo'he oi W
| mos. Catholic u the nations OF Europe
We'll. now there were In Europe only two elements 10
the Satehe monarchy aud the unorgaazei mass OF lh'
reope and unless political reform were Droueht about
hat Continent would psss INTO the condition Of Asia. III
therefore affirmed the imperative necessity OF poitci
reform in Europe lie did not mean 70 say that the ins
tutors Of the middle shoud be- restored lie dd no
advocate system that bad passed away lie dd not say
that 'sntAllsm good system or the oest syslem
He aid not stand % speak In behalf either al mon
archy or semCcracy for he was rot speaking OF forms
government But he t1 mean 70 SAY tht' F'.isNii ie
form must be had and this brought him % the ssc0n
part Of his subject namely, by what means shall such
reform be accomplished -
He mad little hope from the MOnsrchs Of Europe Ill
did not mean 10 affirm that they were all bad men On
organic reforms OF their power They could no
with SAFETY yies 70 the demands OF TIE people.
On the other hand. the people could not themselve
bring About the necessary reform They we're unorgsnz
and could not act otherwise than as mob and he he'
never heard that any go0t cane from the seton OF mon
Prom the examples Of the English Commonwealth, Q
france OF spsn, OF Portugal, Of Mexico Of al npahls
Amecs. In AL these the people In their EFFORTS 10
reform had at last fallen under military despou'm.
In this country indeed it vas said that D'mocrscy IA
succeeted and he woud not deny t. But IN order % Al
Arm payey he should wish TO see Il my years hence
Prospered We hal indeed, But perhaps The Highest GOO
| al man might h. 4 .slnei without steanooau ".taog
po.er-osns, without spinning jenHes or even ".lnoh
MAGNETIC teleraphs These might be good hing NJ the
might not. He would not raiie thai question: But N
eass was altogether different With us Wewge Democ
racy AZ the beginning with government already organ
ize and dd not have % reach II as Il must 30 done
Europe BY forefboug ht aid calculation.
Nh Brownson then argued hatas there was no power u
the kngs Of Europe the people 70 carry OUT reform
a. various social tneor mracticaoe Tor mat end
TIE ONLY power which could produce such reofslnk
ton must be one which could hold kings aud people
check during tie process Ard IS bad been seen, 40 huma
50 10 fIf. rnfIN b